i have seen this thread emerged numerous times here in kopitiam, but this is my first time posting here! have a great day ahead!

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Apr 20 2009, 12:32 PM

melbourne is blinking cold! my hands are actually numb as i'm typing this post. unbelievable.

i don't recall uk being this cold... sigh!

visa still remains the same i reckon; but you can give the immigration office a ring to update your information

however, worrying about the visa is the least of your concern IMHO. getting an offer and then applying for your unit advanced standings are your top priority.

i was actually contemplating between UoM and monash's clayton before transferring here. UoM took their sweet time to offer me one (by the time, the offer came along with the advanced standing results, I have already paid my monash clayton deposit)

it is highly dependent on the faculty (or school). i e-mailed UoM almost every alternate days towards last the few weeks of my monash offer acceptance dateline.

UoM had difficulties matching my law and islamic banking and finance units to their commerce syllabus; hence the delay.




erm, if i may ask, why are you keen to move then? the ranking of UQ is much better than UniSA and adelaide (just an assumption that i deduced from hearsay)

alright then.

just something that i heard from the idp gal (during the education fair), an offer is more likely to be given to you, if your current university is a member of group of eight and you are contemplating to apply to another member's university.

you are absolutely right. unless weather is a primary concern, you can always opt for darwin! there gila ba** panas!!!

errmm... you must be hiding in some remote location to be asking about monash whereabouts...

in australia alone, there are six campuses (excluding those offshore).

the primary campus is in clayton (approximately 25 minutes of driving from melbourne CBD if you adhere to the speed limits)

LOL! no way monash is gonna admit this, but ask any students and you will retrieve the same answer; your results will predominantly determine your campus.


in another word, the less satisfactory students will be allocated to certain campuses.

erm. if i'm in your shoes right now, i will ring the faculty (or school) which you are keen in as soon as possible. ask them to allocate you someone to handle your case and from there correspond regularly.

yup. but just don't go around broadcasting that to the sunway campus students. they will get extremely agitated to the core. it is customary, for the sunway students to mock the students in australian campuses as "stupid, for paying more than double for something identical".

you are absolutely right about the degree (or course) name; they differ to a certain extend. anyway big firm employers typically know how monash works and one look at the transcript, they can tell the origins of your campus.

heck! i can even point out to you now. your transcript typically contains the name of the unit alongside the unit code and each respective unit results.

for example (using the commerce degree), take two very similar unit offered in caulfield and clayton; Principles of accounting and finance. the one in caulfield is AFF1000, whereas the one in clayton is AFC1000.

the F denotes that the unit is from caulfield and C, clayton.

this will probably (only probably) explain the spookiness.

oh? which campus are you studying in then?

by the way, am i entitled for a discount or upgrade if i order through you?

errr i reckon that he is a bloke (IMHO). you might be disappointed though

well, i still believe that solving the so-called conflict and misunderstanding is way more economical than swapping universities.

sorry to burst your bubbles, bhypp!

ayai, even if you insist of hanging out with malaysians, i'm pretty sure that there are others as well.

christian fellowships are quite recommended if you really need company and moral support IMHO (i'm not a christian by the way). just don't join those extremely fanatic ones; everything has done in moderation.

eh spacelion, you haven't answered me yet. which campus are you studying in?

eh you can studying elsewhere what? i don't like making assumptions like that.

doing commerce (obvious from my previous explanation) and yes i do pass by that coffee place on a daily basis!

that's why i'm seeking for freebies!

huh? there are so so so (to the extreme level) many pretty gals in melbourne! bak kata pepatah cina "to give up the entire ocean, for a gal is just crazy"

eh john kor, give everyone a break from your nonsense la. you don't have to be in everything alright? dah-lah, it is an eye sore reading your posts in kopitiam.