From MCKL's website:
1. 97% passing rate out of 102 students who sat for their final A-Level examination.
2. 32% of our students scored 3A’s and above

32% with 3A's and above. Very impressive. Have anyone got comparative figures from Taylor or Sunway? My guess is, I doubt not even Taylor or Sunway can match those percentage figures. Even more impressive when you consider the fact JPA do not send their scholar to this college, unlike Taylor.

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Added on November 2, 2008, 11:18 pmI knew this college pretty well. If your purpose is to have a unchecked social life and boyfriends and girlfriend etc, then MCKL is probably not for you. Nor is it for you if you wanted fanciful modern facilities to impress your friends, thought this may be changing.

On the other hand, if you wanted a academically focused & friendly & pastoral environment, then MCKL is for you. I doubt there is another similar college with such environment and impressive academic records as MCKL in KL. IMO, that is because they are still 100% owned by the Methodist church but they welcome student from any other religious background and they don't go out to change your belief. Their main focuses are education and character building.

So from a parent point of view and student with enough mature thinking, MCKL should be top choice.

This post has been edited by Optiplex330: Nov 2 2008, 11:19 PM

It does not mean no social life. Think of it as this way. If you are being distracted by bf/gf and your academic results suffers as a result, they will call up your parent.

I have an old Taylor's 2006 newspaper advertisement. It listed 1047A's. 61 with 5As. 71 with 4As. 72 with 3As. I inquired and was told there were about 800 students in that batch. That means <25.5% with 3As and above. I also have a Yayasan UEM newspaper advertisement and I think theirs was also around the 25% region. But bear in mind these 2 college do get very good student to start off with, aka JPA scholars. I don't think JPA send their scholar to MCKL.

Anyone got newer data? It would be very interesting to compare.

Big advertisement budget. Modern facilities like library and banks of computers with big "wow" factors. JPA scholars. The "must be" place for those who fear Kiasu. Of course, must also have good teachers etc. But so many students so how to know each of them well? But they are undeniably a big commercial success with good track records.

MCKL. Old fashion focus on teaching and just as importantly, character building. And of course older facilities with decisively low "wow" factor in comparison. Small in size so can provide friendly environment whereby teacher know their student very well. Pastoral care. Not surprising because this college still belongs to the Methodist church. In the past, they do give 1/2 fee to student of the Methodist faith almost automatically.



This post has been edited by Optiplex330: Nov 5 2008, 09:19 AM

Many of those previously church funded school of the old colonial days, be it Catholic or Methodist or whatever, are often one of the very best school in town all over the country. They often have more students wanting to get in than there are places for. But the reverse is happening to MCKL with not many students wanting to go there.

I believe it’s because students only knew about it via word of mouth and not via newspaper advertisement, hence fewer. A pity because I think MCKL is one of the very few, if not the only, 100% owned by the Methodist church offering pre university courses in Malaysia. And with one of the very best result anywhere. Even the famous Taylor couldn't beat her, despite having JPA scholars as students. And I think MCKL is losing money but still do it with the support of the church. May be money isn’t everything to them but higher calling is. Personally, I am very impressed with MCKL.

MCKL is about 700 meters from KL Sentral, the transportation hub of KL. LRT, rail, monorail and airport bus from KLIA/LCCT ended up there as well. Perfect for outstation students. From KL Sentral, you can practically go anywhere easily.

The monorail station, Tun Sambanthan monorail station is right n next to it.

http://www.malaysiasite.nl/klsentraleng.htm

If you wanted to go to UK university, A Level may be better. But if you wanted to do UK medicine, A Level is MUCH better.

If you wanted to go to Australia Uni, both can do. And AUSMAT is shorter course.

Overall, I think A Level is more widely accepted.

Given a choice, would you prefer a principal who wanted face so will make sure his student get good result or another principal who couldn't care less what you do?

From the student point of view, may be the latter.

From the same student who later grown up to be an adult, may be they will prefer the former.

With A Level, you don't even need a computer because there are no assignment or presentation, let alone borrowing books from library. Not sure about AUSTMAT.

Accommodation works out to be RM500 per month. On the surface of it, it may sound expensive. But because of it's closeness to MCKL, you save money on transport and time so I reckon RM500 is still ok. And remember, this is right in the middle of city accommodation.

As for scholarship, if you did well in SPM and continue to do well in A Level, I reckon you will get your scholarship. But if your result isn't good enough, nobody owe you anything so no scholarship to be expected.

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Added on March 1, 2009, 10:28 amSince the apartment is high up, it's pretty cool so not really necessary to have air conditioning.



This post has been edited by Optiplex330: Mar 1 2009, 10:28 AM

Passing the college the other day. Seems like lots of construction going on. Hope with increased size, quality don't suffer especially the pastoral environment.

If you have financial difficulties, then do STPM at home. Cost you practically nothing and you can use that to enter local government universities which you can't with A Level or AUSMAT. Furthermore, it is as widely recognized as A Level overseas and in country like Singapore, even more recognized than A Level.


This post has been edited by Optiplex330: Dec 10 2009, 01:26 PM

I could say the same about Taylor. Too many distractions.