I think there is a need to open up a new thread regarding Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS).

CUCMS website:
http://www.cybermed.edu.my

Courses Offered:

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons)

Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine(Traditional medicine)

Diploma of paramedical science

Foundation in science (Medicine/Pharmacy)

Welcome to all CUCMS-ians And Non-CUCMS-ians to join this thread!

Please generously give your constructive comments or criticism with solid evidences and proves.

Any information inquiries can be done here. I will try to answer any questions you want to know if I able to do so.

Uni description:

Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS) was founded in line with Malaysian government's aspiration to further improve the healthcare of Malaysians through state-of-the-art educational technology and training in medical sciences. CUCMS was established officially on 23rd October 2005 under the Private Higher Education Act 1966.

Its core mission is to serve the people of the nation through national distinction in health sciences education, research, public service and clinical care.

The establishment of CUCMS is also to close the gap between ready-supply of qualified high achieving students against limited placements available in higher learning institutions for medical and pharmacy students. As reported in the News Straits Times, 22 February 2005, Malaysia was in need of an additional of 3,300 doctors, 700 specialists, 600 pharmacists, 500 dentists and 130,000 nurses.

The name for the medical college takes advantage of Malaysia’s first truly intelligent city and the international image of the selected township of its location, Cyberjaya.

CUCMS seeks to be a university of international standing and a leading medical institution in the region.



The Philosophy,



To harness human potentials in a comprehensive manner to produce holistic health care providers who are intellectually, emotionally and spiritually-balanced.



Our Vision
We aspire to be a distinctive medical sciences institution of higher learning of international repute producing competent health care professionals.


Our Mission

* To expand opportunities in training and education in the highly competitive world of health care industry for both national and global demand.
* To train and educate professional who are imbued with the qualities expected of caring professionals.
* To provide training and education in specialized niche areas in the health care profession.
* To generate new knowledge in innovation through research and development activities pertaining to the needs of the health care industry.

Strategic Objectives

* To train students to be compassionate and skilled health care providers.
* To be innovative in the training and teaching of HCP through appropriate technology.
* To promote the healthy lifestyle in the community.
* To advance the professional and personal development of students and faculty.

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: Mar 14 2010, 01:35 PM

These are the photo of registration and oath taking for 09/10 session MBBS and Bpharm students.


This post has been edited by MBBS siang: Mar 13 2010, 12:22 PM


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Nice thread!

Thank you. All the cucms-ians! Please register your account name here. I am going to list down.

CUCMS-ians:

MBBS Siang

damien_snow

Ousiris

hnavalan

RyuKageX

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: Mar 31 2010, 12:14 AM

is CUCMS 's Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) recognized by JPA or LAN?

It seems here (assuming that the MQA website is up to date) that right now only their Foundation In Science (Medical /Pharmacy) is accredited by MQA.Their degree programs are yet to be accredited.
http://www.mqa.gov.my/mqr/akrKPList.cfm?IDAkrIPTS=301

All our program here are approved by MOHE. For the Bpahrm, our degree had been granted with provisional recognition by malaysian pharmacy board because our pioneer batch bpharm students had been graduated and will be fully recognized when they finish their service.

The professional courses like Pharmacy,Medicine, and dentistry as well as engineering will only accredited by MQA once they are fully recognized by respective authority like MMC for medicine. All of our courses here had been approved by MOHE. It is unlikely for a critical course like Pharmacy to be continued without approval by the MOHE for 5 years.

The main purpose of MQA(LAN) is served as a recognition agency for most of the program in any university. Since the professional courses have their own recognition agency, MQA doesn't play a very significant role in recognition for those qualification. Therefore, the professional qualification will only accredited by MQA after they obtain the full recognition from their own recognition agency.

The recognition again is not an issue in any local medical school.

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: Mar 14 2010, 11:48 AM

cucmsians sounds like circumcision. loll. why not put it in this way, cucms-ians?

Thanks for reminding dear senior

Circumcision..~
or rather.... just use "Cybermeds" instead... sound a LoT better.

Haha! True also lah!

