am i late to join the fun of 2nd new home ?
anyway , it has been a very good experience over here , i was guided by mr.azarimy and Ultracooljustintimberlake from mid-upper six to STPM to taking STPM result to entering LUCT and at last i entered UTM after some tough time facing the interview problem .
gheheheh thanks .

do more architecture studies in this month .
i am 2.92 , my friend is 2.7x . and most of us are 2.9-3.2 range .
just put utm as ur first choice , or else they wont call u up for interview .

my friend got 3.5 , i got 2.9 . i appeal to come utm , my friend no need appeal also got the interview . in the end i got the course and my friend didnt get anything at all although he went to usm and utm for interview . u really need to do well in ur interview .

well , UKM DO OFFER Architecture Course if i am not mistaken as my classmate has been there for interview session . probably you have missed the UKM architecture thing as sometimes they might type is other words .

as for the UTM , yes . The whole 2007 admission , my batch , everyone put UTM as their first choice EXCEPT me . i put it at 2nd choice , so i have to use the 2nd route , that is to appeal for interviewing session .
most of the students here who got the interview got into UTM basically has been to USM or UKM to perform their interviewing session .

the interview might be formal or not formal .
it all depends on who interview you, dont htink they are going to kill u in the interview . i used to think that . hehehe . the thing is , the interview is just to check out are you the type of person who can really study in this course . Well , Drawing is NOT a nessesary , but u must be really average in drawing , at lease can draw something simple in shape . but the most important thing of the drawing is to the 3d thin that can be seen .

some interviewers might just ask or scold you to see what type of person you are , USM interviewers got the most complaints among my frineds . somme might just ask u something about normal stuff , liek u sit in the room witht he interview , and he would ask you , 'how do you think we should renovate this room' ? . but the most biasa one is ask u something aobut what do u choose architecture . anyway , the most basic thing u must prepare for the architecture interview based on what i know .

1-why do you want to be an architects ?
2-who is your favorite architect ? why ? name 2 of it's architecture ?
3-name 2 local architects and 2 foreign architects you know ? at least 2 reasons why you know them . name 2 of each of their design/work.

well , i am with the same batch with the first batch interview .
the first batch got the interview letter , i but i got the letter telling me that i have not chosen for the interview . so via contact to UTM administration, i am able to appeal for the interview . thanks for mr.azarimy, mr.xtracooljustin and my dad who have given me so much guides in getting the interview and passed the interview .

well , i believed that if you are accepted to the interview , they will look on your interview more than your result . but this must be confirm by mr.azarimy . personally i think the cgpa does carry a part of it .
as what i have experience , my frined got 3.5 , got interview in USM UTM . i didnt get any interview and i was quite upset, i appeal until i got the chance to show myself in UTM interview, with my 2.92 result . my friend didnt get anything at the end , while i got UTM now .

3.5+automatically accepted to Interview USM UTM : 2.92+only got the interview by appealing to UTM .

i reserved my comment as tracooljustin n azarimy already voiced out .

i got 3A 5B 3 C in spm . Dad asked me to go to Limkokwing as he scared that i couldn't take the pressure in form 6. But i have chosen form 6 , i've selected my path , i did well in stpm , my well doesn't mean good superb result. And now i am in UTM .
i saved more than 200K and i saved one of my dad's property as my dad initially wanted to sell of our Alor Star house to fund my studies .

u take form 6 , u probably can enter public uni . If u cannot , u can save one Semester in foundation . You might think you have lost your 2 years in form 6 , but i would like to tell u something that the thing u studied in form 6 is very very useful to gain ur own knowledge , don't go mind the time if you are using it for education benefaction .

ALFA college quality is good, my friend have met people over there . the problem is the size of the college and if not mistaken, it is lack of accreditation .

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Added on March 19, 2008, 10:02 ami got 2.92 in my cgpa , and my frined in the course now is 2.8 only . i think it is ok , bu tit would be a risk as it is very very competitive
i would say avoid putting the kl-based university at first choice as they are so HOT , most ppl will look at the city-based uni .

