Hi, and yeap i got the conditional offer, so yeah will be going there if i get my full As, but i'm worried that there might be a possibility of a B grade,  so i applied to IMU as well 

yeah i did, through ucas. and got all 4 rejections 

Erm... 50 pms graduate is like... too many.....
UQ will soon be cutting its intake by half to around 12 places/YEAR, with Warwick and ANU each giving 6 places/YEAR.

How I know? Ask IMU or UQ.

interesting to say for m110 there's only 6 persons taking grad. the least i have seen from all the other batches. and my batch so far has recorded the least number of pms stream students as compared to the senior batches that i have seen. most of my batchmates actually switched back to local. making m110 to have a big batch of seremban students, around 95+/- and pms undergrad just around 85+ just fyi heh

I appreciate your replies and hope that potential students take note to ensure a better success rate. From what I gather, for every applicant, at least 2 or 3 choices are similar to that of the next applicant. This could also be due to the fact that unis conducting interviews in Malaysia are limited and very few wanted to attend an interview in uk.

Will students be able to do their housemanship in uk through the PMS route?

I have just finished my medical degree in Uk and going to graduate this summer. Will be working foundation years in the uk.

Unfortunately after this year, working places are not gauranteed due to the large volumes of medical students in uk. Uk medical students go through a first selection national selection programme which includes 40% university results, 50% professional questions (prior to this was blank questions where you write reflections - show that you have certain values) 10% others which include extra degree, international presentations, researches etc.

You will then be given a score, and will use it to apply the area in uk you want to work in. You could choose from 20+ areas. If you get an area to work at, you will get a job. If not, you will have to be put on waiting list. Either that, you will have to go through a second selection system which includes foreigners (non-uk grad) to compete for even more limited jobs.

After areas, you select the hospital and tract you want to work in for the next 2 years.

This is on the assumption that there are no increase in the number of hospitals and the capacity of the existing facilities.

I presume that the British are better planners in forecasting.

Maybe, both oz and the brits have something to learn from Bolehland!

the number of medical graduates have increased due to new medical schools, and larger intakes, just like in oz, and there is coming, a time when the same shortage of f1 positions will exist, just as in oz.....

from the top of my head, there is a 50% increase in graduating numbers from before the latest wave of new med schools..... so i think it is safe to say it was about 4k/year at the turn of the millennium, and now more than 6k.....

Still manageable lah. Not too bad.

Brits are better managers than oz.

so I just got accepted to the AUG- 2012 intake for the partner medical school program for medicine..and I'm hoping someone can answer a few of my questions.

Firstly, is the degree issued by IMU or the partner medical school?(the registration package says it's the partner school..so does that mean there'll be no indication that I did part of my studies at IMU?)
My ultimate goal is to be a surgeon so I was hoping someone could advise me as to where international students are most likely to get surgical residencies(i.e. Australia or the U.K.).I've read somewhere that the U.K. doesn't discriminate between EU and non-EU candidates when it comes to applying for postgraduate education and then read somewhere on this forum that it does:S
Also I'm a little confused as to whether Dalhousie accepts non-Malaysian students.
I hope I hear from someone soon enough:)

Thanks for the reply.I just had a few more questions.The pre-clinical phase lasts for 2 and a half years in Malaysia.Assuming I accept the place for the semester beginning in August 2012 I would be done around February 2015.Since most of the UK partner medical schools have academic years beginning in August does that mean from the period I'll be done(in February) to August of that year I'll be wasting time?(Wouldn't that mean the pre-clinical phase in Malaysia lasts 3 years?).Oh and if I'm graduating with the PMS's degree does that mean I'll be a non-IMG in that particular country?If so wouldn't that put me in the same position as say a UK citizen graduating from a British medical university when applying for a foundation year position?(Or does nationality play a bigger role when you apply for FY1?)

what kind of societies are there ?? and on a different note is there any nightlife there ??

Hey guys=)would international student stand a better chance getting into PMS med? I have got 90.5 for TER . What would you guys suggest    so worried

my financial situation has improved since when i was in the uk last  year  i m applying to imu cos i dont want to wait for another application cycle in uk, which will take another year...(course starting in sept 2013). and thats the exact reason why i dont want to get postponed to august intake as there wont be a difference for me anymore. plus it would mean that this year would have been a waste of time.

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Added on October 4, 2012, 11:20 ami just want to know if I am likely to get in or not.

I see.

I do not have the figures to back me up, but I would think there are far more A-Level candidates than there are for Australia's Year 12 candidates, which means top 5% in A-Level is not the same as the top 5% of Australia's Year 12. The top 5% in A-Level could very well be far better than the top 5% of Australia's Year 12.

Consider this. There are 10,000 A-Level candidates and 5,000 Australia Year 12 candidates. (example figures)

Top 5% of A-Level candidates = Top 500 candidates.

Top 5% of Australia Year 12 candidates = Top 250 candidates.

I believe it is significantly harder to best 9500 candidates (A-Level) than to best 4750 candidates (Oz Year 12).

However, it sounds ridiculous to say that the top 52.5% of A-Level candidates is equal to the top 5% of Oz's Year 12 candidates (better than 4750 candidates).

Therefore, I believe the percentage of candidates that score certain grades cannot be given an ATAR score based on the percentage only.