Application for NUS/NTU Medicine 2020/2021
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proudmum\" post_id=\"1981127\" time=\"1592366054\" user_id=\"1755:
Sorry, not trying to be discouraging to bring bad news but I noticed in previous years, very few students on waitlist get offers. So better to be realistic. Should u get the slot eventually, it will be a bonus. In this way, at least the students can move on and plan for the next course...especially if the student is a female.[/quote]I wonder if more students who would otherwise go overseas have decided to stay on in Singapore instead? if 10 of them decide to do so... it would mean success rate of waitlisters would get even smaller...
Another poster said the same thing. Thanks proudmum.lunchmoney\" post_id=\"1981124\" time=\"1592365012\" user_id=\"186048:
[quote=proudmum post_id=1981120 time=1592359786 user_id=1755]In the last 2 years, my friends children who were on waitlist at LKC, did not get any offer in the end. So, be prepared for 2nd choice in the worst case. Both were boys.
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TurtleSoup\" post_id=\"1981159\" time=\"1592377174\" user_id=\"185378:
I wonder if more students who would otherwise go overseas have decided to stay on in Singapore instead? if 10 of them decide to do so... it would mean success rate of waitlisters would get even smaller...[/quote]
Sorry, not trying to be discouraging to bring bad news but I noticed in previous years, very few students on waitlist get offers. So better to be realistic. Should u get the slot eventually, it will be a bonus. In this way, at least the students can move on and plan for the next course...especially if the student is a female.proudmum\" post_id=\"1981127\" time=\"1592366054\" user_id=\"1755:
[quote=lunchmoney post_id=1981124 time=1592365012 user_id=186048]
Another poster said the same thing. Thanks proudmum.
proudmum, yes, better to be realistic. It's very tough for the girls unless they take a gap year to reapply. But the ABAS route is not easy as well.
TurtleSoup, yes definitely the Covid19 has spooked some bright students who would otherwise have gone overseas and they would include those in Med. Not sure how the NS disruption would play out though. It might add a few more vacancies this year. Too many factors to consider. We shall bravely wait on. -
lunchmoney\" post_id=\"1981172\" time=\"1592385063\" user_id=\"186048:
I wonder if more students who would otherwise go overseas have decided to stay on in Singapore instead? if 10 of them decide to do so... it would mean success rate of waitlisters would get even smaller...TurtleSoup\" post_id=\"1981159\" time=\"1592377174\" user_id=\"185378:
[quote=proudmum post_id=1981127 time=1592366054 user_id=1755]
Sorry, not trying to be discouraging to bring bad news but I noticed in previous years, very few students on waitlist get offers. So better to be realistic. Should u get the slot eventually, it will be a bonus. In this way, at least the students can move on and plan for the next course...especially if the student is a female.
proudmum, yes, better to be realistic. It's very tough for the girls unless they take a gap year to reapply. But the ABAS route is not easy as well.
TurtleSoup, yes definitely the Covid19 has spooked some bright students who would otherwise have gone overseas and they would include those in Med. Not sure how the NS disruption would play out though. It might add a few more vacancies this year. Too many factors to consider. We shall bravely wait on.[/quote]Chance of ABAS route is even more difficult unless you have exceptional talent in other areas that can bring glory to the medical school. Too many students competing for the few slots. I suggest try the duke pathway or overseas option. Especially australia medical schools. Some australian school do not need AAA. They accept B for chemistry. Or even dublin medical school. Heard Dublin medical school accepts ABC grades too. -
proudmum\" post_id=\"1981173\" time=\"1592385863\" user_id=\"1755:
Chance of ABAS route is even more difficult unless you have exceptional talent in other areas that can bring glory to the medical school. Too many students competing for the few slots. I suggest try the duke pathway or overseas option. Especially australia medical schools are easy to get admission. Some australian schools do not need AAA. They accept B for chemistry. Or even dublin medical school. Heard Dublin medical school accepts ABC grades too.[/quote]lunchmoney\" post_id=\"1981172\" time=\"1592385063\" user_id=\"186048:
[quote=TurtleSoup post_id=1981159 time=1592377174 user_id=185378]
I wonder if more students who would otherwise go overseas have decided to stay on in Singapore instead? if 10 of them decide to do so... it would mean success rate of waitlisters would get even smaller...
proudmum, yes, better to be realistic. It's very tough for the girls unless they take a gap year to reapply. But the ABAS route is not easy as well.
TurtleSoup, yes definitely the Covid19 has spooked some bright students who would otherwise have gone overseas and they would include those in Med. Not sure how the NS disruption would play out though. It might add a few more vacancies this year. Too many factors to consider. We shall bravely wait on. -
Indeed. 2 of my friends’ children are in Dublin now after failing to get a place in med schools here and in UK.
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Chenies\" post_id=\"1981176\" time=\"1592387241\" user_id=\"185425:
Once I met a girl at apple shop. She was wearing a Dublin Medical school tshirt so I had a chat with her while waiting for our turn to be served at apple shop. She said it was chill at Dublin and she was enjoying herself. She did her A level at one of UK boarding school. Having studied in UK, she was not keen to attend local medical school so she did not apply to any local medical school.
Indeed. 2 of my friends' children are in Dublin now after failing to get a place in med schools here and in UK. -
Singapore med schools are not easy to get in. A few doctor friends send their children to overseas med schools as well. So congratulations to all with secured places. Good luck to wait listers. And there are always other med schools out there otherwise.
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do you think ntu will open up more slots this yr bc of the corona virus? esp. since overseas students might want to come back.
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Well, one cannot fight one's fate. Right this moment we can only put one's trust in GOD. At least it will make one feel less burdened. Hopefully GOD will bless all our children in the waitlist with LUCK, afterall we are Living Under Christ's Kindness, GOD's most beloved son. Let us all wait.
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Desmond Tang\" post_id=\"1981185\" time=\"1592396017\" user_id=\"185268:[quote=\"Desmond Tang\" post_id=1981185 time=1592396017 user_id=185268]
:hi5:
Well, one cannot fight one's fate. Right this moment we can only put one's trust in GOD. At least it will make one feel less burdened. Hopefully GOD will bless all our children in the waitlist with LUCK, afterall we are Living Under Christ's Kindness, GOD's most beloved son. Let us all wait.[/quote]
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