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Ada beberapa kawan yang bertanya macammana dapat sponsorship for ACCA in the first place. So marilah kita bercerita my experience yer :P Step 1: Search for university's placement Ok first and foremost, tahun lepas, terasa nak sambung Masters (hah Masters ye kawan-kawan), bukan ACCA, bukan CIMA, jauh lagi PhD! Jadi dok tanya-tanyalah Lynn macammana nak cari placing universities kat negara sejuk-sejuk gini (oversea lah senang). ACCA is still an option masa tu, jadi me & Aini went to MABECS (Malaysia British Educational Cooperation Services), tapi ni untuk UK universities jer, kalau Australia/US or others, you can google how to search for placement. Sebelum pergi, kitaorang print siap-siap Times Online University Ranking League untuk memudahkan kerja untuk identify top 10 universities dalam bidang yang berkenaan. Kalau tak silap, masa tu kami pergi bulan 2. Itu pun orang MABECS cakap dah lambat sebab course yang nak ambil memang highly in demand (Masters of Accounting & Finance). Service kat MABECS memang mantops. Diaorang akan advice which is the best university (memudahkan kerja mereka sebenarnya kalau dapat university's ranking), dan akan bagi lots and lots of university's prospectus with their application form. Requirement aku masa tu simple jer, taknak prospektus any university kat London please (sebab cost of living yang mahal). Jadi dari top 10 list tu, dah ada quite a few yang orang MABECS deduct out, dan aku apply 5 universities. Memang ada quite a few yang terlepas dateline, macam Warwick. Dan ada universiti yang minta deposit untuk university's placement (macam University of Manchester). T api sebab nak yang free jer, takdelah apply universiti yang minta deposit.. hehehe. Kena dapatkan 2 references untuk masuk universiti (what I did was, 1 recommendation letter came from my previous tutor kat MMU, another came from my ex boss). T api rasanya kalau dah bekerja macam kita ni, dan meninggalkan universiti bertahun-tahun lamanya, recommendations can come from work place (2 references). Sambil tu ada borang minta kita mengarang kenapa kita nak ambil this Masters.. so pandai-pandailah korang mengasah skill menulis esei mantops! Step 2: Sit for IELTS (International English Language Testing Standard) Requirement universiti (UK & Australia), kena sit for IELTS. Mahal gak feesnya, dalam RM 570 (I think last year masa sit with Aini, it was around RM 400+). Dek sebab kemahalan exam tu, we decided not to buy any exam kit which costed about RM 100+. But then I studied mostly from online, google je kat Internet.. bersepah-sepah material IELTS. Nak register IELTS pun kena cepat, sebab places are limited, dan sentiasa penuh. IETLS ni ada 4 komponen (highest band is 9 and lowest is 1), dan komponennya: Reading - memang kena banyak baca passages, yang panjang-panjang, fill in the blanks, objective questions Listening - nih memang diaorang akan play certain conversations, or readings, dan kena dengar betul-betul, masukkan dalam exam sheet. Writing - 2 questions. 1 more on graphs, pie charts, statistics la mostly. 1 question lagi pasal esei, last time rasanya soalan esei pasal "Should rich countries give money or services to poor countries?". Reading, writing and listening memang dalam satu hari sit. Another component, speaking will be conducted later. Speaking - the examiner will do one-to-one interview meh. Biasanya dia akan bagi cue cards, dan suruh kita bercakap pasal subjek tu. Last time, I got library cue card. Then the examiner will asks questions regarding libraries, and we have to speak. Lepas tu tunggu la test result keluar. Dalam 2 minggu gitu. I didn't score as high as Lynn and Kak Tini. T api Aini pun dapat tinggi gak, padahal tak study tu.. angin aku angin!!!! Most UK universities require Band 6 for your IELTS. And to boast my confidence, bolehlah
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padahal tak study tu.. angin aku angin!!!! Most UK universities require Band 6 for your IELTS. And to boast my confidence, bolehlah kalau nak apply Oxford University with my IELTS result! Hahaha :P (and the same applies to the remaining Gang of 4, cheers!) I didn't score high in writing component. Sebenarnya writing component IELTS ni perlukan variation of words, contohnya: there is a high rise in unemployment rate in 2001 compared to 2000. (high rise tu korang buat lah increase, climbing, steadily increasing etc. etc.) So lepas dah dapat result IELTS, dan dapat references letters, dan dah habis mengisi borang universiti, bolehlah korang pergi MABECS minta poskan segala