if weather features much in being sick, the brits would be a nation of very sick people.......yet they won oodles more olympic medals than msia.........

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Added on August 27, 2008, 10:56 pmthe flu jab you received is likely japanese b encephalitis jab, and will NOT protect you from you common 'flu' or colds, which are caused by a host of different viruses.......

This post has been edited by limeuu: Aug 27 2008, 10:56 PM

for a start-up, when you first arrived, residential college accommodation is much easier, less stress, less hassle........but more expensive......so consider that for one or two sems.........

then, most people will get more familiar with the places, new friends, etc, and move out to a flat/apt/shared housing, and do cooking themselves.....save some money........

trying to cope with a new place, finding digs, food, furniture, transportation, etc can be hell when you first arrived at a strange place.........

why are you responding to a 8 month old post?

in any case, agents like idp help you secure an offer of a course, but not accommodation, beyond their scope..........

idp cannot get you a place without ielts, if that is required by the university......

there are waivers for ielts for international students, particularly if the pre-u qualification used to apply is conducted in english......eg a-levels, sam etc......check with the relevant uni what their official policy is........

not all unis will accept 1119........c6 is actually a poor grade, for the purpose of academic pursuits........ielts is a reliable assessment because it contains the full 4 components of any language........reading, writing, speaking, listening.....and the academic ielts (cf general) contains specific components for academic use of english, which is quite different from general communication english......

This post has been edited by limeuu: Sep 2 2008, 09:08 AM

there is no such thing as 'fail' ielts......everybody is given a band grade, from 1 to 9, 1 being totally non-english user to 9 being expert english user........nobody fails.........

what people mean when they say the 'fail' is that they failed to meet the requirements of whatever that needs english testing, be it to enter uni, to apply for a job, to apply for pr, etc..........this minimum band requirement will of course vary, depending on the situation......eg, you need band 7 for laws and medicine courses.......but band 6 for pr application......and there are 2 categories of ielts, general and academic........

for what is tested, see my post above.......

you will not need ielts if you pre-u qualification is a-levels lah........that is very clearly stated in the prospectus........you people don't read issit?.........