Singaporeans Try: Ex-JC Students Experience Poly Life For A Week

Ever wondered how life in poly is? In this episode of Singaporeans Try, 3 of us, ex-JC students became polytechnic students! Watch as we stumble our way through poly classes!
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Adria Tham - / thambellina
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[@TheSmartLocal]

Thumbs up for Fauzi's cover of BBoom BBoom by Momoland at 5:55 ! And let us know in the comments who do you think did great as a poly student, Zhin, Adria or Fauzi?

[@clarissetan746]

TheSmartLocal in my opinion lah I think Adria because she actually work hard to do the stuff that she needs to do even if it’s wrong

[@joiandcookie]

TheSmartLocal Can you please make Fau, Adria and Ali do more KPOP covers please please please please and Zhin do more singing covers!!!

[@sparktae6595]

I legit danced along to bboom bboom

[@JqiOng]

i think everyone did very well =)

[@wangjingyi4360]

What hair product did fauzi’s dance partner use?????

[@DC-ru5xz]

You guys should do poly students try JC life

[@daytontang3148]

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[@ColouredPixels]

Dayton Tang exactly

[@waltersimyang]

If TSL is searching for a JC to attend for a few days, I suggest Pioneer Junior College if possible.

[@chris9879]

I think they will be bored to death 😂😂

[@NoyumiAo]

HHAHAHhahahhHAH hAve FUn

[@icemilo21]

y’all ! the fact that fauzi adria and zhin all graduated already but they look like poly students ?! like they look so young !!!! - also adria is so cute in this hahaah

[@RonLarhz]

Bcos we asians. I also dont look my age.

[@xxy5757]

Yeaa at poly??

[@highafchihuahua]

Zhin looks like an actual poly kid

[@RonLarhz]

Adria also.

[@zattifiedax]

If anyone thinks this is an exaggerated/ bias view of poly, I'm a poly student myself now and I've got to say this is pretty accurate! Lectures, experiments to CCAs and camps. Definitely did not regret my choice, and poly is great if you choose to make it to be (but of course there's 738271 doors open that can make it exciting!!) 😁

[@MrZhuntergay]

everyone commenting how fun it is clearly isnt in poly

[@cje555]

Maybe they only go the practical lessons thats why cus practical lesson honestly all quite fun

[@MrZhuntergay]

@@cje555 practical fun ah but other thn that its quite boring

[@cje555]

@@MrZhuntergay tru that

[@sushi5775]

PedoBear it is really depending on your course

[@kjthekunoichi]

Rly also depends on how you want to learn as much or not😊

[@shyakinah336]

I was an ex JC student now currently studying in a polytechnic and I can definitely vouch for what they are saying. Everything is pretty balanced here unlike JC where the only thing I remembered most was mugging till my brains exploded. Though I have no regrets taking A-levels, I feel like that polytechnic is definitely a better choice especially for students who are more comfortable with a more hands-on learning style. Their general modules encourage holistic education too, which is definitely a plus. The friendships I've made over the past year so far have been pretty great too :) To any students who are getting their O level results this year, do check out their all their schools' open houses this week. There are tons of really interesting courses to choose from (SP perfumery and cosmetic science was my first choice but I didn't get in ;-;) Anyways, thanks to whoever has read this far HAHA hope yall have a good one.

[@elvis4868]

yeah im going for the open house on thursday,excited to see more abt the courses.

[@xxy5757]

Best comment ever???

[@wangyijee]

fromer JC student. Felt my two yrs in AJ are the best moments in my educational yrs. I mug like crazy but I met many true friends and helpful teachers who helped me pull through these 2 yrs. I never regretted.

[@polobuncharsiew]

i knew adria was from SAJC.she gives off the sajc chiobu vibe. Once a saint, always a saint

[@Ryanide07]

Clearly omitted out the agonizing part of doing all the "hands-on" part of the labs: the reports. Even more-so irritating if the report is group based. Not all fun & games!

[@paradiseinhell8499]

afx HAHAHHA YAH Im in the food course from above and i need to do like food reports, chem reports ugh

[@Ryanide07]

​@@paradiseinhell8499 I can feel your pain. Did Chemical Eng in NYP not too long ago. Obviously they only showed the fun part of being in poly which is the hands-on experience. Things may have changed slightly but I'm dead-ass sure if I had labs more than twice a week like in the video I'd just breakdown lol. Translating what we learnt in labs to words is not so easy! All the analysis, comparing etc. Cause labs carry a decent chunk in overall grade and it's best to score for it! But ok la poly is pretty much spoon-fed with a side of self-directed learning. It's honestly hard to fail unless you put in effort to fail lol

[@paradiseinhell8499]

afx HAHAHA TRUE😂 Speaking of which i have a 3h lab lesson tmr 😂😭

[@Ryanide07]

for the record! not hating on the video, it is pretty accurate to a certain extent. poly life is indeed vibrant, fun, plenty of hands-on but not shown is the copious amounts of assignments, mugging, group meetings etc (understandable la, one week how can experience everything) but honestly: 3pm classes??? glorious??? more sad than glorious seeing schoolmates walking out of school but your day just started hahaha. still a good video and a decent representation of poly life itself.

