A person needs to achieve certain goals in one’s life before you can call them successful. Success is to achieve goals, you have set. I have set certain goals I would like to achieve in my lifetime. Some of these goals are personal while others are professional. It is very important for me to receive a good education. Most job fields require a descent education. If I don’t have an education I would not be able to function properly at the work place and I would not understand what to do. To maintain a good job that will make good money will require me to go thorough schooling or training and maybe even both. Education is the first and foremost way to become successful.
After struggling for few weeks to prepare myself for further study, completing complicated visa application procedure and facing few scholarships interviews, now, I finally settle down to be ready to depart to United Kingdom. It has been such a busy but substantial period for me to accomplish everything after my one-month long SPM examination. I will pursue my A-Level study in Cambridge, United Kingdom under a full scholarship, and I will depart on 8th January 2010. I believe this college education provides me with opportunities to explore new fields as well as venture into a whole new dimension of hands-on style education.
My A-Level study in Bellerbys College, Cambridge will starts on 11th January 2010 and ends on 17th June 2011. It is a five terms course. I will stay there with Mrs Susanne Gomaz Rojas. I prefer homestay because homestay gives me the opportunity to immerse myself fully in British culture and to feel part of a family, eating meals with them, or sharing my life while getting a real experience of British life.
Bellerbys Advanced Level students consistently achieve stronger results than the British average. With exceptional academic ability, of course, we want to apply to the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge. These institutions are two of the most competitive in the world and to give me the best chance, as well as my academic qualifications. Bellerbys college will provide us with a range of specialist curricular and extra-curricular preparation for Oxbridge entry. This factor amplifies my strong will to study there, as Oxbridge is my aimed university. There will be regular formal discussions about current affairs, news and events to develop cultural enrichment and communication skills, and weekly “Insights Into Western Philosophy” seminars.
In United Kingdom, A Level can be considered compulsory for medicine. For entry to other courses in United Kingdom such as business, engineering and so on, foundation is necessary. If one is not aiming medicine course, choosing A Level is actually a waste of time (I think). However, there are lots of my friends planning to further a-level, even they are not interested in medicine. They did so just because they have no idea what to study so far. For medicine course, Bellerbys will give us advice on the UKCAT medical admissions test for preparing us to medical school. In addition, we will be visited by medical school staff together with work experience and mock interviews. We will receive talks from Medical admission tutors, guided through the Medical applications process for UCAS, receive training in interview techniques and practice the UKCAT medical admissions tests.
While studying in United Kingdom, we will gain special experience that is different from studying locally. We will be guided by school about preparation for university face-to-face interviews, which includes the opportunity to discuss interview techniques and meet former Bellerbys students now at Oxford or Cambridge. Furthermore, Bellerbys employs a full-time, dedicated team of counselors whose sole responsibility is assisting us to be enrolled into the top university in United Kingdom. Additional classes are often made available to Oxbridge students in order to ensure that we can have the best possible opportunity of obtaining the new A* grade at A-Level, that is critical for entry under the new examination structure. In fact, there are much more scholarships offered in United Kingdom if compared to that in Malaysia. The college’s scholarship which I have now is based on my SPM trial result, while Malaysia’s government scholarships are only based on SPM actual result. So, I will be back in March to contend for the government scholarships again (maybe). I grabbed this great opportunity to further study as I once reject an offer from Chung Hua Miri that can maximize my potentials.
Someone ever told me that, study pre-u locally will achieve the same result as studying it abroad. Thinking wisely, it is impossible. The support and experience gained while studying abroad will maximize my talent. Study A-Level in UK earlier will has greater benefit not only for UK local scholarship application, but also Oxbridge entry. However, it can be considered right if someone are willing to go any university in United Kingdom. But I only aim Oxbridge.
Some of you may laugh at me as if as I am indulged in my own wishful thinking. But I will answer you, “Dare to dream”. Someone ever said, what is the difference between one that has no dream and a salted fish? I once told someone about my future plan: I will not specifically focus in my career only (medicine), and I want to have my own group corporation (business), my own hospital, be the president of MCA (at least, I think)…. I am exaggerating, obviously. Then, he kept laughing selflessly at me. But, DARE TO DREAM. No matter how the dreams are unreasonable, but we ever dream of it, at least. Who will ever think of a small boy from Bekenu can further his study in UK under scholarship and beat other top students in Malaysia even world for scholarship. Even my parents also never think of it. This, at least, has proven me that I am now nearer to my dream. This is what I always share with my friends in class, dare to dream. If you have extremely strong will, you certainly can overcome any obstacles to realize your dream.
