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بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم ♥
Muka
surat ini kita berbicara mengenai scholarship. Khas buat adik-adik, juniors
atau sesiapa saja. Talk about scholarship, just Google it and in seconds
you will get lists of them in front of your eyes. But here, I would love to
share about what I’ve been through my post-SPM-phase. Most of the scholarships
can be apply after the SPM result had been announced.
BEFORE SPM RESULT
Holiday? Merdeka? A big NO NO. Sharpen up your English ladies and gentlemen. Believe me, you ‘ll
be using it a lot when you are attending interview later on. Mock interview dah
pernah buat kan. Lebih kurang mcm tu la.
Kumpul semua sijil , and go scan them all. Why? Some of
the scholarships use 100% online. So, they need the data (prove) that you are
exactly the one they’re looking for. All those certificates in softcopy form
will be used (upload to them) . And they’ll be judging you based on all the
certificates given to them.
Save dalam pendrive/laptop/comp dgn selamatnya. Buat siap-siap. Nanti tak kalut.
Nak scan apa? Okay, here goes the list . .
List A
| Your IC | Your parents’ IC |
Birth certificate (you and parents) | Your passport picture | Your parents’
salary slip | Your Examination results (Trial SPM/SPM/PAT/Selaras SBP) | your
CERTIFICATES (ALL Cocurricular and academic) | Surat perakuan pelajar (testimonil) | …..and etc
AFTER SPM RESULT
Then? Lepas dah lega dah terima results tu, jgn lupa, the journey is not over
yet.
Be alert and updated ! Beli semua jenis surat khabar, News Straits Times, Berita Harian, Metro.
Selalunya, berita pasal scholarship ada di iklankan dalam surat khabar. Jgn
lupa tgk tv atau berita. Dekat situ pun ada di iklankan juga. Selalu yang
paling common scholarship utk SPM leaver ni tak lain tak bukan. Of course JPA
and MARA.
Always alert about the announcement. Cari semua scholarship yg di offer. Kalau
rasa kena dgn minat utk kos atau bidang yg ditawarkan, jgn segan silu utk
apply. Who knows? Maybe it’s your rezeki.
Another thing is. Fotostat semua sijil kokurikulum dan kurikulum. Buat
banyak-banyak salinan. Depends on how many scholarship you would want to apply.
I’m not sure how much copies you really need. At my time, I’ve used like maybe
7-8 copies. Yes, you really need to do a lot of copies. The more certificate
you have, the more the money should be spend to them. Need a little sacrifice
here.
Nak fotostat apa? Refer List A di atas (except gambar passport).
And then, pergi jumpa pengetua and mintak sahkan salinan sijil-sijil itu semua .
What? Banyaknya? Haa, pandai-pandai la buat muka tebal mintak kat principle.
Get ready juniors. Saya jumpa principle KUPSIS to get the sign, get ready to
speak in English. :D .Sekali-sekala practice before
the interview, right? Besides, English is easy, just a piece of cake , ya?
Oh ya, jgn risau kalau rumah jauh daripada sekolah. Jika ada keberatan utk
berulang-alik ke sekolah. No worries dear, singgah ja mana-mana sekolah
menengah berhampiran rumah anda. Jumpa dgn pengetua sekolah tersebut dan follow
step seperti di atas. Jangan risau, pengetua sekolah lain pun valid tandatangan
beliau. Asalkan pegawai kerajaan
kumpulan A. Semuanya boleh sign salinan sijil-sijil yg banyak tu.
Semua sijil original susun dalam file clear folder. Susun ikut priority. I mean
peringkat antarabangsa dulu,then peringkat kebangsaan, negeri and so on.
Jangan lupa sijil lahir, IC Card, Your SPM slip . .and so on.
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Some of the scholarships need resumé. So, buat la awal-awal resumé tu :) Have no idea what is it? Do some research about it. Its content. How to do it. etc
(Scholarship like Khazanah need resumé in the application)
Later when you would want to apply any scholar online, mesti, wajibal ghunnah, a must that they ask you to do some essay. About yourself. Your career plan. Answering problem-solve-questions in essay form. Application for MARA , Astro, Khazanah and etc need these essay thingy.
Jangan lupa , nanti alang- alang nak ambil result tu, ambil sekali surat perakuan pelajar (testimonial) . Boleh minta kaunselor sekolah buatkan. Bagitahu cikgu kaunselor tu awal-awal.Kalau bagitahu last minute, kesian cikgu terkejar-kejar nak buatkan. Dia pun ada banyak kerja lain nak settle.
