Irzani,

I know I would never pursue my PhD in US due to financial constraint .

This STATEMENT is ILLOGICAL. At Phd level, if you qualifies, most likely you will get a scholarship and / or teaching assistant job along with that. Financial constraint normally is NOT the problem...

Dreamer

Yeap. As long as u do well in ur degree n masters. Phd should be penniless

wow. "real world" would require more money right? it could be distractive. BUT, u're right about the opportunities. Is US transport system well developed? I believe u can still get to the urban areas from rural areas when you have free time right?

May I ask,
is there any other test other than the iBT variant ones? Where can I apply for?
I'm kind of lost sorry

u meant this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOEFL

I didn't mean that, sorry for getting you confused

I meant that if there was other tests other than iBT, and if ELS the best place for taking TOEFL?

This post has been edited by LZ Zach: Feb 27 2011, 11:12 PM

from my understanding. IBT is internet-based test right?

If u wan to take TOEFL. Inti is offering a course called TIPS. They guide u to score well in Sat and TOEFL.

may i ask where you plan to work after that?

Theres no paper-based test for TOEFL in Malaysia if im nt mistaken. All are IBT and must be done in ELS centers. Or maybe its just a norm that people do it there.

@soitsuagain, I plan to venture into airplane field. maybe work for boeing/lockheed martin/FAA or anything related to airplanes as test engineers or model designers etc etc. If not, i might take up a maintenance license for aircrafts when I'm back in MY. if not , i can still work in companies that require mechanical engineers. Its almost the same field.

Hi. I'm leaving for the States in August. I am taking up a BFA in Game Design at Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA.

Wow. all the best. all the applications settled?

Wow,congrats!
I'd like to ask, when they state $36000 as tuition fee, does this mean it covers the 4 years of study? I get a little messed up when it comes to application forms from US.

Of coz not. Its for a year worth of tuition fee.

If that's the case, 36000 x 4 years ; convert it to RM...

I don't know if my parents can afford it. Seems like high hopes are lost....

Is there a way for international students to apply for financial aid of the sort for AAU? I can't seem to find it on their web, or maybe I'm just lost.

This post has been edited by LZ Zach: Feb 28 2011, 09:43 PM

PTPTN? JPA? How well are your studies? Provide us more info about u first. SPM graduates?

Well, I'm not an SPM graduate yet, but I had to research early and look around for an art school that would provide me the best teaching.(I heard that the intake application is quite early, if I were to obtain my SPM result in late March 2012, wouldn't I lose out?)
Thanks for asking btw

This post has been edited by LZ Zach: Feb 28 2011, 10:12 PM

Wow. early preparation. Tats good.

Yeap. Application for top schools like MIT. Normally it takes around half a year of preparation. Sat, Toefl, necessary documents etc etc. So if u prepared well. Right after SPM, u can submit all of em, and wait for good news. By then, u wont miss the very short deadline which is around feb IINM.


For ur art school, i cant provide much info as i dint research on that field. But more or less the procedure is similar.

If u wan financial aid from the uni itself, that would depends on ur applications and how you deal with the uni itself. You should check on the uni tat u are aiming. Because different uni has different offers

As for scholarship from malaysia, since u still have plenty of time. i strongly recommend u to read through everything in the following thread tat im about to share

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/137439

The recent one that i gone through are

http://poobalan.com/eduhelp/index.php?opti...tid=4&Itemid=68

and

http://malaysiascholarshipblog.blogspot.com/search/label/US

As for ranking, personally i will advice u to check here

http://www.usnews.com/education

from there u choose ur specific field of studies and read the reviews.

That would be the most appropriate place to research about rankings. Dont bother wasting ur time googling. Other websites may provide false information. Like what i did previously

Thanks for replying, that was fast, you're the man

It's alright about art schools, I think I can start off researching from all the stuff you've provided here A big thanks again.


I see...I thought checking out reviews on unis in US would be a good research.
Thanks for the link btw!
Did you had experience dealing with this sort of stuff? It seems like you had quite knowlegde in it the way you post, just wondering.

This post has been edited by LZ Zach: Feb 28 2011, 11:24 PM

Irzani,

I agreed with Dreamer, financial issue is something you can overcome. I should consider myself a lucky one, but you can take my example as a reference. If it happened to me, it could well happen to you as well.

My family supported me fully for the freshman year. Second year i received a USD2000 scholarship, not a big deal here, but this scholarship allowed me to pay "in-state" tuition, which was something like 5 times lesser than a normal international student would pay. At the same year i was working at the tutoring service centre at the uni for 20 hours per week earning around USD450 per month salary.

Third year i received a full scholarship and worked as a teaching assistant earning USD1000 per month. This remained the same in my fourth year.

After graduation, I used my internship year to work for a company. I worked hard and my employer liked it. They offered me a scholarship to study my master degree, which i did.

So basically my parents didn't spend too much on my tertiary education. How did i get the scholarships? The bottom line is, I studied really hard (make sure i maintain a 3.8 - 4.0 GPA) and worked really hard (perform best among the interns).

Nothing is impossible. Go with your Dreams!

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Added on February 28, 2011, 11:55 pmIt should be USD$36000 for the entire 4 year degree.

This post has been edited by joanaLee: Feb 28 2011, 11:55 PM

Yeap, you need to start early if you want to apply (especially if you're applying for financial aid). About applying, the intake for US colleges is usually in September.

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Added on March 1, 2011, 12:19 amAs for art schools, I'd recommend you to check this link:

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artcolleg...ord=&search_by=

This post has been edited by invinciblebunny: Mar 1 2011, 12:19 AM