yes sponsor/scholarship from mara is good. they are generous, better than jpa and you are not tied with government after graduation, as long as you dont fail and fail them, your money wont be taken away.

as for sbp, they have good reputation as well, they are more to the government. you can apply for scholarship from jpa if you can guarantee good spm result, and willing to proceed to some pre-uni and being sent to oversea. usually a-level with jpa and international baccalaureate (ib) with mara. sbp have good sports event among themself, so you might get the chance to travel around. i thought they are called as sms instead since long ago?

meanwhile, since you have not get mara confirmation yet, get into sbp first, you can come out anytime later when you are confirmed with mara.

not sure if the system or any regulation has been change in recent years. but during my years (6 years ago at least), i had seen student coming in and out after a month or two, because they cant stand the boarding school.

if you got good reason why not? you can just leave school anytime with proper notification.

not necessarily, sbp and mrsm are of top students and they achieve way better result than most schools, esp. in term of quantity.

apart of that, cheap fees, really cheap accommodation and food, good discipline and good teacher:student ratio, good facilities and a few more. but it is not for anyone.

bad points now

- little time with family
- have to be in class room for at least 10 hours weekdays
- abt to no life (if lyn, shopping, computer and games, lazy weekend, hanging out are what you describe as life) , but you might enjoy the time of having friends all day round.
- definitely the bed, the room, the bathroom/toilet are not as comfy as home, alongside of daily/weekly chores.

yes they do. they are the same as the typical secondary school.

then it seems some sbp have form 1,2, and 3 too while some do not.

because I did my form 1-5 in sbp.