borang-borang tu. (oh I forgot to mention, servis MABECS free!!!!) Step 3: Apply for scholarships Sebenarnya banyak scholarships untuk kita nak further study. Bukan nak harap kat MARA jer. No, I don't mean that as a statement to demotivate anybody, but my point is, try to apply as many scholarships as you could. I found one website which is really useful, dalam tu memang ada berita pasal scholarships sahaja. It's a matter of searching for it. I did apply for 3 scholarships; MARA, Yayasan TM and Chevening. Based on requirement, memang rasa macam tak dapat, but still it's better to try rather than not trying at all. Applying for scholarships ni pun, concurrently boleh buat with university's placement. My experience, the first offer from universities came in May and June mostly. And I got all the placement that I applied in the first place. Dan scholarship, kena doa banyak-banyaklah dipanggil interview, itu memang tak boleh den nak nolong.. kalau dipanggil tu, adalah can nak dapatkan scholarship kan? Focusing on MARA; Skim Pelajar Cemerlang MARA (SPC MARA) scholarship usually will be opened every year. Oh tahun ni SPC tak buka sebab government takde budget nak hantar student pergi luar negara. Iklan biasanya kat major Malay newspapers (Berita Harian, Utusan Malaysia) dalam bulan Januari. Masa nak ambil borang application, kena bawa photostated transcript untuk tunjukkan proof kita layak untuk dapatkan borang (the cut off for Masters is at 3.50 and professional papers at 3.00 for SPC 2009, Masters / professional maximum age is 35, for PhD at 40). Dan kita perlu mengarang kenapa kita layak diberikan scholarship (in English). As usual, kalau apply mana-mana scholarship pun, memang kena mengarang esei. And I did that for all my scholarships applications. Step 4: Scholarship interview session (Skim Pelajar Cemerlang MARA) Kalau MARA panggil interview, dia akan panggil hujung bulan Februari atau awal bulan Mac. For working people like us, insya' Allah it will be easy. We definitely had an advantage. Masa pergi interview, not many who applied worked for more than 5 years. I think at that time, I was the oldest from thousands who came for interview. MARA panggil dekat 3000 applicants for interview, so it really was highly competitive. We just need to ace the interview. Soalan pun, as usual, will not ask about MARA's organisation or any of MARA's achievement. But will focus on the interviewee. Jadi soalan interview adalah seperti: Describe yourself and your background. Why do you think you deserve this scholarship? What if you didn't get the scholarship? What is your future plan? Since you have children, are you willing to further your study oversea? Most Qs are more on critical thinking, thus if you have applied for universities at this time, you definitely had an advantage. Y ou can say that you have applied placing at universities and mention the name of universities. For Masters, you have to bring your research proposal. Since I was called for ACCA interview, I look at ACCA syllabus and look at how many papers that I will be attempting, and look for the place where I am going to further my study (which is Kaplan Financial). Atas ke'kiasu'anku jua, I did write proposal for Masters, and bring it to the interview, manalah tau panel interviewer kesian kat aku dan offer scholarship for Masters instead kan. HAHAHA. Lepas interview tu pergilah relax-relax, 2 bulan juga baru keluar result. I think it was in May. When I got it, I was astounded. Sebab masa tu baru tau pregnant. And I was offered scholarship for professional paper. And yes, as Aini wrote earlier, I was among the lucky fews yang dapat (130 successful applicants out of nearly 3000 who was called for interview). And I rejected all my Masters offer (in September, I will be heavily pregnant). Dan bermulalah pencarianku untuk ACCA placement, with me thinking, I will be going alone, leaving my husband and my kids in Malaysia. End note: I think this summarise all on how to apply for university / scholarship kot? If I have extra time, I will write more on how I search for ACCA placement (err ada ke orang interested nak baca ni?) and how I applied for Yayasan TM scholarship for the
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how I search for ACCA placement (err ada ke orang interested nak baca ni?) and how I applied for Yayasan TM scholarship for the second time (nih relevan ke orang nak baca? Maybe untuk kawan-kawan TM ada nak tau? Kalau ada, please tell me, at least I can make a mental note to write about it) Yes, I didn't get it through the first time.
aida at 3:48 pm

