A-LEVEL...

INTISJ,SUNWAY,TAYLOR...OTHERS...

ENVIRONMENT? FEE? LECTURER?

HOW? VIEWS? OPINIONS? EXPERIENCE?

erm...i'm not quite sure about Sunway..but i think i'll go for taylors( well,actually i've enrolled for the june intake )...as for the environment i really love it...there's like trees everywhere...a very cooling place... very convinient(there are many restaurants and etc(check out this thread to know more about taylors: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...8378&hl=taylors ...and the fees are roughly 23k for three subjects and 28K for 4 subjects...
as for the lecturers i'm not quite sure...but many ppl told me that taylor's are pretty good... when i went for the enrollment with my bro ,my bro actually asked the counsellor this question: what makes taylor's outstanding and different from other colleges?
PM me to know the answer

WHY NOT GO INTISJ?

Congratz.... Finally you make up your mind to do A-level

kdu is not bad.their lectures are quite good although taylor is the best.don choose college according to their reputation or results.19000 3subjects and 21000 4subjects for kdu

Stamford College provides A-Level too and if your SPM and I heard that
it is easy to get their full scholarship..

why dun go HELP de a-level?
easier den other

HELP's a-levels is better than Taylor's. >_>

For me, environment for Inti SJ and Taylor's are pretty bad lo. Sunway still not bad, at least Sunway as a Bandar itself is quite green.

But Taylor's has a good reputation for A-Level, so does the others. The only thing is Taylor's charge more.

If you ask me where to do A-Level, I would say Inti Nilai (I know that their lecturers are good.).
And if you are bright student and wish to spend less, then go TARC.

If you ask me about opinions on Taylor's, I will say no need go there.
You can get similar things at cheaper price at elsewhere.
And, I dislike they fix up the classes and timetable which make it no difference from secondary school.
Although timetable like today 8-10am one class, then 4-5pm one class looks ugly, but that's what we call college. But Taylor's A-Level is not like that!

Time to bed. Will share more tomorrow.

I've got friends doing Taylor's A-levels. The timetable is pretty sucky. You practically have the same subjects everyday and you finish approx the same time (ie, 4PM).

Their LAN is not LAN. I heard that they did moral studies and it was SO different because they were actually just doing the subject to pass and get it over with. Whereas for me, I had to really study and analyze the subject and treat the subject seriously, where I actually learn something from all that hours staying back for it. So it's very unfair. Anyway, unless you don't treasure the thought of gaining knowledge, you'd think I'm talking crap, so just ignore.

I'm studying in IntiSJ and I've friends doing A Levels here. The fees is definitely cheaper than Taylors, classes are small, and the lecturers are experienced teachers.
Due to the small class, the lecturers really get to know you, its a rather friendly environment.
Environment - A lot of makan places, and other entertainment spots ahem cyber cafes are all over...
Taylor's A levels are massive I heard, they've a ton of students and in some classes you end up in a lecture hall with hundreds of other students, I think you'd lack personal attention, particularly if you're the kind who keeps quiet.

Random fact - Daniel Bego our national swimmer is doing his A Levels here ^^

If I'm not mistaken, Taylor's A-level fees are the highest among private colleges.

THANK YOU..!

AT LAST..

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Added on May 2, 2009, 12:53 amSTAMFORD GOOD??

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Added on May 2, 2009, 12:56 amWELL, IF I TAKE ALVL, I SHOULD TAKE THE HARDER ONE...

THERE IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HELP ( LONDON EDEXCEL AVL) AND GCE ALEVELS IN SUNWAY,INTI,TAYLOR,TARC...

U STUDIED HELP BFORE?

WHY U SAID TAT HELP'S LONDON EDEXCEL ALVL IS EASIER??
CAN U PLEASE EXPLAIN UR VIEW?

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Added on May 2, 2009, 1:01 amERM.... "BETTER"??

LONDON EDEXCEL ALVL VS GCE ALVL, LONDON ONE IS BETTER??



LONDON BOARD HAVE EXAM RETAKE, BUT CAMBRIDGE ONE HAVE NO RITE?

" INFO FROM SOMEWHERE, IT IS BCOZ DUE TO THE LONDON BOARD ALVL HAS EXAM RETAKE, SO THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS "MIXED" (means can retake till best result, so the final result not so recognized) ...UNIVERSITIES CONSIDERED GCE ALVL AS HARDER ONE??

