200 for medic starting next year, 50 for BDS, 50 for pharm and unlimited for biotech. But places will be increased, just that we're not sure when. You know aimst. Haha.

And no worries of not getting into the degree programmes as long as you've fulfilled the minimum requirement, 215 for medic, 195 for dent and 175 for pharm if i've not remembered wrongly. Just that you need to compete for the earliest intake, else you'll be placed on the waiting list which you need to wait for a year for the next intake. And every year, though there are many foundation students, to be true many did not come back for aimst's degree programme. Reasons being not qualified, ran to other unis or repeating the foundation programme. Like my batch, April 06/07. Out of 240 students, only 50+ came back for medic, around 15+ for dent and 30+ for pharm. So no worries on not getting a place, just study hard, get your results and your place will be secured for sure.

Foundation exam is not tough if compared to STPM, A levels etc, what we always do during our time was last minute studies. Find it really effective but pls, don't learn. Still, have lotsa fun during your foundation, things will be no longer the same when you come to degree. Haha. Well, just follow the lecture notes, do abit of practices esp on chem and maths, you will definitely have no problem in scoring even an A+ for the final examination. Don't make it tough for yourself, trust your ability and don't listen to how the lecturer scares you. Believe in yourself. =)

may i know what is USMLE and PLAB? thanks

say if you're cert only allow you to work in msia , then we can only get to specialize in msia? How does the specializing thing works? I don really understand this part. can I go overseas like US to take a course to specialise in say cardiology? sorry =/ heaps of questions.

No med schools outside of UK and EU are registrable to the GMC currently. The ruling has been changed. International Medical Graduates (IMG) have to take PLAB in order to work in UK. But i guess there's no point taking PLAB now as non UK or EU citizens will not be allowed to take up a training post.

AIMST campus ROOM can online or not?

semeling dead area...nearest town sungai petani 20km..sp its not a happening area..but ok low living cost

working on.... swt..
no internet how to find resources from the internet..
how about the off-campus hostel price? izit cheap?
can i duwan to eat at campus? the cafeteria very dirty (what i heard from my fren)

lol, thxs, im ok already if the internet can use MSN and wikipedia, haha...!
so, renting a place outside is better than campus? is there any nice place to intro?  
thxs for telling me so many info, hehe

yeah i remember the whole SAT 1 hoo hah. i thought it was too tedious and thank god aimst opened.

my bf and i actually planned to go to NUS together like back in high school. He's there now doing pharmacy. :\ I'm going there in a few hours' time though! NUS i mean. hehe, happy merdeka to you~!

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LOL. Biochem,is that the only paper which involves chemistry? What do you learn in it?

What do you guys think of Nottingham for dentistry? Is there any twinning program? Is it good? Are there practice on cadavers like in AIMST? How much roughly is the program? =.= Opps.....i don't think nottingham has dentistry. Sorry,my mistake.
Sigh,on the dentistry course,i'm still worried about the non-twining program. You know,nowadays,it's best if you have studied overseas before so it'll be recognised over there so you can work there and your cert would be more cantik than others who only studies locally and etc etc. How do you guys cope with this? I mean,after you graduate,then yes,you'll have to work for the government for 3 years but how about after that? Oh,and i have another question,if you have studies overseas before aka the twinning program,can you straight away work there after working with the government?

edge85..........u studying in aimst is it....

edge85....thanks for replying... i just want how is the university... it is good or.............

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Added on August 29, 2008, 7:55 pm
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i have another question.... how is biotech course in aimst....    any aimst biotech student here...?//? i am just  confuse... dont know what is going on there           [  pls help me

thanks edge85..............
i am going for enter biotech course... thats why asking about it..?

why there is no aimst biotec student here....?
may be that course is not that popular among aimst student is it..... sorry if mistake
have another question....
it is compulsary to bring tracksuit as they mention during the orientation?? i hate tracksuit... or got any other option pls
for sure... u guys know about right.... pls help me.....really blur... ya about hostel????      

aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... i will vcomplain to my grand mom if anything happen like that

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Added on August 31, 2008, 1:58 pmedge85..... so it is compulsary to bring tracksuit lah..... ok i will try to bring.... i want to know about the hostel...pls... can brief a bit ahhh pls...
just give me a short list what should i bring for use in hostel.....pls           

LOL....we've not had any grandmoms coming to whack the shit out of us.. but it's fun lah, eggs and flour.

For edge85's batch, my classmates and I made a green concoction with flour and food colouring and H20...... was stuck in their hair for days. They had their revenge on the next batch of juniors.

I'm a biotech degree graduate, specialized in molecular genetics and enzymology. Experienced in PCR, cloning, fermentation, tissue cultures. But what job i can get in Malaysia? None besides sales. Only choice is to research field. But how many research center in malaysia? Compare with the MASS graduate and job opportunity which is very less, you will know that there is almost no chance for you to work back in your field after you graduate.

Also, you need to at least take a phd to become recognize.
Now i'm doing my master by research.

Don't op for biotech if you not interested, and if you want to make money do other things else.

yes...biotech will be one of the hottest field in future but not so soon in our country.even singapore which is ahead of us in this field is unable to provide enough job to all the biotech graduates.a lot of graduates from nus is unable to secure a job in biotech related field after they graduated.

The R&D in msian rainforests will definitely open many opportunities for biotech grads. <--- yes . you are true again but it is not up to you or me to decide. if it is so, you probably wont get to find so many end up doing other job other than those related to biotech.

our government is not putting enough effort to develope the field.sometimes we hear a lot from our government but it might take years before it get to the implement stage.

if you are thinking of making money , biotech is not the field for you.
if you are not keen on working in a lab,biotech is not the field for you.
if you are into it just because someone told you that it is going to "boom" in malaysia , rethink at least twice. most probably you will regret in future.
if you are not willing to invest your time and money to get to higher level than a degree level, biotech might not be the field for you.