[Advice] Applying into Local U. NTU/NUS.

[nyvrem]

Asking for more info nia.
My brother just finished A levels.
He did PCME, scored AAAB.
He wants to do medicine and he applied into NTU and NUS. This was when the application opened.
He got no reply from NUS. Called them and they said there's a high chance he got rejected.
He called NTU and they told him, his on their waitlist.
He told me he heard from friends, NTU has a 'short-list' and 'wait-list'
Chances for wait-list super slim.

If that's so, can he try again next year and the year after next ? Since he would be doing his NS anyway. He could forgo any course offer this year and try for next 2 years.

His about to give up and just jump onto any course NUS/NTU is giving him. I don't think it's beneficial for him in the long-term if he enters something he dislikes.

 

[WadsUpDoc]

Just accept the course that is offered first. Then try again next year. Being in NS means he will have two more years to try!

 

[rollbread]

For medicine sadly they all need AAA/A. If he has AAA/B, probably not have much chance.
Or does he have any attachment before?

My friend went for the interview before, can't remember his grades. They ask if he did any attachments with clinic before but he don't have and in the end got rejected. The interviewer mentioned that he should take up such attachments to get an edge over others.

So probably there are people who do attachments during JC too, if your friend has AAA/B and don't have any attachment or experience then his chance will be very low. He could probably accept any course offered to him then apply next year again....

 

[Havok_ex]

Pray that his NS vocation will be combat medic or something. Then he can use the experience in his portfolio. But very rare for medics to be A-level nowadays. They prefer poly kids with diploma related in bio or nursing.

In any case, he can just accept whatever course first this year. Then the next 2 years he can keep applying. He still has 2 more chances.

 

[nyvrem]

I think he did an attachment with DSTA before.
But his NS vocation storeman driver.
Personally I think AAAB is a great achievement. It's sad even that can't grant a person an interview.

 

[Havok_ex]

I think he did an attachment with DSTA before.
But his NS vocation storeman driver.
Personally I think AAAB is a great achievement. It's sad even that can't grant a person an interview.

The number of students achieving straight As outnumber the number of placings available for medicine. getting straight As isn't that special when hundreds do it each year. Hence YLLSOM must even reject some.

 

[syeechee]

Think it is hard. Both unis require straight As to qualify. For NTU, even all As also not enough, he will also need to ace the BioMedical Admissions test and get through 8 rounds of interviews. From last year stats, 817 applied but only a meagre 54 got through.

He may want to consider other routes just in case he got rejected.

 

[cjfalk]

FYI, he can't reapply to NUS via the normal route, only via EIS. NTU doesn't take reapplications too if an interview was granted.

 

[nyvrem]

Ok ! Good to know it's that hard to enter.
He got an offer from UK for Med.
But no money to go there.



Guess his gonna have to pick a second career path.

 

[nyvrem]

Just curious, which uni did he get an offer from?

Queen Mary, UoL.

 

[nyvrem]

I see. Must be quite a waste to give up such an offer. Maybe he could try taking out loans from banks, and try to pay it back in the future. Or he could try grad med, which means that he could do a degree first, work a few years, save up a bit of money, then do medicine after that if he is really passionate about it.

Oh? How does Gard med work ?
Like how will they judge your admission into the program?

 

[nyvrem]

Graduate medicine means you do a degree first then you apply to medical school. They just you based on your degree results, usually you need a first class honors. You will also need to do entrance tests, like GAMSAT, UKCAT, BMAT, MCAT, ISAT. Some schools(mainly the UK ones), also need good A level results. They also have to interview you.

For Singapore, there's only Duke-NUS. For Australia there's ANU, USyd, UMelb, UWA. For UK, there's all the UOL schools: (Queen Mary UOL, Imperial College London, UCL, KCL, St George's UOL), Oxbridge, Bristol, Birmingham, Newcastle etc. For Ireland, there's TCD, UCD, NUI Galway, UCC.
I may have missed out a few, and there's also graduate entry for undergraduate medicine programmes, i.e., if you get into those programmes, your classmates will be school leavers.
So as you can see, he still has plenty of options, if he still wants to do medicine after a first degree.

But this is a long route(because you have to do a 3/4 year degree and then go through a 4/5 year medical school programme), and is more expensive as well. Hopefully, your brother can find someway to finance the offer that he has now.

This sounds like how US students enter Med school.
Long, hard / expensive.
The first degree - must it be related to science? Or can it be any degree.

 

[Kyoji83]

For US MD, any first degree will do & does not needs to be related to science.

This sounds like how US students enter Med school.
Long, hard / expensive.
The first degree - must it be related to science? Or can it be any degree.

 

[nyvrem]

For US MD, any first degree will do & does not needs to be related to science.

Not talking about US.
Talking about the UK/Aus route.

 

[tryingtohelp]

Mind sharing his other grades such as GP and PW? I do know people with AAAB /AA got into NUS med and NTU med. For now, just accept his next favorite course first, as long as he did not fail any interview, he can apply again. Also, if he have such interest, did he do anything to boost his resume? Such details will help in his application too.

 

[nyvrem]

Mind sharing his other grades such as GP and PW? I do know people with AAAB /AA got into NUS med and NTU med. For now, just accept his next favorite course first, as long as he did not fail any interview, he can apply again. Also, if he have such interest, did he do anything to boost his resume? Such details will help in his application too.

GP/PW A/A
so far no call up for any interview of any sorts.
I guess this year gone case liao.
I think he did an internship at DSTA.
Not sure what else ba.
I don't really ask in detail about his stuff.

 

[-Wanderer-]

An internship at our local hospitals will help his chances in his application and interview. Best if he can get a letter of recommendation from the doctor that he was attached to.

 

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