anyone studying in otago currently?

hey need help....im in christchurch now studying UC, anyone can suggest any good internet plan? does they have anything like streamyx in m'sia? the one that ilam apartment offer is quite expensive, me n my fren are planning to move out....any suggestion...?

for me, probably slingshot.. will elaborate more after this..

PMed u about ilam.. good luck with that

Formerly, 3 years ago.

it's the jet lag yo. same here.

haha ... no babe.
i dont get jetlags. its the aura.
the lazy aura.

woowww...
i want to study in oversea also..

i got the petronas scholarship which requires me to study in its local university..

This post has been edited by kaoshi: Feb 21 2010, 11:26 AM

Hi. Got a question needed to be cleared here.

My Pre-U results are out and NZ is one of my top choices for further studies.

I noticed that if I wanted to be admitted this year that would mean I have to be enrolled into the so called Semester 2 period, which is at around July if I am not mistaken.

Some universities do no recommend going into Sem2 directly and instead encourages students to wait for Sem1 intake period especially for those interested in engineering and science. Though that would mean I have to wait until next year.

The problem is that would I be in serious disadvantage if I were to just go straight in into Sem2?

i'm doing science course at UC.

for me. 2nd sem a bit shorter, plus, from what i heard from people, 2nd sem usually questions during exam gonna be harder.. plus, it's winter that time.. so quite uncomfortable to study for some people.

probably others can elaborate more

That's probably because, for a some courses, the 1st semester papers are prerequisites for 2nd semester ones.
For example, you may need to do PHYC 101 and 102 in the first year (and to progress to 2nd year papers). But PSYC 101 is only offered in semester 1 and PSYC 102 only in semester 2. Same for 2nd year papers 201 and 202.

Then there's fully year papers, were you do one paper over two semesters. They will start in semester 1, so obviously you can't do it if you only start uni in semester 2.

I suggest you check the papers on offer for the course you want to do. Try and work out if you'll be able to take all papers in the right order, without wasting time waiting for another semester/year.

true, that happened to my friend. he went in during 2nd sem of 2008, then contd first sem ( and finished his intermediate) 2009. but since first pro engineering wont start half way of the year. he had to wait for 2010 first pro.. so he spent his 2nd sem of 2009 taking only one course, repeating the same subject to improve mark, and working..

but lucky he is a citizen..

me got no place to stay now in wellington
anybody got free room I can rent ?

no problem with starting in the 2nd sem.
take summer school and cover whatever u've missed out .
if it still doesnt suffice, take an extra subject on the following sem1
dont worry about cramming more subject in your firsts years, its darn easy

anybody in vic up for a yamcha session XD

sorry, where's vic?

sure ...

when ?

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Added on March 2, 2010, 6:21 amvictoria university of wellington

This post has been edited by guest18: Mar 2 2010, 06:21 AM

I agree with EmperorMeng, there's always a lazy aura here in NZ especially Chch...
Internet wise, try Slingshit, oh i mean Slingshot, so far their free download at offpeak is the best deal atm. Internet at halls is usually expensive however there's this thing called dcplusplus where u can l33ch off other hallers and share some "legal" files.
Its always better to rent a house and flat with people you know + somewhere near uni to save up transportation cost!

Hello there. Im a high school graduate . Just finished my spm and i wish to pursue my studies in NZ. The primary field of my choice is medicine. I heard spm is garbage there , they dont know what it is. So then how do i apply?Would i be able to serve the nz government upon graduating?Must i do my pre-u here or should i do year13(highschool) there first? hmm . Thanks in advance

Well if you want you can do Year 13 here in NZ, then go to University of Otago for Health Science, then you choose your major. You can work for government like General Hospital. Not sure if you can do Pre-U in Malaysia tough.

The best way to get into an NZ university after SPM other than going to do your pre-u there would be to do your pre-u here ^^ You can go to places like Taylor's that offers Australian Year 12 programs like SAM or Cambridge A-Levels which are accepted qualifications for entry into NZ universities =)