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you are obliged to pay for the application fees. What Im saying is, why dont provide yourself
an extra choice, for whatever sake of uncertainty 8 months later?
2. There are thousands of reasons people go to graduate schools (and go to work). Ultimately,
in my opinion, it is a matter of lifes choice to go for further education. Because it is not my
intention to persuade you for graduate program, I want to clarify herein that its really, your
choice. Remember, there is no right or wrong, it is your life, not others.
3. There are various graduate programs in this world. In the category of masters (scientific/
technical), generally it can be divided into
Master in by coursework
Master in by research
One is not superior to the other, and so I leave it to you and your amazing google skills to find
out what they are, and how they differ to each other.
4. To go abroad, particularly in English spoken countries, you need IELTS (mostly for UK/
commonwealth countries) and/ or TOEFL-GRE (for US). So, get them early. Do plan early as
well if you dont command the language well. When applying for the program, you need this,
hence it will be a good idea to take it as early as possible. For IELTS, there are various places
where you can take the exam, the nearest from us will be in Ipoh. Also, do realize that there is
an effective period from the day you are granted the cert. The rest I leave it to your amazing
google skills.
5. Application first, scholarship second. Why? Because we need the offer letter to apply for
scholarship later on. Most graduate schools do provide tutor scheme like UTP, provided you
are eligible to be admitted into their programs.
6. How to know what graduate schools to apply? Well, you have google, your lecturers etc.
You may find those miscellaneous rankings; as well as google scholar, stackexchange, Quora
etc. to be helpful.
Perhaps the most important one is this:
7. Dead line! Okay, for most of US universities, in order to secure for financial assistance, the
most popular admission time is during fall (around August of each year). Unlike UTP, most
of them open for application only once a year. Hence, you have to apply, for example, to
enter in August 2016, you must send your application by (I am just giving example) end of
December 2015. For UK/ Europe universities, please do some background check as well.
8. Application process is tedious. There are so many documents to include. For that reason, I
strongly recommend you guys to work in a small group and help each other. And for whatever
reasons, everyone should share with each other but not to just keep it to himself.
While you go along, you may find that universities in different countries are different weather,
culture, spending, program structure. For that reason, I suggest you to patiently surf for more
information online. What I hope from you, is nothing more than a 1 to 2 hours of careful google
on what I have said; and discuss together with your friends as well as your lecturers. Remember,
do it early.
All the best,
Kim Jie (you can drop me questions via kimjie24@gmail.com).