My brother got 110.
And no, I'm not applying for uni this year la.

Ah, so still got plenty of time to prepare la How'd your brother felt only 5 score ahead of you?

Haha he doesn't really care, since he's supposed to be more fond of Chinese, and I'm the one who's supposed to like English.

Ah, I see

Btw, does anyone have information regarding homestay programs in the States?

Home stay? Is it something like a foster parents program thingy?

Hmm yeah I believe it's something like that. Basically you get to stay with a family. 'cause there's a friend of my mum, her children managed to get into a homestay program with a family at Washington (IIRC) and they are treated absolutely nice. Cars to drive, debit cards to use, huge rooms. Not to mention the accomodation and food are free for them Now kinda pressured by my mother to get into one too

Cool!
You get cash and a place to stay. Why not?
How you apply for that?

I have no bloody idea That's why asking here. Apparently there's an empty space at Washington, but I ain't going there

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Added on January 15, 2009, 11:08 amBy the way, I've always thought for Chinese with Christian name (eg. James Tan Jung Teck), the first name is James Jung Teck and last name Tan with no middle name? But just now my college counselor just told me that it's first name James, last name Tan and middle name Jung Teck

This post has been edited by Crazy.SoT.Gila: Jan 15 2009, 11:08 AM

hey sorry to interupt the thread. i got one other questions.. can i do foundations in ausstralia and get into a uni 1st, since its easier, then transfer my degree to a us uni?
and if i do my masters in us. would i be able to get a job there since got very little connection.

you have to check with the university itself I think. to see if they accepted transfer credit and all that

probably you can still find a job,just less networking influence?anyway my university has a good network and I don't think it change even if you just go there for master. because hey, you still graduated from that university.

well seeing as the economy here is so bad, with two million unemployed for 400 000 jobs ... chances are slim at the moment.

no, US unis hardly accept any other uni student except for exchange for 1 sem. u can do a evaluation fopr credit transfer but it wont be worth it, because US credits are actually worth less. it is better u do ADP here n transfer there to some uni there... after 3rd year then only transfer to a better uni

it depends on u... u will be able to do 3 years OPT using ur f-1 student visa.. n after that get extra chance because of post grad quota for h-1b working visa

yeh i thought of doing adp aswell, but i cant wait to leave msia d..another 3 years here?!?..
i mean its a great and awesome country, but jst doesnt suit me.
thx for the advice. will consider it..

ADP you can transfer anytime actually as long as you finish more than 16 credit hours. (half a year). Tons of my friend did 1+3.

If you are planning to do ADP, try not to go HELP. It sucks over there.

is it difficult to apply as freshman to a good uni like Uni of Chicago,UCLA, Uni of Calfornia Berkeley?

University of California caters to Californians. Internationals have to be amazing to be accepted into them - and I mean, AMAZING. Perfect scores, grades, well-rounded in extracurricular activities blah blah. University of Chicago is easier than University of California.

Inti College Provides ADP

well, u can save a great deal of $$$, trust me... 2+2 is the best

not exactly... u must know d best way... which i will explain below

not exactly... i have been to berkeley, UCLA n stanford... if u enter their campus u will realise it is 40% international yellow skin students... no joke... but mostly these students are from US allied countries like japan, HK, taiwan

the best way to enter those elite unis in the west as in west coast is to enter community colleges 1st... then transfer credit in, that's the recommendation of most counsellors there...

UCs accept top 87.5% of their high school grads... wherelse CSUs accept top 70%... so if u really wanna enter... i would say enter a not so established UC or a good CSU... then transfer credit during ur 3rd year

top 87.5% of their percentile is not that hard.. whities.. if u score near straight As during SPM or pre-u ... then u should be able to cope ^^

Yeah, but you can't apply directly in, and that's the whole point. You have to had attended some other school within california for the chance of you getting accepted to increase. You have completely missed the point.

I wish I knew this. Now it's too late for me. : ( Already in my last year in Canada. But it would've nice to graduate from a top school in the US and work there.