But, dalhousie is more expensive than jefferson
there are people who do phd(3 years) during residency, or take a year off during medschool to do master

This might compensate the absence of degree

yeah.i have noticed that.
I'd better stick with UK

http://mdc.moh.gov.my/uploads/Section%2012(1).pdf

why imu dental course not recognised by mdc? mqa already recognised

Does anyone know the cut off for australian university foundation?
I did mufy a few years ago

What do you mean by "cut off"?

Hmm.i mean the minimum requirement for mufy to get in IMU pms.

the quoted minimum is aggregate 80% in 4 subjects, 3 of which must be sciences and/or math) and the equivalent in atar is 85....

however, the cut off currently is way above that, the atar cut off is 95.....so you can roughly calculate what the mufy aggregate cut off will be....

I was thinking exactly the same thing.
So atar95 is 90 aggregate? But it may not be as simple as that.
I got 88 aggregate and they said I am eligible to apply for pms route.
Any chance for me?

This post has been edited by irisss: Dec 27 2012, 10:51 PM

the actual cut off will vary depending on the overall qualify of the cohort of students applying.....as of this year's entry, they set atar95 as cutoff, and offer all who pass their interview (which is almost everybody!) places subjected to atar95 achieved.....on a first come first served basis.....

with the reality of the monash sunway programme hitting home, and the likelyhood of the same problem with the numed programme, the imu-pms programme is now extremely popular, and many excellent students who may have gone to monash or numed in the last few years, will now opt for imu-pms as 1st choice....and places are very limited, due to restrictions at the pms....

does it help if i am international applicant?
international applicants normally will not apply to monash sunway and numed programme anyway.and the places for international student is fixed.

that is not true.....there are quite a few non-msian students in monash...including singaporeans....they thought they can go work in oz, and hoped that smc will eventually recognise the monash sunway mbbs.....both mistaken.....

but going forward, there will be probably less, as students realise the truth....

haha,yeah,thats why i used the word "normally"
not that common though

This post has been edited by irisss: Dec 28 2012, 12:03 AM

sorry for the trouble but can someone please verify this?

Imu's not on the list yet but it has been approved to start their dental programme.... Once the 1st intake has completed the full dental programme, which mean they have to graduate 1st, only will Imu be on the list.... In which the 1st batch hasn't.... But most likely next year it will be on the list...

There is an increasing trend of sg med students in UK universities and this is affecting the number of Malaysians offered places in these universities due to the "fixed" quota for international students.

I hope the number of places offered to pms students from imu will not be reduced in the near future as this will have serious repercussions on existing students.

Sg has also decided that incentives be given to their med students in uk by sponsoring their last 2 years of the med studies in return for a 4 years bond, which I think is fair.

Yeah,I heard that the Singapore students are really competitive.
Hope more universities will join IMU pms in future.

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Added on December 28, 2012, 2:33 pmAs for MUFY,Do they take into account 10% of fifth subject?
Or just the aggregate of best four subjects?
Anybody knows?

This post has been edited by irisss: Dec 28 2012, 02:33 PM

If you look at the current competition for places in the UK medical schools, there are simply no incentives for
"more universities" to join IMU as PMS. Why not accept international students from the very start, rather than having to do extra to make sure that students coming through the PMS have attained the standards required to join the 3rd years in the main campus.

The UK universities can pick the best from NOT just Singapore - don't forget HK, India, Sri Lanka, and even some from the Middle East.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Dec 28 2012, 02:54 PM

actually, the pms do NOT create extra places for the imu students (and brunei unversity, which has a similar arrangement with some uk uni, as well as taylors college with st georges).....

they know that there will always be a drop out rate in any cohort, from either failures, or lost of interests....so by the time the cohort reaches the clinical years, there will always be a few places empty....and they allocate them to partnerships like imu.....

yep.i agree with you.it is not like they reduce the seats for their own students.
there will always be a few students leave after pre-clinical years for various reasons.
then they just fill IMU students into these empty seats.
it is a win-win situation in my opinion.

This post has been edited by irisss: Dec 28 2012, 04:24 PM

How can that be?

If I recall correctly, you did mention that at the end of semester 5, screening will be carried out to ensure that only those who "qualified" are given places in partner medical schools. Just a question - is the selection process transparent and are the students convinced that their grading is fair?