SGD 3,000 is about QAR 8,704 per month. QA offered a basic salary of QAR 5,856 initially; then called again to offer her QAR 7,300. Naturally, my gal prefers to continue her education. Better to finish off her paper chase while still young; being able to skip her Masters and go straight to a PhD program is definitely a fantastic opportunity.

At that time, someone also refuted the education she received at Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar; saying that the education is not equivalent to the one in the main campus. However, if you look at her degree, you'd never know she studied at the Qatar campus. And to receive a full scholarship from NUS shows that the degree is of same quality as in USA.