Hello friends.

I'm blogging again because I've got nothing much to do these days and so much to say. I know I should attempt to be a productive member of society and go get a job to "fund my lifestyle" but the idea of slacking around for 3 more months just seems so enticing. I mean, when am I ever going to get to do something like this again. Though I am getting a little bit bored and bordering on the beginnings of an existential crisis... Ah well. Maybe I should join a class or something, it's been awhile since I went back to street jazz.

 I had an interview for the SMU School of Social Sciences recently. I don't know if it's a good idea to blog about your interview before the results are out- I mean, what if someone Googles me? That's probably just my paranoia though. The only reason I'm writing this post is because I've been getting a few questions by people on what it is and how it goes. So I'm going to do a generic sort of guidelines for the SMU SoCC interviews, though I've heard the format is pretty much the same for most, if not all, of their faculties.

Things To Do Before:

• PREPARE DOCUMENTS: You'll need your results slip from A'levels/IB, O'levels/IP Grades, CCA records, Testimonials, Mother Tongue Results, PW results- basically all the usual jazz. Make a neat photocopy of each and paperclip them together, if not place them in a plastic pocket. Because they'll be collecting them at the interview. If you don't they'll probably request that you photocopy somewhere in Bras Besah and then come back and give it to them following your interview. It doesn't matter if you've already submitted all your supporting documents, do this anyway! Besides, it's in the instruction email.
• THINK OF WHAT TO WEAR: At SMU, students are mostly required to dress in formal business attire when they attend lectures/seminars. I've had a sister of a friend revamp her entire wardrobe to fit the SMU attire requirements. If you've seen SMU kids lurking around in casual clothing it's probably because they don't have a class that day. Anyway, the point I'm making is that you too should dress in formal business attire for their interview- for any legit interview anyway. That doesn't mean jeans + button down shirt, that means dress pants/formal skirt and formal shirt. Basically something one wears to a corporate office. But that doesn't mean you have to stifle your sense of hipster style though, you can pick some interesting accessories or pieces to jazz it up a little bit. 
• GET DIRECTIONS: The SMU campus is actually fairly large, and is spread across two sides of a road near the Singapore Arts Museum/National Museum. It'll be a good idea to have a look at the SMU campus map on their site to see which building exactly you're supposed to be heading to. Or you might risk getting lost. Like I pretty much did, on the day I went to submit my documents. The last thing you might want is getting all sweaty and flustered before the interview.
• PLAN TO ARRIVE EARLY: Well, even if you do get the correct building you'd have to locate the visitor's entrance, the floor and the place you register. So plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before your reporting time to make allowances for Murphy's Law.