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Added on May 2, 2009, 1:02 amis it?

have fren studied there, need to ask him..

but taylor reputation in alvl is better? i am not sooo sure

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Added on May 2, 2009, 1:03 amyeah.. i think is rite...

but london edexcel alvl in help is more expensive ba

around 28k??

This post has been edited by lyhow: May 2 2009, 01:03 AM

I think the difference between London and Cambridge is not very significant. After all, they are treated equally by the UKs.

Regarding the re-sit, it can be good and it can be bad. Having resits doesn't mean the quality is mixed. After all, the students attain that mark with his/her hardwork isn't it?
And, if you did badly, this resit comes in handy.

For me, I wouldn't care too much about London or Cambridge lo..

I am a taylor's student and i am pretty disagree with u that the place is a cooling area. It's the hottest place i have ever been!
However,i'll agree with u that there are many restaurants around.We can get almost every kind of food(from Korean food to Indonesian food)

Perhaps he mean the air-con system.

If you want cool, then I would say Nottingham is really a cool place. It's a university in an estate, around them all palm trees and green thing.
But then, NO restaurant except the SA la..

arrr...

ermm.

err..

retake exam till he feel he got the best... sure the quality will mixed rite?? i mean from other unis ' eye

london edexcel seems like u can take as many time as u want. and the marks, "not average it will take as final result , but the best marks"

errr hey, u know mroe about these tw kind of alvl difference??

maybe treated equally by uk, but not all unis ??...

Well, you think like this hah.

Now the person's 1st attempt is 80, then 2nd attempt he got 100.
So, now you want to average it out say he got 90?

But hoh, he already proves himself to be able to get 100 liao wor, why you want to give him 90?

You retake the exam, means that you want to improve from last exam. To improve, you surely study again. That improves your knowledge, and your improvement and achievement is graded by the re-sit. Not a bad thing right?

Of course, you may want to say, now this person 1st attempt 90, second attempt 80. He deproves already!
But hey, he got 90 before right? Why want to lower his 90 to 85?
Does his 80 show that he already not 90? No right?
Make no sense right?

LOL, just my 2 cents.

This post has been edited by tanjinjack: May 3 2009, 02:22 AM

Im not sure whether Stamford A-Levels teaching good or not,
but many of my friends get their full scholarship..

my ranking taylors>help>sunway>tarc

the rest i wont even consider... this is from friend's feedbacks

Up to date Taylors tuition fees wasn't the most expensive. It's KTJ.

Why not tarc? Campus like education, although most people stereotype tarc as nothing but low class education, which is certainly wrong.

Cheap, good amenities, nice people, and campus like education. Where to find? Unless u like studying in blocks of buildings only.

actually EDEXCEL A-level also quite ok since u also study almost same thing with cambridge a-level
although london a-level u can retake but u need pay $$ to retake and to retake they will not gv u study that chapter again...u need study urself!!!!!all ur own,if u manage to get A den means u really put ur effort
cambridge a-level is too stress for me since u need memorise all thing u have learn in 1 and a half year and take the exam @@ but london a-level more like ur degree....study per semester de den take exam and got mark in ur final exam@@ try ur best in each semester until the end @@
i can seee some cambridge a-level only work very hard in their last half years @@

Y not choose tarc? coz it is quite cheap around 9k. the environment thr oso not bad!!

that means overall cambridge edexcel is more like STPM style? whereas londonedexcel produce more consistent students?


oh how about MCKL? wat do u guys tihnk?

Edexcel refers to London only, I think. It's the name of the Board managing A-Level.
Cambridge is like STPM style, but the exam is splitted into 2. So, it's not that stressed that you fight for one exam using 1.5 years of knowledge like what happen in STPM. It's divided into 1 year then another 0.5 year, less stress lo.

TARC la..
cheap and good. Where to find.
Being cheap doesn't mean low in quality!
And, you will be surprised there's a lot of bright students there.

I done my A levels in TARC
There are good lecturer, which in the case i didn't score well subject taught by them, then another lecturer i hate so much i managed to score an A in the subject..

Well, i dont really TARC environment to study A levels since they will be focusing on their diploma rather, price wise it cannot be matched by anyone.

Nothingham has A levels?