Oh , a new thread. hehe

Can I know any of you here entered CUCMS though pre-u programmes like A-levels of STPM ?
Is it a must for us to go for the INTERVIEW ?
Normally when is it held and how many days does it takes ,
cause I believe getting a place to stay sole for the interview will be a little "headache" for me.

and I read about the army camp ? What's it all about actually , do we have to stay there or something ?

Thanks

Basically, I am a STPM leaver. Some of my friends are from foundation. Yea. You need to attend the interview. The interview is actually a way that CUCMS assess a candidate from the aspect of personality and maturation. If they ask you a question like 'what is your vision in future 20 years after become a doctor?'. One of my friend answer, I will have a stable monthly salary with higher social status then other profession as well as possess the ability to give my parents a good life. This kind of answer will definitely fail you.

One of my classmate told me,last time when the interviewer ask him why do you want to be a doctor. His answer is because he want to help people,then the interviewer straightaway bombard him and say not only doctor able to help people. My advice is don't simply answer even though that may be true to you.

They will inform you if you are academically qualified.

From what I heard , some interviews of certain university is about 3 days long.
so how long does the interview for CUCMS ?
Do we have to find a place to stay in our own ?

Very nice building in Cyberjaya!

Only one day is required. So, don't worry!

I like the first answer. He is being honest.

The interviewer doesnt like "help others" theory, but if you ask them, what if the help others is not one of ur reason, will they pass you??? My advise is dont put it as the main reason, but somehow it must pop-out somewhere in between your many reasons.

Its just like world peace and miss universe pagaent. Inseparable.

Hehe , it just seems that interviews nowadays doesn't really listen to the "honest" answer.
Practically they just want to hear what's nice to hear =.=

Usually are these interview strict ? as in like the one in UTP's scholarship if anyone of you have ever tried ?

Basically i got the feeling that they would not fail you once you're already offered a place, the interview is just conducted for the sake of formality. Maybe not in the public uni or prestigious uni, but definitely in most private universities. Their main reason for them to take you in is $$$.

So, just answer truthfully. Even if it's the money or glamourous title you're interested at. Interviews in IMU starts with the question "Do you think your parents can afford the 5 years of your studies here?".

I think this answer is justifiable, truthful and genuine. Why fail him =(

This is truth but not sure why he was failed!

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Added on March 15, 2010, 3:51 pmThis is truth but seem like very selfish. Everyone have their own choice for the life but for a doctor wannabe shouldn't have this kind of self-centered mindset even before they become a medical students. Interviewers like honest answer but they expect the answer should be more than own living part.

As a future doctor,some necessary sacrifice is needed. If you already have a selfish mindset even before you enter medical school,then what happen when you become a doctor .

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: Mar 15 2010, 05:06 PM

heya ppl! nice thread, siang..

Of course everyone is selfish. How can we help others when we cant feed our family? Everyone praise multi-billionaire for doing charity, but before they are this rich, can you see their face? Sad but truth, humans only go for charity when the the money they spent means nothing to them(too filthy rich). Or, when they have health issues, in hope that it will bring them good karma.

Btw, I never say we should sacrifice anything just to help people but at least you can't only keep this mindset. His answer is too self-centered. That is what I mean

Errm , need as much advices as possible here.

I've just recieved an email today , from CUCMS that I'll have to attend the interview this Saturday 3rd of April.
IMO it's kinda last minute though =.= , so really have to plan my travels and etc.

Can I know from any students of CUCMS that how the interview usually goes ?
Any advices that I should take , or anything that I should read and prepare ?

Really need your reply ASAP.

Thanks !

Answer your question with mature thinking. They may ask some opinion about current issues from you. You will require to write an essay about why do you want to be a doctor. Be calm, be mature. In CUCMS, our interview is not just an procedure because our interviewer treat this procedure seriously as a selection method. Buck up!

Another tips, wear something decent, go with a humble look (not overconfident or fearful looking) and remember that among that assess u is a internationally renown psychiatrist, so "honest" answer usually wont work there . BTW, Im a third year MBBS Cucms-ian so register my id please.

SUre Senior! Thanks for joining!

