<p>@ksingh
hey, my A-lvl results
AS-AAAA
A2-A<em>A</em>A*A;physics, chem, bio, math</p>
<p>what bout you?</p>
<p>@chemplex - that’s great! Congrats! you definitely can’t be rejected w/o and interview man.
i took singapore A levels, so i got 5 As(Bio,chem,econs,math,project work) and a B for general paper… i applied through main round though, i really hope they call us for an interview soon!</p>
<p>How do you say job prospects at UBC are better than HKU/ST?</p>
<p>Is there any data to prove this or are these just your opinions? From what I have heard, which is probably wrong, HKU/ST graduates job prospects are miles better than UBC. </p>
<p>@thunderboltsid, You are proving my point really, International students? International professors? why are they even IN the criteria? IIT Mumbai probably has very less int. students, but how much more do UTokyo or KAIST or someother highly ranked Korean have? and even if they do have a much much higher number of international students, do you really believe that UTokyo or Kaist have a better international feel? or will be easier for international students to settle in?</p>
<p>Everyone who attends IIT speaks some form of English (95% speak it proficiently) and a good majority of Mumbaikars also speak English, besides all advertisements, most television shows and traffic signs are in english. </p>
<p>After taking all this into account do you really thing KAIST or UTokyo are more “international” than IIT Mumbai which apparently has very few international students?</p>
<p>Architecture is probably something which is low up on the list but who actually chooses the college they want to go to based on the architecture?</p>
<p>And yeah the list probably goes on but what about the things IIT is actually good at? Like having almost free tuition even for international students? the practical experience which is placed on Engineering undergrads? the employment opportunities graduates have? </p>
<p>Why not put these things on the criteria? In the end I just think that the world rankings are complete crap and not to be trusted when making a decision as serious as attending college.</p>
<p>Oh and if you think the rankings are so good then why dont you try explaining why UBC, Brown University(yes the Ivy League school) are both tied in the rankings for economics? Yes I am waiting to hear your answer to this.</p>
<p>@ksingh, is that your complete A-level results as well? that’s good, s’pore A-level is harder i believe; yeep, applied through main round too, anxiously waiting, yeah, i hope we’ll get an interview</p>
<p>Or how about this, Dartmouth college is ranked 124 overall. Explain this.</p>
<p>[World</a> University Rankings - World University Rankingsss - 2012-13 - Dartmouth College](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking/institution/dartmouth-college]World”>Dartmouth College | World University Rankings | THE)</p>
<p>@Jackrabbit420 International students and professors are necessary for “international” appeal of the university. SNU, KAIST, UTokyo are simply ranked higher as they are miles ahead of IITs in research and not because of their “internationality”. Moreover, more than 50% of fortune 500 CEOs are SNU graduates, go figure. Regarding infrastructure, I don’t suppose any international student wants to live in a hostel where they’d have to line up in the morning in front of a geyser for hot water along with 50 other students. Dartmouth is ranked 124 because it focusses on undergraduate education and these ranking take into consideration graduate, doctorate, and post-doctorate programmes along with undergraduate program. Take Harvey Mudd for instance, its undergrad engineering programme is comparable in every aspect with biggies like MIT, Caltech, and Stanford but is not ranked anywhere because it’s only an undergraduate institution; Meanwhile, IITs don’t have this “privilege”. Regarding English of IITians, believe me you don’t know anything. There’s a huge difference between speaking English fluently and knowing it flawlessly. Most IITians are grammatically unsound. Moreover, more than 60% of them score below 100 of TOEFL-iBT(Fact narrated by over 20 IITian friends at IITKanpur,Mumbai, Delhi, and Guwahati). I live in Kanpur and occasionally visit IIT to visit friends, so please don’t get me started on “English” environment. I agree that the situation in UTokyo, Waseda, KyotoU would be quite a lot adverse since they are Japanese language institutions but the same doesn’t hold true for SNU and KAIST as they are English language institutions. But yes, It’s lot easier for an international student to thrive at Mumbai than at Seoul or Tokyo. Again, these institutions are higher ranked because of their effective R&D(and no. of CEOs in the case of SNU is an added advantage.). Better career prospects signifies higher wages after graduation(apologies for utilitarian approach 
). Bing the average salaries and you’ll see what I mean. Moreover, It boils down to personal preference. You prefer Hong Kong to Vancouver whereas I prefer the opposite 
. In a speech, last year, at IIT Kanpur, an assistant professor presented a paper on why IITs are faring poorly in international rankings(in fact, no place in ARWU) and he stated the same reasons that I presented in my previous article. Apparently, IITs plan to bring most of those into consideration and implement these by 2025. IIT Kanpur receives highest amount of government grant and the amount is ~$26 million per year. It sounds large, but all top 50 universities have a research expenditure in excess of $200 million per year. Lack of funds causes IITs to lose a lot of ground on research. Thankfully, IITs have realized that and have raised their tuition to 2.25 lakh annually.</p>
<p>But, as of today, you have absolutely no reason to say IITs should be in top 20(even in academics.).</p>
