QUOTE(hypermax @ Mar 26 2009, 09:02 AM)
Not really. There are 3 groups of people studying in IPTS:
1. Good students with limited budget
2. Good students on scholarship
3. Mediocre students who got in with money
To study medicine overseas (developed countries), one must prepare at least half a mil for tuition fee alone. Not everyone is ready to invest so much in an undergrad degree, especially those who intend to work in Msia only.
BTW, the really good students will be in IPTA (non-bumis only).
Yeah, I know. That's why I said
almost.
QUOTE(limeuu @ Mar 26 2009, 12:11 PM)
the history of oxford and cambridge is a very interesting one.......
it started in the 12th century, where learning is part of the clergy (church).......this was given a boost when students in france (then the center of learning) were recalled by the english king in 1167, and they mostly settled in oxford...........
some 50 years later, there was a conflict between the students and the town people, and they chased the students away, and the students then traveled east and settled in an old town called Granta bryg (Granta Bridge)........and founded a new university in 1209........changes in the lettering eventually become cambridge (cam bridge!).........
if anyone ever visits uk, it is worth making a detour to these university towns and savour the rich history of academia and academic excellence.......

If the students weren't chased away, there would be no Cambridge today.