You're staying in the store room in the kitchen, no?

The other rooms are pretty much decent. The Towers have much better rooms compared to the Block 1 or 2 (same with all Vista A, B, and C). Block 1, 2 has the freaking small room which the window faces the corridor which IMO is yucks.

I stayed in C tower last time, middle room. The middle room is quite big, well to be exact it's width is not exactly the largest but its length would be more than enough. The master bedroom is quite small compared to the other rooms, but it has its own bathroom. The smallest room in Tower suites is in an rough "L" configuration but it's not a problem either. Sorry that I can't give you the exact dimensions since I've never measured it anyway.

In short words, try to get Towers instead of the others. And for me I'd rather get an unfurnished house. Furnished units are usually overpriced, but then again they are usually very well maintained. Unfurnished houses tend to look like typical "hostels" but hey, we're there to study not to live like kings, right?

I didn't do Pharmacy at IMU hehe, but my housemate did MPharm. MPharm is pretty much relaxing compared to BPharm. Last time BPharm used to have classes from early morning till late afternoons with relatively no rest in between, not sure whether it's the same now or not as IMU has changed damn a lot since I left. MPharm however is quite a 'condensed' course and most of them need to learn extra stuff when they go over to Stradclythe. That's what my friend said anyway hehe, but he has graduated almost half a year ago and he's doing fine now

Man, I still miss IMU... good old days.

M104 hehe... you?

IMU is expanding its business. First they started the nursing course, then along came dentistry and most recently I heard that they are going to provide biotech stuff and nutrition etc.

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

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

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.

Careful... the more you push it, the less likely people would want to help
Don't expect instant replies in a forum, it takes time especially serious stuff. Only chit chat in Kopitiam threads run faster than the speed of light.

PMS is undoubtedly expensive. Depending on where you go, the tuition fees varies but it's pretty much in the region of RM600-700K, possibly reaching 1M in certain unis. It's very hard to give you a specific number since the PMSes increase their fees every year (at least Melbourne does, it costs the same or even more than UK ) The foreign exchange rates do play a role too. This is not including other misc costs such as living expenses, food, travel, etc and take my word that it's not any cheap either.

In short terms, it's costly. VERY costly, compared to the 5 year course in Malaysia which I suppose 300K-plus would suffice IIRC.

Again, I think you will get the best answer from IMU rather than from us since the admin people would have more official details.

Living costs in Malaysia, well I assume you will be staying at the "wonderful" Vista Komanwel Again, the prices varies between empty, semi-furnished, and fully furnished apartments. I'm not sure how much it is now, but when I was there from 2004-2006 the average rent for an empty/semi furnished apartment would be approx RM 1000-1200 per month. Don't ask about exact numbers for separate rooms since it depends on how the tenants divide it among themselves, usually it's around 300+ to 400 for small room, slightly more for middle room, while master bedroom with attached toilet may go up to 500 or more.

Fully furnished ones may start from RM1500-2000, yet again it varies.

I expect the rental to be higher now since IMU is getting more and more business, hence directly affecting the property market over there.

Food expenses, well I suppose you're better off eating outside anyway. A basic meal outside costs an average RM4-5 while cooking costs pretty much the same, not forgetting the hassle. Cooking yourself won't necessarily save you much unless you cook in bulk/share with other people. Having said that, Bukit Jalil doesn't have much variety of eating places to choose from so you'll probably head down to Sri Petaling, OUG, or Kuchai Lama for more stuff.

For what it's worth, here's a rough guide of what I spent last time:
Rental = approx 400
Utilities = approx 60
Food + Misc = 300-400
So roughly you can get by with RM 1K per month for a reasonably comfortable life in IMU.

Of course, the easiest way to save money is to cut down on entertainment esp costly ones such as exotic food, clubbing, frequent movies + outings etc. Have to balance it though, can't mug books 24/7 or you'll go crazy.

Chill out, and welcome to IMU Watch the youtube video to see what you'll be facing very soon.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: May 19 2008, 10:30 PM

No worries, no offence taken... just thought that since you're asking for help it's better not to be too aggressive in your choice of words.

Hope you'll have a great time in IMU... provided that your enrollment is confirmed.

I presume you were there during a Saturday, which is the most common time to have a chess competition... obviously it's empty during Saturdays as everyone else will be slacking at home or mugging in the library.

I'm surprised that the renovations are still going on. It should be finished by now...

And for those who are still in IMU, are there any news about "Vista C Hill"? Before I left there were rumours that IMU had bought the small hill opposite vista C and was planning to built some student facilities there. We even joked about making a bridge to join the main building to the hill

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: May 20 2008, 07:36 PM

Whoa... damn suck... now students have to walk all the way over to the hill for parking? might as well park illegally beside the road like most of the people do.

Dentist lab... wow... gotta go visit there some day.

Welcome welcome... another johorean

study hard is the only way? well, pretty much...

my experience in med school is, there are two ways to study.

During normal days when you don't have exams, study as much as possible... study with the aim of learning more things, to widen your experiences, to improve your knowledge.

During exam periods, study smart... there's no way you could finish every thing in time... so learn the main chunks, go for where the money is.

Don't bother too much about passing/failing exams at the moment. Just get in and enjoy uni life !!

haha... then again our orientation back in the good old days ain't exactly a meaningful one either, it's just an excuse for sadistic seniors to vent their pressure and frustration on juniors LOL... It was fun though, and down right smelly and dirty

Erm... that's not exactly what he's asking hehe...