Engineering student and Chinese guy? That's me!

Alright, we have 3,200 students according to an angmo that gave us a speech on our induction.

I am still doing my very first semester but let me share with you how do I feel about the lift in Nottingham.
It's like...
Relaxing~ relaxing~.. for a few weeks.. then..
Busying, busying, busying.. for some weeks..
(Then, I guess, relax again, and busy again..)

At first, there's hardly anything you need to do on your own after lectures. You can just go back and rest and relax.
But, assignments will start to be given out and in the end, you will find a lot of assignments due on close dates.
That can drive you crazy as the assignments will not be easy (even if the lecturer claim so..)..
I have friend who travels everyday and is forced to stay overnight in my room to work out the lab reports.

Well, now after the tide of assignments, I am relaxing now.. at least for a few days, before the next assignment due.. and before the tide of exam comes!

The life here is very enjoyable. Nice campus, fresh air, green view..
But, a lot of international students and I feel weird why mostly international students who run for the elections?
You can see a lot of girls here that dress up very well.. (well, not in Engineering I guess...)

If you have the money, I feel that, it's quite worthwhile to spend it here, due to the environment and of course the reputation and quality of education!

problem with chinese (or locals) is that... they come here for one sole purpose. Study and only study. Most of the locals stays within their own 'pack'. In fact, how many locals actually tried to run for elections and tried to make changes to this university? Sad fact, but awfully true. What i hear from peers is 'this should be done', 'that is not right'... but no incentive of any sort to try to make changes..

thx for ur info! =)
oh ya 1 more thing is, wats the max ptptn loan i cn get for the degree course?

wat elections?

Students Association election..

Depending on your parents' income. Check their website. They have it online.

Hi guys, I having doubts on filling the application form & I need some help. What do they mean by:

1.Transcript of previous studies?
2.English Language qualification certificate?

1. the photostat copy of yr results, SPM n A-levels or any pre-U
2. cert for any English qualifications u took. e.g. MUET for STPM

well, i jz send in my spm results n photocopy of my ic...izzit ok?

Since I only took SPM, does it mean that my SPM results will satisfy no.2?
& do I need to sent them copies of my koko certs to bolster my application?

Hi,

Yes SPM result can satisfy already since you are just SPM student.

Koko cert no need one. If you feel like it, no harm doing.

koko cert? whats that? can eat?
is it co-curicular cert? correct me if im wrong..

Lol, yeah it's Co-Curicular cert.

lol thx for the info
btw, for those living at Edu square. Where do u guys get your drinking water from? Got water treatment system in every house?

cook ur own water... each edu square house is equipped wif 2 kettle.

this uni good or not? heard my friend say got quite a lot of uk lecturers. is it true?

Depends on what course you are taking. Business has not many. But engineering and pharmacy has a number.

foreign lecturers to be exact.. not onli UK.. yea, engineering and pharmacy have more foreign lecturers than business.. if i m not mistaken, we have onli 1 female ang mo lecturer rite? from chem eng.. others all males..

UK lecturers. I guess quite a number.
If not mistaken, ALL of our Director of Studies (head of program) is from the UK.
And, yes, we have a lot of international lecturers, including some from the Middle East.

I believe for other schools, there will be visiting lecturers as well, from Nottingham UK.
The Mechanical Engineering is proud to have the lecturerS from UK to visit and give advice on projects and also conduct lectures.

oic... thx
Btw, anyone here doing foundations in CS/IT?

hi, is anyone here taking foundation of engineering?(took?)
is the program ok? are the lecturers great?

one more, can i apply after the program starts?i mean after 2 or 3 days?