Singapore Kopitiam

this might sound superficial but to say you studied in london - woah

They'd prefer a a first class degree that is allowed to practice in SG. London is **** expensive. For the same price, 160pounds, you can rent a room the size of a shoebox in london whereas the same amount can rent you a penthouse in bham. My friend is a living example.

Yeah I get what you mean man. That's one of the reasons leading me to consider giving up my space in Bristol to try for one at KCL.



Hmm, I reckon getting a first in Bristol is easier than getting one at King's? Not sure about this tho.
What about how would these uni's compare to say NUS/SMU law schools?

Fewer students get 1sts at Bristol. It's about 6%, which is a fairly low proportion. Most of the London unis apparently give 1sts to the top 10-15% of students. Of course, this could simply be the result of students in London working harder.

true but I assume KCL has a better quality of students so the overall standard is still harder?

Hey guys, I have some questions regarding the visa process.

Can someone give me a list of all the supporting documents we will need to submit to the UK embassy? Do all of them need to be an original? What about our O and A level certificates, do we need to submit those?

There's this bit in the process regarding English language proficiency where we need to be from an english speaking country (which Singapore isn't a part of), have taken an english lang test or something like that. As far as I can see there's no option for O level Eng or A level GP, so, do we actually need to take an Eng lang test (like IELTS)...now?! o_o

I have a quick question

We are supposed to send in our passport when applying for visa, right? Does that mean we are unable to leave the country for the entire duration till we get the result of our visa application?

The supporting documents which you need to submit (those that you used to obtain a place in your university) will be stated in your CAS (for me its just my A levels transcript). You need to provide both the original and a photocopy of all your supporting documents.

There are also other documents that would be required for the visa application, namely your financial documents (showing that you have sufficient amounts for your 1st year) and your passports. You should checkout UK Border Agency's website for more concrete guidelines.

As for the need for IELTS, again it depends on your school and the CAS. If you have not gotten your CAS, you should contact your school to enquire if you have met their English language requrements. If you have received your CAS, there would be a mention of your language ability as well.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the reply!

Just to clarify, what do you mean by A level transcript? Is it our real A level certificate ? Or is it the slip of paper we received when our results were first released?

If requirement for IELTS depends on the university/CAS, does that mean that they don't place much value on our O Level English grades (or A level GP, for that matter)?

I haven't received my CAS yet, but am trying to get all my documents together so that I'd only need to apply for the visa once my CAS is here.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the reply!

Just to clarify, what do you mean by A level transcript? Is it our real A level certificate ? Or is it the slip of paper we received when our results were first released?

If requirement for IELTS depends on the university/CAS, does that mean that they don't place much value on our O Level English grades (or A level GP, for that matter)?

I haven't received my CAS yet, but am trying to get all my documents together so that I'd only need to apply for the visa once my CAS is here.

Thanks again!

Uh, yeah. You could try going to Malaysia via Johor though, I heard that the Malaysian authorities don't man the booths very well :P

Don't want. Later kena stripped and do squats for 48hours.