u/Some-Citron1873

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Basically it has been my dream to study astrophysics since i was 6. my 6th birthday itself was space themed. I love this subject so much, and even took really hard subjects in high school, much more than I could handle, so that i could build a profile to study astrophysics in college. My heart skips everytime I think of space, I am filled with immense happiness and gratitude everyrime I learn something about it, look at it. Ive even just stared into the night sky and cried, out of pure joy, this is something so close to my heart, but reality hits, and I have to choose between making money and a more stable career or being happy and living my life with purpose. I have delved into all things astro, participated in astronomy clubs, and worked my way to leader positions, did a cornell course on astrophysics and scored really well, the summer course didnt even feel like work, i was so driven the whole time, easily the best summer of my life (i took it to see if I just liked the idea of space or if I also liked the technical and physics aspects of it, and i LOVE it, I LOVE that i am doing calculations related to a galaxy several light years away), Ive even written research papers in the field, I try to do as much as possible for this subject, around this time, I discovered my love for atomic physics, the macro and the micro. I love it so much. I even discovered an asteroid signature with my team as a citizen scientist. I am now attending college for Data Science and AI, this is a skillset that I can def use if I choose to pursure astrophysics in the future in post grad. But heres the descision I have to take now. Do I go down the path of finance, quant trading, AI researcher, all jobs that pay well, and stuff that I am kinda interested in, and are known to be stable i guess? Or follow my dream, to study space, im smiling thinking about it rn, but this path will be unstable, and Im ready to face it but I dont wanna be a burden on my parents in the future if the space industry does not prosper. I am so conflicted. I love math and physics and compsci, but this love can either translate into a corporate job with money but no happiness and passion or into my dream life, studying the stars.

what am i supposed to do? :((

I am trying to register for electives since I need one in Y1 SEM 1 of DSAI, i was told I can do so during the add drop period but every course I select from the prescribed electives list gives me this response from STARS

I tried calling the office of admissions to get an email to submit a late appeal, since I take the IB, I cannot meet the window of 21 to 26th may, and need another means to submit an appeal.

They didn't give me an email, but redirected me to an FAQ, in which I asked for the email or any other way to submit the appeal, but they said that they don't accept appeals.

This is confusing since i have seen posts here that are doing late appeals through email for this admission year, and I wanted to ask how I can know for sure if NUS still accepts late appeals or not

I had previously applied mostly to school of computing in the trust that my IB grade would match the competition, unfortunately my IB grade was a 38, but my computer science and economics are just off a 7,

Specifically, CS scaled mark after remark is 73.7, where a 7 is 74. and Economics before remark is 72.333, where a 7 is also 74. I put this information in my appeal, and have appealed for a different course under CHS for Physics (providing emphasis on astrophysics and quantum technologies since I have done new things this summer for both fields and most of my portfolio and ec's are catered towards it), I hope that they can consider this.

Please lmk if NUS still does take late appeals and if yes, how I can send one officially,

tqq