STUDY VLOG 📖 final week in NTU, in person classes, cooking more, productive days 

Hi! I can't really speak for everyone but here are my own personal thoughts about the matter, I also definitely think you should talk to other students during any open houses too as the curriculum will also be different for all new incoming students to the course since it is no longer with Beijing. BUT regarding being the worst-paying major I think one factor to remember is that traditional Chinese medicine is quite a different career path compared to any other career because after the degree you still have to take the licensing exam. Then you can consider what sort of work you want to do when you are a licensed physician. In Singapore, many of the larger companies are actually more non-profit/humanitarian organisations and that significantly reduces pay, other than that it's a lot of privately owned clinics so it is harder to find employment in that sense (but there are more hospitals hiring tcm too so that's another avenue). I also think many of my peers who intend to pursue a career as a physician have intentions of eventually opening their own private clinic so it's quite hard to quantify the money you can get in this field. additionally in Singapore there still is a conception that only old senior physicians are effective so there is a lack of customer rapport when you first start out which will also significantly affect how much u can earn at the start, but imo you have to start somewhere, and then you're future growth really just depends on what career choices you make, whether to stay employed or to be an entrepreneur in a sense :)

but to me I chose tcm because of how useful I feel the information and knowledge will be for me. yes the course is tedious and stressful and you will really question your choices when everyone else has way more free time and holidays and you are just memorising for hours on end, but the knowledge is so much more applicable in your daily life cause you can really see an effect in terms of your own health and your families health when you try to apply what you learn. so for me I personally don't regret my choice and I do enjoy what I learn and I would recommend it to anyone who thinks they might be interested in tcm too. hope that helps!