Tuesday, May 27, 2008
11:32 PM
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN!!
wooohooo~ my SMU interview is finally over!!
wow! this is so memorable.
i juz hate to have an interview..BUT it is essential if i wan to get into SMU
anyway~ the rejoice for the end of my sleepless night of reading papers doesnt mean dat i did well for my interview though (*although i wish dat i did well)
but definitely!!! i didnt screw my interview but i didnt think dat i did well either.
SERIOUSLY SPEAKING! the main learning point dat i learn today is "NEVER BE EARLY FOR INTERVIEW"
the story started like this...
my mom asked me to leave the house early for my 1.45pm interview, so that i will feel more prepared when i reached there.
l left my house ard an hour before the interview time and took the train to cityhall.
GUESS WAT? i did reach the place early..NOT just early is freaking early. it took me last than half an hour to reach there due to the increase in frequency in train trips during lunch break.
So i reached the venue at ard 1.15pm.
i took the lift up to the 5th storey and register.
wat shocked me is the lady and the guy told me dat... you can go in now.. they can assess you now. my immediate reaction is NOW? u mean NOW? but my interview time is 1.45pm?? den dat guy was like (*in a giggling tone) yes.. bcoz u came kinda alittle too early. SO THERE I GOES.. still in a state of shock and quietly walk to the back of the room and grab a seat.
what running through my brain at dat point in time, i guess i cant rmb~ i might be juz BLANK?
in dat room, or in other words, my group consists of 6 guys and a girl excluding me? so in the group of 8? onli 2 girls..
the essay writing isnt veri well written as u noe, MY ENGLAND isnt veri fantastic.
i choose the easiest qn of all.. "tell your friend about your learning style as a student"
is quite lame, i juz tried to write all i can tink of?
the rest of the qn is so so so totally out of question for me! individualism? pragmatism? idealism? wth?? NO way! is so GP-ish? i almost faint la..
SO i juz slowly write my essay and past dat first 45mins of today's interview.
they gave us a break after my essay writing.
actually, while i m writing my essay, i m not really veri nervous and tensed.
BUT after i submitted it, crazy and weird thoughts of "wat topic will they test us" starts to invade my mind!! dat nervous and uneasy feeling starts to overcome me. I HAVE SO SO SO MUCH TO BLURP OUT!
so i took out my phone to see. THANK GOODNESS!, my bro gf msg me..
seriously thanks peijun for dat msg..
it really helps to calm me down! although wat she msg me is nt really calmin me down initally. BUT at least i noe she is juz outside the room somewhere waitin for me.
*btw she is a SMU business student, because she parked her car in SMU so she msg me to tell me dat she can gif me a lift home after my interview*
AND so i blurp out dat i m kinda stress den she calm me down and remind me to be calm..
and then i tried to calm myself down.
After the break, they passed us a piece of newspaper article. NATURAL DISASTER. an article of 12 may strait times..
i didnt read dat before..it is the day when sichuan earthquake took place and is the day after i got back to sing?
so they told us to read abt it for 10 mins.
After dat, we were brought to another room where the 2 profs were. they are friendly and this really calm us down.
they started with self introduction of ourself.
then he told us to turn over the article and say our reflection of the article?
i tink i m quite SUAY! bcoz my groups the guys are all older than i do! more exposure..SOB SOB! 3 from poly 1 from NUS business tryin to switch 1 from Hwa chong 1 from overseas studied IB prog wif family business.. AHHH! and the girl is seriously veri good in her GP definitely! she is from tj btw~
all of them seems to speak veri good other than onli one guy who sit down there quietly and onli speak when he is asked to speak.
thankfully, everyone is given their chance to say their opinions during the interview. and definitely we can just cut in to rebut and stuff..
BUT bcoz of the topic is on natural diaster, i guess everyone viewed at the same perspective.
WE kinda disappoints the prof as he expects to see strong disagreement all over the discussion.
Nvm~ i really tried my best! haha!!! i juz tink dat i seriously gt STM and it happened durin my interview. my points came across my mind and i started to say so when i say until halfway, i juz suddenly forget wat i wanted to say!!!
ahhh!! saded!
den he looked at me and i looked at him and i juz smile and say nvm~ just move on.
i just tink dat i didnt do well in the interview as compared to the rest. i tink they are really great! first time in my life i feel dat i m so so so so so stupid. i feel like i m just a primary sch kid and they are actually a grad or sumthin..
dat's my feeling! seriously!
just pray for the veri best and hope dat i can get into SMU business..
PLEASE!!
bless me ah ma:):)
