but it is more complicated than that..........direct entry into the foreign unis, especially aussia, is VERY competitive, and in spite of the cost, there are LOTs of people from all over the world who recognise the quality of their education, as well as the chance to work/settle in these countries eventually, and all trying to get directly into the uni...........

the entrance requirements for international students can be so high, and the number of places available is so few, most will not achieve the required levels, eg a ter of 99 to get in..............

so an alternative, or "backdoor" way is imu, where after 2 1/2 years here, they twin with a list of unis for another 2-3 years, and graduate officially from these unis.........and the entry requirement into imu is less stringent, about ter 95 at the moment, which will NOT get you directly into the aussie unis.

if uk cost 500 grand, i would def be heading to uk already by then. uk fee's alone would set you back 700K + and that depends, 700K could be lowest i think. and some going up as much as 800K.

i just need to ask, is it true, that you need a AAAA for alevels to get into IMU?

thats damn stiff then, or are they a uni that wants all rounded students?

no, AAA is for their scholarship of 300k requirement

minimum is BBC i think

but it really depends on that year intake students result

[IMU is a profit-making institution. There's no such thing as "a uni that wants all rounded students" in IMU.

If you're talking some of the Ivy League Uni's in US, the answer is YES.

The requirement for IMU medical courses maybe a bit higher compared to Russian, Indonesian, Egyptian Uni, but seriously, if you can't even get into IMU, medicine is definitely not for you.

i tot IMU is at perak

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Added on May 27, 2007, 11:14 pmnah...it depends...
some also said MU medic is high class already...and if cannot qualify for MU medic...then ur not a borne doctor..
it all depends...
there are other good medicine colleges out there...
try and look out...
RCS is one of them...al-azhar...but if u get in the us...thats the best place la


This post has been edited by gtoforce: May 27 2007, 11:14 PM

Are u serious? I mean the pharmacy twinning program in IMU. Why will regret?
is it bad? Can i know more about it? Why when we go to scotland will suffer?

The building is the former office managing the 1998 Commonwealth Games. What do you expect?

While I know this is not unique to M'sia, only in bolhland will former government buildings be called
"universities". That said, I must say I have more faith in IMU than Russian students.

ya imu is crappy. but it all depends on how the student approach this problem. if they dun give a damn, they'll be flushed down the drain. if they truly care, they'll go on. look, if the uni itself is crappy and the student itself is also crappy, there's nothing much can be done, no?

not only MPharm suffered, most PMS medical students face the same problem too. clinical years are hectic, get along with it. some prefer to shut up and keep on going while others prefer to whine about it non stop... all depends on which path you choose to take..

hey, IMU got gym lar... i always go gym one, its small but its sufficient... come on lar, its a uni, pool matters little. in vista komanwel got pool, stadium there oso got big big pool...

go russia? you're kidding? have you ever met a local fellow russian grad? dude i can tell you, i'd rather be treated by an IMUian than russian grad....

i heard the timetable in scotland is much more hectic compared to their phase 1 in IMU.... so, you need to read up your stuff... stratchlyde is a reputable uni for pharmacy after all... :-/

Well, it looks much better after the renovation... more spacious....they are adding dentistry into their program. with that said, you can assume that they earned pretty much considering those crappy facilities given... low maintenance fee, money sucking uni... even the notes you have to print out yourself + charges... their it department is quite crappy too, my laptop was trojanized thanks to their non immunized computers. currently they have kapersky, well only after they receive the never-ending complaint letters..

btw TS, you can rent your room in vista komanwel condo or arena green apartment. vista komenwel dun have streamyx, so if you need streamyx you'd better opt for arena green. there's time and nasioncom but i heard it sucked. not to mention nasioncom gulung tikar already... price wise, its about 300 - 350 per room. master bedroom cost 500 - 600... bukit jalil is quite quiet, dull and boring unless you make a group of frens or something. there are lots of stall outside the uni. but all of them sucked... dun ever try the malay stall, once i saw them recycle the water from melted ice used to cool the tin drinks... muthaf***er, i wanna vomit out all those limau ais, oren ais, and cendul i'd bought.... their burgers suck too.... >.< to get better food, get a fren with car, or buy one and go to kuchai lama or along old klang road, steven's corner is quite near actually...

Transitioning from phase 1 in IMU to Phase 2 in PMS.... all I could remember is I actually know so much more things than ppl here.... did IMU prepare me well? hm.... not sure... but then, this is university we are talking about, aren't we suppose to do the studies ourselves? Lectures are just to highlights the important stuff only no?

