Further Study Overseas

A lot of people want to study overseas but don't know how. I'm not exactly qualified to be giving advice to anyone on studying overseas. So to get you started, I compiled a list of helpful links to guides on studying overseas.

USA

A popular choice among sports players because of the ability to play college sports while studying and the various sports scholarships available for sports like tennis and golf.

USA Government
USA: Applications & Student Life

Studying in US V1(may be a little outdated here and there)


UK
The country which the education system in Malaysia is most similar to so it'll be easier for Malaysian students to adapt. Leans very much to academics.

Education UK
Study in England
British Council
Studying in the UK V3

Scholarships for SPM leavers

Scholarship listing pages/sites(Arranged by usefulness)
ScholarDeck - nicest UI
Lowyat Forum
Malaysia Students
Google for Education
Scholars4Dev

Individual Scholarships:
Overseas and Local
Yayasan Telekom Malaysia

Astro Scholarship Programme


Overseas
MACEE (USA)

Maxis

Great Eastern Life Malaysia
-bonded 3 yrs


Local(Public/Private)
The Star Education Fund

Permodalan Nasional Berhad

Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and University(MAPCU)
-has zero info on its own site but can apply thru the uni's admissions

Maybank

Intel in Malaysia: Scholarship Programs
-all A+ for science and maths subjects =_=

Karangkraf
-only available for 7 universities(Universiti Industri Selangor,Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, SEGI, UNITAR, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS),Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University College, UNITEN)

Hong Leong Foundation
-undergrad only

Koon Yew Yin Scholarships

Biasiswa Kecemerlangan Menteri Besar (BKMB)
-Pahang only

The Yayasan Wah Seong Scholarship Awards

Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia(PIDM)

If you guys know any more scholarships please let me know in the comments!

Dropping Add Maths

This is a repost of my reply to the "Dropping Add Maths" thread on the Lowyat forum which I thought might be helpful to other students who are struggling with the same thing.

QUOTE(Robbie Lee @ Jan 31 2016, 09:21 AM)

Hi everyone, I am an Accounts Stream student studying and currently Form 5 right now. I am thinking about dropping Add Maths as it has been a burden to me ever since Form 4 started. I have scored all As for every subject except add maths, which I had never passed before. If I were to study business related courses in Uni, should I consider holding on to Add Maths? Thanks in advance for all the answers. u

I failed Add Maths all the way through Form 4 but in Form 5 I got my sh*t together and managed to scrape by with Bs Cs for the whole year. I joined every extra class for Add Maths even those for other classes. I'm just waiting for my SPM results now.

Personally, I would suggest that you stick on with Add Math until near SPM when they ask you to fill up a form declaring your subjects and decide then. You should drop it if you still cannot pass by then.

I think you might need basic Add Maths for Business majors like Management Information Systems, business systems analysis, IT management and information systems but I'm not too sure about this. It would best for you to talk to your school counselor about this. That or you can check the requirements/structure of the course you wanna take to see whether Add Maths is involved.

For now I suggest going to tuition or studying the important topics on your own.

Also, if there are any extra classes in your school for Add Maths make sure you join. Ask your Add Maths teacher to inform you whenever there is an extra class for Add Maths for any Form 4 or Form 5 classes.
Your teacher will be more than willing to help.

The Melancholy of Add. Maths

During the year-end holidays in 2014, I kinda accidentally let it slip that I had been failing my Add Maths all through Form 4 to my aunt who is a Form 6 Add. Maths teacher in Singapore. *dramatic music plays

She then offered to give me intensive Add. Maths tuition while I was there(on holiday). Obviously, I was less than excited for this but it's not like I could refuse with my parents staring daggers into my back and all.

Thus, began my 3-day long, morning to night Add. Maths tuition. My schedule(and I kid you not) was basically:

Breakfast --> Add. Maths --> Lunch --> Add. Maths --> Dinner --> Add. Maths --> Sleep

Rinse and repeat.

It was pure torture.

How to Pass Undang Test

Static Driving Test a.k.a Undang/ Ujian Statik/ Ujian Komputer JPJ

As you might already know from reading my previous post, I scored 49/50 for my static driving test and now I'm here to tell you how to ace/pass that test! 

First, here are the basics of the test:

1. There are two tests. One is for people who are trying to get a car license only and the other one is for both car and motorcycle license.
   -Car license only(50 questions)
   -Car and motorcycle license(70 questions)
2. The pass mark for the:
   -Car license only test is 42/50
   -Car and motorcycle license test is 56/70
3. The test is divided into 5 parts:
   -Ujian Buta Warna / Colour Blind Test
   -Ujian Huruf, Nombor dan Warna / Numbers, Letters and Colours Test
   -Bahagian A / Section A(15 soalan)
   -Bahagian B / Section B(25 soalan)
   -Bahagian C / Section C(10 soalan)
4. If you fail the Ujian Buta Warna / Colour Blind Test, you will automatically fail the entire test.
5. If you fail the Ujian Buta Warna / Colour Blind Test, you have to go to a hospital and get a doctor's letter stating that you are not colour blind.
6. If you fail the first and second time, you have to pay RM30 to retake the test.
7. If you fail 3 times, you have to pay RM11 to take the written test.