VUW third year student. happy with it.
but bored over the summer, anybody wanna join to surf?

wait me come over ....hahahahah......
btw, can some1 let me know where can I cheaper airticket from agents? or book on9 would be cheaper?

eh , and I Though IM gonna get rejected but now they ask me go take ielts to complete my unconditonal offer

I didnt expect getting into otago is that easy , after all they are still world top 100 uni or 200 I cant remember

normally they would want international students cuz we pay a lot more than the locals... arond x5 of what the locals pay le...

feel so stupid paying so much wish i could be a PR there /aus would save heaps !!

The fact that we international students are not being sponsored by the government is the main reason why we have to pay more, I envy the Germans as well, those German international who are doing post grad studies are sponsored by the New Zealand Government, an arrangement between the countries, I think the French has this kind of priority as well

You have to ask yourself, why after a (working) lifetime of paying taxes, your own government denies you the priviledge to public higher education. Me and my family have paid taxes like any other Malaysian, and yet I will not be given a place I want in Malaysian public universities, simply for my genetic makup.

State sponsored education is a rarity in this day and age. What you described about Germany and Frnace is what Australia and New Zealand was in the 60's and 70's. Free university education to international students (read: people who don't pay taxes), and thus one only had to cough up living costs.

Of course, standards were much much higher in those days. Even today, JPA scholars studying in France need crazy scores for their IB. In New Zealand, they do lower the score to a reasonable cut-off to maintain standards, but you pay the true cost of education.

Many people don't realise this, but it is very expensive to run tertiary education.

been there 5 years

lol of cos its nice place, safe place to study ya no war peaceful country, depends where u live auckland is most expensive

ya pretty easy to find job

I just graduated from Auckland Uni BCom in Accounting

hey evryone.... i'll be heading to VUW on the 17th of february. Currently looking for a place to stay. anyone from Wellington care to give some advice about wic suburbs to go to? or better still, anyone having vacancies in their flat?

I'm leaving very very very soon, before the 10th of February, so can't really meet you here

If you are going to the Pipitea campus and do not own any cars, try to look around Lambton Quay, The Terrace or Thorndon. Not surburbs but streets.

However, if you are planning to buy a car but want to stay near to the city, Aro Valley is the place for you. Or you can always find cheap flats in Karori, Northland, etc.

Island Bay's good too, near a beach, but a bit far la

i heard that it is quite hard for malaysian to survive there as there are discrimination among the diff nationality among coursemate

is it true?

There is discrimination between Malaysians themselves when studying in institutions of higher learning in and outside Malaysia. What's the difference?

Most courses in NZ universities are open entry - ie you only need basic high school/pre-u qualifications to get in.

Easy to get in, harder to get out with a degree. Plenty of people leave without a degree/take far longer than they should to graduate.

i've sent over my credit transfer application to UNITEC because AUT demands a pretty exorbitant amount of money to have my credits processed. so i'll see how many years i get to exempt and see whether i wanna consider AUT later on.

the ncea is the epitome of 'egalitarianess'.......you either 'achieve' or did 'not achieve'.......and if you achieve, you can get into uni.......

that poses a problem for unis, selecting students into demanding courses......many 'achievers' will NOT cope with courses like medicine, laws........and how on earth are they going to select? (the 3 step grading on 'achieve' in ncea helps a bit, but not adequate in stratifying students.......)

so everybody who achieved and applied, will get accepted.......into a generic 1st year.......then the suitable students are selected to continue into the 2nd years of these courses......the rest will be offered other related courses.......

so you can have 1000 aspiring medical students in 1st year health science.....but only 200 or so will continue into 2nd year medicine.......the others go into allied health fields like pharmacy, physiotherapy, optometry, nursing etc........

this is very true, i graduated from UOA medical school few yrs back, 1st joined there were close to 400 students, only 1++ made it to medic, by final yr, only 117 graduated, tough journey........but nothing worse than working like a slave in msia.

i stayed in grafton for 1 yr then moved to parnell after that. much cheaper in grafton hall but make sure ur partners dont moan loud as the wall there thin like tissue.

I would think it is probably the same across most courses. In 2006, about 300+ student's went into Canterbury's Computer Science program. Barely 100 made it to the graduation ceremony.

As I said, easy to get in, easy to drop out. It is a contrast to the Asian system.

Been there, but I wouldn't say "done that". I have heard many stories.

Do u think i should settle my accomodation before i arrive in wellington or go there n look for flats?

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Added on January 31, 2009, 10:56 amHey anyone going to VUW for Trimester 1? Need friends...LOL

This post has been edited by aaron4d: Jan 31 2009, 10:56 AM

what do u mean by discrimination ey haya?

nothin is impossible

I didn't do A-levels also I finish my Bcom within 3 years

Just out of curiosity, what did you do for university entry?