Recently received my results, through SMS…

Honestly, not sure if I am happy with my results. I got

• CG1111 – B
• CS1010 – B-
• CS1231 – B-
• GER1000H – B+
• MA1511 – B+
• MA1512 – B+

CAP: 3.5 (before S/U)

I am really disappointed in my CS1010 results. I thought I understood the content well enough to get at least a B+. Maybe I was wrong or maybe the bell curve was too steep 😦 I think this module is really tough for non-experienced programmers to catch up, even though it is probably possible. With their programming knowledge as a upper hand and the fact that the way the content was taught, in retrospect, I really think studying the C language beforehand would really help you, especially if you’d like to score at least a B+.

CS1231 was surprising, since I did not finish the paper and went into the examination hall with little knowledge of the module’s content… I honestly thought I would have to re-mod it. Honestly, no advice from me since I am still more or less clueless about this mod. No doubt it is probably aimed to help us understand the way the computer thinks(?) but I don’t really see the point of it….

CG1111….. I thought my project was good enough for and A. But I got a B instead. Not even a B+… Kind of regretting not putting in more effort for the first quiz 😦

Overall, I plan to S/U my B and B-s to obtain a 4.0 CAP and study extremely hard next semester since I have only 6 + 12MCs left…

Time to start the grind…

In the first semester of Year 1, I was preallocated 22 Modular Credits (MCs).

• CG1111 Engineering Principles and Practice I (6MCs)
• CS1010 Programming Methodology (4MCs)
• CS1231 Discrete Structures (4MCs)
• MA1511 Engineering Calculus (2MCs)
• MA1512 Differential Equations for Engineering (2MCs)
• GER1000(H) Quantitative Reasoning

As someone without any programming background, this mod is slightly difficult to pick up but it is still ok! Try to learn the basics from codecademy or w3schools or tutorialspoint. These websites, along with stackoverflow really helped me pick up C language over the course of the 13 weeks. At first, I really could not grasp how it works since it just doesn’t make sense…. I have never used terminal (I use Mac so idk what Window uses lol) and I most definitely have never read/understood code.

I’ll probably make a separate post to explain more about this mod and how I studied for it and notes.

This mod has a midterm, 6 online coding labs, 2 Practical Exams (PEs) and a final exam. The midterm and final examinations are written exams while the PEs are actual coding exams (using their computer). ALL OPEN BOOK

Do the labs! As tempting as it is to copy your friend’s code, it really does you no good. I truly think that it helped me learn and apply coding skills learnt over the few weeks.

I never really attended the lectures since I never understood anything because I never actually listen lol and my CG1111 labs would always end on time/ late so I’m always late for the lectures and would not be able to understand the rest of it. Also, the lecturer goes a bit too fast for me to grasp the concept so I usually just study it on my own.

Difficulty: 3.5/5 (for non experienced programmers)

CS1231

I hate!!!! this mod so much…. I thought it would’ve been fine since the first lecture was about symbols…. I really advice you to attend the lectures! (even the 8am ones if there are) unless you are very diligently watching the webcasts. I learned that lesson only during reading week 😦 so i had over 11 lectures to go through in 1 week…

Just attend the lectures even if you think it’s not useful. Chances are you will find them more useful than webcasts that you will speed up.

There is a midterm, 2 assignments and a final examination (all OPEN BOOK). The tutorial attendance is gRADED! So attend all tutorials or just make friends and ask them to help you sign (if your TA is not strict) – I did this soooo many times HAHA.

I, don’t understand soooo much of the content taught in this mod but I think it is suppose to somehow help you in CS1010? So i can’t give much advice other than the above.

Difficulty: 5/5!!! (imo get C and SU!)

MA1511

This math mod is not too hard but you have to practice!!! There are only 6 weeks to learn and do well for this mod since this is a half-sem – mod. So just revise frequently, and attend all the lectures & tutorials!! (there are weekly assignments during tutorials that are really simply tbh)

There is a final exam during your mid-term period. If there are any mid-terms that fall on the same day, I strongly advice you to prioritise this mod since it has a 80% weightage compared to the mid-terms weightage, which are usually 20%.

Difficulty: 2.5/5

MA1512

This is a totally different ball game compared to MA1511. As per usual, attend all lectures and tutorials!!! (even if there are no attendance points/assignments)

Key learning points are ODEs and Laplace transform. tbh I always thought that ODE was easier but after understanding Laplace transform, it is sooooo much easier!

For this, you also only have 6 weeks to learn and be good at it so just practice, practice, PRACTICE!!!

Difficulty: 3/5

GER1000(H)

I stay in one of the halls in NUS so I took this mod in my hall. This is the most useless mod I’ve ever taken… It is logical yet difficult. It is like mathematical yet mostly confusing due to the english language…

This mod consists of 10 quizzes, the best 8 of which would be graded; a presentation, a written report on the presentation and a final examination.

Attend all tutorials, there are only 5? So just attend them!! Also, watch the videos on Luminus! It will really help! For the quizzes, you can just get some help from your friends haha if you get what I mean 😉

Difficulty: 3.5/5

I can’t exactly confirm how reliable my review of each mod is since i have yet gotten my results back lol. But i hope I do well 😦

This is one of the major problem for all the mods above since they don’t reveal your total percentage/how well or bad you’re doing till the final release date. I guess they want to surprise us for Christmas! (My results release date is the 24 December…..) Let’s hope it will be good…

I’ll update this again when i get my results back!

I don’t know how but somehow I got myself into NUS, currently in Year 1 Computer Engineering AY19/20.

I’m a planner; I like to know how everything will go, but university is unprecedented. I always knew how to do everything because I had my siblings to tell me everything (like what to study, and what i should do to do well). Now I’m in a course different from them and am unable to do so.

I have scoured through the internet but am still unsure of what I’m suppose to do or which modules should I take or how I should spend my term breaks.

Thus, I have decided to journal my experience to help anyone that needs it 🙂 haha here goes nothing…

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