hey there! same thing for me, they initially told me they will get back to me by mid september and now they are telling me early october what did you get for your a-levels?

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Added on September 26, 2012, 2:45 pmHi all, i applied to the aug 12 intake for MBBS PMS but was placed in the waiting list and was eventually put into the application list of feb 13. Therefore technically i am currently applying for the coming feb 2013 intake. I am currently using a result of AABa for my application, which i fear might not be enough to earn me a place in the MBBS PMS programme because everyone i know going into the PMS programme has multiple A*s :'( My question is, are there more MBBS local students than MBBS pms students? How many more? and do you think i'll still stand a chance of entering the MBBS PMS programme?

This post has been edited by swayforlife: Sep 26 2012, 02:45 PM

Yeah seems like it, so it really might not be able to get me into PMS

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Added on October 4, 2012, 5:38 pmah i see, thanks for the information! i think i have to look for other options now

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Added on October 4, 2012, 5:40 pmoh man, you've got good grades, now i have one more person that i know of that will be placed above me any news from imu yet? have you tried calling them?

This post has been edited by swayforlife: Oct 4 2012, 05:41 PM

I reckon it will be more likely that you will be given an internship position in Australia. I Remember they rank medical graduates as follow:

1. Aussie citizen/PR, Aussie med school graduate
2. Aussie citizen/PR, International medical graduate (IMG)
3. Non citizen/PR, Aussie med school graduate
4. Non citizen/PR, IMG

I can't remember, it was probably from one of the university's website.

But here, i found something else

http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/la...rnship-priority

"Under changes to Victoria’s internship program effective immediately, international students who studied in the state will be given priority over Australian residents who studied interstate."

"First priority will still go to Australian residents who studied in Victoria."

If you extract these clues from the passage, you can see prior to the change, medical grads are ranked like this in most of the states:
1. citizen/pr, aus state grad
2. citizen/pr, aus interstate grad
3. non citizen/pr, aus state grad

Now forgive me for forgetting about interstate medical school factors as well in my previous reply. And also i do not know if a non citizen/pr graduating from an interstate australian medical school would have priority over an australian citizen/pr IMG. But at least we know non citizen/pr + non australian medical school graduates will be given the lowest priority.

This post has been edited by swayforlife: Oct 17 2012, 04:32 PM

Those who i know personally in the IMU-PMS program have grades higher than aaa, and many of them with much higher grades, eg. multiple a*s. I personally applied in may april 2012 for the august 2012 intake with my forecasted grade of aaa, and failed to make it to the shortlist, and was delayed by one intake, so i'll only be going in next february, and i really consider myself lucky!

Whether or not an ATAR of 82 is equivalent to an AAA at A-level is never up to us to decide. Statistically, there is nothing wrong in saying that they are equivalent, but universities have a different way of doing things, they take many things into account. Take ANU for example, they raised the requirement for GCE A-Levels tremendously this year.

For example, the requirement for GCE A-Level students to do Bachelors of Medical Science is :A*A*A (17) or AAAB (19) for 2013, while requirement for OSSD is 80%, BBC for Hong Kong A-level and ATAR90 for Australian year 12. But for 2012, the requirement for GCE A-Levels was a mere BBB (12), while others are the same.

So can you say that for the year 2012, BBB is equivalent to ATAR 90 because only 10% of the students get better grades than BBB, but in 2013 it is A*A*A? There is no clear cut here, it depends solely on universities. Some universities want to cut down the number of GCE A-Level students, hence they raise the bar for them, some think that Australian year 12 is slightly easier than GCE A-Levels and hence they think an ATAR of 95 is equivalent to AAB at A-levels (IMU).

So chill and peace out guys.

This post has been edited by swayforlife: Nov 6 2012, 02:46 PM

hi senior, i'll be going in next feb, and am thrilled any advice on how to survive medical school? for example, what was your method of studying? do the lecture notes and textbooks cover almost everything that you need to know for your exams? do lectures suffice? did you have to do extra reading outside? what is your average week like? or any other advices for me?

If i am not mistaken, you will need to hit the cut-off score to have your application submitted, and sit for an interview. I was told that it is the "minimum requirement to apply". All the best!!

I was told that the cut off for the mbbs local program is indeed bbc/bbb, so you can apply with bbc/bbb; while the cut off for the pms stream is aab/aaa.

I see, are you applying for the feb 2013 intake? All the very best irisss, hope to see you there!

http://www.imu.edu.my/imu/index.php/progra...ical-school-pms

Go to the end of the page, click "matching process......"

Hi iris how did your interview go?

1. Cut off
There will be an exact cut off for the UK GCE, but I do not know if they have one for the Singapore Alvls. It is normally aab-aaa.

2. CoCo
I don't believe anyone can answer this unless he/she works in the admission department. But from what I feel, yes they do, because interviewers did ask me a lot about my extra coco activities.

3. Interview
I'd say it's both. It will be more towards the formality side for the local mbbs program, and more towards the sieving out candidates side for the pms programme. However this is only based on my perception. Again only someone from the admission team will know the exact mechanism behind all this.

4. Matching Process
Yes. The matching process is quite opaque. You rank the universities, and the universities rank you. Your ranking carries 5x more weightage. At the end you will have a score for each of the university. You will either get the highest or lowest score pms (can't remember sorry). If you choose Jefferson you will not be able to choose the other 4 PMSes, and if you fail to get into Jefferson they will but you into any pms with a slot. And of course most importantly you will need to pass all 5 semesters.

5. Forecast results?
Yes, I too applied with my forecast results.

This post has been edited by swayforlife: Jan 22 2013, 12:03 PM

hi there, anyone here going for registration day on the 18th? do you guys know what time is it going to start/end?

hey thank you! me too, i guess i'll see you there, hah!