Untuk apa surat ni? Surat ni sebagai surat sokongan untuk anda sebagai pelajar time nak apply scholarship tu la. Lebih kurang macam recommendation letter yang mempromote anda sebagai seorang pelajar yang 'terpilih'.
{
Tak semua scholarship memerlukan testimonial ni, yang pasti JAD memerlukannya ^_^}
Here are some common scholarships
offered to SPM leaver. Click the link to
get more info
1. Jabatan
Perkhidmatan Awam(JPA) Scholarship
2. Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA)
3. Petronas Scholarship
4. Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM) Scholarship, Malaysia
5. FELDA
Scholarship, Malaysia
6. Yayasan TNB Scholarship,
Malaysia
7. Yayasan TM Scholarship, Malaysia
8. Yayasan Khazanah
Scholarship, Malaysia
9. Yayasan UEM Scholarship, Malaysia
10. Sime Darby
Scholarship, Malaysia
11. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Scholarship, Malaysia
12. Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB)
Scholarship
13. Maybank
Scholarship, Malaysia
14. Proton Scholarship,
Malaysia
15. Shell Scholarship, Malaysia
16. Astro
Scholarship
17. Genting
Scholarship, GENM
18. Tunku Abdul
Rahman,Scholarship
19. Maxis
Scholarship
20. Japanese Associate Degree
21. Yayasan
Peneraju PendidikanBumiputera
22. Monbukagakusho
MEXT
23. ExxonMobil Scholarship24. Lain-lain scholarship
Lepas dah
apply, jangan lupa doa dan tawakal padaNya. InsyaAllah, kalau ada rezeki. Tidak
akan kemana
INTERVIEW
Tips? Jangan gelabah,
jangan risau. Bila cakap ja pasal interview, mesti semua orang mula sibuk cari
tips daripada senior-senior, kakak, abang yang dah laluinya. *wah, itu semua
kenangan*
♫ Make
sure you had prepared all the documents needed.
♫ Girls,
pakai baju kurung. Simple. At most ada 3 colours ja. Not too fancy please.
Kasut bertutup.
♫ Guys, pakai baju
kemeja,white and plain is preferable. Blazer is extra if you want. And also kasut
bertutup.
♫ Make sure you take
your breakfast. It’s not good to be in hunger and nervous state at the same
time. It might kill or reduce your
confident level.
♫ Datang awal. You are taking your own risk
bila datang lewat. Mula la nak nervous ,susah cari
tempat parking , tersesat, macam-macam
boleh berlaku bila kita rushing.
So
avoid that !
♫ Be confident ! Smile always. Be positive.
Bila datang awal, try to mingle with other candidates. It
will help you reducing your nervousness
level.
♫ Bagi
salam apabila masuk. Jangan duduk selagi tidak diberi keizinan.
♫
Always alert
with the exact date of interview. You don’t want to miss out a thing, right?
# based on my own
experience. May vary depends on people and places #
Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA)
Course : Engineering [France, German, Korea, Jepun]
Min requirement : 7/8
A- (Jepun, Korea) | 9A- (France, German)
Duration : ± 3 hours
Type : Grouping (5-9 people per group)
Mode : Mostly group discussion. Ada sikit individual question
Interviewer : 2 person each session. Mix
race (Can be Malay, Chinese or Indian) . Pegawai kerajaan.(Boleh jadi doctor,
pensyarah, engineer, arkitek, etc ) So, jgn buat fakta sendiri time interview
pasal bidang yg kita nk apply. Example, bidang engineering, jgn tipu fakta. Interviewer tu lebih tahu
mengenai bidang tersebut lebih drpada kita. Okay? ^_^
Chance of getting : From 10k of applicants, only 300 students will received the
scholarship.
So, JPA interview ada 3 sesi. 1 sesi macam buat presentation on a given topic (atas kertas mahjung gitu). All English.
Tajuk yang simple. That day, my group dapat tajuk Tun Abdul Razak .Talk about
his contribution. Patriotic. How’s his
contribution lead to positive impact in teenager nowadays. Seriously, tajuk ni
memang senang. Alhamdulillah.
2nd session, sama ja macam the 1st one. Cuma all in
Malay. Sama ja group discussion. Presentation. Kertas mahjung. I got a topic
about “Along . Bagaimana mengatasi ceti haram” Alhamdulillah sekali lagi. Tajuk yang dapat semua senang nak kupas.
Boleh explain banyak. Best.
