Guys, I am in a dilemma. Please spare some minutes to hear me out.

As some of you know, I started KYUEM just last week. I am taking triple science and maths. And I am starting to regret my decision of going to this so-called "prestigious" school.

First of all, the people here are assholes. They smoke and do drugs right out of my chalet. They turn the volume up on their music like everyone wants to listen to their music. And the seniors bully you so badly that I am emotionally hurt. Don't expect the warm welcome when you arrive here, instead, expect the worst kind of treatment possibly offered by your seniors. This include throwing pails of water at you, telling you to take off your pants to run taround the field in your underwear, and forcing you to do stupid things for their amusement. And you have to do it because it's part of the induction programme. I remembered that one senior asked me to kiss a girl in the dining hall if I wanted his signature (which is part of the programme). I want to live with dignity, to have directions and guidance from my seniors and I feel terribly disappointed.

2. Some of the teachers are ridiculously bad. My maths teacher failed to solve simple quadratic equations. And from what I heard from several "good" seniors, she is actually the best in the maths department. All my teachers are Malaysians, not even one of them are expatriates. The expats are "reserved" for the July intake. My chemistry teahcer is so unexperienced that she is not capable of explaining basic concepts. She is the kind of teacher who gives you a fish, instead of teaching you how to fish. For example, she gave me an equation and told me to memorise it, insteading of explaining how it works.  My English teacher is an Indian from UK. He has a major in Asian studies. He was a policeman before he became a teacher. He was caught once for suspected terrorist activities and he is banned from Israel. My physics teacher and biology teacher are good so far and I look forward to their lessons.

3. College life is a joke. What everyone does is study, study and more study. From my seniors, clubs rarely meet and when they do, they do usually almost nothing. Clubs are "compulsory" but in reality, nobody would check your progress in clubs.

Because of that, I have been deeply depressed. I thought this would be my kind of school, but it isn't. Because of that, I feel that I wasted 10000 dollars of my parent's money for this semester. I would be considering Sunway/ Taylor March/July intake.

Some advice for juniors who wish to follow my path. Do not go to KYUEM. The expats are the kind of teachers which can't get jobs in their homeland. There are no Chinese teachers at all. In fact, none of the staff is Chinese. The kind of people who choose this school (based on my conversation with my batchmates) are people who thought this school was good, just like me.  People who get into Cambridge from this school (requirement is A*AA) are no-lifes who study till 3am in the morning. In other words, they would have been able to do so somewhere else.

EDIT: Also, don't consider KTJ, it's purely for rich people. No people bothers with their education, except the few sponsored students. I have a friend who is already regretting his decision.

Indeed, to be honest, i felt abit agitated when the dean of Sunway said we are the best college in Malaysia, with a Tier 5-6 rating... And whatmore, they mentioned that Sunway College is NOT a business.    i was like what the heck? Just because the entire Sunway Edu Group is being placed into a so called trust fund, does not mean it's no longer a profit-making entity.Hmm... in this case, i rather pay exorbitant fees to sned my future children to Cambridge Tutors College or Concord in future, rather than being downright cheated by these so called educators. And talking bout profit-making, i think HELP is doing much better at this with their edexcel programme. They live up to their name, and when you say people could have face the same problem as what i've mentioned in the thread ie. lecturer problem, at LEAST their fees are more affordable. Well, all i could say is that i've been blinded and fooled by mass marketing and powerful adverts. Yes, i do sound like a sour grape, but i'm only telling this out to give an idea of what it is for future prospective students. Period.

KYUEM has a lot of Indian lecturers, I believe. Generally, experienced Indian lecturers are quite good and dedicated to their profession.

Well, lecturers do move around quite often nowadays, due to the competitive environment and if the salary structure is not competitive enough, the quality of the programme will no doubt be affected.