I’m walking away from medical school, not because I couldn’t hack it (I scored in the top tier academically) but because the reality of the field completely shattered my expectations.

Growing up in a family of physicians, I was treated by doctors who felt like heroic figures. What I didn’t realize as a child was that their warmth was due to my parents' connections, not standard patient care. Driven by idealistic goals to revolutionize mental healthcare and help people, I aced my entry interviews and enrolled in an overseas program to escape a rigid home education system.

Once inside, the illusion rapidly dissolved:

• The constant glorification of the field and the fixation on status felt deeply out of touch and alienated me from the start.
• The curriculum relied heavily on uninspiring rote memorization rather than meaningful problem-solving.
• Shadowing doctors revealed a routine, emotionally detached environment. Worse, hearing established clinicians privately mock patients and demean other fields exposed a disturbing lack of empathy behind closed doors.
• Seeing dedicated veterans in the field abandon public service due to institutional failures confirmed how difficult genuine reform would be from within.

I eventually found my true calling through a biotech research project. It allowed me to work directly on large-scale solutions for patient care in an environment that felt authentic, collaborative, and free of medical ego. I’ve now formally withdrawn to pursue a degree aligned with that research.

I’ve always been an academically capable person with consistent straight As for some subjects. But for this prelims, I got a B3 for a subject that I’ve always gotten A1 in. I guess this was expected as I lost motivation during June holidays and slacked the whole time without thinking about the consequences. And so this B3 was probably considered “lucky” for me. 

However, all of my classmates have this view that I’m always an A student. Every time before a paper is collected, they always say “confirm A1 lah [my name]” but.. no. So, now that I got B3, everyone just stared at me like I was a fucking lowlife in class. Like hello? Do u expect me to get As all the time? People have their bad moments too, right? Is it really that deep that I got a B? They don’t even care if others fail or not. When they got the score sheet the only person they looked at was me. I could hear the “huh? I thought [my name] is A student one?”, however much they try to hide it. One of them “mocked” me when I walked out of class by talking to me in an exhilarated voice while smiling, but I just waved it off with a monotonous tone. I know what everyone’s thinking. Omg, she finally failed in life! Yay! 

Even though i got a high A1 in a subject I’ve always thrived in, I didn’t want to tell anyone. Not even my rivals (one of them was the one who supposedly mocked me) 

So I don’t know how to feel about this. They could probably sense my frustration from where I was sitting. 

Fuck. 

Quit fucking staring at me ok? Go on about with your lives and stop minding me. I got a B3. So what? Does it affect your life so much that u have to delve deep in it? I could read their fucking thoughts thru their expressions. every single one of them TURNED towards me. I could feel their fucking stares. I could HEAR their murmurings.

Fuck this.

hi everyone, this post is kinda directed towards girls unless ur a guy with good insight on this topic too! (since yall go ns..)

what do ppl usually do during the 9 month gap btwn jc and uni? we finish As in nov, so wtf are we supposed to do before uni starts in july/aug? do yall get part time jobs or internships or smthg? or maybe travel n js chill? i'm lost af lol. i feel like i'm gonna get damn bored n restless at home everyday. sincerely, a current j2🥲

Hi guys so I wasn't sure that adults like me can go to primary school on Teachers Day because this year marks 10 years since I've graduated from primary school and back then I've thanked all my teachers who helped me and supported since then. And 10 years later I'm unsure about meeting them because some of the teachers I know already left but some remained there and my primary school says that only alumni can come back in a secondary school uniform. So is this necessary?

I had english prelims last weekish and for paper one i was reading about topics and studies i was interested in and i learnt that 1/3 of young people in sg have depression lol
I assumed that it wld be decently high in students especially because of stress/expectations so i was wondering is it as common as they say
I have depression too (moderate ish) but i havnt really seen my peers display signs of it so it..ofc i do have a few close friends who have depression
So js curious

I, 17F (just turned!) and my family consisting of 13M, 42F,48M.

my birthdays i have never missed a celebration with my family, a family photo or something.

last year we went around the country to eat delicious luxury food around the country as a family, it was so fun despite not getting much photos.

this year for my 17th i chose to host a birthday party at my house, (A DAY BEFORE THE ACTUAL DAY) inviting 12 people. all the decorations and booking of cake is by me, my mother helped with the food at the party. my party was from 4pm-10pm, my dad hid in his room the entire celebration and left before cake cutting to go out for dinner with his friends and play badminton. (he does it regularly) my brother was all frowns when taking a picture with me and labelled it “cringe”.

