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

like i said, most of imu-pms students will not get direct entry into the unis they are matched to.......

and the matching process is very opaque....

and 'top' unis like edinburgh will also have to take some weaker students....they are not allowed to only select the best....

i have explained this before....

based on the pattern of matching, it appears that pms have to take a spectrum of students within their allocation...this is to balance out the students, to avoid a situation where the popular uni chooses all the good students and the weak ones get dumped in unpopular ones....

eg, if edinburgh takes 4 students from a batch, they cannot choose all from the top, but maybe have to choose 2 from the top half, and 2 from the bottom half...

that is why strange situations exist commonly where better students' top choice is not matched, but weaker students got matched instead..

note that, despite differences in presumed prestige of some uk med schools, there is actually little difference in the 'difficulty' of the respective universities....

therefore it is a mistake to think edinburgh would be tougher than liverpool or leeds or hull-york, for eg.....

the hallmark of developed countries' education is they tend to be pretty consistent in quality.....

Among the unis that interview in this region, those that do not interview in Malaysia will interview in Singapore. Leeds do not interview intl applicants. When there's 4 choices to include in UCAS application, the likelihood of similar unis being applied to is pretty high.

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.

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.....

So there's about 450 - 500 international graduates (based on 7.5% international student intake).

How long did it take you guys to prepare for ielts?

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Added on June 9, 2012, 10:29 pmMy friend has an engineering degree, second class hons. could he enter imu directly?

cck- yes, medicine. no pre-university. he did diploma, then degree

are there parties and drinking at IMU ? or is it just studies ??

are you telling me ppl dont like to booze ?? and how are the parties on there ?

could you tell me what kind of stuff happens in it ??

not for medical and pharmacy students.

other courses then got la.

i got my a*aaa for my A levels. october is here and i am prettyyyyyy nervous. i cant afford to be postponed to august intake.