My teachers ever ask me, “How can you excel in your study?”or “Why you study”. For me, it starts with motivation. I am also once a stubborn boy as any advices to me were just rain dropping to sand. My primary study is not filled with books, but television programmes. It was my year 5 in 2003, I scored E for my bahasa melayu comprehension and composition. This shocked me suddenly. A question pop out: Do you wish to see the same result in actual UPSR? This thought motivated me to study hard with my sister’s assistance during school holidays. In year 6, I appeared as one of the hope student and I managed to score 7A in UPSR. Even my science teacher ever described me as a dark horse – the little known person who unexpectedly becomes successful or prominent. Thus, I ultimately prove that hardwork can recover any congenitally deficiency. My study’s purpose change during secondary school. I want to win. I do not like the feeling when I am lose and stepped by others. I keep remind me that, I must be the top among tops, and I strive for excellence while competiting, not with bekenu, but in state, nation, even world. Success may not belong to us, but we should strive as hard as we can to own it. It is true that, no one is perfect. But, I always tell myself that, we should try our best so that we are nearer to prefect but not stay far distant from it.
Initially, studying in United Kingdom is not my plan as I aim to go Harvard Medical School in United State of America. However, my research indicates that the academic system of US is quite different from Malaysia, as it is based on credit points. The period of study is not fixed and usually longer than in Malaysia as well as in UK. Its perk is so tempting, and it will be a paramount task to wave off this university. After considering it wisely, I decide to swift to UK. My other dream universities, Oxford and Cambridge is there. I will strive hardly so that I can be enrolled into my dream university. The purpose of my study in UK is to be enrolled into Oxbridge. Nevertheless, I still plan to obtain my master or PhD in Harvard. I ought to be more than well-aware that stuffs never come to you in a perfect bundle, with the most desirable permutation of choice available for you to pick. Some things will just have to go. This dilemma would not be easily resolved, yet i certainly do not wish that it would be, for the fact that it concerns the future of my life for the next decade, which may ascertain what i will do for the rest of my life. I firmly believe that I have did a good choice.
I am now to steer the years ahead of me and brew the adventurous persona in me. Till this, I think the next time I blog, I shall be in United Kingdom for my study.
After struggling for few weeks to prepare myself for further study, completing complicated visa application procedure and facing few scholarships interviews, now, I finally settle down to be ready to depart to United Kingdom. It has been such a busy but substantial period for me to accomplish everything after my one-month long SPM examination. I will pursue my A-Level study in Cambridge, United Kingdom under a full scholarship, and I will depart on 8th January 2010. I believe this college education provides me with opportunities to explore new fields as well as venture into a whole new dimension of hands-on style education.
My A-Level study in Bellerbys College, Cambridge will starts on 11th January 2010 and ends on 17th June 2011. It is a five terms course. I will stay there with Mrs Susanne Gomaz Rojas. I prefer homestay because homestay gives me the opportunity to immerse myself fully in British culture and to feel part of a family, eating meals with them, or sharing my life while getting a real experience of British life.
Bellerbys Advanced Level students consistently achieve stronger results than the British average. With exceptional academic ability, of course, we want to apply to the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge. These institutions are two of the most competitive in the world and to give me the best chance, as well as my academic qualifications. Bellerbys college will provide us with a range of specialist curricular and extra-curricular preparation for Oxbridge entry. This factor amplifies my strong will to study there, as Oxbridge is my aimed university. There will be regular formal discussions about current affairs, news and events to develop cultural enrichment and communication skills, and weekly “Insights Into Western Philosophy” seminars.
In United Kingdom, A Level can be considered compulsory for medicine. For entry to other courses in United Kingdom such as business, engineering and so on, foundation is necessary. If one is not aiming medicine course, choosing A Level is actually a waste of time (I think). However, there are lots of my friends planning to further a-level, even they are not interested in medicine. They did so just because they have no idea what to study so far. For medicine course, Bellerbys will give us advice on the UKCAT medical admissions test for preparing us to medical school. In addition, we will be visited by medical school staff together with work experience and mock interviews. We will receive talks from Medical admission tutors, guided through the Medical applications process for UCAS, receive training in interview techniques and practice the UKCAT medical admissions tests.
