MUET is only applicable in Malaysian sense. If you're going to overseas after your STPM, it may not help much. It may be a foolish idea to go to overseas after STPM.

This post has been edited by David83: Mar 12 2006, 09:19 PM

My sis got 8A1 , 1A2 and 1B3 in SPM this year ...
I advised her to take STPM since she still not sure what course to take,
But She insisted doesn't wan to take STPM cos wasting time and difficult .....
She thinks of taking A level ......
Any recommendations for such situation ?

This post has been edited by david_kiat: Mar 13 2006, 01:52 PM

I don't think it is foolish, STPM is recognised, there are people who got into oxbridge with STPM.
If she wants to get a shot at IPTAs, STPM ios the only choice(supposing she wasn't offered a place to do matriculation).
Otherwise, A-levels would be good.

I guess its not easy to get matric ....
How about entering Local U for Diploma ? Is that possible ?

public or private?

Public ....
I know private sure can make it ....

not sure but I know most of the places are for bumiputeras.

to STPM or not depends on what courseu want to take lo-
IPTA sure must STPM...

IPTS or overseas U requires different qualifications- with GCE A levels being most popular for local students...

and then again, there's the English problem and probably the country may require u to learn their language( germany, russia, japan etc.)

not really, STPM is accepted too.

what is da minimum requirement to enrol in science stream for stpm?

STPM is recognized but MUET not.

Topic title updated to encompass a wider range of graduates (SPM/STPM)

well, in my school...since i'm a chinese independent school ex-student, my classmates opt to go A-levels or UEC instead of SPM, most of them...there's still some who did STPM too, of course.

A-levels has the same "difficulty" as STPM.
The only thing that makes A levels a little easier is your exam is split into 2.
Known as AS2(mid term), and A2(end of yr) correct me if i'm wrong.
but STPM all cramped in the final part...
and A-levels are cambridge based.(UK)
so your general paper is in english,STPM pengetahuan am paper is in BM.
juz my 2 centz

AS, not AS2

The A-levels in the UK is module based. Students spend 2 years to complete the course, throughout the course, they get to have 4 sittings.

There are other boards besides CIE.

I didnt get credit for my maths, so thats the end of my studies ? Almost all of the courses in the colleges needed a credit for maths to enroll. Can someone name me some colleges that doesnt needs credit for maths to enroll ?

I got only 7 for it.. Im not sure why I did that badly. Sigh..

Don't even bother thinking about colleges which allow you to enroll yourself in their no-need-maths-credit mathematical based programs . You are just there because you can foot their bills.

you should retake the maths paper, you can choose either SPM or O-levels.

I cant bear to wait until July for the retake of the paper. Im hoping to proceed to the next level as soon as possible. Is a pass for maths acceptable ?

For me if you want to do something like engineering or a course which has a heavy mathematics content, I would say no. As I said, some colleges don't care what you get, they only want your money. In fact, even a business course would require a credit in maths simply because there are maths in the degree which require secondary school maths to build up from.

It is your future, what's the point in getting a ciplak degree at the shortest possible time?

you can take O-levels, it is some time in may or june.

There is a GCE-O after the English's result on the SPM result slip, I got 1A for my English but 2A for that GCE-O. What is that? Will it influence anything?