my father wanted to do that too but i said NO i do not want that, its like putting all the weights all the responsibilities into me and I MUST SURVIVE TILL I PAY BACK ALL THE LOANS. and if i die of accidents or smtg (choi!), my family will bankrupt after that. haha its not just 100k for all the years in oversea, going uk/aus/nz for medicine will cost u at least 150k per year. dentistry even more...

yeapz..half a million...go overseas cannot take ptptn right?

ptptn only for local local ipts and ipta...even jpa loan only can loan up to 250k for oversea medical related courses.

hmmmm..so what loans are left?bank loans? how high is the interest btw?

wonder how long will those using loans to fund their studies need to pay back their debt..

NZ is no longer as cheap as you thought, it's more expensive than most PMS unis. Adelaide remains as the cheapest ever still though. But judging from working opportunity wise, many ppl now (historically) will top pick NZ unis rather than last pick it.

nope adelaide is no longer the cheapest
the cheapest would be those 2-2.5 years uk schools like aberdeen dundee nottingham, and the cheaper uk schools like queens and liverpool
both nz schools are only cheaper than the most expensive pms (edinburgh) by 20-30k

more expensive = more prestigious uni?

thanks for the information chika! It's been a while since I last saw u in forum lol, whereabouts are u in?

and zstan : melbourne and edin are expensive and they are prestigious so I think u might be right? but it's not an absolute rule though, coz all PMSes are prestigious lol

This post has been edited by cygoh9: Jul 2 2010, 07:49 PM

lol...but u cannot control which country u will be sent to right?

it follows a matching system and the better ur results the higher the chance you will get your first few choices. But still, the matching system's not transparent so sometimes there'll be some dodgy results, like top students not getting the first 3 choice sort of stuffs. But still, it's still a PMS, most ppl choose by country rather than by university though, so when ppl get their 9th choice to OZ when their first 8th choices are UK, there'll be a bit of a shock lol

i remember that if you cannot afford the pms you've been allocated to, you can appeal to imu. but you need to show proof by showing the copy of your parent's J form (tax forms) to confirm your financial status. some batchmates changed from pms -> seremban because of this.

generally, changing from pms to seremban is quite easy, imu will never refuse more money..........

it is the other way round that is difficult.......as the number of places in pms is very restricted.........

so if u get a PMS..but ur parents can't afford it..you have no choice but to go to seremban? cannot change PMS?

if you can't afford any pms med school, you can't afford ALL of them lah....

and yes, changing matching is near impossible.......otherwise 80% will want to change, as it appears only 20% got their 1st choice.......

how big is the difference of the price between uk,aus and NZ?

i believe there's not much difference when u convert back to RM. Tuition fees for certain countries might be more expensive than others but when u take into consideration the living expenses as well, they will become almost the same in total.

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This post has been edited by junyong5155: Jul 5 2010, 11:41 PM

very true. cheapest if i still remember is places like liverpool, aberdeen, belfast, etc. nz fees are actually quite expensive. and adelaide's fees have jumped very high. it's still one of the cheaper aussie unis but not really the cheapest if you compare all the schools

im sorry to ask this here..may i know anyone selling books that are needed during pharmacy course or maybe medic course?
i need original copy of physiology :
Human Anatomy and Physiology by Elaine N.Marieb, Katja Hoehn 8th edition..
another book of anatomy & physiology by Totora (not confirm with the exact title)

original copy of microbiology:
Microbiology: An Introduction 10th Ed., Pearson International. 2009 by Totora, Funke & Case.

photocopy book for chemistry
Silbeberg (2003), Chemistry– The Molecular Nature of Matter and Changes, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill.

anyone selling can pm me? im sorry to disturb here cause i need it urgently ^^

Marieb u can easily buy it from current med student, because it is practically collecting dust after semester 1. Microbiology dont need to read so serious book, there is 1 book called microbiology made ridiculously simple.