UK unis help!

[bush]

Originally Posted by bluez_aspic

This was mentioned in a newspaper article some months ago in relation to the turn-around of the universities' fortunes (haha) by the vice chancellor.

This is a vague recollection of a flyer some 3-4 years ago, but it was definitely a full tuition-waiver in relation to London University. I later tried googling it to no avail, but you might fare better.

That remains to be seen. If it is indeed true, it should be known to all.

London University....it could be UEL or some other universities in London. I am very sure that the above schools do not offer any form of helpful aid to international undergraduate students.

[Sillyboy]

Unfortunately, UK universities does not offer full tuition waivers for undergraduate studies.

[bluez_aspic]

Unfortunately, UK universities does not offer full tuition waivers for undergraduate studies.

I could be wrong then - but there's always the British Council.

And to continue with my nebulous journey of London University scholarships, the scholarship wasn't exactly offered by Imperial/UCL - it was more of a collective London University thing.

But I'll snip off the Imperial/UCL statement from the original post.

[bluez_aspic]

Do you have an article about the admission policies of Cambridge.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...rom=public_rss

[TheArtOfMedicine]

Sillyboy..i'm really curious, have you got any offers from the universities you applied to? If you're able to secure a place in Oxford or LSE, which are considered as the elite universities, it's very unlikely that you'd be unable to accept the offers due to financial constraints.

You should try applying for scholarships AFTER you got the offer letters, as that serves the best prove that you're WORTH the scholarship.

[bush]

Originally Posted by TheArtOfMedicine

Sillyboy..i'm really curious, have you got any offers from the universities you applied to? If you're able to secure a place in Oxford or LSE, which are considered as the elite universities, it's very unlikely that you'd be unable to accept the offers due to financial constraints.

You should try applying for scholarships AFTER you got the offer letters, as that serves the best prove that you're WORTH the scholarship.

Oxford...likely to secure some sort of sponsorship. But then again, sponsorships for certain courses are not readily available. Malaysian firms do no see the value of sponsoring someone to read history or theology at Oxford.

LSE, not a big deal as there would be about 100 Malaysians receiving offers every year. Securing a place is not a definite proof of one's worthiness of a scholarship. That goes for Imperial and UCL too.

[TheArtOfMedicine]

An offer from oxbridge does show that you're a brilliant student and have the potential to bring some benefit to the organisation/private firm/government upon graduation. I wouldn't dare to say an offer from Imperial or UCL would secure you a scholarship, but oxbridge are certainly another story. I do agree with bush that it depends on the course that you're taking, it's hard to get a scholarship for medicine, or theology(mentioned by bush), for instance.