<p>and as far as part time work is concerned, i have not heard of any such thing from any of the internationals. but under the recent immigration policy, the rules are highly relaxed by the government and you can work almost anywhere you want and can take up a lot of internships</p>
<p>but i think you will be able to find some part time job since there are plenty available. the hourly rate is approximately 20-25 for ordinary jobs like at mcdonalds</p>
<p>and i strongly think it will not be possible to manage everything right from academics, to extra curriculars to part time job. however if you work really really hard, then i think you can. and of course you can do the internship during the summer and winter and so you can earn a few thousdand bucks there</p>
<p>and ofcourse the best way to save money is to spend less rather than trying to do part time job</p>
<p>and one more thing, most of the year 0 i.e. oundation year students are not allowed to work generally as the govt and uni think that they have to focus more on their studies and the transition from high school to uni. so take note of that and best of luck</p>
<p>I just want to add that you will have lots of options even with a 100-HKD budget, especially outside the Central/Tsim Sha Tsui areas and if you are not picky about ambience. My friend just went back and told me that he and his mom had dim sum for just under 100 HKD total. There are also hundreds of HK-style cafes (Cha Chaan Teng) all over the city. [Cha</a> chaan teng - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_chaan_teng]Cha”>Cha chaan teng - Wikipedia) For breakfast, you can get a bun + milk tea + omelette (small though) or instant noodles with ham for less than 25 HKD (3 US dollars; for those from the US, it’s small portion but it’s more than a bagel+coffee which is what you’d get for $3 in the US). </p>
<p>Could you pls tell me more about the exchange program at HKUST.
What is the criteria and which top universities are included in the list.
When you go for the exchange program , you pay the same fees as HKUST or the universities fees and in which year can we go for exchange programs.
Exchange programs can open even more job oppurtunities in the US.</p>
<p>hey niksy, why don’t you try asking your questions directly to someone who works at HKUST? I think they’ll answer your questions better than anyone here =] just my thought.</p>
<p>shabab: i don`t think new students are eligible for admission to hall 7 since they have a brand new program running - Living Learning Community. If you want to enter it, then you have to attend a interview and submit your CV. and also all through the year you have to participate actively in the LLC activities and events. however do check up with the hall office
and i think the next best deal is hall 6 or the new hall. this is were most exchange students live and the hall is great - the rooms are quite big and the the entire ambience is excellent. everyone in the uni envies the new hall residents!! it is the most famous and the best UG hall. to get in, clearly state on your hall application under the preferences that you want to live in hall 6, otherwise the housing office will put you in some other hall. if you don`t explicitly state in the hall application about your prefrence for hall 6, then your chances of getting in are really low. however rarely even though you put hall 6 on your application you may not get in owing to great demand. i strongly recommend hall 6 as the other halls are quite bad when compared to hall 6 and the rooms are quite stingy. also some halls like hall 4 (my hall!!) are way too noisy and are notorious for noisy and lazy students. they just chat around the whole time and never study. i did not know this and got in by mistake.</p>
<p>niksy: there is a lot of info on the exchange program avaliable in the SENG website. i think there are some really good unis like northwestern, upenn, cornell etc… you ahve to pay the normal fees at hkust and on top of that you have to pay for the air tickets and living expenses in the foreign country. and the criteria for selection are mostly your grades (60-70%) and your EC record (20-30%). however for the business school, the EC record is way too important as every business student wants to go on exchange. and you generally go on exchange in year 2.</p>
<p>Hello everyone! If you remember, I used to frequent this thread a month back. I just dropped in for an update, I finally didn’t choose HKUST because it was too risky to tie on all hopes to my A level grades as the offer was conditional at AAA. I’m regretting every part of my decision, UST is a real good uni, and the scholarship was awesome. Well, If I get the chance I would definitely opt for a study abroad year at UST! I’ve been soo regretting my decision, UST is that awesome…ahh well…life isn’t always fair!</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity,
Is HKUST better than NUS and NTU…,
can anyone upload the student package as I have not recieved it as yet coz i applied late…</p>
<p>HKUST is like number 2 in Asia, but then again, it depends on the course your choosing…NUS as you know is really good in engineering, but as for other’s, i wouldnt be too sure, although one thing is for certain, the ranking of the school has taken a big beating…</p>
<p>anyway, which would be better? HKU or HKUST in terms of finance-related subjects?</p>
how far away is the beach exactly? could you walk there from the campus?</p>