Nottingham vs Monash

April 19, 2013

Oh hello people! It's been sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo long since I last blogged. I know. I'm sorry. Its not like I've been busy or anything.Its just that I've been supposed to study for my exams which are like in 2 weeks and so writing a blog seems like procastination to me. Wierd, I know. Anyways, there are like so many things I want to blog about that I just dont know where to begin.

I guess I shall begin with my trip to Malaysia- specifically Universities. I went on the 6th of April with my family (and cousin, but she's like family too) to see University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.I also went to see Monash Sunway Campus. There are like so many international univerisities in Malaysia because the government wants to establish the country as an educational hub. For me, however, unfortunately only these two mentioned above have courses in Social Science, namely, International Relations. Yups, I changed my mind again on my major. I'll talk about that later though.

So basically, I'm going to compare these two universities so that prospective students will have a better idea from a third party and non biased source.

Firstly, Nottingham is a UK university and Monash is an Australian based one. I don't know which system is better. I think it depends on the individual as a person. For me though, I think a UK university is better since I've been in a Britished Pattern school since childhood.

Secondly, Nottingham is located in Seminyih. Its a tiny village in the middle of nowhere.You've got to take a train from KL Central to Kajang which takes around 30 minutes. Then there is a shuttle bus to the university which takes around 10 minutes as its located 9 km from the station on top of a hill. When I say this, I dont mean its a bad thing though. There are plenty of trees and the campus is beautiful. If it was a bit cooler, it would seem like you're in the UK. Monash, on the other hand, is located in Sunway right next to a shopping mall and theme park. Its right in the heart of the city, there are lots of things to do and you'll never get bored. Again, it depends on the individual but I prefer being away from the city. Its much more laid back you know. Students in Nottingham walking around in shorts and flipflops while in Monash they're all dressed up- these kinds of stuff.

Lastly, standards. Judgding from the entry requirements I can say that Nottingham has a higher standard than Monash. To do the same course, which is Social Science, I would need ABB for Nottigham but only CCC for Monash.

I guess you can probably guess that I would rather go to Nottingham. The next option for me is Monash though. Oh wait, I forgot to mention. If I get AAA I would get a 25% scholarship worth about 100,000 baht automatically at both the universities. Awesome right? I'm going to try my best.

Will be back soon,
S.