> It should be noted that such "full-ride" scholarships are generally reserved for the top students in a cohort (scoring at least, I believe, AAB at A Level), a

> It should be noted that such "full-ride" scholarships are generally reserved for the top students in a cohort (scoring at least, I believe, AAB at A Level), and are not available to all citizens (as compared to EU citizens who enjoy heavily-subsidised tuition and student loans). Makes sense. She was going to go A-Levels after Higher Chinese but her illness threw her off, so she later went to Poly, and then did Primary School prepatory teaching, before going to NIE. > This is aimed at trying to get "smart" people to settle down in Singapore. I don't know if the bond is working. My Indian Classmates at NTU wanted to go straight to Silicon Valley, but got stuck at (what they called) the IBM and Amazon sweatshops. They're not happy about it. > There are sadly no "student loan" schemes to allow for independent living. The lottery selection on campus definitely makes it worse. My roommate at the time paid one of the lucky ones under the table for a slot but he was somehow exposed and had to move out halfway through the semester. Sad, but I got a two-bed room in the hostel all to myself!