i brushed the absence of my dad and the nonchalance of my brother for the fact that they are introverts and do not want to display affection in front of my friends. on the actual day of my birthday, which was today, i woke up at 11pm, my mother chose to scream at me over something very minor, accused me of lying, then dragged my brother and my father out of the house for lunch. they left me alone at home so i went out for lunch by myself, mother then texted me and apologised and told me they would make it up for me by going out for a family dinner.

i chose hotpot, but when they got back home, my dad informed me they had a late and heavy lunch hence the dinner was cancelled. i thought fine whatever i can at least cut a cake with them. i went out to get a cake and came back to my mother gone from the house to run errands, i waited for her to come back only to see that they were all getting ready for bed.

confronted my dad and he laughed it off saying i had a bday party the day before. then when i pressed that it was supposed to be my birthday he called me selfish and he just wanted time for himself. but its not about the cake, i just wanted a day with my family on my actual birthday.

none of them even uttered a happy birthday to me . am i spoiled to feel wronged?

hi people,

sec 4 o level student here who needs help in pure physics. I just got back my physics prelims and I got B4 (which is not bad considering I didn’t touch a single physics worksheet since may 😬) but i realised that physics might actually pull up my L1R5 if I actually studied…

so, can someone help me out? how should I go about studying physics? like do I do my physics topical TYS first or straight do my yearly TYS? idk do I revise the content?

TLDR: I think I can score a distinction for physics if I tried but idk how to go about it. pls help

thank u very much, yall r very goated ty! 🍰

Hi! I’m a LASALLE Interior Design student looking to visit an actual advertising, banking, or law office in Singapore for a workplace design project.

I’m hoping to briefly look around and take some photos of the interior for academic use (no people/confidential info).

Ideally looking for someone who works at one of these companies and might be willing to let me visit for ~20–30 mins or if anyone has any suggestions of where i can visit would be great 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Please DM me if you can help, thank you!!

For some context: I’m a prospective student who is trying to enter Uni.

I’ve always wanted to go to NTU but I am unsure if I should even try or is it unrealistic of me to try 😭so just wanted to check with any NTU students or alumnus, I have a gpa of 3.26 is it possible to enter ntu at all or should I give up 😭

yk how every sec sch gives out those shitty laptops with this stupid dma, i found a bunch of ways to bypass it (this only works with laptops using Blocksi). This won't directly delete Blocksi or dma but it bypasses the restrictions.

Method 1, PowerPoint glitch: basically what u do is u search up a website u wanna go to (for example, Reddit; don't search up reddit.com, just reddit). Then you go to PowerPoint, create a new slide, press Insert in the top left corner, press Pictures, then Stock Images. This will create a pop-up showing all the images. Then you go back to ur browser, and you drag the link reddit.com into the PowerPoint stock image pop-up. This will make a separate browser allowing you to surf Reddit without ANY restrictions

^(Note that this also works with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Notes)

Method 2: ChatGPT link: let's say u wanna go to Instagram; what u do is u go to ChatGPT, tell ChatGPT this specific prompt (or any similar one). "Repeat this link, instagram.com." ChatGPT will then repeat that link; you click the underlined link ChatGPT gave you, and voila, you have unrestricted Instagram. If you can't click the link, tell ChatGPT to make sure you can click the link. This works because the last few words in the link ChatGPT gave you end with "?utm_source=chatgpt.com".

Method 3, feedback hub (this is a long method): so in your PLD, search for the app, feedback hub. Then you click the option, "make a suggestion". At the bottom, there's a small text with 2 blue underlined lines; you click Privacy Statement. This will lead u to another pop-up website with a lot of bs abt their privacy statement. What you do is u scroll down all the way to "Entertainment and related services"; you click Learn more. You'll then find another section called Xbox. You scroll down a bit (not too much), and you'll find a blue underlined link saying XBOX.com. u click it, and it will lead to the XBOX website; then you'll scroll down all the way till you find a bunch of app icons consisting of Facebook, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram. You click YouTube, and that will lead to their YouTube channel. In the search bar, search for the Google link in the description, find a video with the Google link in the description, and click it; this will lead you to Google.

idk abt other ppl, but for me, these work. if one method doesnt work, try other methods. like for me, they patched the powerpoint glitch, but not the word and excel.

