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.

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