QUOTE(zeke'stah @ Jan 11 2011, 04:11 PM)
in choice of both, i suggest Australia, if your parents can support , which im sure shouldn't be a problem since your dad's a doctor. reason? i feel, yes...u still get an MBBS here, cheaper and easier to go back home, however, u won't have that experience of experiencing a new environment, learning new cultures, adapting, and all. i'm a single child with a single mom. my dad passed away, however mom insists i go aussie. i'm kinda for it now. i'm leaving in 28 days time. lol... they won't quite look at the paper u hold ...more of the experience u have, how u present urself, ur maturity level.
it speaks alot of u if u go overseas and do well.
once in a lifetime experience like that can't be bought brah...
Hey zeke'stah,
Because studying in Australia comes with an extremely high price tag, I feel it unnecessary to experience a new environment and/or new cultures just to get the MBBS since when everyone comes out to work (opening a clinic like my father), the place where the doctor graduated doesn't matter at all.
And actually, doctors aren't rich. Doctors just get to live a comfortable life unlike businessmen who ARE the real rich. My plan is actually to study medicine and at the same time, be an entrepreneur. In fact, I never planned to be a long-term doctor. I just want it to be kind of like a "safety net" for life while I build businesses.
Regarding the once-in-a-lifetime experience, I feel it can be obtained once I become successful in life. I can still get the experience at age 50, whereas the cost associated to get the MBBS from Australia isn't worth it in my opinion. Net income doesn't increase anyway.
-Shaun
P.S I'm sorry for your loss.
QUOTE(limeuu @ Jan 11 2011, 04:49 PM)
if one has australian residency rights, then one is considered a 'home' student.....
in which case, it is VERY VERY difficult to get admitted into med school.....half the med schools are now graduate entry.......and it is now very competitive to get into undergraduate entry med school........getting an ATAR>99 with high umat scores would be helpful, but still no guarantee.....
it is slightly easier to get in as an international student, but lately, it has become just as difficult as home student, due to limited places for foreign students and the popularity.......
it is premature to talk about this, as you have not even done a pre-u.......and general advice......for good med schools, they choose you, not the other way round.....ie, you go where you have offers....
Hey limeuu,
Actually, I AM an Australian citizen. I have the rights to go to Australia and just create an Australian passport. If I do that, I lose my Malaysian citizenship which I value highly. I have until age 22 to decide which citizenship I want.
And yes, from what I've heard, it's very difficult to be admitted into Australian med-schools. Previously, I thought I could just decide which university I want to go and just go. Now that I've been exposed to some information, it's becoming clear that good med-schools CHOOSE the students.
Now what med-schools in Malaysia/Australia are good med-schools?
-Shaun
Jan 11 2011, 02:54 PM
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