Fair enough, I agree with your advice. Thank you. In Singapore however there isn't really an equivalent of community college; there are polytechnics which are e

Fair enough, I agree with your advice. Thank you. In Singapore however there isn't really an equivalent of community college; there are polytechnics which are essentially associate degrees, and there are junior colleges which are like high school I guess (and besides I won't be able to just enter a junior college even if I wanted to). But yeah I really do need to think more of their perspective and try to make myself more appealing somehow.