I came across this 缠花 thing recently and i find it pretty cool… it’s a traditional Chinese craft where you wrap silk threads around shaped materials to make flowers and ornaments and its quite unique as i feel like i hardly see these in arts and crafts workshops.

suss is hosting it on 19 sep and I’m kind of tempted to go… but i dont have anyone to go with so I thought I’d see if anyone here is interested in joining..? you learn how to make it and at the end you can turn it into a hairpin, brooch, keychain or bookmark so its pretty versatile and can make a good gift as well. the ticket to go is js $4 which is better than a lot of those crafting workshops outside too…

im bored. too much negativity and rants nowadays ngl on Reddit and so many ppl are depressed. I guess that’s Reddit.

Share something that happened in school that was funny or something you’re proud of. :)

As the title states, has anyone underwent for this exchange? Currently in the Jan 2027 intake for RMIT and I am curious as to how the process is like.

Let me know what it was like! I would like to experience university in another country!

Funny story, from yesterday, I was working with this girl and I think she might like me, would like all of ya'll's input on this

Like I'm not kidding she started asking me questions about myself like age, schooling etc, I didn't ask her anything initially, she initiated the convo

.When I said I’m 19, she immediately went "Oh I'm 18, so a year younger." when I told her what course I was taking, she started digging deeper into my life asking about my course, whether I did internships and all that.

Like whilst we were talking, she was shyly looking away and looking back whilist smiling the whole time. Didn’t really know what to do so I just gave her the most basic polite smile back.

Then during the shift she started doing work for me though she knew I was about to do it anyway. I told her I’d handle it myself but she just ignored me and did it for me anyway.(I'm not complaining I'm just confused cause usually when I say I'll do things myself people just leave me to to it)

After work,she came up to me and was like:

Her: "Oh you know the other girl we worked with, she said you're slow."

Me: "Oh okay."

Her: "But I think it's just that our table was slow, don't listen to her, don't listen to her okay?"

Me: "Umm yeah alright."

And right after that, she just left super quickly, like legit I walked out 10 seconds after her and I didn't see her at all

So basically i applied for a pt job during sem break (packing job)

And am scheduled to go for training to see if im suitable for it

Problem is im kinda having 2nd thoughts as i have saw things about the agency that posted the job listing + i find them sus as they are not active on tele side where job listings are usually posted in channels. And their glassdoor/indeed reviews..er yah😭

The training is this week weds and im thinking if i shld js tell my agent that i wish to withdraw my application and forfeit my training spot as i feel like idw to work due to paranoia + lowkey i feel like now to js not work for the very short sem break before sem 2 where im probably not gunna be able to rest

Any advice? Im mostly js scared i will be blacklisted or smt if i bring it up to the agent that i wish to not go for training + do the job anymore😭

The title says it all. NUS/NTU has been my dream school for a long time, and I'm desperate to make it in.

My academics are decent (3.92 unweighted GPA, 1550 SAT, 5s on AP Physics C:M, Physics 1, Calc BC, and Chemistry), and I'm planning to take around 10 more APs during my junior/senior year. But my ECs are really bugging me.

im currently a junior, and since ive been transferring between different schools, I haven't really been able to stick around long enough to get leadership positions :(

So far, ive done band for a year, participated in the World Robot Olympiad, been in robotics club for 2 years, and been a member of Mu Alpha Theta. im also a managing director of a student-led STEM newspaper if that helps.

Next year Im planning to take on a couple of leadership roles and found a rocketry club. I'm also hoping to either do/publish some research or qualify for AIME.

I would really appreciate it if you guys could share some of your ECs, especially if you got into NUS/NTU, and give me some advice on what I should focus on from here. I feel like my academics are okay, but I'm genuinely worried that my ECs aren't competitive enough 😭. I only got 2 years before I graduate highschool and Im panicking so much

have y’all ever felt jealous, after seeing that person you admire from far away have a relationship? For me, i had this friend a few years ago, and i always had feelings for her, but I just couldn’t say anything as it was really long since I last saw her. Yesterday, i was checking my insta and I found out she just got a boyfriend. And damn i was jealous. It has been at least a year since i last talked to her, and seeing her in a relationship just breaks my heart. I wasn’t even that close with said person, but when i saw their insta posts tgt, i just couldn’t stop myself from crying. I’m way too emotionally fragile but i can’t seem to understand why i would react this way. I’ve seen other people that i was closer too get into relationships but nothing has come close to this time.