16 comments:
Ummi_Sha 1:22 pm, April 18, 2010 teruskan menulis...mungkin boleh memberi inspirasi kepada yg lain.. Reply

Fertzy 9:58 pm, April 18, 2010 tulis jgn tak tuliss... i suker baca...jgn gisau :D Reply

aida 3:58 am, April 19, 2010 ah ummi sha ni cam knal jer? hikhik i tau fertzy suka baca tu sebab apa tu.. go for it fertzy! bila lagi nak sambung belajar :D Reply

Farra 9:03 am, April 19, 2010 good sharing..aku soh deman belajar takmo...aku nak sambung study otak dah beku not like urs ;) tapi aku cemburu melihatmu di sana..hehe ..tingin gi oberseas Reply

YUZIE AMIR 2:19 pm, April 19, 2010 tulis yer.. saya nak baca..dah lama tak singgah sini tau2 Aida dah kat oversea. err masih ke ingat saya? Reply

sity29 4:25 pm, April 19, 2010 wow.. susahnya.. tapi mmg berbaloi baloi.. :) Reply

aida 2:01 am, April 21, 2010 farra, ko tak teringin ke sambung phd? hehehe kak yuzieee!!! ingat. alah kak ni, masa kak tini upload gambar baby maryam dalam tutu, kan saya cakap saya nak akak ambil gambar baby saya. tak tercapai hajat nak suruh ambil gambar baby fateh dalam tuxedo ker.. hahaha kak sity, hah susah ke? banyak kerja laa.. tapi masa dapat university's offer , hatiku berbunga-bunga... mwahaha Reply

Ummu Auni Afif 3:49 pm, April 22, 2010 kiasu masters tu adakah disebabkan encouragement dari aku, kah kah kah Reply

aida

1:38 am, April 23, 2010


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aida Reply

1:38 am, April 23, 2010

oh tidaklah kutau.. tapi masa dalam interview letter , mmg state sape buat master kena ada proposal

neeza 3:22 pm, April 25, 2010 n3 ni sgt bagus dan menbantu.. tapi mcm agak tergantung.. ada sambungan nya tak? Reply

aida Reply

5:18 am, April 27, 2010

neeza, tergantung bab mana yang? boleh kubantu?

Dyg Nina 7:42 pm, September 21, 2012 salam kak, maknanya kalau saya memang nak apply untuk acca dan bukan postgrad tak perlu lah cari uni dan buat ielts semua dulu kan? kira boleh apply tanpa secure placement kat uk uni lah kan? thanks for your help Reply

aida

8:11 am, September 24, 2012

hi dayang nina, sekarang ni much stricter requirement di UK border. ielts mmg kena ada kalau nak apply scholarship pun, like MARA, akan require ielts. akak apply kaplan lepas dapat scholarship, nanti later i will story about ACCA placement Reply

Cik Asma BLuppy 8:46 pm, January 08, 2013 Reply

Cik Asma BLuppy 8:48 pm, January 08, 2013 Reply

hANa 8:02 pm, January 26, 2013 Salam. One quick question.did you apply for the unpaid leave before applying for mara?sbb go through your blog i think you unpaid leave started just before you are flying to uk. am planning to apply this year.dh dpt placement for uni tp syarat letter of approval for unpaid leave dr majikan tu agak 'berat' Reply
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