From ITE to NUS: what I'd tell my 16-year-old self

Draft outline. The full piece is still to be written.

Where it started

• Normal stream, and what that meant for the options in front of me.

ITE College East

• The first step up: GPA 4.00, a Certificate of Merit and the CDC & CCC ITE Scholarship.

Temasek Polytechnic

• Diploma in Electronics with Merit, CGPA 3.77, Director's List, two best-subject prizes.

NUS and IIT Bombay

• BEng (Hons) Electrical Engineering, and an exchange semester at IIT Bombay.

Working throughout

• Part-time jobs the whole way, including coordinating a restaurant's waiter roster.

What I'd say to my 16-year-old self

• To be written in my own words.