Remember how a couple of years ago, after the STPM results were announced, a lot of complaints were filed and some were lucky to have their complaints highlighted in the media, which subsequently landed them in the “prestigious” universities, with courses that they only dreamt of doing?
You don’t? I do..
Every year, there were cases where top scorers from Sam Tet who were not offered a place in UM to do Medicine. I cannot recall exactly which year it was, but there was once where about 15 top scorers were denied a place in the local universities and all of them appeared in the papers, expressing their disappointment in the government, bla bla bla..
After a week or two, the same top scorers again appeared in the papers, but this time, they were busy thanking the government for allocating them places to do Medicine/Engineering in the public universities. These students also promised that they would do very well in the university, and that they would certainly serve the government upon graduation, bla bla bla..
But wait a minute. Do you see a different trend this year?
There’s a top student who is offered to do Medicine in USM Kubang Kerian, but she prefers to do it in UM because she cannot bear to leave her depressive Mum in KL. Another top scorer expressed her disappointment for not being offered a place in UM but in UKM instead to do Medicine. So do I have something to say to these 2 girls? Yes.
Look, there are a lot of people who could not even get into university. So if you have been offered a place to do your dream course, does it really matter at which university you do it?! If your ambition is to become a doctor, does it really matter whether you graduated from UM or UKM?! And if everybody wants to go to UM, we might as well merge ALL universities in Malaysia – then everybody will graduate from UM la, good idea or not?! If you were NOT offered a place in UM, it could probably mean that there are a lot of people who did better than you in STPM, or it could also mean that you did not fill up the application form as cleverly as other people did. Period. Now go pack your luggage and toiletries and stationery and get ready to register yourself at the university!
And then there’s this boy who obtained 3As and 1B who was disappointed for not being offered a place to do Medicine. My advice? Just pack your luggage and do Biotech at UMS instead. UMS is a big and nice university and they have their own jetty too!! :)
And then there’s this student whose CGPA was 2.7 and she was grumbling that she was not offered a place to do Microbiology and Biology-related courses but a friend of hers whose CGPA was 2.5 was offered a place to do Microbiology. My advice? Get on with life, my dear. Things do not, and will not, always go according to our plans. Nothing is fair anyway, just look at your own fingers, they are NOT of the same length, are they?!
*sigh*
WAH! 2.5 can do microbiology?!?! *claps hands* she must be a genius in arranging her choices. or just very lucky. hahaha~
yeah, as much as i grumble about going to kuala terengganu, i’m SOOOOOOO relieved to get it as it’s something i don’t mind doing. a senior of mine who has excellent memory also reminded me that it was what i wanted to do back in form 5. :D
also, i’m so lucky to be one of the three in my class who managed to secure a place in ipta. so yes, i’m satisfied. hohohohoho~
pelf: Good for you.. :))
Well, if the allocations are done in a transparent fashion, I’d be very supportive of your stance. I still think that not everyone will get what they wished for, and that’s why there are options – you get to list your choices. If they were so adamant to only study 1 course, they should not fill up the other choices.
However, I do think that some of the complaints are flimsy, to say the least.
BTW, I asked for Computer Science and I ended up with an offer for Forestry Management. This, I think, is wrong. Thank goodness I had other options.
pelf: Yea, but how many of us are as lucky as you were?
2.5…wow i did better than that…much better actually.still opted for private so i can come out faster and help my family hehe.IPTA takes too long imho.I mean not all of us are rich, but I worked and juggled jobs through college but I’m still alive :)
pelf: Huh?! I thought all basic degrees take 3 years, except for Engineering and Medicine courses?
Hmmm… personally… this is a difficult thing to decide upon, because some people may not be as flexible when it comes to learning. They can’t study well in courses that they don’t like.
pelf: This I agree, no doubt..
If only we could apply to these public universities individually, so if one uni can’t offer us the course we prefer, we can always try other unis.
pelf: Unfortunately, our “efficient government system” does not allow that..
The first case you mentioned, about the girl who is reluctant to leave her mother… I prefer not to act self-righteous lor. We will never know the kind of relationship that the mother and child has. If I were the girl, I would solve the problem on my own and not bring it to the press because it’s not the government’s fault.
pelf: Exactly! If little things like this are being highlighted in the press, I am sure one of these days we will chance upon a “story” about some guy who’s experiencing constipation and blames the government for making the floor of his house so hard..
A lot of people wants to study medicine, but I wonder if all of them are really keen on it. A friend of mine who is now studying medicine in Russia, said that students go all the way there by hook or by crook, but only to end up not liking medicine and waste money away.
If you want to be charitable and save lives, there are many ways to do it. I’m surprised to hear people saying they want to become doctors to help people, when they don’t even act helpful at home.
pelf: I think so too.. If these people are REALLY keen to become doctors to help people, they would go ahead despite being sent to another university not of their choice..
Yvonne, you have some good point but I think Pelf does too.
We all know how tough it is to get in as it is but to be fussy, choosy, picky n insistent for a certain Uni….there is a certain extend to it. We are have to make sacrifices & I’m not here to judge but reality is…it’s a take it or leave it situation. Sometimes like it or not, beggars cant be choosers, imho.
pelf: I think we’re all on THIS side of the story :) Yes, beggars can’t be choosers, but a smart “beggar” will grab the opportunity and turn it into something “great”.. One day.. One fine day..
;) Nicely said. :)
pelf: Thank you, thank you *blushes*
Yvy: I agree with you also. If there are no other options left and public university is my only choice, I will also just accept what I am offered. Because then, the next thing to a bright future is self-determination.
pelf: Exactly! Self-determination and self-descipline :)
* Gives hi-5 to Yvonne & Pelf* :D
pelf: *hugs*