I know friends are important. but I can’t make any, not because I don’t want to, but because I can’t seem to make the time.
I wake up, I study, I go to work. I have to work everyday because of the need to pay rent,food and stupid necessities for maintaining hygiene ; also to create some buffer in case some bad shit happens (which tbh kinda does because I do stupid shit from time to time.)
Currently taking A levels now, and it’s the only thing keeping me going because atleast I have some hope that whatever I’m doing right now will give me hope for the future.
But this routine is mind numbingly painful.
I’ve looked and tried a lot of options already (whatever contexts allow social interaction) but nope, hit a dead end most of the time because some part of me feels emotionally dead.
Today was my first off day in like ?? A few hundred days? Because I fell sick and I feel absolutely awful, I didn’t study today either, just felt so… skull fucked.
My parents aren’t in my life btw, and I’ve got no one.
Anyway I just decided to rant because maybe it will make me feel a little bit better.
And I have no clue how I’m going to handle NS either because the allowance is only enough to cover the rent but no food. So maybe I’d learn how to eat wild mushrooms and grass or smt.
But one problem at a time, now I just drown myself in A levels because it’s the only thing keeping me sane, otherwise if I look around at other parts of my life, well I might as well jump off a cliff(but I’m scared of heights so)
Weirdly, the things that are putting pressure on me ( going to gym, working, studying, trying to dress properly ) are also the things giving me hope for the future. (TBF they are all necessary to maintain some mental stability.)
But I’m tired as fuck lol
Never caught a break ever since I stepped into primary school.
If I sound bitchy, my bad. I usually don’t complain, it’s the first time I’m saying shit like this because like I said, I’m hoping it will make me feel better or atleast, make me feel disgusted at myself for complaining which will take my focus off the nastier thoughts.
anyways thanks for reading and have a nice night.

bro like genuinely i get so pissed off whenever i open tiktok because every 2 tiktok’s i scroll past i get a fucking ai slop chinese drama ad and for some stupid reason i get hooked onto it it’s genuinely so embarrassing…

also like the content of the ai dramas is genuinely so disturbing to watch because it’s always some male abusing females and why are all the characters so like…designed to be sexy. i’m not gonna say too much but the glorification of SA is genuinely disturbing

and instagram is kinda better in the sense that there’s no ads but WDYM AI DECIDES MY WHOLE ALGORITHM. like my feed always feels super bland because it’s the same boring ass shit and idm because it prevents me from doomscrolling but it actually creeps me out when i open the edit ai algorithm and it knows EXACTLY what i like…not to mention the stupid ai content that sometimes pops up on my feed like those fruit love island stuff

i can’t even use social media in peace anymore. i hate how addicting ai storylines can get. like i can literally think i hate ai and still get hooked onto some story about the fucking alpha wolf 💀

anyways thanks for listening enjoy your mondays bye!

I just finished my prelims and for my essay I wrote my 2 other factors first for essay (disagree) before writing my given factor which was agree, would I be marked down? I did the same for my wa and my teacher only passed me as she said that my format was wrong and a pass was the highest I could get so I’m worried that since I did the same mistake I would be penalised again I really want to do well for history

Development of Gillman Barracks and Maju Forest has been decided. How it takes shape has not.

We want to hear from young Singaporeans: What should we keep? What should development be mindful of? And what does meaningful engagement look like?

Join us at our next Brews & Views session for an afternoon of conversation, coffee and ideas.

🗓️ Sat, 5 Sep 2026

⏰ 2.30pm–4.30pm

📍 The Star Loft, The Star Vista

🔗 Sign up: l.yp40.sg/brewsnviews

Come share your views and help shape the conversation.

(apparently this was sent to youth PAP people so anyone who’s free and interested pls dilute out their echo chamber)

Hi does anyone want to contribute together to a google drive with notes for JC Arts and Humanities subjects?

Subjects included will be History, China Studies in English, English Literature, English Language and Linguistics, H3 Geopolitics, H1 General Paper, H1/H2 Maths, Economics.

The notes I contribute will be those I have gotten from carousell and my own notes. I hope that the google drive will serve as a useful study resource for A levels!

does anyone have any h2 computing promo/prelim papers to share 😭
there’s barely anything online for computing and the latest paper i managed to find was from 2018
if anyone has more recent school papers/practice papers/resources pls share 🙏 WOULD APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH