hey im new here and ive got just the same problem! my head is goin crazy now so im just gonna spill.when i was in form 4 and 5, i thought i was gonna go to MATRIKULASI. my sister went there so i
assumed that i would end up in one of them too and i guess i was considered an average student, only able to score about 4-5as for tests, so i didnt really hope for anything more since im a malay and that getting into matrix is very easy. you dont need that many As. and even if you dont get many As you can still get the 1 year program and therefore can do a degree fast. it was like a perfect place to study! and my parents definitely couldnt afford to send me to some private college so yeah. i thought MATRIX IT IS!
okay so i live in SUBANG JAYA , SELANGOR. quite a maju place lah. i can be considered 'budak KL' lah. and during form 5, i dunno what came over me but i felt like i was scared that i couldnt get a place to study after highschool. soo i worked my butt of day and night for those 8 months before SPM. i always failed my science subjects so i knew i had a lot to do. THANK GOD i managed to get 10a1 and 1a2. i still am amazed.
so anyway, i applied for matrikulasi and of course i chose the nearest to home which was MELAKA. second was PENANG coz a few of my besties chose it coz its supposed to be the best MATRIX and 3rd was JOHOR because my sister is studying there. SOOO with my results i thought i was gonna get MELAKA. i mean all this while, ive been brainwashed = of you get good grades, you will get what you want and u dont have to worry about competition.
riiight. I GOT MATRIKULASI di CHANGLUN, KEDAH ! how unfair. my friends who got 3-4as managed to get their first choice and i was thrown to the middle of nowhere! i worked hard and not them! im sorry if i sound berlagak or something but if only you know how it feels!! apparently it happened to lots of
pelajar cemerlangs.
people said, "oh , that means youre gonna get youre UPU 1st choice." or like "alah, diorg buat mcm tu sbb diorg tahu budak straight A dpt tawaran lagi bagus"
so okay, i went with it (after crying my eyes out) and i waited for UPU. my 1st and 2nd choice were PRE-MEDIC at UIA and USIM. and out of all 8 choices, those were the only ones i wanted. but SURPRISE SURPRISE, i got my 3RD CHOICE wich was BIOLOGICAL-SCIENCE (asasi Sains Hayat ) at UIA PJ. of course i was sad and cried my eyes out again, but i came to my senses. MATRIX
WAS UNFAIR BUT MAYBE FOR UPU, THERE WERE JUST MORE PPL BETTER THAN ME. so i thought UIA PJ it is!!
so i had around 12 days to make up my whether to go to MATRIX or UIA. but well i was crushed by matrix so when i got UIA i never looked back. BUT THEN I JUST RECIEVED THE LETTER FROM UIA. it says ASASI SAINS HAYAT - 2 TAHUN. im like what??? they didnt say that on the online offer thingy!! arent all asasi's only 1 year??
now if i want to go to matrix, i have to register in 4 days! (including today) okay now i cant make my decision because
1. i want to take a degree in medicine which is 5 years, so i had planned to go for a 1 year pre-u. i dont want to be still doin my pre-u when everybody has started doing there degree! why
would you want to spend and extra year studying? BUT THEN AGAIN, one year compared to 60 years of living (i hope) is nothing! or is it? and taking 6 or 7 years to get a degree doesnt sound so different and far apart. but saying is easy , its
actually doing that extra one year that scares me. will i be like
it is nothing or will i feel like OMG i just wasted one year!? and i heard that after register into UIA, you have a chance to change courses AND do only 1.5 years . but youve got to like pass the ARAB placement test and/or (i dunno)
2. i am a very city person. boleh dikatakan 'budak KL' la ni. i live around shopping malls and sunway lagoon and timesquare and KL and the KTM and all those stuff! even my kampungs are in modern towns. so going to UIA Petaling Jaya is like heaven for me! Subang Jaya is just beside PJ so i know the surroundings wont be such a problem. my dad even said he might get me a car. but i dunno if Asasi UIA students can bring one. BUT the MATRIX I GOT is in some jungle. it is very far i dont think im ready! I AM SERIOUS. it is just below the Thailand border and is surrounded by kampuns south east west north and everything between. it is a very 'ulu' place lah. no shopping malls etc. even to go there it seems like kena meredah hutan. haha. whats worse budak KL ni , memang senang nak di-cop 'gedik' kat matrix. ada ke pakai tudung pin kat belakang kepala and pkai contacts pun org leh kata mcm tu!
these stories are real. but then is it worth it to save ONE YEAR?? lagi pun one year tu kan cepat, tp kalau cepat kan, apa salahnya buat setahun lebih?
YOU SEE I AM GOING CRAZY. WHEN I WANT TO GO HERE, I WANT TO GO THERE TOO. WHEN I WANT TO GO THERE, I WANT TO GO HERE TOO
arggH People please give your opinion! im waiting for JPA scholarship results but its gonna tak too long! matrix kena register on the 12th!!
Added on May 8, 2008, 12:50 pmmy schoolmate got 4a1 4a2 1b4 and 1c5 got asasi UM. but my friends who got 9A1a above and another 6a1 abd 2a2 didnt get.
aiyoo so angry!