I guess theres a huge tendency for asian-transfer students to just click among themselves not willing to mix around with the local peeps. i hope i won't be one though.

chill berry, chill. I prob won't no worries kay

@latias93 , i have to agree those people involved in the malaysian students association will eventually stick with malaysians themselves. sad phenomena.
btw, are fret houses still practice razing? I might be interested in an engineering fret but I wouldn't join it if they still practice razing.

oops yeah. my bad. i meant hazing yeah. oh.
alrite , thanks for da info mang

@Education ABC , yes you can do that. Everyone i know who is in US doing a 4-year degree undergo A-lvls.

And yes , get recommendation letters from your high school form teacher/principal, and from your key lecturers when you're in college

Yes, there might be 40% asians but they're still residents of California. It'll typically occur in every californian school because the state has a 50:50 asian:white population if im nt mistaken.

lol, stanford is renowned for engineering, but not as good as the other two unis, UCB and MIT. lol

try San Jose State U if you wanna pursue computer science engineering in cal, affordable fees and decent for computer science major

If you're not aiming for ivy leagues but just a decent U.

Michigan State, U Minnesota, Purdue, U Wisconsin madison, Iowa state U.
Thats what i can think of for now.

You'll be creating a big mess for yourself if you wish to switch schools after applying for visa. BIG mess. Worst come to worst, defer a semester to see if you got accepted to SDSU or not. Then decide from there.

Whos flying this August to US?

I'm flying to Purdue this August also WOOT !!

HOLA HOLA HOLA !

ADTP is simple. You do your freshman & Sophomore year ( General years ) here in Malaysia, earn the credits , transfer to US so you do less years in US to graduate.
Check usnews for engineering rankings. I use it most of the time although its a lil biased towards American Us.
Since ADP covers the general years, the specific major offered depends on the unis in US rather than the one here. you can get into engineering and still consider whether to choose electrical, aerospace, chemical etc etc etc until you start applying for the US unis in your second year here.
PTPTN loan normally covers the second year only.

I20, Visa, Uni contacts, Sevis receipt, housing contract, health insurance ( if you have ), air tickets, passport, past transcripts, results and certs, birth cert. Anything else to add on?

You bring less cash on hand, when you're there , open a bank account ( you need some money to open if im nt mistaken ) and ask your parents to transfer the money to your account via wire. saves the trouble.

Which U are you going to?

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bring around 500 in cash then 1500 in travellers check, then open an account in US, yes its pretty simple i think. all my friends there use US banks.

then tell your mom to send the money via wired transfer to your US bank account.

I'm not too sure. i think you need to get a job there, stay there for a period of time. then apply for the US green card.

but i'm not too sure if the US would allow immigrants to work in the military field. I feel that they'll accept only born and bred americans into the military field.

I didn't do my part of research for it so..yeah, it might not be true.

Not dead yet. I guess all the US students busy studying now...midterms and finals coming up soon d. jialat.

Everything is fine until the study path starts to screw things up.
Because of thermodynamics, i have to stay in Purdue for 6 semesters instead of 5. god damn it.

So guys, please check out the plan of studies. Its not necessarily 2+2. or 2+2.5.

Most of the universities do not require a secondary school letter from your teachers, im not sure about ivy leagues or the top schools, they probably need them.

SPM certificate, translate it and get it chopped by an official.

Personal statement and letter of recommendations are very helpful and i recommend you do it/get it. 3 recommendations should be fine.

don't forget your financial statement that states that you are able to pay for 1 year's living and tuition. even if its not required for the uni, its required for the visa.

senseis who are in US, correct me if i'm wrong.

If anyone is planning to transfer to US to a decently good school. Just do a 1+3. no point doing a 2+2. Thats my advice.

I just skimmed through the past few pages and saw someone mentioning that Houston is a beautiful place. I won't deny that but if you've been to Austin, that place is amazing. Nice parks, nice lakes and rivers right in the middle of the city where UT Austin is. Great food.

Also, IU sucks and BTFU!