Hi guys, I am currently a 2nd year student of UMS. Feel free to ask anything, I'll try my best to help. Btw, Congrats to those who got admitted to UMS!

You can go there by 28th or 29th, any will do. They will definitely provide a place for you to stay at 28th but before that I can't guarantee. Another option for accommodation is Tune Hotel at 1borneo which is next to UMS and the price is around RM50 per night only. On 28th onwards, they will provide transportation at the airport; UMS will set up a booth at the airport so just sign up there and the seniors will guide you. About laptop, I will suggest you to buy after the orientation or wait till the PC fair in mid July for better offer and etc. Hope this helps.

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Added on June 19, 2008, 2:18 pmFor further information regarding academic results and timetable, please browse through this website :

http://bpa.ums.edu.my/akademik.html

This post has been edited by lwsn: Jun 19 2008, 02:18 PM

You need to open a bank account at CIMB bank in order to apply PTPTN. They will deposit money to that account every sem once you got it. Plus, you'll need to pay your hostel and course fee through CIMB bank. You'll also receive RM1.5K as wang pendahuluan if I am not mistaken. You can either use it or leave it as it is but PTPTN will deduct it from your acc in other sem. Maybank is a good choice since most of the ATM machine in UMS, especially in Residential College E (Kampung E) is Maybank. UMS has CIMB bank in the campus but not Maybank. You'll have to go to the city for Maybank which is more difficult if you are not from KK. My suggestion is to open acc at both banks. CIMB for Uni usage such as course fee, loan, etc while Maybank for personal expense and savings.

This post has been edited by lwsn: Jun 19 2008, 02:58 PM

Yes, you may but I don't think they have the X-ray check-up facilities.

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Added on June 20, 2008, 12:28 pmI agree that it's much cheaper but you'll be put along a long queue, especially when every freshmen is heading the gov hospital for the check up. My suggestion is that if you don't face financial constraint, go for the private for medical check-up and instant result in less than 2 days. Otherwise, go for thr gov hospital.

This post has been edited by lwsn: Jun 20 2008, 12:28 PM

Make it 5, just in case.

If I am not mistaken, you need 2-3 copies for the Uni itself and another 2 -3 copies for PTPTN manual application. You'll also need some Passport sized photos, this you should prepare more than 5.

This post has been edited by lwsn: Jun 21 2008, 11:54 AM

You can bring your own batik if you want to but during the registration day for freshmen, they will distribute UMS batik cloth to everyone of you.

Yes, you need to show them the offer letter.

It will only take a while, I mean less than 1 hour if there isn't any long queue. Don't worry, you can finish applying it in a day.

About the distance between residential college to Kingfisher is definitely not walking distance. Probably 10 minutes bus ride from Residential college to get there. Btw, it's hard to get bus within UMS to go to Kingfisher. Plus, during the orientation week or before the actual school date starts, the UMS Kingfisher bus will not be operating.

they won't keep it but they do wanna have a look a it to make sure that your copies are genuine.
Grab hold of the original ones as some of my friends lost their IC or the certs during the MSM. Perhaps they accidentally drop or left em somewhere. You'll never know ...

This post has been edited by lwsn: Jun 24 2008, 12:23 AM

Woah! That's a lot! After the registration for the freshmen, don't throw away the rest of the copies as you will need em for manual registration for PTPTN later. They will come to UMS and you have to follow their instructions, words by words. I repeat, words by words. Or else, they might just cross you out. You know how the government works...

I agree with Zack. However, staying in kampung also benefits you all because transport is one of the main problems we all face in uni. If you don't have a vehicle, it's hard for you to go to lecture halls; you might be late or you might just miss the lecture as well. At least there are university buses ready for every hostel. If transportation and financial constraints are not your problems then stay off-campus for more freedom compare to staying in campus.

One more thing is that, there are variety of facilities available in various hostels. Take Hostel E for example. They have washing machine, dryer, cyber cafe and quite a big dining hall for you to have your meals and as a good place to meet up with your coursemates for group discussion or assignments.

Hey Zack, what course are you in and which year?

Oh cool. Many of my friends are studying in that school too. Envy them, they get to go field trip, camping every month. Btw, I'm from SPPS HT06 - TESL. Nice meeting ya. 2nd year when this coming sem starts.



This post has been edited by lwsn: Jun 24 2008, 12:36 PM

Just to share with you guys. Below is a photo showing a scenic view from PPIB in UMS. Sorry kinda blur coz I took by using my phone's camera.




And this is one of the lecture halls in DKP.





This post has been edited by lwsn: Jun 26 2008, 12:22 AM

I second that

No worries, points not taken. However, do allow me to express my thoughts on what I've learnt in UMS so far. Indeed, there are quite a number of students among us who scored unpleasant MUET results but some of them had improved a lot ever since the semester started.

Meaning, people do change to improve themselves. Even if your coursemates did badly in their exams, you have to make sure that you don't because at the end of the day, you are on your own.

Having a Band 5 in MUET doesn't guarantee you a 3 pointer above in the uni exams. In fact, some of my friends who scored 3.7 in STPM, scored lower than 2.7 during previous semesters in UMS. The TESL lecturers are at their best in supporting and helping us only if we ask, but many didn't (shy perhaps).

Anyway, why so serious?!?! Come join us la!

This post has been edited by lwsn: Jan 30 2009, 09:48 AM