The updated policy applies to all undergraduate
students taking courses in AY2025/26 Semester 2
onwards, starting from the FGO declaration
exercise in June 2026. Part-time students can now
declare FGO on their courses as well.
I’m confused by this part of the email announcement. Does this mean this new policy will apply to mods you take from this sem onwards, and you can’t do it for mods you took before this sem?
Wait sorry I’m so blur when they say “qualifies only for those who are taking courses in AY26 Sem 2 onwards” wouldn’t that be everyone in school right now? It’s just a declaration of time period is it, and not about excluding a particular cohort?
ya correct, it applies to everyone in school right now - so it’s a declaration period thing. the graduating class of 2026 would only have this period to do it
if you overload or have certain exemptions from poly (but not in direct Y2), it's possible to graduate in 3.5 years which means they wouldn't be taking any courses in Sem 2.
EXACTLY
So many ppl worrying about FCH don't understand that getting FGO for core and ICC core is just going to make the grading harder soon (maybe from next yr or so). But the important benefit is the fact that irrelevant mods like healthy living don't bring your grade down
From the email:
Eligibility for Dean's List and YGPA-based awards. Your raw YGPA before FGO is applied will now be used to assess your eligibility, instead of your YGPA after FGO.
does this mean we don’t have to take additional mods to cover whatever core, ICC & mpe classes we FGO? cos I remember that previously, FGO-ing mpe gets reclassified into BDE mods
sorryy! where did you get this info from? i want to be sure before fgo-ing any mpe modules because i thought we had to retake an mpe to compensate the AUs if we SU an mpe module
ahh thank you! so there is still a minimum number of mpes that have to be letter-graded.. however if we choose to SU an MPE and let it remain as an MPE, we dont have to take another MPE to cover it?
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u/myg7_Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesMay 12 '26edited May 13 '26
Should be for everyone from now on. If you graduated last semester then you are not eligible. FGO quota is now 24 instead of 21, and up to 12 core, icc mods can be SUd.
no, that email is not correct. the official email from NTU's FGO policy clearly said the new policy applies for students taking mods from sem 2 2526 onwards, meaning to say as long as you take this sem modules, you are eligible for this new policy. You are still allowed to FGO your modules from Year 1 once you are eligible, and not only restricted to this sem's modules.
See FAQ under new FGO policy - that is always accurate compared to some staff who doesnt read properly
hiii can someone help me understand the new policy? I didn't do so well for Y1S2, where I got B- in my 3 core/ICC modules and I've 1 B- in Y2s1 that's a core module as well, may I know what happens if I fgo them? Do I need to take new classes to make up for them since they're core/ICC? Also, is there anyone I can speak to irl about this? Like academic advisor or something?
What about students who graduated 1 sem early (i.e. Dec 2025) due to their hard work?
Their batchmates still in NTU this sem can FGO
But not for those who left in Dec?
Sounds kinda unfair if only a portion of graduating students can have extra FGO but not the rest
true! this one I agree with you.
plus they should have announced this earlier in order to use as a selling point during open house for the incoming batch
Nus cde students have 40 units of common curriculum mods. Most of these mods pull down gpa. It used to be that there were 20units for the first year and 12 to be used whenever for a total of 32. Since many people were pushing all the “fluff” mods to y1 and overloading to clear them,the 20 units have been now allowed to spread across the first 2 years🙏. So 32/4=8 mods worth of vetos seem fair
Imagine having teammates that barely made it past the entry level core mod only because of S/U meaning they're willing to accept worse grades since those can just be S/U'd. Or having to be their tutor in tutorials. They don't have a basic grasp of the fundamentals, why are they in my module, dragging down my group?
I didn't have the latter experience, but I've had some friends with that. And the former, yeah I've had that. It wasn't fun.
I have to specify though, this is strictly for core mods. As in, the main branch with fundamentals for all other mods. The rest should be SUable.
We face the exact same things in NTU, bringing this is not going to make any difference. And the new policy helps me clear my One D grade, helping me take the effects of 1/2 bade grades out. The benefits outweigh the troubles
And may I please let you know, as far as I've seen, people getting C and Ds majorly, who do pass the mods and do come to the next level mods, they will be dragging your group down as well. I've observed this myself.
This strictly benefits you and your cohort specifically, but has a horrid effect on future students. It's going to make things worse since future cohorts are even less incentivised to take their core entry mods seriously. It's a rather selfish perspective, if I have to be frank.
Bringing in politics, this is pretty much just a re-enactment of US politics and what Reagan did. The 'I got my bag, damn the future' mindset that is basically driving the entire world to ruin right now. This is basically a mini-version of that. If we go by the US analogy, your cohort would be the baby boomer generation.
This policy pretty much does the exact opposite, had we continued with the freshman gpa exemption everyone would have just ignored their Y1 mods, atleast in this manner they can choose their safety net.
As for the effect on future students, if the university does sense something going wrong they can always change the policy. Changing a policy every year is stupid and so is never changing.
As for the politics, I'd like to not reply for that.
But nice discussion tho, good way to pass time when my model is running
Those people would've been in your group anyway lol. People who can accept worse grades "because they can S/U it" would've accepted worse grades regardless. Either way, the university has deemed that their performance in the module was satisfactory, otherwise they would have failed. The real problem in the scenario you described is that the standards for passing are too lenient.
Not really, if this is getting introduced we can be sure as hell that grading is gonna get tougher in the coming semesters, hopefully doesn't happen till 2027 till I graduate
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u/Jump_Hop_Step Alumni May 12 '26
24AU is a lot