Canadian JPA Scholars

[whui]

Originally Posted by mehul91

hey tell me is canada really worth it. how about the investment banking sector. so what course are you doing there

huh? First of all are you a scholar?

[miyra91]

im not a jpa scholar..sorry off topic..hehe..
well currently im doing cambridge a level in engineering..
gonna further to canada in petroleum engineering..which u in canada offer that course??
guess canada very rare for P.E,no idea y i'll be send there..lol..prefers us tho..
anyway,just curious,is a level okay 4 canada??easy to enroll with CAL?
P.E any best uni 4 that course?
thanks in advance seniors..

[duke23]

Originally Posted by mehul91

guys i need to ask you about the life in canada. first which is better, u of Toronto or mcgill uni and second is it a gud place to study economics....and third how cold can it get in Toronto and Montreal and fourth what in the world is ICPU. i went to these universiti website and cud not find ICPU so can anyone explain how much you need at least to get in.

I visited my cousin in Toronto last winter and it was -40 degrees celcius (plus wind chill)
it was just as cold in montreal..but montreal has got good restaurants!!I think BC has got the mildest climate..and its a nice place.vancouver is also known as hongcouver.haha..

Canada is generally an immigrant country..vietnamese,lankans,chinese,nepalese,tibet ans refugees from congo..bla bla..but its generally nice except for the nasty winters...from what i gather,the british education system is a lot easier than the canadian one..(but of course a levels is tougher than ICPU but many of the elite canadian high schools offer IB )

[ErnestSeow]

I m back recom!!!!!!!! wowowo.... for any1 who wish to ask me about anything for ICPU, feel free to do so... =)

Originally Posted by mehul91

ok lets say if you get 100% in ICPU , are you guaranteed a place in Mcgill or U of toronto. this is because i heard that icpu is relatively easy. so being a top uni, on what basis do the students get selected. i know academic is one of it. but is it the only thing or do they have interview and stuff. how difficult can it get to enter those uni cause icpu as i've heard is easy

ya... ICPU is quite easy compared to other pre-u courses... but good result doesnt guarantee u can enrol into good uni... for example, McGill will more concern about ur IELTS result rather than ur academic result, since all the applicants can do as good as u... =)

Originally Posted by miyra91

im not a jpa scholar..sorry off topic..hehe..
well currently im doing cambridge a level in engineering..
gonna further to canada in petroleum engineering..which u in canada offer that course??
guess canada very rare for P.E,no idea y i'll be send there..lol..prefers us tho..
anyway,just curious,is a level okay 4 canada??easy to enroll with CAL?
P.E any best uni 4 that course?
thanks in advance seniors..

based on my knowledge, uni of alberta does offer that course... bcoz the mining quarry is juz bside the campus... Shell is currently sponsoring the uni in exchange for the mining purpose...

davidchak... how was ur IELTS result?

[davidchak]

[quote=davidchak;261329]

Originally Posted by ErnestSeow

ya... ICPU is quite easy compared to other pre-u courses... but good result doesnt guarantee u can enrol into good uni... for example, McGill will more concern about ur IELTS result rather than ur academic result , since all the applicants can do as good as u... =)

This is NOT TRUE! And it holds false to ALL OTHER UNIVERSITY as well.

(Reason for that being: My friends and I, we applied to UoT together. We are all jpa scholars, same batch, same in almost every other thing (well, except in grade abit..I am slightly higher among them) . But in the OUAC application, I stated that my first language is English (which was not true lol) and boom! I am exempted from submitting my IELTS. If IELTS was part of the screening process, then to be fair, I will be asked to submit my IELTS as well right? But no, I was not even asked at all. )

IELTS or TOEFL or any other English proficiency test is as its name: PROFICIENCY test ONLY. It is only used to verify that you had the proper level of English to conduct your academic study in English IF English IS NOT your first language.

If they have two students with equal 90 average but student A had better IELTS than student B. It DOESNT means student B will not be accepted into the uni. In such case, what they will do is that they will ask you to send in non-academic achievement (personal statement), it is from there, they choose the better of two. Not by ielts or any other english proficiency test.