Hmm , writting essay eh ? Usually how long does the interview take ?

Btw,

Ryu can i get a better picture on the "honest" answer thingy ?

Do they actually ask things about the happenings around the world or so called General knowledge ?
It is written that I'm required to dress formally ; but is a tie really needed ?

This post has been edited by joscmh90: Mar 31 2010, 12:44 AM

Im not sure if the interviewing style have changed or not but in my time, each students got different questions like one of my friends mentioned that he likes rugby so the lecturer ask him about the new zealand rugby teams teams. Another student mentioned that he like medicine since small so the lecturer ask about dengue. Like mine, I was asked if after I become a doctor, would I go another country or stay here in Malaysia. But that is 3 year prior so it might changed. For formal dress here its either with tie or collared shirt tuck in but what most important is jeans and dyed hair is a big no-no. Btw, what interview are you going for?

I'm going for the MBBS interview , btw can I know more about the clinical phase in this university ?
I've read about there's this Navy and military hospitals used for teaching

# Terendak Military Hospital
# Lumut Navy Hospital

Is it compulsory ? and

# Orthopedics & Military Medicine
# General & Military Psychiatry

can I know what's the difference between this medical school compared to others since there is this added " Military " thing ?
Will I have to work in the military hospital or something after I graduated or maybe during houseman ship ?

This post has been edited by joscmh90: Mar 31 2010, 12:32 PM

Our university had signed the MOU with both ministry of health and ministry of defense. So, we can use military hospital as teaching hospital. Our university encourage volunteerism, so military medicine and disaster and relieve medicine is one of our curricular as preparation for us to react appropriately during war or natural disaster as well as volunteer our country to help the victims in other country.

No worry, you don't have to serve military hospital. You can graduate as usual and undergo housemanship as normal medical graduate. Teaching military medicine is our advantage and one of the strength. The teaching hospital we are using now are hospital putrajaya, sepang medical center, hospital an-nur, hospital kuala lumpur( psychiatry),terendak military medicine, lumut navy hospital, serdang hospital and any other hospital in selangor.

U only serve in the military if u take the military scholarship or if u choose to.

Most definitely. However, MINDEF scholarship doesn't offer the local private medical school. They only grant the scholarship for medical student in IPTA and foreign medical school that recognized by MMC and JPA.

Actually right , I've been thinking over and over of Why I want to be a doctor ; I have my reasons but sometimes it's hard to put into words and words seems to be a little fragile and I'm just curious now , there are so many medical students here ;

I've read many answers, and I believe that their intention's right but some answers aren't convincing ( as in for interviews ). Although everything comes from the heart ; IMO most interviewers would want to hear something "new" or "catchy" instead of the classic reasons on their passion to be a doctor , which basically confuse me on how should I answer that particular question if asked.

there are so many medical students here ;
If I ask one simple but "complicated" question of Why do you want to be a doctor ?
What answer will you guys give ? If you're the interviewee

I'll just because its awesome btw, a few of the students already have mindef and i think mindef do include CUCMS for their scholarship program

can I roughly know what's your answer gonna be like? I mean on what lines? we all have different lives and exp, which influence our reasons, so it's beyond that 'helping others' phrase which we normally generalize. I don't think they look for catchy or new reasons, but just be true. don't go like 'oh, i wanna help others' and they will give u the =.= looks cos they've heard that 1023020491029312049 times. ponder deeper beyond that, reflect on your experiences. =) and you'll get a better picture of why medicine.

Btw, one lecturer used to tell me, sometimes the passion to care are develop as u go through the training so unless u r really forced by your parents or u think it got lots of privilages, then usually that kind of answers already shows ur basic character.

Why are you asking when the first tips is honesty... What we can do is polish your reason not giving you examples...

If you like med because of drama, just say it, then they'll ask you whoch drama, what cases amazed you etc...
nothing to shy about.

