are testimonials from junior colleges (esp. Singapore) that important for university entry?

Question

hi, im a junior college student from singapore. my teachers keep emphasizing on the importance of testimonials as it will apparently allow us to have better chance of getting the courses we want in uni .
i am those who RARELY participate in school events and i dont really go for any extra activities/CCA . am i at GRAVE disadvantage ? because if i am really at disadvantage , i want to join the upcoming college events to boost my testimonials. please help me out here . i really wanna know , esp from ex jc students in singapore, whether these testimonials are really that important as what the teachers keep saying ? thank you guys very much :)

Answer 1

Not at all important in the context of a local university. For foreigh universities, it varies.

Answer 2

talking out of experience, it relies upon on many things. Language, lifestyle, form of folk (on common), atmosphere and so on. The college I attended ( for 4 years) develop into especially Afrikaans and that i'm English which made reading (the substantial element) hard. The degree I won develop into additionally in Afrikaans (it somewhat is slightly undesirable). our environment develop into demanding as a results of somewhat an quantity of racism. human beings have been friendly yet never had admire. The lifestyle among scholars develop into lose and not very state-of-the-artwork (some scholars wore pj's to classification which is composed of their slippers!) the ladies and adult adult males there never knew romance and a guy like myself ought to never score with a female as a results of fact i could no longer detect a female to suite my gentleman like lifestyle. while i attempted kissing them on their palms, they could pull back! It develop into an rather lose place and in ordinary terms some somewhat carried out as a results of fact the college never cared approximately what the scholars accomplished yet allowed many scholars their freedom and on the comparable time sucked money from their father and mom and allowed them to be exploited by way of the markets around their extraordinarily the accomodation & outfits markets. i ended a minimum of and now i'm useful adequate yet nevertheless no longer there.