matriks is almost a sure fire way to land a place in the university. once u're in matriks, u're not bound by racial factors when continuing into the universities as u have been screened once. so once u score ur matriks results, it's a fair walk in the park for u.

talking about forensics, what specialization r u interested in? u have forensic medicine, forensic science and what not. i have a friend who currently studying phd in forensics, did her masters in criminal law and a degree in law. i take it u dont really have to take medicine first, unless u wanna do forensic medicine.

taking her route, which she recommends especially if u wanna save budget, is to do ur degree in msia, and later masters (u can opt for multiple majors) overseas. as always in job qualifications, people will look for the latter. so ur masters will carry more weight regardless of where u studied for ur degree.
if u can land a place in matriks, USE IT!

if u wanna be a CSI, it's not about what u take, but more about where u work. as far as my friend told me, there arent that many qualified CSIs running around in msia, and she'll be the only female criminologist with a phd after she finishes.

u see, forensics is a merging of several fields, so it's up to u to take which path, as long as it leads to forensics. she took the law-crimonology path, which might not land her a lab-job, but more of a behavioural studies and stuff (coz her field is pedophiles and sexual crimes). to be frank, CSI IS a lab-job, and u cant really escape that. what do u think those CSI people do at the crime scene?

my firend worked in thailand and indonesia, and currently is attached in japan working on a project that is also part of her phd. she could've worked in australia or other more 'popular' countries, but that's just it - she's not into popularity. from what i gather, in the realm of forensics, u dont really have much of a problem working anywhere. just make sure u're good enough.