u/xorixian

It's been like 2 days since the A Level students started getting accepted. Mine is still on "Admission Deferral" in the portal. I emailed them yesterday if they received my final Alevel results and they said "We confirm that we have received the final A-Level results you submitted through the Final A-Level Results Submission Form, as well as the copy attached to your email. Your results will be taken into consideration during the evaluation of your application."

But still no email. I applied for MechE tho which is hella competitive but idk if I'm rejected or if they're still evaluating... and I've got into another uni that's asking me to pay the fees but I wanna pay only if I'm rejected by METU but still no email or any update 😭

Did anyone get an update yet? I emailed them like 5 hours ago, no response yet or any updates on the application portal...

I've lived in the UAE all my life and I'll be studying mechanical engineering abroad because it's much cheaper with a scholarship. Studying in the UAE just isn't affordable for me.

The country I'm going to has very limited internship opportunities but the university is really good, so my plan is to come back to the UAE every summer (June to August) to do internships. I also need to maintain my UAE residency, and after graduating I plan to come back to the UAE to start my career.

I'm just a bit worried that I'll miss out on career fairs, networking events, employer talks, and other opportunities that students at local universities get. Do these mostly happen during the university semester, or are there also events during the summer or winter breaks? If I'm only back during the summers, will I be at a big disadvantage when it comes to finding internships and eventually entry-level jobs?

Has anyone here studied abroad but returned home every summer for internships? How did it work out for you?
I would love to hear any advice on how I can make the most of my summers and still build a strong network and resume while studying abroad? I'd really appreciate any tips or experiences, thank u!

I just landed in Sri Lanka and I have no idea what channel to watch on.

Can anyone please let me know? Or maybe any alternatives? I am trying to use a method that uses the least amount of data or no data at all coz I literally just landed and I am heading over to my grandpa's

I've got to decide between going to a university abroad or studying in the UAE. I am gonna be do Electrical Engineering btw and AURAK supports students with the whole internship placement but students can apply on their own too, externally.

However, AURAK is slightly more expensive than the university I got into abroad even after you combine its tuition fees + living costs + dorms (I got a scholarship). If I go to AURAK, I will only have to pay for tuition anyways since I will be living with my parents in Dubai. It'll be easier to look for internships too and attend career fairs...

If I go to the uni abroad, I will be coming back to the UAE every summer under my dad's visa sponsorship since I've been living with my family for the past 17 years now... So basically for internships, I will be coming back to the UAE during the summer and begin applying for internships.

My question is, will an international student from a university abroad face issues when looking for internships here compared to students studying in local unis here... or will companies consider both equally as long as they don't have to sponsor the student etc?

What factors do companies usually look into when taking a student in for an internship like the student's transcript, uni recognition, GPA etc?

If so, can you please drop a comment so I can contact you... thank you!

I saw some posts where people suggested to first follow the built-in tutorials before moving to YouTube. So I am gonna do that first, but I wanna then follow a good playlist on YouTube to learn everything from scratch. There are so many to choose from so I can't really decide on one.

I am going to be starting ME in 2 months so I really wanna learn as much as I can from now on since I've got nothing else to do.

Please message me if you are an international student who finished their alevels (pearson edexcel) and is waiting for their results to be announced on august 13th.

thank you

Please message me if you are an international student who finished their alevels (pearson edexcel) and is waiting for their results to be announced on august 13th.

thank you

I need to obtain a transit visa but my nationality is not eligible for an e-visa. Does anyone know how long it takes for a transit visa to be issued by VFS global on average? It's for university at METU NCC. I need to know so I can plan the timeline properly and not miss the flight.

Costs of living excluding rent and utilities (electricity, water, gas). Assuming I will cook like 4-5 days a week and will not be travelling that much, maybe go out with friends once every 2 weeks.

I've got some questions about the whole process of travelling to NCC like visas, flights and residence permit etc etc. If anyone travelled from the UAE before, please let me know below.

thanks!

Would love the opinion of any alumnis or students currently studying there. I am an international student who finished my A Levels and have my predicted grades (A*BB) and my igcses (7A* 2As). How is the uni like in terms of the professors, lab facilities, quality of education, internships and the unis practical way of teaching...

thanks! (I am from Sri Lanka btw, studied in the middle east tho)

Would love the opinion of any alumnis or students currently studying there. I am an international student who finished my A Levels and have my predicted grades (A*BB) and my igcses (7A* 2As). How is the uni like in terms of the professors, lab facilities, quality of education, internships and the unis practical way of teaching...

thanks! (I am from Sri Lanka btw, studied in the middle east tho)

No like seriously, does it really matter what a university's ranking is?

Some say the rankings depend mostly on the uni's research output and not really the overall quality of the university. But if u look up a uni's QS rankings, there are "Ranking criterias" like Academic Reputation, Employment Outcomes, Employer Reputation... which are out of 100 and are important factors imo, but it also includes other stuff which dont matter at all like International Faculty Ratio, International Student Diversity, International Student Ratio which also have a score outta 100... and then an overall score out of 100.

So idk if I should even bother applying to a uni that's ranked 800 or is there a range within which I should apply?

I am gonna do Mechanical Engineering btw (bachelors). There is also some ranking by subject thing like the rankings for "mechanical eng" only etc, I js saw a uni that's ranked 801–850 but it's ranking for mechanical engineering is 250-300, which is a HUGE difference.

So my question is, do overall uni qs ranking matter? or should I focus on subject ranking only? And if rankings do matter, then what is a range that makes a uni "good"

I have already applied to METU Ankara, and now I am going to apply to METU NCC as well. I have seen some people absolutely diss on METU NCC for some reason and call the degree u get from there a "paper" degree or whatever, even tho it's literally METU. Most of those people are from the cyprus reddit page tho so maybe they're just salty or sum idk so I wanted to ask here.

People also say that since the campus is in northern cyprus, many countries and companies do not recognize the uni coz of it's location, which is weird coz isn't it just another branch of METU?

I understand that METU Ankara is competitive asf which clearly makes it better which is why I am also trying at METU NCC. My Alevel grades will also qualify me for a 50% scholarship at METU NCC which is WAYYY cheaper than the unis in my country (90% difference).

Is METU NCC not worth it? Is the degree not recognised internationally? Or is that all bs and can I pay the 50 usd app fee and submit my application?

this has been happening for the past 2 weeks now, I hit the record button and begin yapping, I usually sometimes switch to a different tab or app if I am asking chatgpt something related to presentation im working on etc so I wanna look at it while I speak. When I come back to chatgpt, the waveform becomes stuck and I've got to spam the stop recording button and it takes a while to activate, AND the audio always gets cut off at the end, the last few sentences don't get transcribed. I used to love how good the voice to text was and now it's really annoying. Anyone else facing this problem?