Post-STPM Q&A

*The Q&A below are as of 2014. The procedural process and certain facts below may not be up to date and it is advised you get the further updates and information from your school counsellor.

These are the common questions encountered for students who graduated from STPM.


1): If I opt for Ulangan 3, would we get a result slip?
Yes, you would, but only by the end of April.

2): If I opt for Ulangan 3, does it mean I only get my full result at the end of April?
Whether you opt for Ulangan 3 or not, you will get your full result based on term 3 result (pre-Ulangan 3 result) in March. The only difference is that those who do not opt for Ulangan 3 get a result slip, while those who do can only check their results online.

If you intend to apply for IPTS/overseas universities, you can print out the full result online and submit it together with all other relevant documents. Once accepted you will be given a conditional offer. The admission process varies between universities so it is best you check the respective universities you wish to apply for, but generally they accept printed result for conditional offer.

3): Which result do they take? The latest or the best?
MPM will choose the best result of two. If your term 1 result is B+ but your ulangan result is F, the former will be selected.

4) Could those who opt for Ulangan 3 apply for UPU, or would they have to wait until their final result is released?
Whether or not you opt for Ulangan 3, you MUST apply for UPU courses before the application closes. You are able to apply for your desired courses and universities based on your full result which is based on term 3 result.

At the end of april, when your final result which is based on Ulangan 3 result is released, UPU will allow the applicants to make amendments, but only for NON-CRITICAL courses. Courses like Medicine, Pharmacy and Law which required interviews are not allowed to be selected anymore.

5) How do they calculate the final grade?
According to an unofficial source, the final grades of each subjects are calculated based on the marks of each papers, and not GPA of each paper. Therefore you cannot calculate your final grade based on the four papers you obtained.


The marks are not disclosed to the candidates, hence it is impossible for one to calculate their final grade. We are only informed of our grade. We are told we get an A but we are never told we get either a 95% or 80% for that paper.

For the same combination of grades, it is possible that there are various different final grades. For example, I have seen people who get A B+ A- A (according to paper sequence, and thus equal weightage) for Chemistry, one got a final grade of A and another one got a final grade of A-.

For PA, I have a friend who got B+ C+ A A but at the end he managed to get an A. If you say the final grade is calculated by the papers GPA, mathematically it is impossible he would obtain an A.

Anyway there are overwhelming evidence that the final grade is not the average of four papers GPA. The unofficial source is reliable and the only explanation to various discrepancies observed.

6) How to apply UPU?
You key in your data online. You are not required to submit your result as the officials will get your results from MPM.

USM and UM (rumour says) have independent system which required separate application.

7) How many offers could we get from UPU?
Maximum one from UPU, one from USM and one from UM (if UM does have autonomy in selection).

If your result is satisfactory, it is highly likely you will get a course you apply for, provided it is not extremely competitive like medicine.

If your result is not satisfactory, you'll get the choices you list below, or, if your result is really bad and you fail to meet the requirements of all the courses you apply for, you will be given a course they deem suitable for you.

If your result is appalling, you will not get an offer at all. (those whose CGPA are below 2.0 are highly likely to have their application rejected).

However, rayuan is allowed. Rayuan is, as of 2014, only exclusively for applications who failed to get any offer at all. You cannot make rayuan for the courses they have given you or for the universities you are given, unless you make attempt to contact the universities then it might be considered on a case-by-case basis but statistics suggests it is not worth the effort.

8) When would we know our UPU result?
As for 2014, you will only know your UPU result by mid-August.


Please feel free to ask more questions and I'll answer them if I know the answer. However, please note that I am simply a senior who went through the process in the year of 2014 and procedural process may have undergone changes since then and thus my answers may not be up to date. You are best advised to seek answers from school counsellors who know best in this field.