A Medicine Jpa scholar here. Just try to research as much as you can. =)

i beg to differ. jpa scholars are not living like kings and queens in overseas. we are only given limited allowances monthly to pay for our accomodation and meals. nevertheless, we are luckier in a sense we need to fork out less money to settle for other bills. if you can refresh your memory on a letter written by a scholar in canada to the star, you will know that we still need to spend some money to make both ends meet.


@shinta
i suggest you to check out this website, where most of the scholars in malaysia share their views, namely jpa, petronas, bank negara scholars etc.

www.recom.org

the education and everything about medicine sections will be quiet useful.

@StarGhazzar

take for example, which is Australia. with the allowance given monthly, we still cant pay full for accomodation and meals. yes, we need to fork out our own money. i agree that as jpa pays for our tuition fees, forking out some money to make ends meet is acceptable. it is just unfair to say that we live luxuriously. and jpa does not increase allowances easily.

haha...chinese proberb says: sai weng shi ma, yan zhi fei fu.

not getting jpa scholarship might not be a con at all as you might get something even sweeter in the future. dont ask for things, no one owes you anything. both hardwork and luck play big parts in getting what we want in life. =)

haha...but medicine scholars' parents do save alot in terms of tuition fee already, so forking out some money to make ends meet is still very good. =)

@shinta
yeah, recom is where most scholars go =)

haha...thanks...recovered...i spent rm55 =(

living cost raises la dear...jpa reluctant to raise allowance, frankly speaking, it is not even enough to cover accomodation and catering...

i am ok with the bonding agreement...i want to be a doctor to serve people...so working in government hospital is my job =)

@starghazzar

my seniors already refer this matter to jpa, but they refuse to increase the allowance. so just live with what is given lor. =)