[@paradiseinhell8499]

afx yea true! Basically trying to say its not all fun and rainbows, just because we are in poly doesnt mean we have live a better more carefree life than jc students (:

[@Jay-ru2cw]

Poly FTW!!! Hands down one of my best and most memorable life experiences ever!?!?! Secretly glad that I wasn’t able to get into my ideal JC. It was a blessing in disguise. Cannot imagine myself mugging my life away in JC. If you are the type who learn best by doing, please choose a polytechnic or ITE course! You will enjoy yourself because of the blended experience!!! You have your fair share of lectures and tutorials but the practical sessions are the BEST!!!! Love them! Shout out to all Poly students and graduates!!!

[@BlackGrapes]

Yup I think you said it well - those who learn by doing would probably thrive in poly better than JC. I kind of disagree with Shiva about JC necessarily having a more helpful climate though, but I guess it depends on the culture of the JC. Some jcs were notorious for having a high student retention rate or dropout rate to keep their rank high (i.e. students who don't do well enough simply are forced to repeat a year), and that's not a helpful environment.

[@waltersimyang]

That's cool! I remember Fauzi joining my class in the Food Lab to make sausages a few months ago.

[@zzzzzz-wb6sj]

omg the perfume course thingy looks damn fun skskksks

[@KP-ce6fx]

Ikrrr

[@SometimesRainie]

DONT SCARE ME HAHAHHAHAHAH RESULTS ON MONDAY!!! Goodluck to everyone getting their results on Monday!!💗

[@TheSmartLocal]

Goodluck! -Alison

[@cherlyntassha7174]

Omg me too !!! Goodluck to youuuu ! 💗

[@SometimesRainie]

@@cherlyntassha7174 good luck to you! ❤

[@SometimesRainie]

@@shanycelim3950 thank you so much! Good luck to you if you're taking your results tomr! :-)❤

[@bryanong4879]

How did y’all fare what did y’all get

[@NinJa-qr1sp]

As a poly grad who went to NUS, I can share that you learn more useful stuff in one month in poly than one year in uni. Uni feels like secondary school life all over again. It doesn't even come close to the way poly prepares u for the working world

[@trevorthai1685]

Graduated from TP in 2017 and I gotta say poly life is really how much you wanna take from it. I had a really hands on course in BCS and a wonderful media CCA, Digital Media Crew which made my whole poly life memorable and fun. The TP culture was generally nice, welcoming, with plenty of facilities and opportunities to pursue many fields of interest!!!

[@xRmxAmri]

Lecturers going through step by step hmmmm. Not all lecturers do that tho

[@Jay-ru2cw]

xRmxAmri some of the good and dedicated ones do(:

[@ally00lim]

LMAO AGREED

[@xRmxAmri]

@@Jay-ru2cw I am glad for half of the lecturers of mine that are that way :D

[@zhengnian]

at least for my time, most of them do :)

[@nickspallow5285]

IKR suck to be me!!

[@IAmNivash]

Sponsored By: Singapore Polytechnic

[@vivian8707]

Zhin's course looks fun! Also, Adria's CCA, Canoe Polo, looks exciting!

[@mustang9724]

Zhin looks cute haha. i cant be the only one thinking that?!?

[@queenpotato176]

When Zhin and the others sang, it was AMAZING 👏👏👏

[@thevioisme]

You guys have such cool CCAs in sg!

[@boogywumpy]

THAT ACAPELLA WAS SO GOOOOD

[@3175jason]

i actually know some of them from zhin's class especially the chinese guy he talked too

[@crazycubelove]

Zhin blended so well into polytechnic

[@cryingstereos]

Was from polytechnic years ago, graduated with a design diploma, even tho I’m not doing something directly related, my diploma did get me a relevant job and those years in poly were the best of my life yet! Many fond memories and so much nonsense and pure fun. Great times! Fun aside, the projects I that were very real, lots of authentic learning and could really see how the industry was like. Definitely helps with making informed decisions about your future/career. Learned so many new things and experienced a lot too. So glad I didn’t choose to go to a JC back then!

