where did u get the exchange rate dude?
my zimbabwean batch mate spent 23 or 230 billions just for her hair

Its more like RM1= $38,000,000,000 ZM

they have actually looped 10 zeros off the zimbabwe dollar.......but inflation running at 2.2 million% officially (>15 milion% unofficially), you will be a millionaire again in no time........

hello there..
im new to this topic..

im a student from MMMC...

hi, hypermax...hehe...

i googled it..

what year student are u?

Same year as me, final year.

ya lar...
final year...
haha..

Oitt..macam mana boleh lari topic sampai ke Zimbabwe pulak? Hahaha...

yum cha topics tend to sway. from medicine to music and to nuclear reactors.

Haha..right. The complex mind of medical students..

i think we should let the manipal thread die, so i am transferring this info on the best practice principles for medical school student selection here.....

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1. Selection of medical students should firstly be based on academic merit. There are more than adequate number of potential candidates with interest and passion in the profession from a group of top 5% students in any cohort. (in msia, that is 10,000+ students)

2. From this group, final selection should be done based on applitude, attitude, interest, compassion and other attributes.

3. money should NOT be a factor in the selection process. The practice of buying places is bad.

4. developed countries are consistent in their selection and training process, based on 1, 2 and 3. and thus has the best record of consistent, quality med education....

5. ipta/ipts and many (not all) 3rd world schools suffer from selection and training (mostly assessment) issues, resulting in inconsistent quality of students and graduates.

6. Exceptions occur, but cannot be used as justification for allowing poorly qualified students to 'try' medical education.

come on la..
the mods just closed the other thread..

please stop posting ur opinions around..
we all get it and personally, im enjoying replying ur post...hehe..so sue me..hehe

This post has been edited by munsheng: Aug 15 2008, 12:04 AM

mods closed it for 2 days, but i think it should remain closed, as discussion was going off topic......

if you and i are not 'posting ur opinions around', then what are we doing in this forum???

Hence forth, we should call it the rukun limeuu.

It's fine to post your opinions, but posting the same thing over and over again? Dude, don't you get sick of it?

I am not sure what are you trying to achieve. It's like a propaganda to me.

This post has been edited by hypermax: Aug 15 2008, 12:13 AM

i shall take it then that you agree with it.......

if you don't, i would like to hear which parts and why....

from what happened in the manipal thread tonight, you really lived up to you signature: emo max....

with that, i switch back to non-personal mode.....

Hypermax, MGH is the teaching hospital for MMMC, how is it possible that the MOs and specialists "look down" on the students wo..?

reference point, the next time someone attacks my comments with mis-quotation and mis-interpretation.....

Hmmm, i agree with all the points. However, many students whom qualified for medical studies are not being offered a place. Therefore, they can only resort to IPTS or 3rd world schools if they cannot afford 1st world.
Hence, my point is, dun assume students from IPTS are bad. Judge a person for what he is, not where he comes from.

Btw, i think someone from the 1st world school was more emo than me.

This post has been edited by hypermax: Aug 15 2008, 12:32 AM

if any med students gets in ANY med school satisfying these criteria, i have NO issues.....i know lots in 3rd world schools, including russia......

if you are someone who got ter 85 and your rich parents bought a place for you in an ipts or russia, or whatever.......i will tell you bluntly, you should NOT have been allowed to........the worst i have seen personally was someone with 3,6,7 in spm sciences who went to india.......i kid you not.....but i am told it gets worse in russia.....

please respect people's privacy.......

Which college india accepts spm as entry requirements? JJM medical college? lol