Thread by @aimansom_

my experience with SBPP (gov loan), a thread:

to start off, i need to give a bit of my A level background. i took maths bio and chem in MD

and alhamdulillah i got BBB (300 tariff pts)

and the course i want to pursue is Physiotherapy, an allied health profession that can work in hospitals, rehab centres, sports complex, etc

its been one of the courses that i have been eyeing on for awhile, and i even had attachments for this course(2x in ripas and 1x in smrc)

it was bec of my personal experience as a patient which led me to being interested in this course

this course is not offered in any of our local unis, so i know i have to study abroad to pursue it

i was aware of this ever since i was in MS doing my olevels

so i studied hard and all that, gone thru attachments to get a glimpse of the career and improved myself by volunteering and learning life

after my results were out, i was happy and started looking thru opportunities to study abroad

and there they are, to options: 1) scholarship 2) gov loan

two***

the list of courses available to apply for scholarship were already posted earlier that year, and unfortunately physiotherapy wasnt offered

but for the list of courses available for loan werent out yet, so everyone didnt know what was offered for it yet

after consulting w sbpp officers and fellow seniors, they insisted to just apply and 'liatlah nanti if ada'

i got offers from Sheffield Hallam, Keele, Brunel, Robert Gordon and Swansea(but this is for sport science as my backup)

after my attachments in ripas, i have decided to firm my offer with Sheff Hallam due to strong recommendations from a fellow ripas physio

and applied the sbpp with my sheff hallam's offer on the 30th march 2017

on the 5th of may, list of courses were out and sadly physiotherapy wasnt in the list (the list was out when i was playing futsal in bibd)

i was worried if my application wont be considered, so i met with one of the sbpp officers, lets call her cikgu A

so cikgu A told me how my course is unlikely to be considered bec they had a meeting with moh and claimed that physios are at a surplus

which is bs bec when i had my attachment at ripas, they were all excited to have another physio coming in the future

and told me how they are outnumbered with the work (10-13 physios in ripas, 2 in tutong,1 in belait if im not mistaken)(correct me if salah)

kalau buat ratio thats like 1 physio: 10000 patients in brunei so yes they are in deficit

and after telling that to cikgu A she understood and told me to ask ripas and smrc(stadium) that physios are still needed

and they gladly did (ripas punya letter was 2 pages and smrc 3 full of reasons that physio is still needed)

and after getting the letters, i sent them to sbpp but cikgu A wasnt there

but i was taken to another person, cikgu B

after reading the letters, cikgu B said that with or without the letters its still very unlikely hence useless

this is because both letters didnt mention if there will be a job vacancy for it after i graduate

which is absurd to put in the letter bec nobody knows in 3 years if ada vacancy or not??!!?!?

my dad was there and ofcourse he was pissed but i said to cikgu B that im just gonna send the letter with my application

and let the committee decide it for me

on the 3rd of july, i got called for the interview and alhamdulillah that means im one step closer to achieving what i want

atupun dorang call on a very short notice lmao (monday kena call esok interview caik)

but regardless i did my best in the interview eventho i couldve done better

on 17th of august, the loan results were out

BUT only 29 people got it which suprised everyone as last year kan semua orang dapat

which was suspicious and found out that the results are coming out in batches

and this idea 🍳🍳🍳 pasal orang kan start belajar bulan 9 bahHHH

and then, something unexpected came into my email

on the 19th aug, Sheff Hallam withdrawn my offer because i didnt deposit and fill in their prof requirements as well as DBS on time

after consulting w james hon, he helped me in talking w sheff hallam reps to hold onto my offer but they can only hold it for a week

a week came by and my results werent out yet ( i was on the waiting list)

so to deduce, i no longer had a uk uni in hand

my parents were frustrated about it and told me to apply a uni in malaysia saja and they can fund me

ofcourse i didnt want it, i know my results were good enough for the loan and to put them on another burden is something i never planned abt

after numerous istiharah and consulting with few people (which includes family teachers and friends), i decided to follow my parents' wishes

got an offer from MAHSA university and alhamdulillah they gave me a scholarship as well(30% off the total tuition fee)

and paid for the application and registeration fee for about 5400 rm (1800bnd) in limbang

did my medical before paying ofcourse

sekalinya on the 4th of september, i got called and i was awarded the loan

it was too late for me to accept it as i didnt have any uk uni anymore at that time

not knowing what to do, i met an officer at sbpp, this time a kind and more understanding cikgu, cikgu C

cikgu C understood my position, and wanted the best for me as he knows that as a parent

so he told me to write a letter to the head of SBPP, asking them to approve my change of uni for my loan to MAHSA instead of Sheff Hallam

a week after i got called and unfortunately it wasnt approved bec the uni is unranked (it was a college and baru kena promote to uni status)

cikgu C told me to change my uni to a ranked msia uni (a tier 5: excellent uni) if i wanted to keep the loan and not let my parents fund me

both my parents told me to change to another uni despite losing 1800bnd (the deposit for MAHSA was non refundable)

so with the help of ms rozi from meg, i got a new offer from INTI IU, a miracle under a short notice prior to start this october

as this time we were more confident from the encouragement of cg C, we paid the deposit, visa charge and all without looking back

after 2 weeks of waiting for the approval, on the 30th of september, my mom was called by moe, stating that the change of uni wasnt approved

this is simply bec SBPP do not want to send students to msia anymore and want to focus in sending to uk, aus or nz

and after meeting cikgu C yesterday, the committee said that it was bec the results from previous SBPP awardees in msia was too outstanding

and theyre scared if what theyve been taught didnt have much quality compared to unis in other countries

and that is absurd, what if dorang belajar banar banar to get excellent results? inda quality enough kah?

aku inda marah tapi inda faham kenapa pemikirannya cematu atu saja

and now theyre asking me to change my uni to either australia or nz

why i dont want to change my uni 1) i istiharah and feel msia is right 2) aus uni tinggi requirement 3) nz pun still uncertain for a place

so yes im still stuck

and now, im waiting for the dukacita letter to reach my house

and reply nanti to strengthen my points why my loan to msia should be reconsidered

my admission for this course is exactly in 2 weeks and everything is uncertain again

will update the thread once theres news but til then pray for me

update : almost two weeks and the sbpp unit has not contacted me ever since

under consideration or lapas tangan we all dont know hahaha

as of right now, i am on fama scholarship

aka father mother scholarship lmaO

mentioned to moe im flying off tomorrow and still no response ahahahahahah wow

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