The Sunday Star two to three weeks ago,if not it must be the Saturday edition in those two weeks. Recall the lowest score is 3 As .

The advertisement listed all the top scorers[more than 100s] and where they are going and which courses....

3As pretty standard requirement, if they like you in the interviews.

Saw the ad... the other two from KYUEM are Mara scholars.

Many from the following list are doing Medicine, 13 from KYUEM alone.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...2132&sec=nation

This post has been edited by podrunner: Sep 21 2012, 06:14 PM

Anyone knows where is Gladys Tan,the top scorer in 2009 SPM from Kuching.....remember she wanted to do biology....

I understand she wanted to go to the States to do Psychology.

All these top scorers studying medicine in UK were on 2 years A level in KYUEM. Since they are scholars as well, 3 to 4A* are perhaps really easy for them.

Know of a guy,not a scholar [maybe he declined] managed to score A*A*A*A*a [with all components in each of the 5 subjects at high distinction] in 11 months after SPM .He is scoring D average in UTAS med 1st year.Father is a med specialist in Pearl of the Orient.

Will be interesting to know how well Aust Year 12 scorer do in UK med ...

Like Limeuu previously said, the slate is wiped clean upon starting medical school. While pre-U results gets one into the course, what one does in medical school is one whole other ball game. For a start, the environment is totally different in university, and nobody is going to make sure one studies, and keep at it.

An academician friend opined that in his experience, the students who fare better in university are the ones who more or less studied independently while in secondary school, and in pre-u with no tuition at all. He added that there are A level students who attend tuition as well (due to habit), and is thus unfazed by all the A*s.

With 4A*a, said student could have gotten a place to read medicine in the UK, unless PSs and/or interviews were not quite up to par. As for performance in UTAS thus far, let's hope he overcomes his predicament, soon.

Sorry, D stands for distinction.He is in fact doing well.

Agree with you all the As do not mean one will do well.

Understand father wanted him to finish fast ...otherwise he would like to go Cambridge !

Shouldn't he ?


This post has been edited by confirm: Sep 21 2012, 10:57 PM

Ok that's more like it!

I am sure father has his reasons. However to give Cambridge a miss...oh dear. UNLESS, the father knows that LOTS of Oxbridge medical students end up in research and academia.

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Added on September 23, 2012, 12:22 pmMissed this post earlier. None from sg for med but apparently lots of Singaporeans reading law.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Sep 23 2012, 12:22 PM

Anyone in India kind enough to help me buy Clinical & Surgical Anatomy by Vishram Singh?

Maybe PM Cybersetan?

I was told this is highly recommended -

http://www.visiblebody.com/atlas_overview

This post has been edited by podrunner: Oct 1 2012, 08:55 PM

Documentary time:

Visible body is good as an atlas . But it lacks things like ligaments and clinical-oriented info.


What are the odds that you posted just right after that and didnt event see my post.. aihhh

I saw that post. I'm not familiar with Vishram Singh's book. Here in India we use the somewhat 'standard' book for the entire country for anatomy subject - by Chaurasia. (3 volumes)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf4elGpkdhM

This post has been edited by CyberSetan: Oct 2 2012, 11:58 AM

Wonder which country will send their scholars to do medicine in Malaysia. The article is quite hilarious, really.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...5706&sec=nation

AFAIK, Mauritius.

Which med school are they in?
So Mauritius recognizes Malaysian mbbs. One is more than nought.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...3802&sec=nation

Monk better than med professors....

Many ppl very vulnerable to fear and that's what certain religious preaching thrive on. Once it gets to the subconscious mind, it's more or less a done deal. Sad, real sad.

Looks like WA is the first state to guarantee internships for all its students this year, let's see if other states follow suit...

"The State Government has ended speculation over the looming shortage of places for Australian medical graduates by guaranteeing internships for all WA-trained doctors next year and some interstate graduates."

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/15...90-new-doctors/

good news indeed!