Actually if TS got 4A's for A Levels I wouldn't discourage you from applying to UM or USM for medicine.

It may only be for my batch of 2016/2017, but I have friends (scholars who were excluded from their overseas studies due to the budget cuts from JPA) who managed to get UM with 1A* 3A's (non bumi). I on the other hand (bumi) managed to get into USM with just 3 A's. What im trying to say here is do not lose hope in applying to UM and USM just yet.

Now regarding applying to UM I would also like to clarify from experience that UM is quite lax in choosing prospective students to sit for their BMAT test, as I once made an account with a fake IC and they still accepted me. Regarding their English requirements do note they DO NOT accept IELTS and require MUET for their selection criteria.

All the best!!

there is no "selection" in sitting for the test...everyone and anyone can apply to sit...including even arts stream students...the purpose of the test is NOT to select students only, but to profile non-academic skills and attributes a student process....which interestingly, is not linearly correlated with academic ability...you can be 4.0, but cannot qualitate quantitative values, for example...

as the top med school in msia, they have a huge pool of 4.0/straight a/a* students applying (all 4.0 aspiring med students want to apply to um, more than a thousand), and they only take in 150 nowadays...(side note: about half will come from their own asasi, as part of the usual affirmative action quota, reducing the open places to half)

this test help choose the right students....from the large pool of top students with the same result....

Thanks for the info!
I see the importance of non-academic skills,will try to improve during the gap

How do you apply? Need to take MUET to apply to USM right?

How to apply to take MUET if you are taking A-level or some other course?

It would be too late for him to apply to um no? Intake was 28th August. Unless he directly appeal to the dean

yes it is too damn late ady..
the deadline was on april.
January can apply for next september intake

edit:How to apply through dean?

This post has been edited by sonyfanzz: Sep 22 2016, 02:38 AM

Bring around 110 ringgit to BSN bank.Tell them you want to register for MUET.But I think you are too late to sit for OCT/NOV exam 2015