how about manchester?

anyone here from P108?i'm happy if any from my batch also join lyn..haha
just finished my 1st semester..waddaheck?maths paper is harder than biopharm n physio..damn funny.maybe it's because of the lecturer's curse coz no one ever pay attention during his lecture..haha..imagine,after 1st hour lecture,3/4 class disappeared after signing attendance..

hey, to all imu medical students..just want to ask, how many students do imu takes for 1 intake for mbbs? how is the interview like? what if i applied 2 weeks before the deadline which is on may 31st, would i still be able to secure a place there if lets say i get thru the interview?? thank you so much!!!

IMU ~ my daughter will be there for bio med in July, now looking for her accomodation, anyone here have any opinion pls.. cos we are from Johor Bahru..

Anyone from IMU medical course?would like to ask
(1) is there only a 2-hour lecture per day in IMU?wouldnt it be too less as compared to other course like Bpharm which lasts till evening?
(2) Did IMU prepare u well to survive in the PMS phase?Is it tougher than when you're in IMU that time?
(3) What is the condition to apply one's favourite PMS?based on one's result or just random basis?
(4) Is there any trend that shows students prefer to choose which country?
(5) Which are the top pms uni/students' favourite choice?

Thanks in advance.

wts89..this goes out to you.

1) Yup, lecture hours for first sem have been reduced to few hours a day. Studies in US have shown that too much lecture do no good..I guess IMU took that pretty seriously. Pharm and med are different courses, and run under almost different management. Thus, class conduct for both med and pharm in IMU will not be the same.

2)About PMS and adapting, as you said...well, maybe that's why they have matching exercise to decide which uni you suit well enough to continue after. It very much depends on the individual, study hard (and smart) and prepare well then I believe it's sufficient.

3)Choice of applying to desired school very much depends on your results in IMU. If you don't perform well enough probably you may not be accepted to the desired school. Thus, it is important to prepare yourself enough to achieve desire.

4)Students mostly would go for schools in UK or in Commonwealth countries because the learning and testing systems are more similar to the education system in Malaysia. But then again, one man's meat is another man's poison, so it's different for other people.

5) To some, Dundee is their favourite because you can save one year (and thus cut tuition costs) and graduate earlier. Schools in US and Canada are quite different than in UK or other Commonnwealth countries, thus choice of school is very much dependent of suitability of individuals.

These are just in general. Any further questions, you should ask IMU and seek for counselling. It is important as becoming a doctor is not about just apply and getting interview and gain admission. Explore any other options available. The last thing you would want is to get to a school that doesn't suit you well, right? But IMU is good, I have to admit. Good luck to you and your future undertakings.. All the best.

This post has been edited by becca_yeo: May 15 2008, 02:49 PM

Thank you very much for the brief explanation I have a question here.based on your experience, Is housemanship training(in overseas) guarenteed once one has graduaded there?or it is competitive to get the housemanship training in overseas?

No for the first question, yes for the second one.

Depends on where you go to. In UK, it is the university responsibility to ensure that you get into your housemanship as they have to guarantee you to be a fully registered doctor.

btw, the matching system in IMU is a fraud My first choice was Manchester. Guess what, those who got Manchester, most of them did not has as good results as me, and not as active with co-curicular stuff. In fact, I got their first choice (Southampton, which was my 2nd choice actually..) and they got manchester... .their 4th choice..... Hahaa

oh man how come the matching system is so weird@_@ so what about australia/newzealand?do they guarantee you to gain the housemanship training over there after gradude?

Hey~

I am up to study in IMU for Biomedial Science course this year on July?
Any opinion??

An anyone has a room to rent out?

hey, to all imu medical students..just want to ask, how many students do imu takes for 1 intake for mbbs? how is the interview like? what if i applied 2 weeks before the deadline which is on may 31st, would i still be able to secure a place there if lets say i get thru the interview?? thank you so much!!!

can anyone help me?? please.....

haha... it is indeed a fraud. Not everyone who came to the same uni as I did had first choice, some were 2nd choice. My housemate got like 7, 8th choice but he appealed and got his 3rd choice I think.

NO. No guarantees. If you're good enough, you will be considered. This happens anywhere in the world.

Call IMU and ask them... seriously. Policies change all the time, and since we're not their admin our answers cannot be taken as the voice of authority.

Anyway... this reminds me, ALL IMU students must watch this. We made this for our ball couple of years back


This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: May 16 2008, 03:26 PM

is it true, you should rank your unis based on how well you think you'll pefrom within the poppulation, like if you think you're def a top student place your desired uni at 1 or 2, or if you think you're not too good and place it like 3rd 4th kinda thing, like a safety thingy

all of you here in the PMS program?

I want to know if the local course any good because it seems most of you are in the PMS one

no..im taking MPharm course..batch P108 to be exact..

hey, I jus registered here.

Well I have read nearly all of the posts in this thread and I have become more and more reluctant to go to IMU. Is it not really that good? I've heard that Melaka Manipal twinnnig programme with Malaysia has a tough first semester timetable compare to IMU.. Is this true??

and by the way I have my interview in a couple of days...I've prepared for it the best I can...anyway is there any one here who's willing to give me hints or tips regarding the interview??

Since the fee for IMU is really high is it possible to do a part time job? You know so that you can relieve your parent from this huge burden....

Any help would be Much appreciated..

And hey I'm Sri lankan....

This post has been edited by healinghell: May 17 2008, 10:58 PM

Everybody moans and b*tches about stuff, but there ain't many private institutions available for you to choose from in M'sia and every one of them has their own pros and cons.

Since you've already decided to go for it, just stick your head in and mug through it all. Don't bother too much about the interview, just try your best... it's not like you're interviewing for some highly specialised sophisticated job that only ONE fella gets accepted.

Working part time... well the timetable is quite slack so you are likely to get time to work. But it's the same with most medical schools where the lectures you get are merely a teeny weeny bit of what you're expected to know, and the others you have to read them on your own.

That's why sometimes I wonder why medical schools charge skyhigh fees when the amount of lectures we get is the least compared to other courses... Ah, the irony.

So a part time job is out of the questions? I think my family can afford it. But i mean after you get the degree it's just as if you bought one. the rates practically double after you finish the 2 and half year part of the degree in Malaysia. I checked out the website of IMU. It shows that if you choose a PMS the living cost for one year is like half the amount for tuition fees. Is this true in all cases?

Anyway since I hav been to Malaysia only once before i'm not aware of the living cost there. Lets say you want to live a bit comfortably, how much would it cost me for a year?

I probably had a thread on another thread that I mentioned something about IMU. If you rely on just lectures and PBL in IMU, you will feel that you know nothing at all. But in a way, because of the limited amount of things taught in lectures etc, I ended up studying a lot by myself and when I went to the PMS, I felt that I knew a lot more than the students there. Whether that's due to the system in IMU or whether that is because I overstudy..... I have no idea....

A part time job as a medical student is not out of the question. But it depends on how much you want to do really.... part time job in Msia doesn't really pays that much (if you are thinking about retails etc) that you would really relieve the burden of your family by much if they could afford it. PMS is a different story though. For example, if you go to UK, the tuition fee now is around GBP22k per year with living cost ranging from GBP5-10k depends on how you want to live. Doing part time in UK yields better return and when you compare dollar to dollar, that would pretty much cover your living expenses with part time job, though maybe not the accommodation....

Having said that, I did not do any part time job as a medical student... Can't find the energy to go do part time after studying etc.... Rather relax and rejuvenate when I have the time