Am a student there. sem2 now... There accommodation just 5mins away from the uni, just opposite the building...

Personally, I think that it's all your own perspective on how you view the uni. As in it's your own choice to take part in activities going on around the uni and there's a lot of activities happening in the uni

Basically, it's your OWN choice to decide how your uni life is going to be.

is twinning programme there good? In the end you still get the last uni cert rite? like if i twin to UK i get a UK cert is tat rite?

yeah, i seem to get some really good reviews and some really bad ones. and on the other hand, people are telling me imu accepts almost any tom d*** and harry, and on the other hand, you might need AAAA to get in or something. (alevels of course) .

humm, well i went with my college the other day, the lecturer told me 2A's with loads of cocuricullar activities and you'll def be able to enter.

yes, you get the cert from the partner school you twinned to. but here comes a small problem. the selection of partner medical school is mostly on random basis. early on they will emphasize that good students will surely get their first choice. but as far as i know, even some good students are dissatisfied with the results of matching. therefore, if you wanna go to england, better put all england uni as top choice... same for aus and nz...

im not sure about the twinning program there, but some seniors gave good feedback. some complained very hectic and stuff lidat... but since its medical course, i expect no less... :-/

basically if you scored well enough and impressed the interviewer, you're almost certainly guaranteed a place... but surviving through the course is a different matter... :-/

if someone is selected and fails to cope with the course, it means that someone is WRONGLY sellected.....if the selection process is sufficiently stringent, all the selected students should be able to cope..........by and large, anyone with a levels AAA, stpm A-A-A- or TER 95 should have NO problem, academically and intellectually, in completing the course.........

caveat: this excludes when the student decides to quit or flunk out because he/she does not want to do the course, (and was forced to do it..........but that is another story........)

my batch starts from 205 or so.... after 2 and a half years, only 170 plus left... 3 decided to quit and others juz failed to keep up.... besides, its not all on selection process to blame. some might score good grades but along the way, probably because there is no parental guardian, they lost track. or probably, they just can't keep up.......

imu is hardly a good example of stringent intake selection........but the cut off is getting higher all the time.........but it is certainly better than many of the other ipts med schools.........

look carefully at those who dropped out.........they are either with poorer entrtance qualification, or they didn't want to do it anyway, and decided to flunk out........

they passed the entrance curriculum requirements at least.... and note that the requirements for medicine is all time high, that is suffice to prove that those got selected are no idiots... like i said, some students got stressed, or influenced by other peers, lack of parental control bla bla... besides, IMU does not spoon feed their students, which i think is a major reason why they are kicked out.... in most cases, selection process plays minor role... even though TER hit 98% and sptm 3As, there's still bumpy roads ahead.....

Take medicine in IMU wei. 2 hours of lectures a day, a 'group discussion session' once a week, and a few clinical skills practices here and there. Fun fun.

Don't take the local pharmacy programme (Bpharm) unless you really enjoy having no life. That, or you don't mind having a not-so-impressive CGPA while your friends in some other courses in other unis (okay, with the exception of a few lah) grad with first class honours easy peasy. OR unless you really have an err passion or some thingamajig for pharmacy la.

I actually don't understand why anyone would ever take MPharm? You don't qualify to work in UK anyway, even if you do have a nice Strathclyde cert. UK's board only accepts FULL-TIME UK GRADS. Granted the workload IS easier in the first phase compared to BPharm...

Disclaimer: The above is all said in tongue-in-cheek mode, before anyone gets all ruffled and starts preaching about how lack of workload should not be one's main priority in choosing a course.

Oh, and IMU doesn't care about all-roundedness la. Doubt any private unis do. I got accepted even though I had literally nothing (no, not even member status) to show for co-curriculum.

This post has been edited by misao: Nov 12 2007, 06:48 PM

yeah..that's true.one thing i'm sure bout IMU.they only want money.and of course la u will need to pass academic requirement..but i don't think to get BBC for a-level is that tough.im going to register for MPharm next week.JPA sent me there.i've heard some bad things about IMU-graduates pharmacists.when i went to govt hospital for 2 weeks attachment (better i call it just an exposure), pharmacist there told me that ipta's pharmacist are just better than IMU-graduates for certain reason.but i tried to be positive.maybe it's just some students,we cant blame the whole IMU just because of that.

lol...i read this thread and i can just grin ^^

go read up on my blog la if you need info on IMU =D

I PERSONALLY think that my Uni life in IMU was one of the best years of my life =)

am in Scotland now studying...and gonna graduate this July!! whooo hooo!!