While studying in United Kingdom, we will gain special experience that is different from studying locally. We will be guided by school about preparation for university face-to-face interviews, which includes the opportunity to discuss interview techniques and meet former Bellerbys students now at Oxford or Cambridge. Furthermore, Bellerbys employs a full-time, dedicated team of counselors whose sole responsibility is assisting us to be enrolled into the top university in United Kingdom. Additional classes are often made available to Oxbridge students in order to ensure that we can have the best possible opportunity of obtaining the new A* grade at A-Level, that is critical for entry under the new examination structure. In fact, there are much more scholarships offered in United Kingdom if compared to that in Malaysia. The college’s scholarship which I have now is based on my SPM trial result, while Malaysia’s government scholarships are only based on SPM actual result. So, I will be back in March to contend for the government scholarships again (maybe). I grabbed this great opportunity to further study as I once reject an offer from Chung Hua Miri that can maximize my potentials.
Someone ever told me that, study pre-u locally will achieve the same result as studying it abroad. Thinking wisely, it is impossible. The support and experience gained while studying abroad will maximize my talent. Study A-Level in UK earlier will has greater benefit not only for UK local scholarship application, but also Oxbridge entry. However, it can be considered right if someone are willing to go any university in United Kingdom. But I only aim Oxbridge.
Some of you may laugh at me as if as I am indulged in my own wishful thinking. But I will answer you, “Dare to dream”. Someone ever said, what is the difference between one that has no dream and a salted fish? I once told someone about my future plan: I will not specifically focus in my career only (medicine), and I want to have my own group corporation (business), my own hospital, be the president of MCA (at least, I think)…. I am exaggerating, obviously. Then, he kept laughing selflessly at me. But, DARE TO DREAM. No matter how the dreams are unreasonable, but we ever dream of it, at least. Who will ever think of a small boy from Bekenu can further his study in UK under scholarship and beat other top students in Malaysia even world for scholarship. Even my parents also never think of it. This, at least, has proven me that I am now nearer to my dream. This is what I always share with my friends in class, dare to dream. If you have extremely strong will, you certainly can overcome any obstacles to realize your dream.
My teachers ever ask me, “How can you excel in your study?”or “Why you study”. For me, it starts with motivation. I am also once a stubborn boy as any advices to me were just rain dropping to sand. My primary study is not filled with books, but television programmes. It was my year 5 in 2003, I scored E for my bahasa melayu comprehension and composition. This shocked me suddenly. A question pop out: Do you wish to see the same result in actual UPSR? This thought motivated me to study hard with my sister’s assistance during school holidays. In year 6, I appeared as one of the hope student and I managed to score 7A in UPSR. Even my science teacher ever described me as a dark horse – the little known person who unexpectedly becomes successful or prominent. Thus, I ultimately prove that hardwork can recover any congenitally deficiency. My study’s purpose change during secondary school. I want to win. I do not like the feeling when I am lose and stepped by others. I keep remind me that, I must be the top among tops, and I strive for excellence while competiting, not with bekenu, but in state, nation, even world. Success may not belong to us, but we should strive as hard as we can to own it. It is true that, no one is perfect. But, I always tell myself that, we should try our best so that we are nearer to prefect but not stay far distant from it.
Initially, studying in United Kingdom is not my plan as I aim to go Harvard Medical School in United State of America. However, my research indicates that the academic system of US is quite different from Malaysia, as it is based on credit points. The period of study is not fixed and usually longer than in Malaysia as well as in UK. Its perk is so tempting, and it will be a paramount task to wave off this university. After considering it wisely, I decide to swift to UK. My other dream universities, Oxford and Cambridge is there. I will strive hardly so that I can be enrolled into my dream university. The purpose of my study in UK is to be enrolled into Oxbridge. Nevertheless, I still plan to obtain my master or PhD in Harvard. I ought to be more than well-aware that stuffs never come to you in a perfect bundle, with the most desirable permutation of choice available for you to pick. Some things will just have to go. This dilemma would not be easily resolved, yet i certainly do not wish that it would be, for the fact that it concerns the future of my life for the next decade, which may ascertain what i will do for the rest of my life. I firmly believe that I have did a good choice.
I am now to steer the years ahead of me and brew the adventurous persona in me. Till this, I think the next time I blog, I shall be in United Kingdom for my study.
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