RuaKageX,
your signature too long, please shorten it, coz its quite hard to read your post.

lol =P maximize the explorer? =P the view is alright for me =)

and of course you can't really tell the assessors that you watched house and so you want to be a doctor xD you'll get a good smack on the head =P these things contribute to the bigger picture, why medicine? WHY medicine, not pharmacy, dentistry, etc... What motivated you, who motivated you, how do you view medicine? and What the heck IS medicine? all these you can ponder on for the bigger picture. =) sorry if i'm confusing you TS, hope it helps.

Anyway, dont feel intimidated by the interview coz what matter is u act like ur own. Plus the question y do u do medicine might not even come out and like one of my friends, he was given a pen cap and were asked what can he do the cap so chill out and dont pretend and good luck

LOL~
They called me up n my interview's 2morrow XD
Crossing my fingers then~

Actually , I've been pondering about the reason why I chose to go for Medicine despite all the difficulties I've to go through ; and etc.



I don't really have a particularly strong reason on taking medicine or should I say it's like a mixed feeling.

Maybe I chose medicine because It's a professional course.

Maybe I chose medicine because of my love towards health and life sciences ; the wonders of the human body. Maybe I chose medicine because I could impress my parents and my loved ones.

Maybe I chose medicine because of my family's doctor whom i respected so much.

Maybe i chose medicine because I've once been anxious and worried of my health and the doctors gave me the sense of being secured and safe where I want to be a doctor because in that way I could in return the favor to others.

With these mixed reasons and feelings , all in all what I could really hang-on to , was that when I imagine myself as a doctor in the years to come ;
I'll be glad and proud of myself as I'm brave enough to take the challenge to dedicate most of the time in my life to people in need ,to the lost and those who're waiting to have someone to give them hope. Becoming a doctor that's able to appreciate life of others more than myself , taking on the hardships of life ; to bring happiness , hope and peace.

good luck

there we go =D give us some of your ideas and we can trim those further? =) here's my questions just to make u think bit harder and connecting the points.

always remember to relate back to 'why medicine'. I know it's a lot of thinking. took me 1/2 a year to get my reason clear of why medicine. eg, you said that you know how does it feel to be anxious and worried, so you can kinda relate to the patients feelings? empathy is the word. yeah, relate back to the main big picture, and not scatter info around.

Back from interview..
Cant say they ask much..
Just ask simple things..
LOL~

Nothing fancy la..
For those going interview, just be honest n blunt, throw weight onto your words and hold your own XD

how did it go? you seem confident =) which is good. ^^ did they tell you whether you got in or not on the spot? or they will contact you a lil later?

Hehe , so what did they asked you anyway ?
Btw , where do the interviewee meets up ? I will be traveling from Ipoh Saturday itself ; got to start my journey about 5.am =.= since the interview's 9.30 a.m as stated in the email.
What time does the interview actually starts ?

Contact a lil later..
I dun really put 100% faith as I already clash head with the Dean of Medicine against his policy~
Maybe they will reject me coz I dun follow the system type of crap..


what they ask?
Write essay, stg like that..
Pscyo analyse you, see you got mental disease not, ask some basic QnA bout today and role of a doctors, how 2 help reduce current issues, why you want to become, driven by what..
This kinda thing..
Just be confident lol..


@onelove89 - I am used to interviews.. Been in impromptu since F3.. Can talk spontaneously with any1, anything and anytime.. Most probably gonna annoy you only XD

Haha , to check whether got mental disease or not eh ?

Btw , how many are there at the panels for the interview ?
You're a chinese right , are you a STPM leaver too ?

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Added on April 1, 2010, 11:35 pmHaha , to check whether got mental disease or not eh ?

Btw , how many are there at the panels for the interview ?
You're a chinese right , are you a STPM leaver too ?

I'm also quite impromptu ; maybe because I hate preparing =.= it may be bad in that sense too. =)

This post has been edited by joscmh90: Apr 1 2010, 11:35 PM

I ish A-level..
XD

2 person..
1 guy = I get Dean of Med..
1 more psyco thingy person..

Chinese yeap..
Just a word of advice, stay clear from controversial topics..
They will ngap ngap you like mad..
XD

May I ask what language do the panel and you converse in during the interview ?
hehe , did any controversial topics arise during your interview ?

What language do you expect dude?

