Application for NUS/NTU Medicine 2020/2021

[Kiwi3]

Hello Folks,

I am a parent of a kid put on LKC waitlist and I believe there are quite a few in the same boat as me in this forum. Appreciate if u guys can update us as soon as u have received an offer so as to let the fellow anxious and hopeful folks like me share your happiness and at the same time have a “feel” of the movement of the waitlist.

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[quote=Monsta post_id=1978290 time=1590678091 user_id=184693]Any idea according to past wait lists, are the offers made in a single shot after the acceptance window?

My son said last monday, many on waitlist were issued offers. I believe they can come as and when vacancies arise. I think as long as the students have not taken their health screenings and signed their service agreements, there will still be chances for wait list students to be allocated seats. Some males may not be able to obtain disruptions from army and their slots could be given up to the females etc.

My son said last year, one senior was offered a place by YLL in July.

Stay hopeful.

Thank you for the reply! So both ntu and nus had their offers given out on 25 may for the wait list people?[/quote]My son said he heard some students were offered YLL on 25 May but nothing heard about LKC waitlist moving.

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My son said last monday, many on waitlist were issued offers. I believe they can come as and when vacancies arise. I think as long as the students have not taken their health screenings and signed their service agreements, there will still be chances for wait list students to be allocated seats. Some males may not be able to obtain disruptions from army and their slots could be given up to the females etc.

My son said last year, one senior was offered a place by YLL in July.

Stay hopeful.

Thank you for the reply! So both ntu and nus had their offers given out on 25 may for the wait list people?

My son said he heard some students were offered YLL on 25 May but nothing heard about LKC waitlist moving. Suggest you ring LKC Admission office to ask. My son rang them to ask about army disruption and he said they were extremely helpful although it may take a long time for someone to answer the call. Just keep trying. Better than waiting.
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[Monsta]

Emailed LKC and was told that as of now, they have not started making further offers to wait listed candidates.

[Desmond Tang]

To all who concern of the NTU LKCSoM Wait list outcome. Just as what "Monsta" had replied here in, the wait lists are still in the processing stage.


The offers of admission to candidates on waitlist will be made as and when places become available. NTU LKCSoM will definitely inform all waitlisted candidates of their admission outcome earliest possible and they hope to finalize the incoming intake by mid-July.

There is no urgent needs to ring or email them at this moment. The NTU Admissions Team appreciate our patience and understanding on this matter.

[Desmond Tang]

For some interesting read while in waiting. There's still option for those who intend to study Medicine via NTU-Duke-NUS Medicine Pathway.


Graduating from medical school, Duke-NUS students enter front-line against Covid-19 - https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/graduating-from-medical-school-duke-nus-students-enter-frontline-against-covid-19#main-content

[Monsta]

Anyone knows when NTU will be giving out the offers or roughly how many offers? Previous years’ offers weren’t this late

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Anyone knows when NTU will be giving out the offers or roughly how many offers? Previous years' offers weren't this late

Hi Monsta,

I would predict from next week onwards the offers will be released in batches and they will have to accept within the time frame by then should they choose to read medicine in NTU or NUS. The admission team requires time to sort out the number of remaining offers before giving to the waitlisted students. As quoted from other parents in this forum, they have emailed NTU admission and the reply is give them sometimes to sort out and they will notify the waitlist positions students ASAP by July.

Understand from the parents anxiety that in view of the Covid19 situation, there are students who has applied and offered for medicines are staying back to practice locally. However, university from overseas are taking extra precautious measures for students to start school terms later in Oct/Nov and returning international students are to obey the stay in quarantine for 2 weeks in UK. (I have got this from ST video for travellers who returned to UK and their updates through the immigration). There are also students who do applied for late admission in the different universities and requesting to study here for a semester before returning back to overseas. No information given on this yet but I am very sure that in due course they are sorting out the admission matters.

As this preceding times and anxieties upon us, I wish all the waitlisted students to be patient for this moment and I am very sure your children will be offered in due course.

[Jl321]

I heard last year the movement of the waitlisted was really little. Could it be the same this year ? Not sure NTU has changed the strategy by offering slightly more than exact vacancies basing on their past statistics on 1st round rejects number. If this is true, then the chance or the movement for waitlisted will be slow and little. I hope not…as my son is also in the waitlist this year…

[Desmond Tang]

Just my two cents worth. The total numbers of places offered each year was only 500 (note: combined intake of the three Medical Schools). So the guesstimate of the respective intake would be from NUS 280 + NTU 158 + DUKE NUS 62 = 500. You can see how tough it is to compete for a place. This was the quota being stipulated by MOH in year 2018. This is how the numbers are being worked out.


Last year 2019 the intake by LKCSoM was overwhelming thus why the wait list was not moving. Many students opted NTU as they were intrigued by LKCSoM during open house.

This year I suppose it will be the same as the pandemic situation had put many talented students to stay put locally instead of going overseas. The places should be pretty tight this year too.

Figuratively speaking the 158 places offered by NTU LKCSoM should not be taken literally. Considering those Returning NSmen who had been reserved a place last year and is to matriculate this year, the places being offered would be lesser than 158. Thus all the three Medical Schools are playing balancing games and the total combined intake to be 500.

The intake figures I have quoted for NUS 280 was taken from their website. DUKE-NUS 62 was from this year reported by ST and NTU 158 was derived at by calculation. The total intake 500 was mentioned by MOH on ST. The order of the intake placing is somewhere there.

Let’s hope our wishes will be fulfilled after the waiting. Afterall a Yes or a No will be cleared by month of August where the school term starts.