[@kellymoo2901]

J hi! may i ask what course you did? i’ll be doing Visual Communication and i would love if you could share some tips or advice for design courses :)

[@nataliesiah5478]

They should have tried the non-lab/ “normal” courses! My course has 8am classes 4 days a week and this month i have 7 assignments due and 2 presentations D: its not all that fun but poly life is definitely flexible and you really need to have lots of self control and the passion for your course!! Good luck to those receiving results!!

[@leeboonkang2]

Poly might be my most enjoyable time of all of my study life.

[@aqilahrahim3151]

5:42 I almost choked on my water....lol

[@nbtri]

Dayum this is good. My life in 2008-2011🥺

[@caspar903]

I got into my dream course. So happy!

[@kenzo978]

love your videos

[@9yzhnrnzr505]

You should try studying in other polys such as rp and nyp to get to know about the different education system those poly has to offer.

[@skraaapapakakaka145]

noranizah noranzor they are promoting sp

[@xxy5757]

Yea,should compare???

[@avilagne_jr]

Come find out more about SP CCAs, our courses and find out more about the school environment in SP at SP Open House 2019, from 10 Jan-12 Jan!!:) Welcome to come to my course, Diploma in Perfumery and Cosmetic Science as well! Hope that I have made your experience an enjoyable one Adria!:)

[@NRSBRNND]

Fauzi is having way too much fun 😂😂😂

[@dolphinmainkhalifa]

Adria is sooo beautifullll

[@qkai7796]

I can’t wait to go Poly, Sec 4 this year and feeling damn sian of studying all day and night Long

[@Jaden-ei2jq]

This actually looks fun

[@enigmaticwaters]

Watching this made me really miss poly life, now that i’m in university😭 CAN I GO BACK TO BEING A POLY STUDENT PLEASE

[@Evelyn-rs1cx]

OMG WHO WAS THE GIRL SINGING? HER VOICE IS SO NICEE!!

[@dorsknee]

Haii I’m new here and I already am addicted plz post more!❤️❤️❤️

[@TheSmartLocal]

Welcome to the fam! -Alison

[@dorsknee]

TheSmartLocal thank you Alison!❤️

[@peachymango_]

Now time for Poly Students to experience JC life. (Currently at MJC)

[@kjthekunoichi]

12:10 fauzi eating those 🍝🍝🍝😂😂😂hilarious episode... wish i was back in poly too..💙TP class of 2015 here✌

[@elhannahho4476]

This is so underrated. 😍😍😍

[@UnwrappingByMimiKoteng]

Amazing

[@wangjingyi4360]

10:07 look at the right side of the screen, love birdsssssss Edit: Zhin’s singing was amazing though 😁

[@minnimousy1996]

I want Fauzi's behind scenes for the team game the screaming😂😂

[@inukagirl1780]

Zhin!!

[@dariuswong9764]

The smart local I have a question how do you find out about the premiere of the next SG TRY EPSIODE? PLEASE TELL ME

[@TheSmartLocal]

Hello! We will always give a heads up on our insta story a few hours before premiering, so do follow us at @thesmartlocaltv ! :)

[@EunhyukieLoveELF]

Honestly, you cant really experience poly life as much in just a week. All the stress from whether or not this dumb presentation can get you that A, doing a project in 2 weeks that's 40%of your whole subject, like that's all the tough shit we get bro i literally cried once from all that stress lmao Poly is fun if you didnt have to care about the grades, if they had a rule where they had to have let's say 3.5 gpa in their first sem things are gna get way harder.

[@MafuyuJL]

Wah SP students damn lucky to have them there :(

[@yasey7177]

do more of this plsss

[@NRSBRNND]

Can we also have more clips of Fauzi having fun?

[@dosesofblue3651]

You guys should let them try out Republic Poly’s life too. As republic poly has a different system.

[@deckard1]

Care to explain more?

[@alyxiaa4861]

the high note when zhin was talking abt the cca tho

[@gohjiayi5521]

Tbh poly are my best years as compared to uni HAHAHA totally glad that i chose poly over jc (even though it’s tougher to get into local uni lmao!!)

[@fvyreas9202]

Hello from TJC Ip!!

[@harharhar123]

wait what? is that you adria tham? hahaha =)) insightful video imo

[@traquine]

Poly aint all fun lmao and it really depends on how nice the lecturer is for them to go through step by step tbh... I want such a lecturer as well

[@jeonnochu5191]

Is dat BAEKHYUN?

[@DetroidSanDiago]

SP represent!!!

[@Aisha-hg8em]

Zhin is so handsome😍

[@jiameiii8741]

Hope to go to the perfume course after I graduate. I been looking at it for awhile

[@XStarlimeX]

Omygosh the girl in strip sings damn well

[@tantessa4318]

I understand that POLY is really different from JC, however, different POLYS means DIFFERENT WAY of leaning as well! Why not try other polys too? Anyways, amazing video and I hope the ex-JC peps enjoyed 1 week of poly life!!!

