Erm I got selected for Matriculation but after one week at my Matriculation College at Kedah, I rejected it and go to Form 6, anyway, here are some infos abour Matriculation :-
1. It is fast, just one year of study and you'll be able to enter LOCAL university.
2. Exam based on two semesters, basically, at the end of each semester, you will have to sit for a test called "PSPM"<--I forgot what it stands for.
3. The syllabus you gonna learn there is very limited, let say in STPM you learn from "A" to "F" , however, in matriculation in the same chapter, you only learn the content from "A" to "C", therefore it is quite easy to score in the examinations. But you'll have hard time when learning in university.
4. The studying "life" there is basically almost like university, where you have to look for you own timetable, going different/chasing after class at different locations/buildings.
You will basically have 3 types of classes
- Kuliah [ Meaning you go to the big hall/kuliah with around 200 ppl and the lecturer will talk in front and you take note]
- Tutorial [Normally will be carried out after 12pm in small classes maybe one class around 15 people, depending, something like tuition]
- Amali [Aka Science pratical, only for student who takes Sains Hayat(Bio) or Sains Fizikal(Physics)]
5. But beware of one thing, if you really aim for LOCAL UNIVERSITY, then go for matriculation, because matriculation cert I can say is erm .."less pro" than other cert like private college's A level cert or STPM, as the cert is only acknowledge by local university only, if you show this cert to overseas or private college/uni...they will be like "what on earth is this piece of paper is?"So you gotta retake A level to enter overseas Uni or private college/uni for degree courses...so meaning once you go for matriculations, you only have one and only choice, local university, you can forget about other choices, even scholarships for degree they wont acknowledge the cert...
6. If you go matriculation, it will be around 98% definately can enter local university and the course you want[Medical harder of course]
7. Make sure you are good with other races, especially Bumiputera, basically last time when i went, each room around 3 malay and im the only chinese and this same goes to my other frens in the same college or different college. That time I enter earlier this year, the whole college got around 2K-3K bumi, but only 100 chinese and 3 indians...
8. The living style there:-
Basically there's no curfew, if I'm not mistaken, just do not disturb other ppl late at night
You only can go out during weekends, if you wanna overnight outside, whether go back home or friend's house or whatsoever, just fill in a form and done. But in Kedah it is different, that time when I was there, the "weekends" is on Friday and Saturday...so kinda different from KL here.
9. Normally Matriculation College will be located in a kinda small town or isolated places, so don't expect when you go out of weekend you will be like in KL big town...but you might wanna consider going other places...like mine...in Kedah..during weekend kinda impossible to go back KL...its like whole day wasted to sit bus...however, I can follow my friends who stays at Penang to "jalan jalan"
10. The daily routine there is basically something like this :-
Everyday, classes(Kuliah) starts at 8.00am, then around 2.00pm starts Tutorial classes and then after 4.00, its your own time, but normally a lot of them go "beriadah" as a lot facilites are provided there, that time in my college, have around 4 tennis courts, 4 squash courts, 3 basketball courts, 1 ragby field, 200 bicycles[kinda new], kayak[but no river..dunno how they kayak LOL], running tracks, 2 gyms, football field, hockey court and etc, so the college is kinda BIG. And also a lot cafeterias, so you can change cafeteria you eat if you are bored, mine that time got arounds 5 cafeterias and total of 8 different operators, so basically got 8 "restaurants", cyber cafes and a big library.
11. Sometimes, your class might extend after 4.00pm if the lecturer wanna give extra class.
12. In between the timetable, you will have kokurikulum activity[MUST attend as it is in the timetable, just like your PJK subject in school], Moral class, Kemahiran Dinamika[where they teach you what to wear, what colour mathes what, how you should behave when eating, way of eating , way of stirring the coffe and etc] and English class.
*Note - All these subjects are not counted in your semester exam paper marks, but koku is important, and these's lesson are taken only one time/one semester, meaning, during the 1st semester, Bio Science students taking Moral and English, so the Physics and Art classes are taking Kokurikulum, Kemahiran Dinamika and computer classes, the next semester, they will switched, so basically you only will take your MUET ONCE.
13. Make sure you do well in the exams......if you score CGPA 4.0 [which is kinda common in matriculation] then good, if 2.0, you will be warned, if less than 2.0...you will be expel....and if you CGPA really sark like around 2.0 or lesser....you wont be accepted by local university after you finish the course, but..you will be FORCE to re-study back at the matriculation college for another 1 YEAR and re-take the test. Don't think you score bad and not accepted by local university you wanna quit and pursuit your study outside whether private uni or overseas...you canT advance to degree but you have to retake their A level... or STPM...so in the end you waste like minimum 2 years in Pre-U level[if you plan to retake the matric, or you take A level or STPM else where you gonna take more time, as A level around 1.5 years and STPM around 2 years]
That's all for now I guess, I hope it helps ^^
This post has been edited by -Max91-: Aug 12 2009, 08:16 PM
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