As for my ielts, I got a 7.5 in my overall band (shlda been higher but our batch papers were marked by an extremely picky grader -- none of us got a band of higher than 6.5 in writing, I myself got a 6.5 too! *if not of him, I think my IELTS would have been 8 lol*)

[ErnestSeow]

well... david... for ur info, this year for those who are accepted into mcgill share one common characteristics.... their ielts results have a band of 8 or higher... they don need to send any personal statement to the uni during the applying process... I know for UoT, if our first language is English, we don nd to send the IELTS result to the uni... but only Mcgill and Waterloo are exceptionally concern about our IELTS results this year...

[star90]

hey there, I'm not JPA scholar,would like to ask how you guys apply for McGill? through online application? is there anyone that will guide those who's going to apply for canadian university? for aussie it's IDP, how about canada? is it easy to get a place in McGill? all in all the dateline is over right? they only have one intake? * sorry for the spelling mistake, I did the correction already *

[davidchak]

Originally Posted by ErnestSeow

well... david... for ur info, this year for those who are accepted into mcgill share one common characteristics.... their ielts results have a band of 8 or higher... they don need to send any personal statement to the uni during the applying process... I know for UoT, if our first language is English, we don nd to send the IELTS result to the uni... but only Mcgill and Waterloo are exceptionally concern about our IELTS results this year...

HMM...then thats strange.

(I dont know about Waterloo nor I have any fact to back my following statement
McGill will probably be the last university to be asking for Proof of english proficiency, reason being that it accepts ALOT of students from French speaking country (France, Belgium and etc). Also, McGIll is situated in Quebec province. Being a proud-of-French province of Canada, Quebec province require less English demand for its graduate. So, one would expect English play a minor role to the screening process. And yes, i did not send personal statement to mcgill as well.

(I dont mean to bug about the score, but whats their average like? I heard this year no one is able to get into McGill?)

Oh and by the way, IELTS of 8.0 or higher is considered VERY good already (the highest is just 9.0 and a grade of 8.0 will be equivalent of scoring a score of 85 on a scale of 100) . So, theres hardly any reason to reject them because their IELTS is 8.0.

Believe me, I've been studying there for about 1 year already -- not everyone speak English well. In fact, those that speak English exceptionally well are either US/Canada or English speaking country (which they already not required for IELTS) only. As for the rest, its not to say they are not good, but they are no better than any of us (some even worse)

Originally Posted by star90

hey there, I'm not JPA scholar,would like to ask how you guys apply for McGrill? through online application? is there anyone that will guide those who's going to apply for canadian university? for aussie it's IDP, how about canada? is it easy to get a place in McGrill? all in all the dateline is over right? they only have one intake?

Yes. Through online application. Theres an agency in KL that handles Canadian university application (not really handling but they facilitate the process) namely CEC (http://www.studycanada.ca/malaysia/index.htm)

Well, you dont really need a guide for that. For online application for McGIll, just go here: http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/online/ and follow its instruction.

Yes, the dateline is well over. From what I heard, they DO have a winter intake (the one thats over is for the Fall intake) but I am not sure about the detail.

Easy or not...thats really hard to say...just go ahead and try it. Belum cuba, belum tahu

[star90]

Yes. Through online application. Theres an agency in KL that handles Canadian university application (not really handling but they facilitate the process) namely CEC (http://www.studycanada.ca/malaysia/index.htm)

Well, you dont really need a guide for that. For online application for McGIll, just go here: http://www.mcgill.ca/applying/online/ and follow its instruction.

Yes, the dateline is well over. From what I heard, they DO have a winter intake (the one thats over is for the Fall intake) but I am not sure about the detail.

Easy or not...thats really hard to say...just go ahead and try it. Belum cuba, belum tahu [/quote]

may I know when's the winter intake? Actually I tried to look for the dateline online, but to no avail. Should have try it again. LOL thanks again!

[hhhcce]

Originally Posted by star90

hey there, I'm not JPA scholar,would like to ask how you guys apply for McGrill? through online application? is there anyone that will guide those who's going to apply for canadian university? for aussie it's IDP, how about canada? is it easy to get a place in McGrill? all in all the dateline is over right? they only have one intake?

First of all, spell it correctly. It is not the typical McGrill Burger you get it from McDonald. Yes, it is pretty easy to get a place in McGill because 50 % of the student population comes from out of province with 25 % of them are international student. But, getting into McGill is pretty easy, surviving McGill is hard. I think winter intake is only certain programs only, not all. In fact, it is hard to start in the winter because you would not have prerequisites for virtually every course you are going to take.