Among the top are Wharton, UMich, NYU and Purdue.

Okay, thanks for the info.

u may wanna jump on this thread
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/other-...iversities.html

is it true that too study in the states,you need to have half a million ringgit in your (sponsor's)bank account?

most (higher range) middle tier to top tier US unis need at least 50k+ USD(inclusive of books, fees, food, accomodation, everything) for the first year of admission. If you get in, they will ask for proof of at least 50k+ USD in the sponsor's bank account. Fees range from uni to uni, but that is the average for the more competitive unis. This is without any scholarships taken into account. If you have a scholarship, it is deductible from the 50k amount.

thanks neorelated4..that IS ALOT of money haiz.

Guys, i too want to know more about ADP, do i have to choose my major 1st before entering? if not when do i gotta choose?
Isit different case depending on which Uni?

i guess im bumping old thread
hope can answer my question..

currently im doing ADP & will transfer to US (fall 2010 intake)
the issue is; almost all university required high school transcript (some said if necessary). but i think i dont have any of those because of my previous didnt keep it as record (i guess). is spm certificate is enough?

spoil_,

1) Where you are doing the ADP should be able to tell you that.

2) Don't you keep your high school's report cards?? That is your transcript...

Dreamer

No they don't mean your SPM certificate. In Malaysia we don't have a secondary school transcript. So the solution is just to create one yourself. When you design it, make it clean and simple. Include your grade from your mid and final year exams. If you don't have a the final year exam marks, just use your the real or percubaan PMR and SPM marks. Add in important details like your position in class and your CGPA (calculate it yourself). Discuss this with your school counselor or headmasters, explain it to them and get them to sign it. I just got my counselor to sign it, it works. My counselor even helped my by adding in the school's logo and official header, so it looked pretty neat in the end.

currently in Taylor's ADP. 5th semester.
about high school transcript, i lost it. after spm (2007), i dont know it is important! seriously.
then i try ask my school, they didnt found it. fyi, my previous school is private school and also kampung-like school (same like sekolah pondok or something like that if you know what i mean). i guess there is no way to retrieve it

just PMR and SPM only enough?
about college i think there is no problem at all. just my high school transcript only is the issue

I mean include your mid and final year exam from F1 - F5, but some schools, like mine, don't have final year exams in F3 and F5, so you can substitute it with your PMR and SP results. Of course, you need your school's approval first.

hey there...
1 ques...i'm applying for postgrad...is it possible to apply online without any of GMAT/IELTS/TOEFL score...since i hvnt take it yet (planning to take dis mid march)...

Yea. you may apply first. You can call them if you have any doubt.
Skype to any US land or cell phone is only USD 0.024 cents (plus tax)

hey hey...im taking ielts on da 20th which is da mid of march...XD
hope to c u there..btw,any tips or advice for ielts??

n i wanted to enquire that whether ADP provide a transfer to US for a undergraduate in PHARMACY??plz take note is pharmacy...

plz help n thank you...^^

I graduated in New York in 2009. Well is US, almost everything that you do in the courses counts toward the final grade. Here's the typical grading policy and grade distribution in my engineering course:

5% - attendance
5% - final presentation
10% - weekly quizzes
10% - weekly homework
15% - Exam 1
15% - Exam 2
15% - Exam 3
25% Final exam

> 93% = A (4.00)
90 - 92 = A- (3.67)
87 - 89 = B+ (3.33)
83 - 86 = B (3.00)
80 - 82 = B- (2.67)
76 - 79 = C+ (2.33)
70 - 75 = C (2.00)
65 - 69 = C- (1.67)
60 - 64 = D+ (1.33)
55 - 59 = D (1.00)
< 55 = F

Most lecturers know that it's a pain in the ass to give 100% commitment to your courses in the whole semester, so they offer things that can raise your grade such as:

1. you can miss 2 classes without grade penalty
2. you can drop 1 exam with lowest grades so the final will count more towards the final grade
3. you can do optional assignment
4. you can get 5% bonus score if you attend all classes
5. etc.

So you can judge how hard/easy is it to get good grades in US. Overall I'd say that it's EASY and FUN but the most important thing is don't miss any assignment. One assignment could reduce you final grade by 0.5% but if you keep missing it, like me, at the end it will be very hard to get A. They really encourage group work and discussion so almost in every class you'll have 1-3 partners.

HAHA

The first thing to do is to scout for solutions to the assignments. The professors usually reuse the assignments....That would save you so much time and heartbreaks.

Hi. Is there any recommended uni in US for undergraduates hospitality and culinary management course?
Thank you!

I did that most of the time. We can download textbook solution from internet, buy solution from cramster.com or get past assignment solution from friends/fraternity. I have to stress that I'm not encouraging anyone to do that; the best thing to do is do the assignment ourselves and meet the TA/professor if we need help.

Also take note that difficulty of course is different from school to school in the U.S.. Generally, the more reputable is your school, the tougher it is.

Curving grades is the other scale system used in U.S. In this system, 20-30% of the class shares the A+, A, A-. So imagine if you have 20 people in a class, only 5 people get to go to the A grade. If you have 200, that will be 50. Under this system, the professor does not have to worry about lampooning you with the hardest questions he can find because he is assured that there will be people who gets an A in the class. (My advanced calc 1's mean was 50%. There were only 5 questions on the test, 3 hours.)

Difficulty also depends on who you are competing with. This usually is the element that makes the course the hardest. If you're in a very good school which only admits top students, you will be competing with crazy people (people from singapore, india, china, and malaysia) to be part of the top 30% of the class.

So generally, difficulty of a U.S. school varies.