# Tips untuk group
discussion session #
**Greet people.
Bagi salam for Muslim and good morning/afternoon for non-Muslim.
**Be the first one to speak out. There’s extra point for
that. Kalau boleh offer diri untuk baca teks yang di beri. I’ve been there. The
interviewer tu pun dah kenal kita bila kita memulakan perbincangan. You see the technique? ^_^
**Okay, waktu ni. You don’t need to worry about JPA policy or etc etc. Just
like normal group discussion
**Jangan cakap slow sgt. Orang lain tak dengar.
**Senyum and be positive. Terima pendapat orang lain. Jangan
condemn terus. Not good for your health.
**Pandang muka orang bila nak bagi hujah kita. Especially
muka interviewer tu. Jangan sampai
interviewer tu tegur. “Tak nampak
muka, boleh pandang sini sikit?” Oppss…
**Bekerjasamalah dgn baik with your groupmate. Mingle around dgn diorang waktu
rehat tu ke. Jgn
tunjuk muka sombong, what I meant is girls with girls,
boys with boys.
**Don’t forget to say thank you after each session is over.
Kalau perlu salam dgn interviewer. Lelaki lelaki, perempuan dgn perempuan.
3rd session is no more group discussion. You guys will sit one by
one confront with the interviewer.Tiada lagi duduk dalam bulatan macam tadika.
Still, semua groupmate masuk serentak dalam bilik tu at the same time. Cuma
takda dah bincang-bincang. Interviewer tu akan tanya soalan general and seorang
demi seorang jawab ikut turn. Get it? Waktu ni paling cuak sekali.
As my turn is the first one. So I have to start first. Alhamdullilah, it went
quite well. Get ready for unrelated question ya?
As I could remember, Question being asked were :
(Oh ya, kalau interviewer tu cakap Malay,
sila jawab dalam bahasa. If he/she asked in English, then please answer in
English, okay ?)
--Tell me about yourself
--Why you deserve this scholarship? As I heard, JPA scholarship is worth 1
million ringgit Malaysia per student. Believe
it or not. It’s true. So,
make yourself worth it.
--If you are given an opportunity to create something in your own field, what
would it be? (Soalan ni seriously best.
Waktu ni korang boleh berimaginasi sikit, but please be realistic)
--Why JPA, why not MARA?
--Okay, ini best. Interviewer tu suruh bagi pendapat tentang social network.
Should it be banned or not?
Kami vote for NO ! ^_^
--Do you have basic in foreign language? (Depends on what you’re applying . France
. German . Korea . Japan )
--Since we’re all applying for engineering, so they asked us
all in which field that we want to pursue
(chemical,civil, mechanical,
electrical . . etc)
--Soalan cepu emas. Why oversea? Why not local?
--What will you contribute to Malaysia after you finish your study?
--Will you bare with JPA contract? (I got
6 years contract with JPA after I finish my study in oversea)
--Do you think Malaysia can ‘berdiri sama tinggi, duduk sama rendah’ dgn negara-negara
maju yg lain?
--- . . . and last but not least. Interviewer tu bagi peluang if nak tanya
soalan . Kalau ada something yang terbuku di
minda, spit that out. Tanyalah
soalan yg munasabah.
-Ada banyak lagi
soalan lain. Can’t recall myself . Sorry-
JAD (Japanese Associate Degree)
Sponsor : Yayasan Pelajaran MARA
Course : Electrical @ Electronic Engineering
/ Mechanical Engineering [ Japan
]
Min
requirement : A+ (Math Mod) | A (Add
Math, Phy, Chem, BM, BI) | A- (PAI/Moral
Studies, Sej, Others)
Duration : ± 3 hours
Mode : Individual 100%
Chance of getting : From thousand of applicants, only like 150 students will
succeed
** Bumiputera sahaja**
Interview JAD is quite simple. Ada dua sesi sahaja. Sesi pertama ada exam.
Believe me, exam tu senang as easy as ABC. Lebih kurang 20 soalan. 1 jam. Soalan
English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physic. That’s all. (Soalan Science Form 1 pun
keluar, pasal simbol dalam makmal tu. Yes, it’s not that hard. So chill )
After the exam, ada pegawai tu explain sikit pasal JAD ni.
-- JAD is a twining program (3 + 2
years)
-- First year we will learn 90 %
Japanese language (preparation)
-- Second year will learn 50 % Japanese
language (diploma)
-- Third year will learn 10 % Japanese
language (diploma)
-- Fourth and fifth year will fly
to Japan university (12 private universities and 3 public universities) more
info if you fail
to maintain your performance, you will be rejected and have to
pay back all the money that has been sponsored.