[@Winson06]

oh mann.. I miss Poly life. Do one with RP since the daily school life is quite different from other Polys.

[@sleepy_dobe]

Yeah......3 cheers for SP!....

[@ferererererocher]

omg fauzi talking about his experience in dfst is how i'm surviving dfst right now xD If you hate the module, just push through for the food, SP best P

[@lukiepookiex]

omo my courseeeee DFST haha omo after this video im even more interested in the course adria tried, DPCS was one of the choices i wanted but now rly regret i didnt put higher in my 12 options TT

[@mohamedimranfarid4801]

Hais miss going poly. And going late for classes.

[@adeleelleyn]

You guys should make a video at a Primary school and name it a week going to Primary School

[@ferererererocher]

omg the thing they made fauzi try out is exactly what my classmate is right now xD DFST student with handball cca

[@zenithrebel]

Zhin getting in with the cuties while he's there 4:43

[@exquisitethings123]

Former JC student here. To those that are wondering if they should go JC or poly..my answer would be poly. Poly life like what they mentioned have more hands on approach which is very useful for future employment. Also the students get to go for internships and have an more knowledge regarding the industry and what kind of career that they can explore. Being a former JC student all I know is just theory and mugging and my focus is only to get into uni at that time and not about my dreams like what kind of career path that I want to go to. So yeah if I can turn back time I would have gone to poly. Even if you don't know what course you want to take i feel that you should take something that you're interested in learning and if it doesn't work out or anything, at least you know what to omit at an earlier stage. Rather than these jc students who go to uni and have no idea what they gonna do in the future and take some jobs just to get employed and then realising that this isn't what they want. Just thot of putting it here :)

[@BlackGrapes]

That's true about the career development aspect. Was from JC myself and the lack of career guidance was kind of alarming now that I think about it.

[@socealdestance7315]

Oml momoland song for the intro 😂❤

[@gold9994]

how'd you graduate a FST without even knowing how to make an ice cream (?) it's one of the soft skills i learnt in my uni

[@rickleow736]

I saw my friend in SP Vocal Talents lol

[@Pekkooooooo]

More coursessss please

[@shaeensilver]

The guy dancing with fauzi is CUTE! DROP HIS IG!!!

[@lumix3855]

As an engineering student in NP, I'm just wondering why theirs was so fun while our course is just dry mugging.

[@leonardlim2248]

Gonna do it again next year?

[@horololosquid9309]

Next time: Fauzi joining a kpop girl group

[@Liyingrockz]

that 1 day i didnt go for lab and tsl came to film with my class T.T

[@JI-sy9tw]

aca-scuse me aca-believe it aca-awesome

[@tricia4007]

Boom BOoM !

[@meowth27]

I spent 80% of my poly life doing theory class. This one seems to focus on labs only.

[@farahly]

I hope i get in poly after sec sch :)

[@angjingswan9977]

Farah Basir, go!!

[@yashrk1711]

jus go JC and do your A levels if you planning to go to Uni. In poly chances are super slim. Imagine your O level result was based on every quiz and test from sec 1. That is what we poly students go through, every freking lab and quiz is graded. One screw up in any quiz and that's it

[@KP-ce6fx]

Same

[@megats1110]

@@yashrk1711 so why do ppl actually go for poly is it cuz they cant get into a JC or cuz poly is just better than JC

[@Strange_Quarks]

i'll be you when i do a five day course in june :))

[@louisedavid6231]

I wonder how SP Talents get a job in future? 🤔 Even for myself is already so tough.

[@jeonnochu5191]

Wahhhh I dint know you guys know Bboom bboom

[@yzeuthium]

I must say kudos to tsl choosing zhin and james, really well deserved

[@RonLarhz]

Unless u go biz/finance course, it's mostly books too.

[@emanhaha]

notification squad

[@jirachiority961]

Anyone from SIMEI JC or JC East?

[@richardtan4956]

Do an ep on ITE!!!

[@aiyahchikin5913]

why got no design course

[@youngstars710]

It's making me regret that I didn't go poly now that I've watched this video :')

[@kjthekunoichi]

Awww...😊😊

[@shivashankar28]

JC is much better ! Believe yourself

[@youngstars710]

@@shivashankar28 HAHAHA, I'm actually in my fourth year in uni 😂

[@jhunifiedwithlove9750]

Hi Zhin 😘

[@529winkclub3]

come sp everyoneeee :DD

[@emmanueleng1160]

Did yall have to key in ATS?

[@junxiangyan2921]

Early!!