No. Just foundation.

i just checked around the net..

and others forum discussing cie and edexcel too..

still cant figure out the real good and bad between this two...

erm..

many ppl said,
edexcel standard=cie standard=same reputation=same recognized worldwide.


oso got ppl said,
edexcel easier ,cie tough, edexcel good reputation, cie even better reputation, edexcel almost recognized worldwide, cie recognized worldwide

*those ppl got their butt itchy in their last half year? perhaps haha

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Added on May 4, 2009, 12:51 amyup.. less stress maybe..

but TARC seem like their alvl is not soo... professional ( in teaching stuff ?) maybe


taylor seems like their result is the best these year.

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Added on May 4, 2009, 12:52 ami went to help bfore, quite complicated building compound..

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Added on May 4, 2009, 12:53 amsunway is not good i heard bfore??

jb's oso normal only?

This post has been edited by lyhow: May 4 2009, 12:53 AM

Taylor advertise greatly, their result aint the best.. They just advertise they have how many thousand of As.. that's it. they have a few thousand of student as well

My friend who did A levels in USCi said the lecturer there are quite passionate as well. I guess the location, the fee do pay a more important role than other factors, as it's up to your final effort to score well in an external examination paper.

There is 1 Near KL central which i heard many said having good result, cant recall it's name tho

true HELP de building and facilities quite complicated....my parents not so like HELP UC coz very mafan and always traffic jam @@ go hostel also nid take bus....some class is at another place ..........but still my 1st option is HELP~QUALITY abit

Well, it really doesn't matter IMHO between London and Cambridge. At least, I think it shouldn't be a matter for you to decide where you should go. Be it HELP or Taylors or TARC, it's really wise if you don't choose one of them over another due to London/Cambridge. I will feel it's quite stupid as the two boards are very similar and probably not significant enough to make a change.

Regarding Taylor's score, I am not very sure because Taylor's seems to be selling off 'how many students got A, 2As, 3As, 4As and 5As' instead of 'how many percent of students got A, 2As, 3As, 4As and 5As' in which I think the latter is more useful in determining the quality of the students.
Let say the percentage for Inti is 30% for 2As (I think is higher actually, btw), so if you target on 2As, then you get into that environment, you just need to make sure you are in the top 30% will do. If a class is 40 in size, then you make sure you are in the top 12. At least you know where you are, how far from Inti's usual score.
Just an example.

I dislike advertisements going by numbers, except for those super high score, like World Top Scorers etc. Because, that kind of thing, you have 1 also very proud already.

It's Methodist College. Although that college may not able to provide you the best facilities compare to other prestigious university colleges, that college seriously can kick their a** off just by their results.

If you want to do law after A-levels, then I will sure recommend you Advanced Tertiary College(ATC) or Brickfields Asia College(BAC), and both of them are arch rivals in that particular industry. I am doing my A-levels in ATC, and its on the Cambridge board. The fee is 9K for 3 subjects. Subjects offered are only Art subjects(Law, Business, Economics, English Literature, Mathematics, Accounting). If Im not mistaken, they have science subjects also. And of course, all Malaysian students are required to do the LAN subjects.

To me, the lecturers are there are good. They are very friendly, helpful and extremely FUNNY, I mean it....It's like watching a stand up comedy during the classes. If talking about campus life, well too bad lah, because the campus is situated at Petaling Street and its only a small 7-8 floors building. I can say that its a no frills college. The facilities are sufficient enough for effective learning. The only thing that the college has pride on is their law library which is considered the most completed and well equiped one in Malaysia. The rest cannot....

But bear in mind that, ATC and BAC are law schools specializing only in law studies. And ATC is so far considered the best among them due to the high passing rates for both A-levels and LLB, if you don't believe me you can check the newspapers for their ads or by simply doing a little research about them on the net.

This post has been edited by m_man: Jul 10 2009, 11:34 PM

however their qualities are still slightly below other colleges.actually art subjects require 90% self study so it is ok.

frankly, i think Methodist College will be the most suitable place to study A-LEVEL if you're seriously want to get a good result O.O

ya methodist college will defeat Help college in few years

just my 2cents...most people would actually suggest the college they've been to or are currently studyin at. no one would be able to suggest which one has better A levels. i just finished my A levels in taylors. for me, it was a wonderful experience. lecturers r good even if the lecturer is new. n i read one of the earlier post that classes r large. i disagree as the largest A levels class is only for 1 subject, LAN which isn't really important.
the only difference i know between London Alevels n Cambridge Alevels is that u can retake any paper for any subject in London Alevels. but for Cambridge, if u want to retake a paper u have to retake all papers for that subject u were taking b4. i think cambridge way is better since u will have more motivation to score n not retake. good luck with ur choice

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