why can't that be?....i am talking about the pms, NOT imu...

Recent trends in UK have also shown that more offers are made than places available, presumably from conditional offers, resulting in students being asked to take a gap year. So, the chances of such places happening in future could be slim indeed.

that is the norm, all the unis know that in some courses the acceptance rate can be as low as 20%......for medicine, it's likely to be higher, and i know for a fact that one make about 350 offers for 259 places....., making a 75% acceptance rate...they of course do not always get it right, so sometimes they will over offer, resulting in over-enrollment.....

but what i am referring to is the drop out between entry, and the start of the 3rd year....about 2-5% will have dropped out....and it is too late to take in new students....except from places like imu...

This won't apply if the dropouts are from domestic or EU, rite?
Anyway, such places could be very minimal coz it could create a lot of uncertainty for pms bound students.
What's the success rate like for pms students? And the demand for pms places is getting crazy with offers being made for next August intake. Certainly, not many students and parents are giving much thoughts to the uncertainty and prospects of the medical profession.

i get the feeling from this, that you do not know how the imu-pms system works....but am not sure what/how you are thinking....

Fair comment. Relative did got the pms offer before she left for UK but I did not manage to get the finer details of how the pms works. That's why I raise those queries. Seems to me that students intake are more than pms places available resulting in some students failure to get the matching despite being "qualified".

no, that does not happen......

they know how many places there are, as committed by the respective pms, at the start of every batch....however, imu always take in more than that, as historically, they weed out the bottom 15-25% of each cohort, usually at eos2 and 3....so by the time the cohort is into sem 4, you are more or less assured of completing phase 1.....

ALL pms stream student who successfully complete phase 1 are assured of a place at one of the pms.....

the uncertainty is which one.....and in fact which country!

the majority of students will NOT get their 1st choice....maybe only the top 20% or so may get it, and the lucky ones lower down who choose the 'right' choice.....how they match, the controversy involved, i have detailed in previous posts.....

if on occasions, the cohort coming through is bigger than the number of places, some of the pms can quite easily absorb the extras....some bigger pms can be quite flexible, as demonstrated by the varying numbers they accept from year to year.....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Dec 29 2012, 01:03 AM

Thanks. I also went back to some of the earlier threads. I feel sorry for those weeded out which is pretty high considering that these are the cream of the students.
Doing it for commercial reasons are not acceptable.

definitely NOT....

imu took in bbb and atar 90 as recent as 5 years ago....these are by no means 'cream', and with such low cut off, there will definitely be many who will struggle with the course.....it's a matter of how low they want to set standards.....most ipts will just want to pass everybody, but imu cannot, because 25 other med schools from 5 countries are looking....

remember, imu students are joining med schools with cut offs of aaa and atar99.......it's not for commercial reasons, but compliance with standards reasons...

If the cut off is atar 95,does it mean I have no chance?
I had 88 aggregate in mufy,which equivalents to atar 93 I guess?
I am really nervous now as I really want to get into IMU.

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I was an A level student and I'm waiting for my result now.
My A Level result will be released on 22th Jan and IMU is my first choice of university.
But now I wonder if I should take ielts or Muet .
Muet only available on March and i am worried that the seats for pharmacy have already been fulled by the time I take Muet.
But on the other hand, the fees for ielts are way too pricey than muet.
Any advice?

This post has been edited by AP.L: Jan 7 2013, 10:44 PM

which stream are you taking?....if the uk partner stream, you will need BOTH....

if the local stream, you can get away with just the muet...

local.
alright, actually i just realised that i have to go with ielts.
because the registration date for muet in april had been closed -.-

if local, you will still need muet....it's a mqa requirement, otherwise you cannot graduate....the joke is, it's a requirement to have sat for it.....there is no 'pass' band....band 1 also okay.....

really ?
the counselor didnt tell me about this though.
Anyway, i could take it while i am studying in IMU right ?
no need to rush ... gua ?

any time before you graduate.....

okay,thanks for the info.
anyway do u know IMU provides how many seats for pharm?
rumors had it that the quota for pharm in IMU for July intake already full

Have u signed up for imu yet?? u can ask the front desk...

If i am not mistaken, you will need to hit the cut-off score to have your application submitted, and sit for an interview. I was told that it is the "minimum requirement to apply". All the best!!