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just want to share my story here, which might go against the prevailing narrative in SoC that what they teach you here is important or that you have to do well academically to succeed. entered CS in AY2019, graduating this year having secured an SWE position in the States (not east coast or west coast) TC: 145K USD, after Tax and expenses probably around 90K USD take home CAP: 2.xxx/5 CS1101S -> B-, CS2040S -> C, CS2030S -> C, CS3230 -> C, CS2100 -> C+, CS2106 -> C (I was a horrible CS student) There were many occasions where professors (especially a certain professor...), TAs and fellow peers asked me to drop out of CS, telling me that I was not going to succeed in this field because of my grades. I fondly remember an instance when I was questioned why my code was so shit and why I was so lousy in front of everyone by this individual. In summary, my time at NUS CS was horrible. I will never forget how I was ridiculed by this person. But I spammed leetcode 6 months before graduating and did a few projects. During my time at NUS I was lucky enough to find a part time internship and worked there throughout my time at NUS. Every employer I interviewed with only asked me about my work experience and not once did anyone ask me about my degree or for my transcript (apart from Google). Anyone who says CAP is important is out of touch. Anyone who says you actually need to study hard is out of touch as well. You don't even need to do well in any CS module. You just need to be able to do leetcode and know like 50% of the basics. (and also know what stacks are commonly used in the industry and some system design, all of which is like available online and totally not taught in this school) What actually matters is tenacity, resourcefulness and knowing the right people. I swear to god knowing the right individuals allowed me to get to where I am today and it was a hell a lot easier to do than to grind in this school. Well, by the end of this summer, I will be receiving a B.Comp Computer Science degree with no honors awarded by NUS. And a TC that is probably closer to the 99th percentile than the 75th percentile in the GES LOL. PS. leetcode is amazing, it levels the playing field for everyone and allowed someone like me with garbage grades to succeed. So to those in CS and you are worried that your grades are too shit, don't worry. As long as you do well for your OAs, you are equivalent to someone who got >4.5, 99% of the time.