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« Previous EntriesAn Analysis of UC Berkeley’s rankings in the latest THE – QS World University Rankings 2008
Sunday, October 12th, 2008THE – QS World University Rankings 2008
2005 Rankings:
Harvard University, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Stanford University, United States
University of California, Berkeley, United States
2008/2007 Rankings:
2008/2007 Rankings
1/1 HARVARD University United States
2/2= YALE University United States
3/2= University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
4/2= University of OXFORD United Kingdom
5/7= CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt… United States
6/5 [...]
A very interesting grading system
Sunday, August 31st, 2008Just came back from a Cal vs Michigan State football (American) game. Really great experience. Cheered all the time. Partially lost my voice.
A look at my Physics 7A grading system:
20% 1st Midterm
20% 2nd Midterm
40% Final Exam
15% Homework
5% Laboratories, discussions, quizzes
Math 53:
20% Homework + Quizzes
20% 1st Midterm
20% 2nd Midterm
40% Final
EE20N (Electrical Engineering course):
10% Homework
10% Labs
10% Quizzes
20% [...]
Flight and Day 1
Saturday, August 16th, 2008Pretty tired now after the journey of 17 hours flight and 8 hours transit in Seoul on the way to San Francisco. Had a brief immersion in the Korean culture, though I never did go out of the Incheon International Airport. Watched 3 movies on the way to San Francisco from Seoul. :)
God prepared the [...]
A last post before flying off to Berkeley
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Yesterday I went to the JPA office in Putrajaya and met 4 other JPA Scholars who were going to the United States under the same inaugural JPA Ivy League and setara Scholarship Program. In total 6 Malaysians were offered this Scholarship to the US (UK another story), including the MIT girl who appeared in the [...]
Some academic related stuff…
Monday, August 11th, 2008Not that I needed it anymore since the JPA offer, but just to let everyone know that I was not selected for the AMCHAM-MACEE Scholarship, which is only given to one Malaysian per year. So here goes the e-mail (edited due to its grammatical errors):
Dear Ern Sheong,
Thank you for applying to the AMCHAM-MACEE Scholarship. It [...]
My Mum
Thursday, August 7th, 2008JPA is pretty slow in giving out the offer letter. I don’t think they realize that I will be leaving next Friday. But oh well, this is the Malaysian Government anyway. I left my handphone number twice and on both occasions there were promises of calling me back but of course, none did. Such is [...]
JPA offered a Scholarship for my studies in UC Berkeley!!!
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008***PRAISE THE LORD! He answered my prayers.***
I was driving in the afternoon around 5.30 today when Cher Hao called me and told me that the JPA Scholarship (Malaysian Public Service Department) application results were out.
So I told him my I.C. No. and after a few moments…
“Eh, you got it wei.”
“…wow… serious…”
I actually forgot that I [...]
ES’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) with Concise Answers
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 * * *
Before I begin, I want to tell of my amazing journey yesterday at about 2 pm on the LDP highway from Bandar Utama to Subang and back. There were a few flyovers along the entire stretch of the LDP highway, and there were bottlenecks (read: traffic jam) on 3 of these flyovers:- Flyover [...]
SMKDJ Prefects MPPT 2008
Monday, July 7th, 2008I went (for the first time after leaving DJ three years ago) to the Majlis Penyerahan dan Penerimaan Tugas 2008 for Prefects (Prefects Handing-over Ceremony) which was held last week at DJ’s Pavilion.
I miss the old school days. So fun.
Some pictures:
Five generations of DJ Head Prefects. From left: Ern Sheong (04/05), John Lee (05/06), Sher [...]
Berkeley 1st Sem Fall 2008 Courses
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008I have settled on my course list for the first semester! (which includes a final 3-hour exam on my birthday =.=)
So I submitted the following course list to be vetted by my Student Affairs Adviser…
Physics H7A (4 units)
Physics H7B (4 units)
Mathematics 53 (4 units) (already enrolled)
Computer Science 61A (4 units) (already enrolled)
Electrical Engineering 20N [...]
