THe seanlimys posting was me.

Please refer here:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/435069/+160

It is stated (not only here but some other place which I cannot currently recall) that if you failed to enter that university, you cannot backdoor through IMU.

I am starting semester 1 this monday too. I may not be able to log in for the next few weeks as there could be no internet connection in the condo.

Never get into STPM if you don't have the confidence to get straight As. It is very hard. SAM is very easy. In IMU, there are quite a number of SAM students which can got over 95%. The only disadvantage in SAM is they learn lesser in depth and cover less topics than STPM, you will face difficulties during semester 1. But at least you have a chance to enter the uni, failing afterwards is a different story. Many stpm students find it hard to get in because they always miss by a little bit. A levels is a little bit easier than stpm (just found out) as they don't need as much memorising as stpm. There is no disadvantage for A levels as it is recognised everywhere where stpm is recognised except IPTA. And the grades to enter IMU for A levels is BBC.

1)Only UM and UKM is recognised worldwide.
2) You need to take the local examination of that country
3) Definitely, many specialist are USM, UKM etc graduates

Neuro, you need to really study hard and long. Roughly takes 20 years from the day you start your MBBS course. Malaysia is in need of Oncologist, there are only 6 in Malaysia, and Singapore is in need of Internal Medicine, so they pay extra if you specialise in that field.

Indonesia Unis only care about money not results. My friend who passed up a blank paper for all his stpm subjects also got into Indonesia for Medicine (University Sriwijaya) and his spm was also just as bad.

IMU facilities are quite lousy if compared to the rest. Unless you are going for twinning no use going to IMU. So far in Sem1 there is no such test every 2 weeks. Maybe you meant PBL. IMU students study all the times because the lecturers don't really teach, you are left to fend for yourself. Certain batches of IMU students are a joke, they come from the weirdest qualifications and have a hard time catching up even in Sem 1 itself. BTW IMU preference is A-levels > STPM > other qualification > SAM. Means A levels you just need BBC you can enter, while SAM even though the requirement is low, the cut off is not really at 85% unless you are a JPA/MARA scholar. Anyway some of the IMU students here would know that, for one of the batch, around 100 people who got the offer declined it, and IMU ended up calling up all those who did not pass the interview / did not get selected in the first round to give them an offer. This is just to give you an overall view of IMU. Not badmouthing them, its just the truth.

To enter NUS it depends more on your interview just like any other top universities in the world. So far I heard from my uncle, cambridge interview for medical student, they use their law professors to interview them.
If you want any local medical school, I would suggest you take a look at AIMST, UCSI and CUCMS as the fees are cheaper than IMU and the facilities are definitely better, IMU is just overhyped, their local programme is nothing.
From what I heard CUCMS has top lecturers in the country even though their clinical schools are a bit bad (army hospitals) because they just started out.

It also depends on the intake. Certain intakes, not enough students so they will accept you even though you fail your interview. Happened to ME108 batch at IMU (around 100 people rejected their offer). Remember if you did not get accepted, always call them up again, if many people reject their offer, you can get a place even though you screwed your interview. I also know some JPA students whose result only scrape through TER 88-90 and they had their interview 1 week before the registration day, this tuesday interview, next monday registration.

I heard m107 50 students failed. A few of them retaking sem1 again in ME108, they just love to skip classes, telling other people to sign for them during compulsory classes and comes in late for PBL. The rest got kicked out. Also I think some of the SAM students are a joke, they cant even do basic maths or chemistry. BTW I am not in IMU.

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Added on April 24, 2008, 1:50 amLOL and btw, do you happen to know shi hoay, barath,whei ying.sin ying, keet jean (donno about this spelling) and lay queen? If yes tell them I wish them good luck for the exams.

This post has been edited by linkeong: Apr 24 2008, 01:50 AM

I was in IMU with conditional offer, did not meet i so got kicked out lol, sad story.

If you want to go to AIMST, don't ever go to form 6. Go for their foundation, it is easier than stpm, lower entry requirement and given preference to enter their Medical program. STPM is way harder than any exams you can ever see. I am one of those that miss their requirement with 1 A and 3 Bs given they want 3 B+ but only 2.5CGPA for their foundation. My friends who met the requirement were told by the admissions that their chances to enter is extremely slim because there are over 100 people in the waiting list from their foundation.

As long as the closing date still not here, don't worry, I know people who got in 2 weeks late for ME108 batch.

For those who don't have any bio basic, expect to spend 4-5 hours daily trying to catch up, and it really depends on people (example, memorising the krebs cycle,12 cranial nerves is not easy, some people take days, some take minutes, I took 10 minutes or so as it was just a revision of STPM bio), I was in IMU, during lectures I could remember every single word the lecturer said even when I was explaining some stuff to another friend, while my friend who told everyone not to talk to him during lectures (paying 100% concentration), couldn't remember a thing after the lecture. Maybe STPM really gave me some good training in listening and memorising skills. I find singaporean students better to mix with as they could also understand the lectures easily compared to those others who I would classify kiasu like hell (skipping all activities just to study at the library for 5 hours) and coming out with virtually nothing. Another thing is, it is very easy to ace the IMU interview, when they ask you why you want to become a doctor, give them the saddest story you can ever make up, most of the ME108 students I ask gave this type of answers. This is not boasting its a fact.

The stpm I commenting on krebs cycle. Cranial nerves memorising is quite easy because in STPM you are already trained to memorise, so any memorising stuff, you can do it just by looking through a few times

They will refund you but not 100%. Don't listen to any bullshit. I got back 90% of my fees. The requirement for STPM is 3 B+. Yes there are plenty of A levels BBC students in IMU, if you don't ask them, they also won't bother to tell you. The main thing is, you could get in with BBC, but can you survive the 5 years? Entry does not guarantee a degree or pass. Some people fail in the final year some in the first year. Don't compare with Indo and Russia or whichever country that you can buy your degree, at least if you take IMU twinning the PMS won't do all these bullshit

It will affect your dreams because

1) Certain uni needs you to pass 5 science subject in form 5, including add maths
2) Not having foundation in add maths will make life extremely difficult in Pre-U especially STPM. Teachers will not go back to basics, they will just teach like a bullet train.

UCSI is not on the list yet because the first batch of medical students have not graduated. Ithink they will graduate somewhere in september and also the status will be upgraded to university. No difference except shorter preclinical and longer clinical years. It is the same as UKM and USM where they offer MD. THe MD is based on US curricular where 2 years is supposed to be pre-clinical and 2 years clinical. But to meet local requirements they extend it to 3 years making a total of 5. FYI most medical schools in Indonesia offer only 4 years program and 1 year doing housemanship over there.

This post has been edited by linkeong: Jun 12 2008, 12:12 PM

Anyway to get a real MD from any UK medical school you need to study for 7 years.

LOL I think the system is also the same in Singapore.

FYI, another university has submitted the application to build its own hospital and its already in building progress.

AFAIK UCSI is going to build (or already building) their own hospital in Spring Hill, seremban its supposed to have 500 beds capacity. Also there are other insider info that are not supposed to be leak out and only few people know.

So fun.. having notes to study, in my uni no notes are given, sad sad

Singapore has too many brilliant students. You cant expect them to accommodate all into NUS. I know a few people who are wanting to work in Singapore after graduating from OZ unis and IMU-PMS. In fact NHG is always having their forum at IMU for PMS students to ask questions etc.