NUS vs NTU III: Honours

Unfortunately, honours is not something that you can work on in a different university from your basic degree. If you get a basic degree from NUS, you cannot go overseas to complete your honours. As mentioned above, NTU IS a FOUR-year course. You cannot drop off after 3 years and earn a basic degree. You do ALL four years and whether you get honours or just pass depends on your results.

The question becomes: how important is an honours? Well, you probably get a bit more pay with honours and some government agencies are dead set on getting honours students as their employees. It probably allows you to go straight into Masters or phD without working experience. But that is about it so consider carefully.

What are the chances of getting honours in NUS for poly students?
From anecdotal evidence, most poly grads do not continue with honours. Some of course choose not to and not because they cannot.

What are the chances of getting honours in NTU for poly students?
At this point of time, no idea. The first batch of CBC students have yet to graduate.

If I get 2nd lower honours or worse, it is as good as not getting any, right?
For those not familiar with the honours system, it goes in this order from the best to the worst:

1. First class honours
2. Second class upper honours
3. Second class lower honours
4. Third class honours
5. Pass with merit (this is not honours)
6. Pass (this is not honours)

Normally, 2nd lower is still considered honours. But anything less.... well....