Life of an Awesome NTU CBC Student

So, I underloaded the last sem due to a rather unsuccessful course registration that messed up my plans lol so I ended up taking only 15AUs.  BUT, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because the mods I took this sem were quite content-heavy/heavy workload.  Will underloading manage to pull up my GPA?  I don't think so, but at least it won't drop significantly (I hope) hahah 😂 Oh and because my friends and I took different combinations of yr3 mods last sem, so we went into this sem with tips from the last sem.  Thus, in a way, we are better prepared to tackle the content which is awesome 😉 Oh, & I'm playing around with the blog themes so don't be surprised that the blog will look different from time to time lol Side note: I somehow ended up writing a super long review this sem idk why hahah CM3021 - Organometallic Chemistry | CORE | 3AU | A 5 Online Quizzes, 5 MCQs each (5%): 5% 6 Pre-Tutorial & Tutorial (10%) 5 Reflections (10%) Midterm 1 (25%): 40/...

This semester had a shift in assessment weightage.  CORE modules weightage in past semesters had been 40% CA and 60% Finals, but this semester was 60% CA and 40% Finals.  To me, it has its pros and cons.  Pros are that studying for finals was not as stressful as the 60% CA has more or less determined your grade.  Cons are that the workload during the semester increased with many graded assignments/homework which I was not used to so that definitely increased the level of stress for me.  Overall, I would say this semester was okay because the CORE mods I took was not the difficult ones, I am expecting my GPA to increase slightly (results ain't out yet)  so that it can cushion the potential drop in my GPA next sem.  Because I have to take the difficult mods next sem which means my grades are likely to plummet 🙃   I also joined a new CCA with quite a high commitment level, so I hope I will be able to manage both my studies and CCA well  🤞 🙏💪...

This semester was unprecedented because of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic.  As a result, most of the content that was supposed to be covered were cut short and not tested.  For the modules I took, the finals were cancelled/replaced entirely.  So, this review may not be relevant for future semesters. Anyway, my general thoughts on this "unique" semester are that it was initially very stressful due to the frequent changes in assessment criteria.  However, in the end, the arrangement worked out well at least for me and I was more relaxed hahah.  We had free S/Us even for our core mods!!  But, I ended up only S/U-ing 1 elective. CM2031 - Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry | CORE | 3AU | B+ Midterm CA1 (100%): 41/50 → 82/100 [average: 74/100] This module lives up its name and is very scary.  This mod was taught by 2 profs (Dr. Chiba & Dr. Ito), the same profs that teach this mod in sem 1.  Dr. Chiba teaches the 1st half and Dr. Ito teaches ...

This semester workload was heavier but somehow the content was more manageable, I guess because I found the content interesting thus is less of a chore to study it. However, I feel that my grades do not show the amount of effort put in though, I felt like I could do much better had I put in more time and effort hahah. Before this semester started, I had a strong motivation to pull up my GPA as it dropped by A LOT last semester. Now that the semester has ended, I am not sure if that goal is still attainable 🙃 I can only hope for the best, will update my results when I get them. CM2011 - Analytical Chemistry | CORE | 3AU | B+ Midterm CA1 (20%): 22/25 → 17.6/20 Midterm CA2 (20%): 19/20 Finals (60%) This module is conducted by 2 professors (Dr. Webster & Dr. Zhang). Apart from theory, this module has quite a bit of calculation involved, like how to calculate PSI, electrochemistry, chromatography, etc. The first part by Dr. Webster is ...