Application for NUS/NTU Medicine 2020/2021
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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. -
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 -
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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Monsta\" post_id=\"1978597\" time=\"1590832840\" user_id=\"184693:
Hi Monsta,
Anyone knows when NTU will be giving out the offers or roughly how many offers? Previous years' offers weren't this late
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. -
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…
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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. -
Desmond Tang\" post_id=\"1978750\" time=\"1590903549\" user_id=\"185268:[quote=\"Desmond Tang\" post_id=1978750 time=1590903549 user_id=185268]
Hmm, does that mean last year a lot more students went for ntu instead of choosing nus? If so, perhaps that year was an anomaly because past years it has always been the other way around. Or perhaps the lack of moving waitlist was due to ntu offering a lot more slots at the initial round.
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.[/quote] -
Last year 2019 open house was full house and the intake was at 150.
Open House 2019 - http://enewsletter.ntu.edu.sg/thelkcmedicine/Issue%2041/Pages/News-oh.aspx
White Coat Ceremony2019 - http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg/NewsnEvents/Pages/Detailed-Page.aspx?news=6c5d6044-d3b9-46cc-a59d-2395c3f8262a -
LKC intake is 150 this year. My son said 2 of his classmates are opting for scholarships at other courses overseas and have released LCK offers. So there will be slots available. Stay hopeful.
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ScissorPaperStone\" post_id=\"1978948\" time=\"1590998526\" user_id=\"185514:
Do you know what courses these 2 classmates are going to take overseas ? Which university ? What the exact value of the scholarship ? PSC ? Who is the scholarship provider ? And why they don't want medicine ? Or don't want LKC ?
LKC intake is 150 this year. My son said 2 of his classmates are opting for scholarships at other courses overseas and have released LCK offers. So there will be slots available. Stay hopeful.
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