I suggest you mentally prepare and answer honestly and please don't try to predict what question will be asked. Answer the question spontaneously with mature thinking. Interview is not only an selection procedure but it serve as a way for you to ensure whether you are suitable to enter medical school or not.

Remember,don't lie! Answer honestly.Good luck

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: Apr 2 2010, 09:43 AM

I expect to use English =). Haha , it's just a question anyway ; who knows maybe it ends up using Bahasa or a mixture of both.

Yup , practically I'm not trying to guess the question and answer for the interview ; I'm just trying to find out my reason for taking medicine myself. So kinda brainstorm a little. There's no solid reason on why I chose medicine but rather a series of reasons which leads me to medicine . and thank you for your wishes ^^ the interview's tomorrow and I had to wake up early in the morning about 4-5a.m and start traveling to Cyberjaya already

Make sure you dun eat too much then..
Later stomach feel bloated like that XD
Its in English for sure but I cnt say the standard is reli good..
I can see some people like the interviewer or even the interviewee have problem communicating in smooth English..
Keep it precise, short and sweet and straight to the point..
And dude, NEVER ANSWER I DON"T KNOW~
That's a real killer..
You don't know also you better think you know..

I'm going for the interview for med course in cumcs.
Anyone can share questions asked and wat type of essay?
Please help!!
Izit difficult?
Thanks alot

Hmm , babyzane

Since you pm-ed me , might as well reply you through here.
You don't have to worry about the interview so much , it's not to say simple but more on "getting to know you better" session.
It's important to know about the candidates when they're applying for the course , their motive , intention and also a little of their background to make sure everything's fine.

Basically , you before you're going for the interview.
Make sure you're having a pen with you , and the documents which are to be presented.
You will be asked to write a short and simple essay ; nothing to worry about. For my interview , I was asked to write about Why I want to be a doctor.
Questions might change though.

The interview is just simple talks with the prof. and lecturers there ; there will be 2 person who will interview you.
And just be honest during the interview , for me I find that the interviewers were quite friendly so there's nothing to get afraid or anxious about too.

and Good Luck for your interview ^^

Thx alot:)
so u got ur results?managed to get a place in?

ACtually I'm not sure yet, they asked me to give them a call 2 weeks later and I just tried just now but no one's answering the fon.

Maybe I got the wrong number or anything ,
but anyone here who went to the interview got their results ?
How was it ?
and can I know what number did you all call ?

u may try this number 038313711..i call them after 1 week..

Can anyone tell about the Homeopathy program in CUCMS? why Homeopathy?

these unis are really spoiling their own reputation by adding such courses.......same with imu and their chiropractice course........they should stick to mainstream, and leave the wolly wolly/bomoh stuffs to others........

homeopathy? what are earth is that?

I think chiro is moving towards evidence based medicine already, i mean they integrate treatments and the usage of drugs, compared to those traditional chiropractors who thinks that we can eradicate diseases by just twisting and turning the spine =) *I think they still exist, basically they are having this major conflict btwn these two parties, modern vs trad*

Homeopathy is a vitalist philosophy in that it interprets diseases and sickness as caused by disturbances in a hypothetical vital force or life force. It sees these disturbances as manifesting themselves as unique symptoms. Homeopathy maintains that the vital force has the ability to react and adapt to internal and external causes, which homeopaths refer to as the "law of susceptibility". The law of susceptibility implies that a negative state of mind can attract hypothetical disease entities called "miasms" to invade the body and produce symptoms of diseases.[34] However, Hahnemann rejected the notion of a disease as a separate thing or invading entity and insisted that it was always part of the "living whole".[35]




can someone explain to me in normal english?

another advice bro, try calling non stop..
Mine got through after the 30th time..

yup , thats how I got through too =.=
So did you get a place ?

I don't really understand what you are trying to say here??? Don't you think is good that alternative traditional medicine may take over some role of conventional medicine when the limitation of conventional medicine could be overcome by traditional medicine?

May I know what do you think as a medical doctor, about the traditional medicine with proper management? I think provide such traditional medicine course to produce competent traditional medicine practitioner is an good idea isn't it?

