Education Roadshow Summer 2006

[naoj]

Dear all,

Some of you may have heard that last summer, of a a group of Malaysian students studying in the US decided to travel around Malaysia as part of an education roadshow to secondary schools in Malaysia. Now
these students have gotten old (LOL..) and have alternate summer plans so I propose we take up
their efforts this year in our own Education Roadshow Summer 2006! Let's get together and make it
happen!

When: Summer 2006 (May - September 2006)
Where: All around secondary schools in Malaysia
What: Promoting alternate ways of obtaining higher education to students in secondary schools in
Malaysia. We give them the information they need on admissions, financial aid, scholarships etc.
Who's involved? : Anyone studying outside Malaysia who wants to share experiences and encourage
more Malaysians to aply to their university/country. Anyone who wants to be a part of a good
thing. Anyone who wants to have fun and be doing something worthwhile as well.

I've compiled a list of possible doubts/questions you may have and answered them as best I can:

1. American colleges only?
No. This roadshow is to provide information on all sorts of education opportunities outside
Malaysia, hence it would be wonderful if Malaysians studying all over the world would participate
to share experiences. You remember how clueless you were when you were applying, let's answer the
questions that no one helped us answer!

2. I don't want to give up my summer!
Look at this as a way for you to do a good thing while travelling around Malaysia. Giving talks at
schools by day and hitting the town by night. All round Malaysia...meeting new people, seeing new
places, can anyone say roadtrip? :)
Plus, you dont have to give up all three months of your precious summer. Just let us know when you
are free, and we'll fit it around everyone else's availability - and draw up a neat little
schedule.

3. How long will this take?
This really depends on you guys. Basically all of us will get in touch with as many secondary
schools as we have contact with and the number of schools will determine the length of the
roadshow. But as i wrote above, you dont need to be there for the entire roadshow, just when u are
available.

4. Costs?
Whoever has an available car must feel duty bound to offer it for us to drive from place to place
:P :P For those who want to give talks in East Malaysia, then there will be flight costs to take into
account. We will try to get some degree of financial assistance from our respective universities.
Once again, i ask you to take this as a holiday that you would pay for anyway, while doing a good,
noble thing.

5. Will it be fun?
DUH of course. Put a bunch of young people on the road , how could it not be fun?

6. Is it worth my time?
Yes i see the question already...yes it will look good on your resumes. "Part of independent
effort to promote education nationally." Sound good? Hehe. Also, possible newspaper publicity if
you like to get your photogenic side profile in the national dailies.

7. Will I get in trouble?
Er..no. I see no conceivable way you could get into trouble unless you get too drunk and decide to
run through Kelantan naked, in which case it would not be the fault of the roadshow anyway. LOL.

8. Can my friends get involved?
Of course, the more the merrier. Just get them to email me their details.

9. I have more questions because you just suck at predicting and answering them :P
Email me at this address : vanessachan AT berkeley.edu

10. Can i confirm later?
Yes, but as soon as possible.

So if you're interested, please email me back the following details:
- your name and contact number+email address
- what secondary schools you can get in touch with
- your availability with as much exactness as possible
- your university (for financial assistance we hope to get from them)
- whether you have an available car and can drive it/allow it to be driven from school to school.

Happy new year!!!

Vanessa

[masterof_none]

I support this idea!. It looks great.
Hope the previous people who run the Education Roadshow could share their experience here.

Also, hopefully more people express interest in joining the effort.

Thanks to Vanessa in proposing alternative. ;-)

[Thirdshifter]

keep up the good work.. I'll continue to bump this thread so it stays on the front page.

[naoj]

Thanks master and thirdshifter!

Van

[Lils88]

Hey, pls keep it up. Dun give up, ok?
I'll b waiting at Sabah! :P

[johnleemk]

This sounds cool. We can put a hundred students in Cambridge, but why only ten in Harvard? My guess is the lack of publicity and information. This can really help address it, as most people seem to opt for UK/Australia (because universities there tend to target students here).

[andrewlza]

harvard is also undoubtedly more selective than oxbridge.

[Thirdshifter]

And what exactly are you basing that conclusion on? The way i see it, Oxbridge offers courses that most Malaysian feel that can be used when they return home, Law from oxbridge is still pakai-able.. compared to a law from harvard.

[naoj]

This roadshow not only seeks to promote US education - it is to promote any alternate forms of education opportunities available after SPM from education in UK, US, Europe, Asia. Australia etc (and financial aid and ways to get around financing and applying), scholarships, student exchange programs etc. Anyone with a unique experience to share...please step forward and email me. It would be a fabulous addition to the roadshow, thanks.

[bush]

not really.........i suppose that Harvard and most of the american universities have more choices because finance is not a problem...
On the other hand Oxbridge must take into account the students' ability to pay for the education in addition to the grades. A home student only pays a maximum of 3000 pounds whereas an overseas student can pay up to 5-6 times more. Not surprise to say that the fees paid by these students are a major source of income for british universities, including Oxbridge. That is why one can always be certain to receive an offer from any British university(excluding oxbridge) upon meeting the minimum requirements.

It is a known fact that oxford base its offers solely on academic achievement.....ECA is not considered in the application process. There you go, slightly easier to gain admission than the ivies which place due emphasis on ECA.

[weich]

isn't there like a quota on international students in oxbridge, harvard, etc?

[bush]

isn't there like a quota on international students in oxbridge, harvard, etc?

For british universities, there is a qouta for medicine....the rest is open to all.

Not sure about harvard and others......Asians seem to be the largest minority.......

[andrewlza]

asian *americans* are the largest minority.

and (pure speculation here) although they say they do not have set quotas for international students, there is a magic number that they do *try* to adhere to, most of the time.

[jiinjoo]

We can even run some huge chat session on ReCom group by university so that after the road show the wannabes can go chat with others to learn more, especially if their dream uni is not represented.

[Thirdshifter]

Bumped.. ouch.

[tomatoz]

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[Thirdshifter]

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[naoj]

Within the next three days (i promise!) i will be sending out an email to everyone who responded with as many roadshow-related details as i can muster up at the present and very early time.

[Thirdshifter]

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[Ic3b3rg]

We will try to get some degree of financial assistance from our respective universities

Who is "we"? and which universities?

I guess at this point I am interested in the logistics of the project. As for summer plans, I am still keeping my options open. :wink: