A-Levels

[pringles]

Originally Posted by ngu

anthony,which college are you going?Is taylors good?Is a level harder or stpm is harder,...please advice me from your friends experice who are studying a level.

If you are planning to take A level and can't decide which college to go to , just go to all the colleges you may enrol in and take a look at their hardware(library resources, cafeteria, class rooms, lecture theater and etc...). Don't believe the college councillors because all of them will say their colleges are the best.

Every colleges have good and bad lecturers. You can have the best lecturers in Malaysia but you will not be able to score if you are not committed to your study.

[bush]

Originally Posted by pringles

If you want to apply to cambridge or oxford university, you will need 4As.

nope.....they only require 3 A-level subjects, usually all As.......

[bush]

Originally Posted by pringles

If you are planning to take A level and can't decide which college to go to , just go to all the colleges you may enrol in and take a look at their hardware(library resources, cafeteria, class rooms, lecture theater and etc...). Don't believe the college councillors because all of them will say their colleges are the best.

Every colleges have good and bad lecturers. You can have the best lecturers in Malaysia but you will not be able to score if you are not committed to your study.

u don't really need a good library if u are doing A-levels as u don't need to do assignments, just a simple library with some reference books is sufficient.

Classrooms and lecture theatre doesn't really matter. Most colleges have air-cons. U can have the best facilities but if u are taught by some lousy pasar malam lecturers...........sangat susah.........which is better?a hardworking student with cacat lecturer or a hardworking student with an experienced and enthusiastic lecturer?

[bunny]

Originally Posted by bush

nope.....they only require 3 A-level subjects, usually all As.......

Requirement is different from whether they will actually take you in. having 3As is the 'minimum' required for them to 'consider' ur applications. If you wanna stand a good chance to enter, you should not just try to meet the 'minimum' req. When I applied for Cambridge, after the interview and before my results for A levels came out, they gave me a conditional acceptance, the condition being that I get 4As for my A levels.

physics may turn out to be important for biotech. Besides, it is always better to have more options now so that if you can choose a different course if you later find out that you do not like biotech and wanna pursue something like bioengineering which requires physics. Which aspect of biotech are you interested in?

[bush]

Originally Posted by bunny

Requirement is different from whether they will actually take you in. having 3As is the 'minimum' required for them to 'consider' ur applications. If you wanna stand a good chance to enter, you should not just try to meet the 'minimum' req. When I applied for Cambridge, after the interview and before my results for A levels came out, they gave me a conditional acceptance, the condition being that I get 4As for my A levels.

physics may turn out to be important for biotech. Besides, it is always better to have more options now so that if you can choose a different course if you later find out that you do not like biotech and wanna pursue something like bioengineering which requires physics. Which aspect of biotech are you interested in?

What course did u applied for? Some courses have additional requirements. 3 subjects wouldn't matter if u are happy with the limited choice in ur first year.

not to be an idiot or whatsover, these may not be official policy of the university, it may be from hear-say or from personal experience. The best way to know is to write to them or to visit their website as what it says represents the policy of the university.

[Dr_Tay]

Personally, I think taking A-Levels is a waste of time as I had experienced it myself. Matriculation would be shorter and faster and still take you to the same destination. With the shortage of funds experienced by most Western universties these days with good grades you can achieve your ambition in whatever capacity.

[bunny]

Originally Posted by bush

What course did u applied for? Some courses have additional requirements. 3 subjects wouldn't matter if u are happy with the limited choice in ur first year.

not to be an idiot or whatsover, these may not be official policy of the university, it may be from hear-say or from personal experience. The best way to know is to write to them or to visit their website as what it says represents the policy of the university.

yup, you are right, bush, i was referring to my own personal experience applying for engineering as well as experiences from my friends & classmates when i made the comment. In many cases, the university, especially one as reputable as Cambridge will state a requirement on A levels that is lower than the average a level qualification of students that they are actually taking in. I did not say that they will not take u in if u have 3 As, but u stand a better chance if u have 4 As. This is of course barring any special cases and a generalization..

[pringles]

Originally Posted by Dr_Tay

Personally, I think taking A-Levels is a waste of time as I had experienced it myself. Matriculation would be shorter and faster and still take you to the same destination. With the shortage of funds experienced by most Western universties these days with good grades you can achieve your ambition in whatever capacity.

A level=waste of time depends on how you look at it. It is undeniable that A level course is longer than most of the matriculaion like SAM,CPU, AUSMAT,CIMP and etc... But A level syllabus is deeper than other matriculation.

So, A level certainly is not a waste of time for those who want to learn as much as theu can before specialise in unviversity.

[SHuLy]

i've just completed my CAL in taylor's...2 year programme. well, in my opinion, i think that studying at any private college is about YOU and not the lecturers or college. cuz it will depend on your luck if you get a good lecturer or not....some of my friends are saying that A Levels at HELP is better. most of the good lecturers in taylors have been recruited by HELP...

i didn't really enjoy to the max. i dreaded A Levels, but i guess i am still OK with it..didn't really like it due to environment and my immobility in Subang.

And, in my opinion, it is better if you take A Level if you are planning to go to countries like s'pore cuz it's said that A Levels are easier than STPM.

i cannot compare to sam or cpu cuz i know nothing about it...

[bush]

Originally Posted by SHuLy

i've just completed my CAL in taylor's...2 year programme. well, in my opinion, i think that studying at any private college is about YOU and not the lecturers or college. cuz it will depend on your luck if you get a good lecturer or not....some of my friends are saying that A Levels at HELP is better. most of the good lecturers in taylors have been recruited by HELP...

i didn't really enjoy to the max. i dreaded A Levels, but i guess i am still OK with it..didn't really like it due to environment and my immobility in Subang.

And, in my opinion, it is better if you take A Level if you are planning to go to countries like s'pore cuz it's said that A Levels are easier than STPM.

i cannot compare to sam or cpu cuz i know nothing about it...

Singapore A-levels is not ur ordinary A-levels.....it is tougher than what we have here