NUS / NTU medicine application 2018/2019
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iFirefly:
This is very encouraging. Jacky had rose fr the lotus pond thro self-motivation & hardwork, shoeing it’s never too late to taste success one one puts in hard work. In fact, he shld be proud of himself having caught up & not feel small or ashamed. The past has passed. What is impt is to live the moment & know what is meaningful for your life & where you’re heading as goal.Poly grad overcomes early struggles, feeling of inferiority to enter medical school.
Mr Jacky Chun, 21, who is in his first year at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore (NUS), regrets playing games instead of studying while in primary school.
As a result, he lagged behind his peers after ending up in the Normal Academic stream in secondary school.
But he started to buck up in Secondary 2 when his family faced financial woes after his mother, the sole breadwinner, was retrenched. His father is a house-husband.
\"I remember seeing my mum upset,\" Mr Chun told The New Paper.
\"It was a tough time, and I realised I needed to do well in school so that I could support my family in the future.\"
His hard work paid off when he scored an ELMAB3 aggregate of 5 in the N-level exams.
Mr Chun entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) through the Polytechnic Foundation Programme and took up a biomedical science diploma course.
In poly, he felt inferior as most of his classmates were from the express stream and had better academic backgrounds.
\"But I realised it was more important to focus on myself.\"
When a relative with severe anaemia was admitted to hospital, he was able to reassure her with his medical knowledge.
Mr Chun knew then that medicine was his calling. \"Realising I could make a difference in someone's life, I was inspired to pursue medicine,\" he said.
He graduated from NP last May with a GPA of 3.96 and was in the top 10 per cent of his cohort.
Despite knowing how tough it would be, Mr Chun applied to NUS and was accepted.
While he still feels inferior at times, he said: \"I feel thankful every day to be in the school and I think it is important to believe in yourself, set a goal and pursue it without giving up.\"
https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/poly-grad-overcomes-early-struggles-feeling-inferiority-enter-medical-school
Thank you for sharing iFirefly! :thankyou: -
Will like to check usually when will the shortlisted students inform of the interview for both uni?
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Will like to check usually when will the shortlisted students inform of the interview for both uni?
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Will like to check usually when will the shortlisted students inform of the interview for both uni?
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Will like to check usually when will the shortlisted students inform of the interview for both uni?
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Notification of Interview for NUS YLL/NTU LKC/NUS Dentistry : Early March
Interview for NUS YLL/NTU LKC/NUS Dentistry : Early April onwards
Below is the 2018 NTU Timeline
https://postimg.cc/fJN0MKbx
2 Rounds of Assessment :
NUS YLL : FSA & SJT
NTU LKC : BMAT (To be taken before application) & MMI
NUS Dentistry : Manual Dexterity Test & MMI -
:thankyou:
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Would like to check is it the BMAT only in Oct? If want to apply to lKC medical school and didn’t take BMAT last year, so cannot apply this year?
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Would like to check is it the BMAT only in Oct? If want to apply to lKC medical school and didn’t take BMAT last year, so cannot apply this year?
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Yes, not this year if you have missed it last year. You can only next year after taking BMAT this year. Btw, BMAT 2019 has shifted its dates.
https://www.admissionstesting.org/news/view/bmat-tes-dates-confirmed-for-2019/
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