Yeah,actually you have a point there.
I notice those 5A and below during foundation time in my uni are struggling to pass calculus,some even drop out already.
Masa SPM they got A+ for add maths,but come into sem 0 of foundation,they fail or barely pass pre-calculus,LOL.

Moral of the story, if you want to masuk engineering,you better think about it carefully cause it is really not easy unless you really got passion for it and study everyday or you pro at last minute studying.

Doesn't matter if 7A or 8A SPM student,you could even fail foundation in engineering(true story in nottingham).
But if you want E&E,I suggest you don't come to nottingham,cause my friend currently in year 1 has alot of complaints against E&E lecturers,even his seniors also got complaints.

Dunno about Monash though,but I think they are better than us.
But IMHO,I don't think Nottingham is classified as a top uni in Malaysia, the "Malaysian" student quality here are actually pretty great.

But when it comes to certain lecturers....  

@Manlet : You foundation?

@jinaun: Lol,from the movie "accepted" right?