My very first semester at Taylor's I got a 0.00 GPA

That's not a typo. Took 4 courses, fail all 4.

Needless to say my dad pretty much said screw up again and he'll break my legs

the subject i failed call Machine Architecture which study a lot of electronic thing...theory based subject.
i juz study 1 chapter out of 8 chapter in that subject,
i feel so stress during study that subject , that's why i failed.

haha...then,how u doing now?result was pulled up?

This post has been edited by alanlai12345: Jun 12 2009, 11:53 AM

i'm not exactly sure which system MMU uses. if they follow IPTA system, then u're in good luck. retaking the subject will recalculate ur CGPA and pull it up again. of course, ur transcript will still note that u've failed the subject once, but the overall CGPA wont reflect that.

That is pretty lame..I find Taylor to be the most prestigious uni college ..
Do you find many taylorians get used to enjoy the clubbing life? they always come out to enjoy themselves and indulging in lots of entertaining activities like clubbing,redbox,shopping..etc to enjoy their life to the fullest.

that perhaps pull down ur grade..

i once study at taylor ADTP, scoring almost 80% above in all subjects..that was probably easy at the beginning but then i suppose if u r to mix with all the extravagant guys and play around, u will be degraded just like them...so study hard ! Dun ever think that ur dad is rich and u r afford to resit the papers all over again.

how u doing during study in uni ?
i mean your result...
you are study in Local or foreign University?

well, i graduated my diploma with 3.23 without repeating any subjects. then graduated my degree with exactly 3.00, and repeated 2 subjects (1 is a 5 credit subject, the other is hadir-wajib subject with 0 credit value). both in UTM. the 3.00 result gave me opportunity to study for my masters in UCL, where i scored a distinction (there's no pointers in it).

although the results weren't stellar, i did obtain two dean's list award (first in 1st year 2nd sem, 2nd is the final year 2nd sem). i put all my great/favourite subjects into one semester and score it so that i could score the dean's list .

if i didnt repeat the failed subject, i doubt i'd be doing masters anywhere. 3.00 is the absolute minimum! .

This post has been edited by azarimy: Jun 13 2009, 08:37 PM

can i ask something.. we can go for phd without need to do a master if we get a 1st class dgree rite? my question is, how long it will take?

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This post has been edited by Liefde: Jun 15 2009, 01:14 AM

actually, not anymore. nowadays they've introduced the new-path PhD, where u can take an MPhil (masters in philosophy), and after 2 years, u can opt to convert that into a PhD by adding 1 or 2 more years.

this way, if u cant cope with PhD, u will grad with an MPhil after 2 years. but if u're stellar, then u will grad with a PhD but without the MPhil after 3 or 4 years.

owh i see.. thanks for da answer..

I wonder what does a graduate of Philosophy be?

masters of philosophy and doctorate of philosophy is not a field, but a title.

ur field will be dictated as MPhil in Bio-chemical Engineering or PhD in Applications of Shape-Memory Alloy in Commercial Jet Engines.

just finished my found.

didnt fail any subject, but still duno for my final exam..... hehehe

Nope, never, cause my lecturers gave extra works to help me pass on subjects last time around. Really appreciated them...

woh~saluate to those can manage to get a dean list.
you are doing master in UCL now?
can i know what course/research you doing now?



dun simply judge a people by a paper of cert or result.
and also better check result urself, your friend does fooling you.

This post has been edited by alanlai12345: Jun 14 2009, 12:12 PM

i failed OS ( operating system ) during Diploma in computer science. because the lecturer is stupid but still want to teach this subject..

This post has been edited by wan_lo: Jun 14 2009, 05:09 PM

My first add math test result was a total disgrace. And I continued to
fail several times... but each time I get better and better, A1 in SPM.
In my personal opinion, when it comes to studying... if you fail means
there's either something wrong with your studying method or just
plain lazy.
Don't focus on getting over your depression, find out why you fail and
correct it.

i've finished my masters back in 2004. i did an MSc in Virtual Environment, basically about designing worlds in 3D immersive environments. involves lots of programming in VRML, C++ and proce55ing, something i wasnt even familiar with hehe.

now i'm doing my PhD in sheffield.

actually, it's not that hard to get a dean's list. just make sure to put all the subjects that u think u can score in one semester. that's assuming if they let u to rearrange ur own subjects...

tq.
agree.


terrible...i need to study this subject in my new semester ....

oh...ic....
hopefully that i will manage to get a better result in this coming new semester

This post has been edited by alanlai12345: Jun 14 2009, 10:20 PM

everything in moderation. my taylor's life was pretty fun. lol.

once u reach uni level, it's very easy to fail. but once u put in a little effort, you'll be surprise how much you can get. I'm sure alot would agree. Besides, you learn from mistakes. and once u kena bang from parents, you'll probably study harder. I've already failed twice in my course so far. not very proud about it but yea, damage done. just buckle down when the time comes. Still can have clubbing nights almost every other weekend thats assignment/test free until exam period.