are u in matric now?

yes i am,but i am now at home bcoz i am sick

oh, how is ur life at the campus? izit ok? ur campus at where?

melaka,and i guess mayb i still cant get used to it coz life there really is not suitable for me

guys, just wanna ask, those who got 'local' means u gonna complete ur degree in malaysia only? coz if they say IPTS, it might be twinning programme you know, i mean for medicine, eg IMU, PMC, MMMC etc.

if 'local' includes the possibility of twinning programme, then keep your fingers crossed. for those who got medicine local, who knows you might get IMU and later on transfer to those prestigious unis in UK or Australia? that time you won't envy those who got russia direct at all.

just my 2 cents.

melaka? i heard that the best campus among all matric. ....it takes time, chear up.

i hope so,but u need to experience it urself.i dont really know what to say.

i got ipts, but i dont think they will give us the twinning program easily, try to see the jpa web, there a link for foundation or same grade leaver to apply scholarship to continue their study overseas, so i think hav to reapply for that.

yeah,i agree with chiam dar siang. I don't think they will give us twinning programme. But to do locally ,yes they will

yayaya, i agree with you, my friend is there too. Maybe you will know him

juz to let u ppl know, matrik hostel is bout the same as the hostel in INTEC ....
so if you cant survive coz of the facilities in the hostel(or lack of it),...

This post has been edited by arsenwagon: May 16 2009, 11:49 PM

Under any circumstances, I do believe if you got local, but got admitted into IMU, Nottingham, Monash or others that come with twinning option, you do stand a chance in obtaining an overseas opportunity later on.
IMHO, JPA is trying hard to secure talents within the country and if they find you worth investing for overseas, then they will give you the money for it. This is because, there's quite a number of special scholars who are supposed to go overseas but failed to do so. Hence, there's extra money, and hence, they use it up on you.

Well, take note here. What I said just now is my mere guess only, although I find it make sense.

It's luck. Many top scorers who did better (with more As) failed to get the scolarships. Instead, it was those who did not that excellent, got the offer. There are also cases of kids with single parents getting turned down.
Always bear in mind, it's just SPM...there's still a long way ahead of u .Don't gloat over the success too early(esp u TS who irked me the most)

This post has been edited by lovelyduckling: May 17 2009, 03:08 AM

Anyone got the offer letter?

I think the interviewing part has led to the outcome of failing to get the scholarship for most student with good results.
Getting scholarship isn't about who is rich or poor it's giving to students that excel in their studies as a reward.
TO be fair you have to treat all the good students equally regardless of their family background.

Try to think the other way round if a good family background student got 16As in SPM then a less appealing family background student got 8As in SPM the scholarship went to the less appealing one do you call this fair? TS you are really fortunate to get offered by JPA despite your results i understand why lovelyduckling gets irritated by you. Cheerz!


Offer letter will be out by next week. Check the website.

There's nothing to be fair in this country as long as the people do not share a common view.
Today some races special, you call it not fair.
Then tomorrow this race no special liao, you say fair, but they say not fair liao ma..
Things would be like that, and will continue until a shared view is attained, which IMHO will not be achieved in 50 years, seeing the mindset of the people now.

And every scholarship has different criteria on selecting scholars, you can't just generalise.
Interviewing part is said to be 5% (or 10%) which is what I think should not be that significant.
Perhaps the marks awarded for academic excellence is the problem.
If 16A1 and 12A1 would have the same mark, then it makes not difference.
Even if the difference is by 4%, it still does not make it a huge advantage for the 16A1.

I do not know how the marking goes. But I think it's wise to revise.
Marks can be given, according to the population, not according to the excellence, which I think is what happening for the JPA this time.
(What I mean by 'according to population' is that, the best one (let say academic has 60% max), only the best 5 got 60.0, then perhaps next 5 got 59.5, then the worst one of all applicants (can be 8A) will get 0.0
This can really push up the great one, and make the less nice result people lose out.

they sent the letter yesterday, I mean has anyone received? or must wait until tomorrow just because today is sunday?

Just wait la.
What you worry.

very impatient oledi....lol

today sunday no office la