-- Apa yang bestnya JAD ni. You have no
bonding after you graduate. How cool is that? Takda contract.
Kerjalah
mana-mana pilihan hati ^_^
Sesi kedua. Individual interview. Ada dua interviewer. The interviewers are
both Malay as I noticed. Masuk bilik seorang demi seorang. I’m not sure all
English or mix Malay-English because at my turn it was all English, but somehow
my friend, Sahkirah said she speaks mix Malay and English. I think its depends
on the interviewer itself.
What do they ask?
☏ Introduce yourself.
☏ What do you know about JAD programme?
☏ What do you know about this courses (engineering)?
☏ How do you see yourself in
5/10 years time?
☏ Can you manage yourself in oversea?
☏ How do you manage yourself?
☏ What are your strength and your weakness?
☏ How do you overcome your weaknesses?
☏ They did ask you if you have any basic in Japanese language.
☏ Why you deserve this scholarship?
☏
What will you do if you didn’t
manage to get this scholarship?
☏ They did also asked if I had apply any other
scholarship?
☏
And . . . interviewer tu tanya
kalau ada ke tidak kawan-kawan yang kenal dapat interview ni jugak. Okay, this
one was a weird question. Of course I do ^_^. Sahkirah, Nik Ismail, Naqiuddin .
.
. . . . and etc (ada lagi soalan lain . .I couldn’t remember well)
*** Pegawai JAD yg ushered saya tu ada tanya lepas dah habis interview
“Adik ada apply
scholarship lain tak?”
So, I answered “Ada, JPA pun saya apply . .”
Pesan pegawai
tu “Adik tak payah accept scholarship lain. Kalau dah dapat dah yg JAD ni
terima ja. Kita nak tolong adik-adik”
“
Errr . . . . .” ***
YAYASAN SIME
DARBY (YSD)
Programme : Pre-University Scholarship Programme
(China)
Course : I’ve applied for Chemical
Engineering [China]
Fields of Study :
Scholarships will be offered to candidates who are inclined to pursue the
following fields of study, subject to university’s admission offer:
- Business : Economics, Accountancy, Business /
Management, Commerce or Finance
- Engineering: Mechanical, Chemical, Civil or
Electrical
Note: Scholarships for medicine degree
are not available.
Min requirement : 7As
Duration : Depends. Mine took about 4
hours or so.
Type : Individually
Interviewer : Seorang saja. Sime Darby
officer (maybe ==”)
Mode : Stage 1 (Ada 2-3 stage untuk Sime Darby interview ni)
Language : All in English
Chance of getting : alamak, lupa la..
STAGE
1
Sesi 1
Datang awal pagi tu, masuk dalam bilik kuarantin. Ada pegawai bertugas dia bagi
taklimat sikit. Dalam 30 minit. Then, dia mintak hantar file (sijil-sijil beserta document yang dia minta
suruh bawa) , dia nak check ja. Sementara tu, tunggu giliran untuk di
interview.
Sampai giliran tu, pegawai tu bawa ke satu bilik. Ambil topic,macam nak buat
cabutan bertuah gitu. Random, ikut nasib. I got a topic about “Why do you think
study oversea is better than study local ? Explain your statement”
Alhamdulillah, topic interview semua dapat yg senang-senang utk dikupas.
Then, I’ve given 20 minutes to prepare and jot down my note. Dalam bilik
kuarantin yg lain.
Then masuk ke dalam bilik interview sebenar. Ketuk pintu, bagi salam.
Senyum. Duduk di kerusi setelah mendapat kebenaran utk duduk ^_^
Interview tu akan suruh kita ceritakan topic yg kita dapat. Cakap lah sepanjang
mna nak cakap. Sambil-sambil tu interviewer tu akan mencelah kita cakap . Dia
akan tanya apa saja yg berkaitan dengan hujah-hujah kita tu. Jangan gelabah,
jawab dengan tenang. Relax . Jangan cakap benda yang tak berkaitan. It shows
that you are nervous. DON’T SHOW IT IF YOU ARE NERVOUS ^_^
Make sure you know a little bit about Sime Darby. They did asked you about that.
@ What do you know about Sime Darby?
@ How do you see yourself in 10 years
time?
@ Would you agree with the contract
given by Sime Darby? Will you still willing to
serve to Sime Darby?
