today i went to collect my gown. $230. $60 rental, the rest were deposit. Photo package is $250 to be discussed with my parents.
At the counter, pressured to give senior class gift. Heard woman trying to convince master student (since they richer): their gpa could be 3.5 but actally can be 4.0 except they have to work to cover cost so this is what class gift is for! To help them achieve so much more!
1) they are only going to offer the class gift to people with GPA with 3.5? What has this got to do with financially needy?
2) Achieving so much more means a GPA of 4.0?
3) At a GPA of 3.5 plus work, I doubt that these people are not achieving anything. the grades allow them to get into most companies plus the amount they work is impressive to interviewer in terms of stress and time management.
After hearing that, i seriously doubt that I want to contribute. At least if I want to make sure the money goes some where, I would look at financially needy first before looking at their grades. I was thinking that if someone have a GPA of 2.8 and compared to someone with a GPA of 3.5, and both need the money, the poor person with a GPA of 2.8 is automatically out although that person is the one who really needs help in school fees to stop work and go study.
Thus, i told the person that I was currently not working, expected to earn a below average salary going by their annual smu survey and considering that my parents still dao tie these few months, i really dun think I want to donate now. Considering the school has so many bursaries from foundations, I will just donate some money to foundations which take care of the financially needy before GPA first.
Yes, sadly the parents are still dao tieing. They offered to pay for my one way air ticket there or if return is just a little bit more, i may get a return and pay more for date change so that coming back dun need to pay so much.