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I've been wondering, KYUEM, why on earth is it 80k for A-levels?
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feynman
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Apr 17 2012, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE(acgerlok7 @ Apr 17 2012, 09:19 PM) To get to know whats really in it, one must go to edu fair and grabbed two of its prospectuses, one consists of general description abt the colege, another about their long list of students that enter OXbridge + other unis, there is one girl who get into stanford oso if im not mistaken. a huge portion of tis students made it to prestigous unis in UK tho not all got into OXbridge...namely IMperial, UCL, KCL, Warwick, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester bath and etc etc... so it is really impressive. What i think that can justifies the 80k needed to be forked out by its students are its almost-to-none list of lecturers which is mostly "imported" from overc and its boarding services... However, if i were to compare KYUEM and KTJ, KTJ stand in much better, lol although im not a student of any of the both, if anoyone ask me abt choices, my preferential goes to the latter. 80k for boarding skol A levels is consider cheap already, try googling Concorde College and you will be shock to know its rate of Oxbirdge and MIT/ HArvard admit and also its beatiful price. We forgot to mention-old boys association. Yes, there are a lot of sponsored students at KYUEM, even that I doubt all of them are considerably more gifted than the fellows at Taylor's, Sunway and HELP. Then it's not far-fetched to say that the instructors at KYUEM know admission tutors, fellows, deans at Oxford and Cambridge. That said, their recommendation letters carry more weight than some unknown yet effective lecturer at HELP or Taylor's. At RM80k per head, KYUEM can definitely recruit teachers who have cables in the UK.
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feynman
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Apr 18 2012, 03:48 AM
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QUOTE(Izzatie @ Apr 18 2012, 03:32 AM) Hey guys I'm from KYUEM and I'm gonna sit for my A2 exam this June. The fees are not 80k but 67k for the 2-year program. This is inclusive of meals, laundry, and accommodation. We have tennis, squash, basketball and volleyball courts available for free. So is the olympic-size swimming pool and the gym (theres male and female gym) 40% of the teachers here are expats and the rest are local teachers. The results of the students here are pretty impressive. For my year, the AS results, 83.8% got A's and B's plus majority of those who took Further Mathematics got an A* in maths. Every year theres a couple of students admitted to Oxbridge and a number of others who gained top in Malaysia and top in the world. Last year someone got admitted to Stanford and this year one of my batch mates received an offer from Yale and John Hopkins. Sorry to dissapoint you feynman but all of us applied for our universities through ucas and I'm very positive none of us used 'cables' around here. All of us worked hard to gain admittance to top UK universities. The healthy mixture of sponsored and private students (50%-50% for my batch) together with the conducive environment (note: middle of nowhere) definitely helps us. Tons of scholarship bodies sends their scholars here not just MARA and JPA but also Khazanah, BNM, UEM, PNB, YTM, YTN, and etc. Personally I think KTJ have better facilities than KYUEM but get ready to fork out 100k to go there. Another bloke who doesn't read properly. Go read it again before you make another groundless assertion. Don't you know that your teachers have to write a recommendation letter even if your apply through UCAS? This post has been edited by feynman: Apr 18 2012, 03:49 AM
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feynman
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Apr 18 2012, 04:47 AM
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QUOTE(Izzatie @ Apr 18 2012, 04:25 AM) Ah forgive me feynman. Then, before I jump to another conclusion, correct me if I'm wrong but after re-reading your post I deduced that you are accusing KYUEM, because of the high fees charged which you thought was 80k, KYUEM is able to hire teachers who have cables in UK such as admissions tutors, fellows, and deans at Oxbridge. Because of this, the recommendation letter written by those teachers which is included in ucas carry more weight compared to an unknown lecturer in other colleges. Yes? No? A one word answer would suffice. I wouldn't call it an accusation. It's an intelligent speculation. Higher fees means greater financial flexibility to compensate teachers. Higher compensation means greater ability to attract the right crowd. So it's not illogical to surmise that out of the lot at KYUEM, there would be some teachers who have an extensive networks that include tutors in UK universities. Do you know how potent and effective networks are?
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feynman
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Apr 18 2012, 04:50 PM
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QUOTE(Stamp @ Apr 18 2012, 04:27 PM) Obviously you are ignorant of the American degree program in Taylors. Up to you to find it our yourself about the program. And again, you were wrong about those scholars, some of them make it into top US schools. They are going to start their first year undergraduate school this Fall in UC Berkeley, Univ of Penn, Univ of Mich Ann Arbour, UCLA, Univ Minesota, etc. Maybe you dont realise that there are others who are more knowledgable about this matter than you. You should get out of this forum, once in a while, and smell the real world out there. Added on April 18, 2012, 4:29 pmAnd one scholar from INTEC (did the same American program) got admitted to MIT this Fall. ADP do not normally land one a place at selective schools even at Taylor's. The usual successful placement is Cornell. On what constitutes as a selective school is opened to debate. The admission rates of public schools are usually much higher than private ones. So does it make UCLA, Ann Arbor, Berkeley in the same league as Caltech and Chicago? It's arguable. INTEC is not an ADP program. It's a prep program. More precisely SAT prep and normal grade 12 courses that prepares one for the SAT subject tests. All these complemented with essay coaching and counselling.
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