QUOTE(CarotMilk @ Mar 29 2010, 02:56 PM)
I see...but none of them uses english as their main language, I'm gonna die LOL?
Did some google-ing, now i know which country uses euro.
Hence
Limeuu's statement 1 page back.
History lesson for you young 'uns: higher education is still free in many European countries even for international students(but not the UK). Its like Australia in the 70's, when most of your parents would have had pratically free higher education in Australia. All they had to do was pay for living expenses. And there were those who came on the Colombo Plan, who didn't have to pay for living expenses.
JPA doesn't mind sending their scholars to France and to a lesser extent, Germany and Japan, as it costs less to the tax payer than sending people to UK/Australia/New Zeland. Anedoctal evidence seems to suggest that if you don't mind spending a year in UM with intense language courses plus IB (Google it if you don't know what it is; its pratically the 1st result), there is less competiton for the post-SPM JPA scholarship to most European destinations (the JPA Japan program is bumiputera only, and Japan places quite substantial limits on how many JPA can send, unlike the underhanded agreement JPA/MARA has with some New Zealand universities)
The catch? Well, learning in another language will be interesting to say the least, since so many people have so much difficulty doing tietary education with a language quite native to Malaysia, never mind a completely different language. Cut-off scores are much higher than Australian universities for the same course, ensuring they only get the best. A bit like Australia in thew 70's before they took in everyone who can't string a coherent sentance of English as long as they could cough up the quite substancial fees.
(Note that I am aware that there are some post-graduate courses in France and Sweeden (to name 2) which are conducted entirely in English, but a) most of the people here are undergrads b) you still have to learn another language anyway. Those Namibains in Inti? Some actually try and make an attempt to at least communicate in BM, even if most IPTS in Malaysia are in English)
Currency exchange rates are only a small factor in deciding on a destination. Unless you can hedge 3 years (the average length of an undergraduate degree) of funds in a foreign currency, there are too many variables in currency exchange. Say what you will about the GFC and credit crunch and debt-driven economies, but those who came to Australia in 2009 (when the exchange rate was 2.4 to the AUD) would pobably wish they didn't decide on Australia based solely on exchange rates today.
And finally:
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Rules and Regulations for Studying in Australia, v3.0
5)Scholarships. Everyone wants one. Few of us have one. This forum is not to spoon feed you what scholarships there are. All universities have a link for that. Look for yourselves. We will not answer questions like "im thinkin of tkin engineering in UQ cld any1 giv m a reference abt any scholarships?" (even ignoring the language). We will however, try our best to answer something like "The Sony Multimedia foundation scholarship in QUT: what are my chances?" (Answer: zero, unless you’re a PR, since they’ve changed the rules)
Education is a commodity. Facts of life. And the “top applicants” who get a (partial) scholarship usually have a GPA of 6.5 out of a 7 point scale.
In my view and experience, those who expect to be spoonfed what scholarships are avaliable usually will NOT get a scholarship. Harsh? So is life.
Mar 29 2010, 01:42 PM
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make sure less choco too 
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