Sigh... we used to debate this: JPA scholars do not deserve it. Because in my batch of 180 medic students, we have 36 medic students and out of those about half comes from super rich families with parents who are lawyers, doctors, engineers and so forth. But wat can we non-scholars do? Missed out because of an A2 in Moral/Sejarah.. then JPA takde dee. And MARA only for bumiputras...

Medicine... I am already in 3rd year. I don't study, I don't attend lectures... I still donno how I passed *grin*. And now in 3rd year, I realise I don't make a good doctor because I lack empathy. I almost got rejected because my interviewer said I lack communication skills... *shrug* There is more to just studying when you take medicine. It is more important to know the patients than to know the disease. Get my drift?

If given a choice, I would have told you to take something else. Take medicine only if you are prepared to be a slave to humanity for the rest of your life.

Oh... and you have plenty of IMU students here helping you out, so no prob. And if you didn't get the JPA scholarship and still want to take the twinning program in IMU, check out the JPA loan which is interest-free, bond-free and can get a discount to 75%.

@huqin: Russia, Indonesia, Thailand. Cuba just opened a new free medical school. Assumption Uni in Thai is not bad, not sure recognised by MMA, but pharmacy should be no problem. IMU has a pharmacy program, not sure if it is good or not tho.

This post has been edited by Lucifer_Light: Dec 8 2006, 12:23 AM

But at least your parents don't have to work their ass off to put you where you are now. That is wat my parents are doing. You guys may not live luxuriously, but most of my JPA frens are. Because the parents don't have to pay for their school fees, they shower the kids with stuff.

I understand there are ppl who really deserve JPA, but there are also some ppl who don't.

Or maybe I am just bitter. Sob sob.

If you are applying for JPA, medic is the best choice. Suck the gov money kering kering. And JPA is enough for you to live as what gaijin had said. If you want a scholarship that can ensure that you live like kings and stay in places like Waldorf, there is a scholarship call FAMA (Father and Mather).