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Added on May 3, 2010, 7:51 pmI also go through all this. Serious shit

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: May 3 2010, 07:51 PM

please be advised that registered medical practitioners are prohibited by law, under the medical act, to associate with and/or practice traditional/alternative/non-evidence based means of treating of patients.......

what's the difference between modern medicine and alternative medicine?........

it is the presence, or absence of scientific evidence of efficacy of any treatment......

any traditional/alternative medicine that have been proven to work, is no longer 'alternative', but becomes a proven treatment method under modern medicine.....

there are many examples of this, both historical and recent.......

an couple of historical examples are foxglove and cinchona......and a recent example is Artemisinin.......go google if you don't know what they are, the history makes very interesting reading......

Oh I see. Thank you for the information.

MBBS siang, try asking why homeopathy is being offered in CUCMS to your medical Dean or even better Pharmacy Dean on our behalf here. I really want to know why.

I am against the proliferation of Homeopaths in Malaysia.

See the following about homeopathy:








Do ask~

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: May 3 2010, 09:39 PM

Hey, don't underestimate the power of homeopathy. Didn't you hear him say? It makes sense! so if you have insomnia, drink water. it'll make u sleep. that works rite? yays to homeopathy.

Sure sure. I want to know also.According to them, the homeopathic treatment is quite effective but I don't really know what is the mechanism of action for the treatment.

if nothing else, excellent humour........

Actually,I can't see the logic behind this kind of treatment. Sometime,I did feel their theory a bit ridiculous.

What do you think about chinese traditional medicine? Is that a good alternative medicine in solving some of the limitation of conventional medicine?

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: May 3 2010, 11:09 PM

Download those videos I've shown here, and show them to the Dean of Homeopathic program, see what he/she has got to say~

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Added on May 4, 2010, 1:42 amMSU have Traditional Chinese Medicine program, it is put under the Faculty of Health Sciences~ and I disagree with it~....

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: May 4 2010, 01:43 AM

well, at least u can put more faith into chinese med since it has such a long history, and it's by manipulating organic compounds ie herbs. I do believe in it really. It works quite well sometimes too. Of course the down side is that there'll bound to be side effects even with things like herbs.

Homeopathy is not, quote "a bit ridiculous' (MBBS Siang 2010), its tremendously absurd. =.= Comon, a substance that induces a problem, can cure the problem by diluting that substance into parts of millions and giving it to the patient? seriously. The one who thought of this, is really cuckoo bananas.

they assume all the substances you take reach the ideal site, without taking into factors such as bio-availability.

yeah, oral route so the liver should have cleared the substance (since it's so diluted). so... F=0? so yeah, basically u are drinking H20! yay!

Okay , this is quite important to me so I really hope that you guys could at least give me some advise and guidance.

See , I've already received the offer letter for their MBBS programme , and I'm to confirm the acceptance by 20th of this month.
However , since I'm need to pay the pre-registeration fee of 1k. I'm really thinking really hard whether this university is worth going for


1. Can I know from the seniors here preferably those who're in their clinical years in CUCMS , how was it ?
2. I've heard about the deteriorating issues in AIMST , but does CUCMS experience it as well ?
3. What can you tell me to , encourage me to enter into this medical university ?


Are the lecturers good or , how does they differs compared to the other unis ?


and Lastly (important) ,

how do I apply for PTPTN for my course ?
Do I apply through the student affairs of the uni ? or ?

ermmm...nobody i know goes to this uni...mostly IMU,UCSI,Monash, Manipal, or even PIMC for that matter... or public u or overseas..i wonder why.....................................

We have quite a strong academic team especially the clinician here. Like Prof Abdul Latif, Assoc Prof Ikram, Prof Rashid and so on. According to some clinical seniors in our uni,there is no complains about the teaching quality. Most of the Prof here are come from reputable IPTA like UM,UKM,UPM example Assoc Prof DR Khin, Prof Dr Hamdan(Oxford Phd), Prof Hatta and etc. For Pre-clinical year,there is no problems about the teaching and it's all depends on the passion of learning from the students.

