NUS / NTU medicine application 2018/2019
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Hi all,
May I know if any child has yet received any news from NUS Med and Dentistry? & their application is still under processing? What are the chances of getting accepted? Does processing means under waitlist? -
teresakoh:
Hi all,
May I know if any child has yet received any news from NUS Med and Dentistry? & their application is still under processing? What are the chances of getting accepted? Does processing means under waitlist?
Think all offers were already sent to successful applicants last wed and thursday. Highly likely your application was sent to the next faculty for consideration,if any. -
Ok just trying to make some assumptions:
NTU has 138 vacancies. Assuming 50% of them have double offers from both NTU and NUS = 70.
Therefore there will be 70 slots available for those on waitlist. Sounds logical? -
ycpang:
So roughly how many people are on the waitlist?Ok just trying to make some assumptions:
NTU has 138 vacancies. Assuming 50% of them have double offers from both NTU and NUS = 70.
Therefore there will be 70 slots available for those on waitlist. Sounds logical? -
PiggyLalala:
In addition to smaller cohort and funding for new facilites, prob also because of the compulsory iPad on which lessons are conducted?
Thank you for the comparison. I believe many would choose YLL over LKC because of the difference in tuition fee and proximity....NTU is very very far.....
Btw....does anyone have any idea why LKC charges a few K more than YLL each year..... newer facilities? smaller cohort? why? just wondering since it will be the same MBBS in the end... -
Samuel002:
Purely statistic:ycpang:
Ok just trying to make some assumptions:
NTU has 138 vacancies. Assuming 50% of them have double offers from both NTU and NUS = 70.
Therefore there will be 70 slots available for those on waitlist. Sounds logical?
NUS selects 322 out of 980. Chances is 33%
NTU selects 138 out of 398. Chances is 34%
Both schools combined: 460 out of 980 ( very likely those 398 applied for NTU also applied for NUS). So chances is 47% if the student applied for both schools.
Round 1 - about 33% got offered based on individual school. There is a balance of 14% slots to be filled in round 2.
14% out of 460 = 65 slots available on waitlist. This is close to 70 slots as per my earlier estimation. In fact, if dentistry is included ( since those who applied dentistry are likely to apply to med as well), the chances of one gets into one of the three faculties is about 50%. -
ycpang:
Purely statistic:Samuel002:
[quote=\"ycpang\"]Ok just trying to make some assumptions:
NTU has 138 vacancies. Assuming 50% of them have double offers from both NTU and NUS = 70.
Therefore there will be 70 slots available for those on waitlist. Sounds logical?
NUS selects 322 out of 980. Chances is 33%
NTU selects 138 out of 398. Chances is 34%
Both schools combined: 460 out of 980 ( very likely those 398 applied for NTU also applied for NUS). So chances is 47% if the student applied for both schools.
Round 1 - about 33% got offered based on individual school. There is a balance of 14% slots to be filled in round 2.
14% out of 460 = 65 slots available on waitlist. This is close to 70 slots as per my earlier estimation. In fact, if dentistry is included ( since those who applied dentistry are likely to apply to med as well), the chances of one gets into one of the three faculties is about 50%.[/quote]Hi, ycyang, your statistics is great ! How the nus medicine/ntu medicine/ nus dentistry offer those 70 slots in round 2 ? As if the above three faulty is not successful, it will offer you the second choice —such as lawyer. And u already accept the offer for nus lawyer. Thanks. -
ycpang:
Purely statistic:Samuel002:
[quote=\"ycpang\"]Ok just trying to make some assumptions:
NTU has 138 vacancies. Assuming 50% of them have double offers from both NTU and NUS = 70.
Therefore there will be 70 slots available for those on waitlist. Sounds logical?
NUS selects 322 out of 980. Chances is 33%
NTU selects 138 out of 398. Chances is 34%
Both schools combined: 460 out of 980 ( very likely those 398 applied for NTU also applied for NUS). So chances is 47% if the student applied for both schools.
Round 1 - about 33% got offered based on individual school. There is a balance of 14% slots to be filled in round 2.
14% out of 460 = 65 slots available on waitlist. This is close to 70 slots as per my earlier estimation. In fact, if dentistry is included ( since those who applied dentistry are likely to apply to med as well), the chances of one gets into one of the three faculties is about 50%.[/quote]Hi, ycyang, your statistics is great ! How the nus medicine/ntu medicine/ nus dentistry offer those 70 slots in round 2 ? As if the above three faulty is not successful, it will offer you the second choice —such as lawyer. And u already accept the offer for nus lawyer. Thanks. -
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Note that the increase in no of med places in both med schools (YLL, LKC) has to do with our ageing population, i.e. an increased need for clinical manpower in the fields of family medicine, geriatric medicine, internal medicine, palliative care, etc.
MOH has called for more doctors with “broad and general professional capabilities” to serve an ageing Singapore, and the deans of 3 med schools (incl Duke) have stressed the importance of training more \"generalist\" doctors.
More 'generalists' are expected to be churned from future pools, cos we appear to have too many 'specialist' doctors. 'Generalists' are needed to provide holistic treatment to elderly patients with multiple health issues, so junior doctors do take note of that career track.
[quote]Steps have already been taken to encourage more young doctors to become generalists. This year, one in five residency places offered was for family medicine, advanced internal medicine or geriatrics, according to MOH.
This is an increase from 2013, when the number of residency openings in these specialities made up only 12 per cent of the total.
Doctors in these disciplines are considered generalists because they do not focus on a single organ or body part. Their emphasis is on treating patients as a whole[/quote][quote]Young doctors were also urged not to be in medicine for \"prestige, financial rewards or fame\" and \"not seek to be a super-specialist when there is limited demand... or choose a speciality primarily because it gives us a good work-life balance\".
Prof Chen yesterday acknowledged that \"many doctors who enter medical school are actually ambitious. They want to do prestigious disciplines... The need currently is that of general medical care. [/quote]https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/moh-reviews-doctors-training-to-become-specialists
https://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/all-students-of-nus-medical-school-get-geriatrics-training
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/too-many-specialist-doctors-and-too-few-who-can-see-the-big-picture
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/big-read-specialists-or-gps-training-review-get-mix-right-just-what-doctor-ordered
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