What's the need of studying in the US of A

Read about this group of students who intend to provide some Insight into studying in US.

Kasihan Malaysian. If only this plan of mine is already in place. There would be no need for any Malaysian to go abroad to seek knowledge to upgrade themselves as well as to contribute to the building of the nation (if they ever come back, eventually?).

Anyways, I stress further the need of free education to the all citizen in Malaysia . Human resource development for nation building and no out-flow of currency!


Btw, I really envy the group's drive and motivation. Bless them all!

The Star Online > Nation

Monday July 11, 2005

Insight into studying in US

BY JOHAN FERNANDEZ

NEW YORK: A group of Malaysian students from US universities are planning to use their summer vacation back home giving talks to students on educational opportunities in the United States.

The students from some of the top universities, including Ivy League institutions like Yale University, say with the experience they have, they will be able to help Malaysians intending to come to the United States to further their education.

One of the students behind the plan, Samuel Chua, studying at Yale University, said the group planned to hold information-cum-recruitment sessions during the first two weeks of August.

“We hope to visit schools in the Klang Valley, Penang, Ipoh and Johor Baru to hold this information-sharing sessions and we would like to extend an invitation to schools that would like to have us speak to their students to contact us,” he said.

“We think these sessions will be useful because many Malaysian students too often find themselves short of options, not for reason of lack of options, but for lack of knowledge,” he added.

Chua: ‘We are studying in the US and we can tell students what it is really like’

He said they would give short talks that would be followed by a question-and-answer session.

They would provide materials and also the relevant websites that students would find useful.

“We want students to explore what they want to do after the SPM and to think of their future. We are studying in the US and we can tell students what it is really like, sort of an insider perspective,” Chua added.

He said that one of the biggest drawbacks parents faced was financing their children’s studies overseas.

“While funds are essential, it should not be a stumbling block for studying in the US. Ivy League institutions have need- based financial aid programmes.''

Yale, for instance, introduced such a programme in 2000 to make the university attractive, and a university of choice to outstanding foreign students.

The university offers undergraduate financial aid to foreign students on the same terms available to domestic students.

Today, international students are evaluated the same way as domestic students and their offer to admission is made completely independent of financial means.

Chua said Malaysian students who performed very well in their SPM should apply to these institutions.

School principals who need Chua or any person from the group to talk to their students can contact him at road2yale@yahoo.com.

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