you need serious work on your english.........

there is only ONE 'medical course', that is Medicine, with awards usually either MBBS, MBChB, or MD depending on which part of the world.......

the rest are NOT 'medical course', but can be loosely classified as health sciences...........

and what on earth is 'pro course'??

lol. I think he means professional courses. And yeah, theres only one medical course which is Medicine, other fields related to healthcare are often regarded as Health Sciences.

Like my school we have a Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Its a faculty made up of the School of Medicine which offers MBBS , School of Dentistry [BDS], and School of Pharmacy [BPharm]. =]

This post has been edited by csrulez: Dec 10 2007, 05:32 PM

my skol is quite weird though, wif pharmacy under faculty of science, den skol of medicine n faculty of dentustry r separate.

So is your English, may i add.

To be honest, does it matter which faculty/school is in under?

Hello guys.. I'm really really interested in doing medic. I'd just finished Monash University Foundation Year(MUFY).

My first choice of university is Monash. However, I did not pass the MBBS interview. I'd sent an appeal letter to the uni and they said they will reply me after considering my final results.

When I got back my results, my results was like this:
Physic - 81
Biology - 90
Math - 92
Chemistry - 85
English - 81

The minimum requirement for the university is 360 marks (total of top 4 subjects + 10% of fifth subject).
And i got 357 marks.
I doubt appeal letters are going to save me.
All i can do now is cross my fingers and hope they will take me. Come on, I'm taking their foundation course!! xP
Okay i know i'm dreaming.


By the way, I also applied for IMU (PMS).
And this morning when I received the conditional offer letter, I was devastated when the minimum grade on the letter was 91% aggregate, instead of 80% like what they have stated on the course booklet thingy(my average for top 4 subjects are 87.25).

But seconds ago my friend told me that, for MUFY, IMU calculates the aggregate marks like this(quite different from the way Monash calculates it):
(total of top 4 subjects divide by 4) + (10% of fifth subject)

Which means, instead of 87, my aggregate for IMU will be 95.

So, my question is, can anybody confirm about the above information? The way IMU calculates my aggregate i mean.

I'm planning to call IMU to confirm this, but my dad said the line will only be open on monday, during office hours.
I'm soooooooooo nervous and I don't think I can sleep well before I know the answer.




And if, IF, "dai gat lai si" I cant get into IMU, at this kind of time, which university can i consider? (well.. with results like mine.. sigh.. =/ .. I wish I'd studied harder..)
I think application for AIMST is closed already.
How about Manipal? The closing date is on the end of february 2008 right?
Does Manipal require an interview also? (have to travel all the way from kl to melaka, if an interview is required =.='')

Thank you for your time.. I really appreciate it xD!!
Thanks a lot for your help.. I hope my the way I explain things was understandable..

lol. I'm from AIMST, admission Jan 2008. The next intake after Jan 2008 will be September 2008. Anyway i think you can still apply for Manipal. The deadline for the March 2008 intake will be end of January 2008. And btw, i think your result is quite good. I'd highly recommend you to put your first choice as IMU still cause of their fame. Monash is abit tough to enter from what i've heard. AIMST comparable with IMU but not so well known to the community yet cause our 1st batch has just graduated while Manipal is not bad if you're willing to study in India for the first 2 years. And yes, they require an interview but i heard it's not tough. I've had 3 frens from AIMST foundation who's currently doing their first year in Manipal India. Besides these few school, you can opt for PMC or RMCP too. Just my humble opinions. Hope it helps abit. =]

This post has been edited by csrulez: Dec 15 2007, 09:17 PM

i need sm help here..
whr can i get kaplan usmle pathlogy n anatomy mcq? urgently...
help help!!!

to the future doctors here, don't be a wussy and ***** doctor who craves for money and thinks he's the only one who can save your life. i know a few of them and it's lame. cheers. =D

Hmmm..sad to hear that.You should make up your mind about your future.Study something which you have interest in or your good at. Same here, parents forced me to join med school, i suffered because it was not something i had in my mind at all. I was stressed up and mood swings and i was not so happy cause i had to be with my books most of the time.. After completing my 3rd year,i stopped. I was very bold to my parents. at the same time i suddenly had vasovagal syncope.i used to faint in the OR. things went ugly cause i had to attend counseling sessions n ect. life sucked!. So i made up my mind and i told them off. full stop. hmmm...I'm planning to do psychology now

ooo, i didnt know this thread does exist...
im registering myself as a 4th year medical student of University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)..

The funny thing about Monash is that they refused to take applicants from Trinity for the health sciences course. Oh well, at least Melbourne Uni took us in .

Anyway, looking at your marks, it seems that you might find it difficult doing med in Australia (81 English and 85 chemistry). IMU will most probably reject you, so the best option is Manipal. One of my friends got into Manipal(he's from Trinity) with something like 88 average, so I guess you could too. Good luck!

you are all very confused about the actual marks you get and the TER scores....you actual marks does NOT equal the ter score, the ter is a percentile score, ie you relative position amongst ALL the year 12 students in oz and other countries sitting for one of oz year 12 programmes......

that means, if you take a difficult subject, the paper was difficult and you get 60 marks....and that is the highest, your ter will be high in the 99's......

on the other hand, if it is an easy subject and paper, you get 95 marks, but many people got 100 and 99 marks, your ter may be 80 only........

mufy should have a system of converting the raw marks into a indicative ter score.....

as for the nominal ter 80 cut off for imu, that is too low, and except for the early years, the cut off should be above 90, it was about 94 last year, and lowered to 91 this year.....

I'm not sure if Monash uses TER but I know Trinity does not as it utilizes the average of your best 4 marks.

india's kind of okay according to my friends over there. but of course you have to be smart to take care of your self so that you wont get ripped off by the people there. studies are good as far as i know. Hostels are not as nice as the ones here. lecturers are very knowledgeable.. no worries about that..

which uni you're interested in knowing about?

i hope i can go into med next yr ^^ having my foundation at perth this yr ^.^

all oz unis use the ter/enter/uai/op for entry purposes......they also accept many other matriculation system results, eg a levels, ib, uca, other uni foundations, etc, where there is an approximate equivalent ter, they are all listed in the respective prospectus....

year 12 students all get their results with the ter calculated.........

foundation students are a bit tricky, the conversion may not be accepted by other unis.......

for in-house foundation, like trinity to melbourne, they have their own internal arrangements...but if you want to apply to another uni, some sort of conversion into an approximate ter will be required......

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Added on January 7, 2008, 7:03 pmif you are hoping for direct entry into undergraduate medicine as an international student, it's going to be tough......many will eventually return to imu for the backdoor pathway.....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jan 7 2008, 07:03 PM

I am actually interested in taking up Physiology Degree to qualify as an Exercise Physiologist. Does anyone know where could I get further information on that particular course. I am a art&design major, for some reason i decided to jump over.



w/r

all i can say is...think 20x before choosing.

it is not as rosy as u might think..white lab coats, posh cars..

haha..exactly the opposite is what u'll get...slavery.

=)

very true... the first several years are the worst.. my cousin almost cried the first couple of weeks of her housemanship thingy in kuala terengganu. i'm so not looking forward to that

there's a saying by Confucius,
If you enjoy what you do, you'll never work another day in your life.

This post has been edited by wgy589: Jan 31 2008, 01:44 PM