Just go to Nottingham booth today at FACON. Not as friendly as other place but it's clear and concise.

Turn out out the lowest is cutoff for nottingham is AB+B+ so I could apply. They try persuade me to Engineering but nah...

I'll apply Pharmacy for QUB in UK. Got to go KL next week for counselling with it international staff. So tiring...

to be honest, if you paying abt the same amount of money for tuition fees, why QUB in the first place.

you can do the MPharm at more reputable schools in the mainland UK for abt the same price.

you will land yourself more opportunities for summer placements, part time jobs, pre-reg opportunities and more choices when you work as pharmacist. not to mention that, the healthcare system and even the political system is slightly different between ireland and mainland UK; england, wales and scotland.

Pharmacy in QUB is fine, but it will be more beneficial if you choose to do it in mainland UK instead.

but was't in Mainland UK it would be tougher to get a spot?( I got a typo error there as the word 'could apply' should be 'could'nt apply') I know my result which is A-,B,B is not good enough for many institution except the unpopular ones. QUB is recognized by SMC which the thing I looked into. If I can get like Cardiff, then I must already apply now. With this result, you think other place will accept me?

you will never know if you never try. just apply for it.

it doesnt just depends on th entry requirement, but also available places.

say 10 places are made for malaysian or international students for this year intake, but there are only 8 applicants in total, hence as long as your qualification (forecast) is not way too far below the entry requirement, you are very likely to be offered a place. but if there are 20 applicants, and the first 15 applicants held 4A's in a-level (or from forecast result), of course the likehood of those applicants below the entry requirement is way lower. so it depends on your luck too. besides, they tend to give out offers more than places they have, because not every applicants will take up the offer too.

so how do you apply for the course? via UCAS?

No not yet. I have to meet a representative in KL first before deciding. Maybe I will try UCAS later. My brother is good at writing essay on UCAS so I will discuss on what to write.

If you were me, what university do you recommend?

i had once chosen cardiff and i have never regretted it.

any one of these will do, cardiff, bath, nottingham, manchester, london school of pharmacy.

bath and nottingham are really nice campus based universities.

all are among the top pharmacy schools in uk, fighting over the no.1 since ages ago. never fall beyond top 8 of about only less that 40 pharmacy schools in uk.

love cardiff for its location, culture, city, conveniences, facilities, people, uniqueness, buildings, status, and of course among the top pharmacy school. in fact it was rated no.1 in pharmacy for the year when I graduated.

@igmroey

MUFY and then do pharmacy at nottingham? that is not a wise decision.

Ok. I make sure to remember this especially Cardiff. Hopefully my lame result might get me into this courses!

ermm i hv some question on pharmacist
anyone can give a brief explaination what the pharmacy course is about?
i will be going for jpa pharmacy scholarship
i really hope i do well bcoz i really into it i like pharmacy alot

If you don't know anything about the course,how come you said you really like pharmacy..........kinda weird isn't it
btw,which country you will be going??Russia or India

actually in the online application form, they did not let us choose which country we want to go, but who knows if they will ask us during the interview.

i just like mixing2 chemicals hahahahaha
australia

nowadays pharmacist rarely doing mixing of chemicals unless you work in research or academic field.

hospital pharmacy only do some mixing when it comes to preparing aseptic solutions, or fluids for infusion/injections.

most of the preparations, you can get it from distributors.

what is the job about, it depends on where you work in. majority pharmacist works in hospital or community, and their main roles are to:

- clinically screen the medication of patient.

- dispense the medications against a prescription

- provide heatlhcare advise and consultation

- delivering healthcare services

- making sure pharmacy is run under the strict regulations legally

- sell of medicines to various parties appropriately

though roles and responsibilites vary between country.

does australia hv a good college to study pharmacy?

Adelaide I think. But tough for foreigner to get to Australia rather than UK as many South East Asian try to get there. Lol, a lot of them from Singapore.

But if got many A's no worry

all oz pharmacy schools are good, and of almost equal standards......

it is not difficult to get in, the cut off for eg curtin in perth is BBB at a-levels or stpm.......

@wreckens15

just read through my previous post about what a pharmacy students really study and just extract some information from it. you may also try those University website, normally they did give some information about the prospect and so on. even if JPA didnt ask you at the interview, i am sure you understand the pharmacy course and what you can do with it better.

just pick one from the list ( the one from board of pharmacy malaysia) of accreditted degree aka recognised by our government because you are bonded.

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Added on March 25, 2009, 9:56 pmoh ya.. make sure you do know what "seperation of prescribing and despensing right" is about.

This post has been edited by jerk: Mar 25 2009, 09:56 PM

Huh? Never knew about that before. I always thought Australia as a competitive place to be in become of the influx of foreigner there.

omg i dunno seperation of prescribing and despensing
wat is that?
no.. just what if " why do u want to study at australia comes"
i just like austrlia i dont know how to answer it brilliantly so maybe i know some of the famous college there i can twist and turn the answer abit

oh yeah about the job when ur bonded the " researcher industrial pharmacist business and lecturer" those stuff right? yeah i read it
ty its very usefull

the competition amongst international students for pharmacy is not as intense as for medicine/dentistry, and the entry requirement for some less popular unis (curtin, unisa, qut) is about ter 90, whereas for more popular ones like monash, it's 95......however their cut off for a-levels and stpm appears lower, as they accept 12 points (BBB).........(cut off for home students is consistently about 95 across the unis, ie foreign students paying full fees can get in with a lower result)........