The decision is totally up to you. There is no need for any one of CUCMS-ian here to encourage you to enter. I feel insulted when you ask CUCMS-ian to encourage you to enter CUCMS. There is no need for us to do that! The differences of our UNI are clearly stated in the website and all the info of the website is up to date and true. So,make your own decision.

Yea. For PTPTN,there is no need to worry. The student affair will guide us for this. Definitely will get RM150k and this is the promise of PTPTN to our MBBS students.

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: May 14 2010, 04:56 PM

Oh , really sorry if what I said insulted you. It was not my intention really.

So it's only after I get enrolled into the uni and started my first sem , then , apply for PTPTN through the student affairs ?

It's ok for that. Btw,I also forgot the official deadline of PTPTN anually but there are two per year. Once you are in,straight away go to BSN to buy a pin and apply the PTPTN through internet.Then, the student affair department will inform the students about the deadline and they will tell you what to do.

Don't worry for that.

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: May 14 2010, 09:35 PM

Can I know what you meant by " once you're in " ?
As in accepted ? or started attending a semester already ?

also , is there anything that I need to prepare before-hand when I enter the university for my first year ?
some personal advice there ?
I heard that the food there is expensive , so how students cope with it ?
Plus , is internet connectivity provided ?

So sorry if I'm asking a lot ,but in a positive way it might benefit the others reading the thread too =)

There is no harm to ask. Actually,once you got the offer you already can apply for PTPTN but I personally advice you to wait until you start the first semester. Btw,you can buy the pin from BSN first. Preparation that you need to make are actually all written in the your offer documents. Keep your mind open and accept the fact that majority of the students here are malays if you are not bumi. It's very good to learn how to mix with others other than you own ethnic group.

For the food, we normally cook as the stove is provided.We just need to buy the gas and ingredient needed. Food here is actually quite expensive but the cafe of the college provide the food with reasonable price la. Only in the campus the internet is provided but not in the hostel.

This post has been edited by MBBS siang: May 16 2010, 11:14 PM

Personal advice:

Academic:
1. Find your best study method ASAP because that is the number one mistake students here do. They usually blindly follow other people's method then get stressed out when they failed to achieve good marks.

2. Never feel shy to discuss your study problem with your mentor or your seniors.

3. When you make notes. make it as appetizing as you could so you cant read it again and again.


Non Academic:
1. Remember, a few of the students already being held back a year just because they failed their affective domain so be nice to other people or if its that hard for you, just dont make yourself troublesome for your group

2. Make sure to live a life even if its a geek life because here, the unofficial motto is, "to produce unnerd doctors" so if you spend too much on studying, you must have done something wrong.

3. Stress is a very big words here but actually, if you can balance out advice number 2, its a very small problem actually.

4. Food is not a problem, there are actually cheap food around Cyberjaya, Putrajaya, Sri Kembangan etc etc. Dont blindly follow those rich fella who eat in suspiciously rich sounding place like PapaRich, Pure Arab restaurants, Old Town and such. Try to befriend those with car, u can enjoy this part of Malaysia better.

err , got quite an urgent question here.

I found out when I was reading about the EPF withdrawal ; and checked the MQA website.
It seems that the MBBS programme is not approved by LAN/MQA yet.

However , for EPF withdrawal. The course have to be approved by LAN/MQA or some Jabatan Pelajaran Swasta ( not too sure about this ).

So can I know whether the MBBS programme for this uni is eligible for the EPF withdrawal ? as in using the EPF withdrawal money to pay for the course fees ?

Plus , during the registration day ; I still have to pay the RM12.5k first right ? Cause the EPF withdrawal would need certain details about the uni which takes some time ??

Or perhaps anyone experiencing EPF withdrawal for MBBS ? please share. I need to know the details.

Just interested to find out:
CUCMS has almost 100% bumiputra/malay lecturers and profs, as i can see from their website. Are they taking in any non-bumi lecturers or tutors in near future?

hey.. can i ask something related to CUCMS? heard that CUCMS students are required to wear formal attire during classes? is it true? thx for ur reply...