@ (….and I noticed the questions are
almost the same as JAD interview. So please
refer to JAD interview question
^_^)
My advice is to be honest. Never say you know about things that you actually didn't have any clue about it.
The interviewer did asked me if I knew how long the contract will be. As I
don’t know about it, so I’m being honest. And so, he explained that after
finished my degree in China. I have to serve for Sime Darby IN CHINA for
another 10 YEARS.
I was like @_@ “ . . .
. . . .Okay.
Then, wait for the interview result. If you are succeed, you shall continue to
the next session. If not, Es tut mir leid
(I’m sorry) The journey here comes
to an end. You have to go home. Maybe rezeki kat tempat lain.
Dapat on the spot ke result interview tu?
Yes dear, tunggu dalam 10 minit mcm tu. Then, terus dapat result interview
berjaya atau tidak and move on to the next session. Wow, cepat nyaa !
Sesi 2
This is a computer test. You will be ushered to computer lab.
Then given a taklimat sikit. Jawab test dalam computer. Online test. Dalam masa
1 jam. Kena jawab semua soalan.
Soalan dia, ish ish ish . . .bukan nak takutkan tapi agak susah sikit. Masa
yang diberi amat terhad. Rushing sikit. Soalan dia memerlukan Critical
Thinking, Graph reading, Text understanding , Calculating, Subtituting, Text
comparing.
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Done. Fix und fertig. Boleh balik
rumah. Tunggu panggilan seterusnya [by
email] sama ada berjaya ataupun tidak utk ke Stage 2.
I got the offer to the second stage,
however I rejected it and didn’t go to the 2nd stage.
Err why . . . .?
because I already got the JPA scholarship offer at that time and already sign
the contract. So, again es tut mir leid (Sorry . .) I don’t know how the 2nd
stage for Sime Darby interview was conducted. Besides, the 2nd stage
is conducted very very later after everyone else already register into their
universities for UPU. Yeah, I think dah masuk July baru tahu results utk ke 2nd
stage. Quite late.
FELDA
Global Scholarship
this is an experience of a friend of mine
Course : Engineering , Biotechnology,
Accounting, Finance, Information Technology and International Marketing [ United Kingdom (UK) ]
Min requirement : 9 A
Duration : ± 4 hours
Type : Grouping (4 people per group)
Mode : Mostly group discussion. Ada sikit individual examination
Interviewer : 2 person
Language : All in English
Chance of getting : From thousand of applicants, only 5 students will be chosen.
Count the percentage ^_^
*Terbuka kepada semua. Bukan bumiputera pun boleh apply*
Lebih kurang macam JAD interview, ada 2 sesi . . .
Sesi
1
Ada exam sikit.
About English, Mathematics, and Bussiness-like-knowledge.
Tahap kesusahan exam, sangat susah. So, juniors . . lepas habis SPM, jangan
dilupakan segala ilmu itu. Masih digunakan lagi.
Sesi 2
You with your groupmate are given 5 topics to be selected.
Select one topic and make a discussion about it. A friend of mine said their
group had selected a topic about “Can a student balance himself between
Cocurriculum and Academic” Then, you are given like 20 minutes to brainstorm.
Another 10 minutes to discuss and then present it in front of the interviewer.
Oh ya, FELDA ni canggih sikit. Tak guna dah kertas mahjung. Guna white board .
So, lebih selesa, jangan risau.
After you have done the presentation, you were asked to sit down in front of
them and get ready for the real interview.
They asked the same original question. Tell me about yourself. It’s a first-come-first-serve
mode. So be quick. Kalau boleh take this chance to speak out first. After semua
candidates dah tell about themselves, then the interviewer tu tanya soalan
seorang demi seorang.
According to my friend, the interviewer will just asked you according to you
own statement, time kita promote diri
kita tell me about yourself tu lah kot.
They also did ask if you received the scholarship offer but not the field that
you want, will you still accept the offer?
(eg : kita apply utk biotech, tapi dapat utk engineering. . . get it? ^_^ )
And also other usual question being asked like any other scholarship.
Tips :
Don’t forget to know a little bit about FELDA. Get some knowledge about them. Who
knows, you might need it somehow? Just in case.
Don’t ever cakap benda yang contradict dgn fakta yg kita bagi sebelum tu. If
you ever said that, the interviewer might be using that to go against you. You
don’t want that to happen right?
Nota kaki dari penaja :
Sorry if this post does
not help you at all . Any questions or comments are most welcome.