This post has been edited by BridgestoneRE711: Mar 19 2008, 10:02 AM

no comment , but as far as i know AR has higher priority than IR .
meanwhile, IR canot do AR's stuff . same goes to Ar cannot do Ir stuff . Although on paper Ar is higher ranked , but each different levels has different stuff to do .

sorry , i dont mean to compare structer engineers to architects .
based on the rank on the board or on the paper , the listing of architect is above eng. and ar. is ranked before eng. as they are supposed to meet the client. *as told by my brother.
what i mean is in terms of Ar or Ir who is ranked higher in terms of their job, i would say both got thier own thing . Ir cant do Ar thing , Ar cant do Ir stuff, each of them got their own expertise . i might get the thing wrong but that is what i know .

i got info that the interview is going to be held by this coming 25-30april range . so , please get ready .

azarimy , i have one wonder here .
is it really so less lyn who is interested in architecture this year ?
during my batch 365 days ago , there were quite few of lynians who got utm usm ukm nus interview . ...
but it seems quite ... ... silent here .

i am not too sure is there or not .
but basically u will be quite busy with ur stuff .

i might be late here, but basically there is no need to scare or worry about the utm interviewers .
well , to be honest , utm interviewers are very kind aand friendly , that is what i have observed and know among my coursemates .
the thing over here is that utm interviewers are looking for talent.
if u look into my batch , different ppl has different talent , some might not be good in art, but communication , some are good in drawings , water colour ....

prepare yourself
-your drawings
-2 local architects u know , each with 2 of their famous building .
-2 foreign architects , 2 buildings for each architects .
-why u want to choose this course .

azarimy , Dr.Rashid is one of the panel for interviewing session this year. hahhaha

ur model ? my experience in first year .
buy enough tools , learn to use materials . anything can be good for u .
for example , plasticine , not sure it is the right word or not , can be a good thing to make concrete .

Azarimy ,
being lead by dr.rashid for 2 semester , i must say that guy rocks ! he is leading us ahead from the others with breath-taking ideas . hehehe .
the thing is , i wanna ask that Revit architecture software is popular or not ? is it well used by other institute or architecture firm ?

it's you again dude . nvm , next 2 sem i will be making your GradDinner . nejoy !

hi aprisis .
i would like to answer that for azarimy , hehehe ... just refer to the first post of this topic .
well alfa college used to be ALIF college . i have friends form there , and i have been in limkokwing for half sem before . to be honest , unlike limkokwing students , i shall call the ALIF college students as 'patriotic' as they are really believing in their college n they love their college . and limkokwing students doesn't .
in the end of the day , let's go to the real business . ALFA college only offers Diploma programme , meanwhile limkokwing offeres Degree in Architectural Science . Limkokwing has one advantage , that is it is recognized by LAM and PAM by batches . it depends on ur batch quality .

one year already , i have been going through a very meaningful time to get to this university and thank you to AZARIMY who has been always a helpful and willing to help dude out there .

certainly , if there is no azarimy i am not in utm . and i might be in other places . i am glad i am at utm anywya , went to other unis in malaysia , utm working places is just fabulous , studio is the best i can see so far , comparing upm and usm . usm got good view ... hahaha ... sea bridge sand .

hi utm archi-08/09 batch .
no senior or junior among us . dont use that term among us . it diverts the relationship .
pm me if u are coming into utm .

azarimy , just a question , when will thos diploma ppl come and join our batch ?
is it all diploma student will join our batch or only certain amount of it oonly .

hmm ...
hey azarimy ,
just a question, have u encounter any student who entered utm via the way i did ? so far , as i am concern , i know another girl who did the same thing as i did to get into utm interview but she didn't secure any seat at utm . but i did.
and my 2nd year senior doesnt have anyone who did that too .

just wondering is it frequent to have cases like this ?