<p>As an Indian, I’d love to see IITs, BITS, IIITs, NITs in global rankings but I cannot condone the fact that other universities are simply performing better currently. Whereas, IITs have only sunk in rankings over the years. Over a decade ~ 2002-2003 IIT Mumbai and Kanpur used to be in top 100 and IITD in top 150 but sadly that’s no longer the case.</p>
<p>P.S : Apologies for such a long off-topic post.</p>
<p>2025!!!..phew…long long way to go…
but agree with you totally…thunderboltsid. I know exactly what you mean when you say English written and spoken! was in Kanpur myself for a few years. So were are you heading…any news from HKU/HKUST for you? so is it jaipuria or dps?</p>
<p>@Jackrabbit420 I think you are underestimating UBC. It’s one of the best non-US universities. Brown, again, like Dartmouth, has an undergraduate focus. Moreover, Ivy league is basically a sports league and not an academic league. There are US institutions that are on par and often better than Ivy spearheads(Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, UPenn, Brown, Dartmouth). Here is a list of such institutions - UofChicago, MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Duke, WUSTL, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, John Hopkins, Rice, and Notre Dame. Judging by you logic, Ivies are best. Therefore, no matter how awesome ETHZ, EPFL, or ICL are, they cannot offer better education than Ivies. Trust me ETHZ and ICL engineering programs are better than Brown, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Dartmouth and UPenn.</p>
<p>@Aditya496 Methodist High ;). I had to leave MHS(and join a small CBSE school - Mantora ) after grade 10 due to JEE preparation and I still think it was the worst decision of my life. Where were you?</p>
<p>BTW nothing from HKU/UST/CUHK yet. I’ve been selected for UMich, Purdue, Drexel(Honors college), Buffalo, Jacobs(80% aid). Waiting on other U.S decisions. I’d probably be joining Jacobs if don’t get in a good U.S college with good aid. Hong Kong doesn’t really completes me ;)</p>
<p>This Is reply for all students wants to go to HK for UG
Well man…Never go to HKUST/HKU/CUHK/City U/Hongkong PLOY… don’t go for ranking they just pay a hefty amount to qs world/times higher ranking…
They just focus on thoeretical asspects of any program
Employment is worst after 4 year you will wonder where to go… some of chineese students work on INR10000/- in electronic company after graduating from there… although thier wesbsites shows something different
Due to lot’s of work pressure in 2012 there are 13 sucide cases in HKUSt only surprisingly none of them can be found over net or any daily paper…why? China Goverment influence
There is no Way one is going to eat beef or pork daily… hahaha well students there eat maggies all times or they cook some rice and dal in microwave oven
you will be get accepted and might get even 100% scholarship or some good amount but you GPA is going to be 2. something… what to do after that
you might be your school tooper but there chineese mainlanders are robots they don’t sleep… in every branch they are topper
your college life will be ruined after graduating from hkust don’t dream to do MS from IVY league or MIT hahaa they don’t give a **** about this
Probably you will land to sunny buffalo or any lower univ…if your gpa is good
Even a good student from BITS makes to MIT or Havard
students studying there — some of them came back to India/some of applied to us univ/in worst those who stayed felt depression whole time
Don’t consider how economical HK univ are… you will get worst food and social life apart from this living in hk is much costlier than living in USA/Canada/Europe
Don’t go To hk… either study in IITS or BIS or NITs or drop a year if you are unable to make to USA/Uk</p>
<p>Hey Sunena, If I’m not wrong, you’re at HKUST, right?</p>
<p>@jackrabbit420 IITs won’t make it to top 50 ever unless they start non-technical courses. One Indian university, I have high hopes for is Nalanda International University. It’s scheduled to start from 2014 with a 400+ acres land grand by Bihar government and $1 Bn endowment from public and private funds. Take a look at the board of trustees and you’d see a list of influential profs from prestigious institutions across the world(Harvard included) .
Moreover, nothing beats the one of the world’s “oldest” institution ;)</p>
<p>@TomandJerry Man! I was so considering to go HKU but you have put me in doubt now… Are you sure about this? If Yes, then i am not going to HKU probably</p>
<p>anyone is going for hku this year especially the bachelor of business administration program?
i am from indonesia.</p>
<p>@tomandjerry , Please stop making it huge about HKUST and HKU , I know Students from my country studying there and they told me that it is a great experience so if you had bad experience in HKUST :)</p>
<p>@ TomandJerry…never thought in terms of jobs and expensive living in HK after UG!! well this is an eye-opener! Did hear about the suicides on this same thread by an HKUST personnel (ex). and the competition can be very tough and food depressing…but people do survive that. what worries me is the job prospects and cost of living after UG.</p>
<p>Mohamedwessim-----i am not making anything by myself just giving you a littile view, what is true. Don’t be fool or act like *******. Go to USA/UK/Canada or Germany if you can afford the education otherwise your choice it would be great to talk with you pepole after a year. you can be somewhere in Hk taking Booze or going to night party at HKUST beach and becoming a looser afterwards. Well there is 83 indian students for UG and some 25 Pakistanis. No one says What they are suffering from? just look at employment results at least.</p>
<p>aditya496---- talk to you soon… applied to any USA univ? if got then go for it</p>
<p>Is hkust better for business than local sg unis (ntu/nus)?
Which is more recognized?</p>
<p>tomandjerry…I’ve got University of Manchester, waiting for Middleburry…need FA…so lets see
NUS and NTU will be very good…go for that Girlcc</p>