Take medicine in IMU wei. 2 hours of lectures a day, a 'group discussion session' once a week, and a few clinical skills practices here and there. Fun fun.

Don't take the local pharmacy programme (Bpharm) unless you really enjoy having no life. That, or you don't mind having a not-so-impressive CGPA while your friends in some other courses in other unis (okay, with the exception of a few lah) grad with first class honours easy peasy. OR unless you really have an err passion or some thingamajig for pharmacy la.

I actually don't understand why anyone would ever take MPharm? You don't qualify to work in UK anyway, even if you do have a nice Strathclyde cert. UK's board only accepts FULL-TIME UK GRADS. Granted the workload IS easier in the first phase compared to BPharm...

Disclaimer: The above is all said in tongue-in-cheek mode, before anyone gets all ruffled and starts preaching about how lack of workload should not be one's main priority in choosing a course.

Oh, and IMU doesn't care about all-roundedness la. Doubt any private unis do. I got accepted even though I had literally nothing (no, not even member status) to show for co-curriculum.

This post has been edited by misao: Nov 12 2007, 06:48 PM

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Added on December 29, 2008, 2:02 amMay be a bit off topic here, but really, what's wrong with asking all the stuff that taiko is asking? I see a person who's bothered to ask about his future, to consider many alternatives and to plan years ahead. I see him getting bashed on other threads and wonder, why? What's wrong with asking about specializations before you enter med school? What's wrong with trying to find the most lucrative career path to take? Different people have different motives for choosing careers, and money is as good a motive as any.

There's nothing wrong with NOT asking as well, but either way you have a choice whether or not to answer him.

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Added on December 29, 2008, 2:04 amYes I just checked and saw that too, but when I checked before enrolling in my course it was! oO

Anyone who's graduated recently could provide feedback?

This post has been edited by misao: Dec 29 2008, 02:04 AM

Vista Komanwel is directly opposite and 'only' (I'm only saying 'only' because someone mentioned rm2100 for another apartment) rm1.2k per unit. :S

Vista Komanwel isn't really 'in bad condition'. Compared to the accommodations most of my friends in other unis have, I think it really is pretty decent. There's air-conditioning, the apartments are relatively new (in terms of building age), and the lifts work... most of the time.

Herbalife, my medic friends just read the recommended textbooks, then memorize all the stuff in the lecture notes and they've gotten thru sem 5 just fine.

I actually have to agree with this, LOL. Went to lectures on my first day of my first sem and was forever turned off by them. 'Nowww you take de yaaairrr bubbles out av de tyuuube...'

Herbalife, it's true that IMU medicine has less lecture hours than average. But you do also get 2 PBLs per week (one PBL is split into 2 sessions of 1.5 hrs each), medical museum sessions, GP and community postings (KKB, have fun ), etc.

I don't see what's the big deal with lectures anyway. It's very rare that a lecturer is good enough that you can get THAT much more from his teachings than reading the textbook and doing research yourself. That's my experience anyway...