lol... you have to know which subjects u waant to take wat~
then only decide?

perhaps you want to look to the lecturer:student ratio

If you are a good student, chances are that you will score most of the time wherever you go

However, if you are so so, then perhaps you want to have more personal attention, which means lesser lecturer to student ratio

When you go for course counseling in colleges, try to look for the lecturers or at least people who teach the course (in this case A Levels)

They tend to be less biased and they give you slightly more accurate picture. If you get counseled by the marketing people, the normal thing is of course their college is the best. For whatever reason.

To give you an example:
Taylors has been in the industry for one of the longest around, and they have a good reputation. Every year, perhaps they have 1000 A-Level students already, it is not surprising if they have lets say 10 students that go to cambridge or imperial or oxford, that is only 1% by the way.

What happens to the rest of the 99%?

I'm not trying to kill your dreams, but you do really have to consider these figures, not everybody ends up in the top 1% and that is what most colleges advertise.

Just some tips, a few things you want to check

- Student to lecturer ratio ( if it is low, then higher chance to get some free "tuition" after classes )
- Budget ( A-Levels is just pre U, save money there and spend for your degree, or, save on your degree, pay for masters)
- Majority record ( Most colleges has some super TOP students who went into some super good Uni, find out where the others go. If you get to Princeton or Harvard or Oxford, good... but it is safer to bet on 99% than 1%)
- Take a walk around the college and feel the atmosphere ( sometimes you can feel that some students are cheerful, or some are slacking, some are so competitive; afterall whether you study well or not is influenced a lot by the culture of the college. I know of friends who go to very popular colleges, face peer pressure, end up going out partying and stuff like that)
- Don't pay too much attention to the advertisements, they are filled with marketing strategies; go talk with students and lecturers ( chances are that they don't get commision for enrolling you up )

Actually, having 17 students going to Cambridge is something to be proud.It's not a easy uni to enter and only that year,which is 2006,Taylors have 10+ students going to Cambridge.Other than that year,only a few manage to get an offer.Only one guy in my class got an offer from Cambridge.Besides,Cambridge has quota for Malaysia is about 30 students per year if im not wrong.

Most of my friends are in universities like MIT,NUS,University of Manchester and University of Melbourne.

Taylor's isnt a crappy place to go.Most of the lecturers are good too but there are some who arent so good.

For medicine maybe.....but not for anything else.

So you have a lot of friends at MIT?

My intention is London School of Economic. But i heard it is tough to get in. If i am a science stream student with quite an excellent track of record, do u guys think i should give up my science and take up economic and accounting in A Level??

if you want to play safe, check what subjects LSE need.
I havent check the requirements yet, but sometimes certain subjects are not needed as entry requirement

If possible you can still take some sciences, e.g. Math, Chem, Phy, Econs?

What Joellee said is correct. The most important thing to do a BSc Economics at LSE is mathematics, so if you apply with math FM, physics and econs or any other traditional subject, you will be a strong applicant. DO NOT take accounting if you intend to apply for BSc Economics. A-level economics is fine and you must know that you are not required to take it. It will not jeopardise your application.

This post has been edited by feynman: Oct 26 2007, 09:51 PM

im taking maths,chem and econs..dunno what i wanna take after A-Levels..

Anyone from Help University College here?? I wanna know about their law programme... Help is a good university to study???

y want Help? Go ATC la. Best record for external law programme, but other story lo if u want to take internal.

Wht is the difference between ATC external law degree and HELP internal law degree. BTW, where is ATC located. Can i have the full name of the college? I have a friend interested in taking law.

www.atc2u.com

the ATC website... located in Chinatown
well, the college i have to say is a bit lousy and not so good in their management
but they have a very good law library and their notes damn good.

external programme is how u finish ur couse locally by taking abroad exam from london university. of course can opt to transfer in middle.

while internal like those in help is where student need to study abroad and more expensive.

lolz...... i juz want information nia.... i won't take now coz i'm studying business now... disappointed that kch don't have law programme....

haha... i see
besides those big college that provide law like help and taylor, perhaps u can check out nirwana and mentari.
still... i think atc better

what is the full name of ATC??

Kemayan Advance Tertiery College

yeah ATC is a very good law school for the courses they offer and probably also for the CLP...but their facilities are average, and amongst the many students, there are a few problem ones....a number students are leaving because of the atmosphere...but if that's not a problem...then shud be ok!

Hi i going to take 3 maths, 1 chem and 1 business, what college is your recommended?

how do you take 3 maths?

About Law, definitely BAC and ATC is much more famous. but it would always be good to get to know about other colleges offering them. The reason I say this is not because they are not good or anything, but BAC and ATC more or less only does law and perhaps slight variations of it.

It reduces your exposure to other fields for one. College years are quite interesting where u get to learn tons of stuff. ATC and BAC is smack in the middle of the city. Only buildings there. Not much of campus life.

former a levels from taylors here
everything is fairly good there actually...
the lecturers?there are to many of them, to tell u they're generally good is a lie...
crammed?yah...but u dun stay inside there why bother...u stay out eat out..
location?in the heart of sj,wat more do u want?
results from here are generally better than other institutions because there are really a bunch of nerdies (cool ppl oso got la) that gives u that peer pressure and make u do well...thats my opinion..lol
and my piece of advice...go for jan intakes...they get better tutors...
dun go for march...its too express and the tutors are inferior...but as i said...to generalize all the tutors is irrelevant..all are just my 1st hand experience...thats all