when it comes to critical courses like this, many doesn't care which uni.......as long as it's cheap and will accept them......

in any case, the good unis......majority of mere msians cannot afford............

the 1st msian dental faculty in um used to conduct a 4 year course........it's now 5 years, just like their mbbs......

i don't understand why even tuition fees needs to be paid through agents, and why it should be 'fussy' to pay direct to the uni.......

that suggests to me the agent continues to take a cut of the fees in subsequent years.......

why do they then, a sovereign country with their own currency, want to be paid in usd?........

the uni will shoulder a major part of the blame for this situation......for NOT selecting their students in the proper manner........and NOT daring to expel these students who do not perform.......

why is it so?......usually, the preclinical years are cheaper than the clinics......

all the 3rd world countries suffers from one basic intrinsic defect.....that is, a propensity to corruption........and this extends to education in general, and particularly dangerous in medical education.......

we have all seen comments about the buying of 'passes' at exams......that appears to occur in the countries people commonly go for medical education, ie russia, india, indonesia, now egypt.......

yes, it happens in msia too........except it is not so much buying them, as being 'given' to sections of the student population........finals questions being given in mock exams (conducted for selected groups of students), extra marks being given so fails can be made passes etc.......this all happens at ipta........

and any university selecting students based on religion and ethincity should be banned and boycotted......and guess what?........we have at least one such here in msia........

the cheapest place to do medicine is any of the ipta's.........fees only rm3k+/year..............no need go beg for scholarships........

ipta lah..........awam.......

is there any public uni in indonesia where the medium of instruction is other than indonesian?......btw, the 2nd language there is dutch, the previous colonial power........