Application for NUS/NTU Medicine 2020/2021

[TurtleSoup]

Desmond Tang\" post_id=\"1986136\" time=\"1594893209\" user_id=\"185268:[quote=\"Desmond Tang\" post_id=1986136 time=1594893209 user_id=185268]
Hi! Friends in this chat,

Has gotten an email from LKCSoM today at around 4.30pm. My son was not among those waitlisted applicants offered a place in the MBBS programme.

Finally can look forward and relax now. My son has given his very best and will not be considering for a 2nd try. He will be looking forward to studying the course for Biological Sciences at NTU. He can still pursue medicine at Duke-Nus after graduating if he still has the burning passion.

You all are my wonderful friends. Thank you for the thought, support and encouragement. It has been a great experience sharing and learning from you all.

Love you all and God bless...[/quote]

Thank you Desmond... I wish you and your son all the best.

[Chancc]

Hi all, Just wanted to check. My cousin is sitting A Level this year. When he can lodge his application for NUS/NTU medicine. He is Singaporean, he need to take any supportive exams like MCAD? Any of you able to guide me? Thanks

[kibblesmoke]

Desmond Tang\" post_id=\"1986136\" time=\"1594893209\" user_id=\"185268:[quote=\"Desmond Tang\" post_id=1986136 time=1594893209 user_id=185268]
Hi! Friends in this chat,

Has gotten an email from LKCSoM today at around 4.30pm. My son was not among those waitlisted applicants offered a place in the MBBS programme.

Finally can look forward and relax now. My son has given his very best and will not be considering for a 2nd try. He will be looking forward to studying the course for Biological Sciences at NTU. He can still pursue medicine at Duke-Nus after graduating if he still has the burning passion.

You all are my wonderful friends. Thank you for the thought, support and encouragement. It has been a great experience sharing and learning from you all.

Love you all and God bless...[/quote]

Hi Desmond, thank you for all your input on this platform thus far, wishing your son and your family all the best. I'm sure your son will excel in whatever he does! God bless you too.

[busy-mum]

Thank you Desmond. You have been very supportive to this group giving lots of encouragement and well informed info to bring us along this journey. Wishing your son all the best.

[Project Med]

Thank you for your sharing, Desmond. All the best to you and your son.

[BonVoyage]

Thank you Desmond for all your invaluable insights and encouragment. All the best to your son in his academic pursuits and God bless you and your family too.

[BonVoyage]

Thank you Desmond for all your invaluable insights and encouragment. All the best to your son in his academic pursuits and God bless you and your family too.

[Desmond Tang]

I thank "greyskies" for initiating this chat group that we are able to kick-start the chatting and sharing. Everything that was being written and shared here will surely be consigned to posterity. It will serve as a quick reference point for future students or parents wanting to find out about the competitiveness of getting into medicine course.


I salute all parents here for we all want the best for our children. I wish everyone one of them all success in their future endeavor. Be the best you can be in whatever you do, whether in medicine or in any field of expertise.

Kudos to everyone here and thank you for the thought and advice.

[rawsalmon]

Hi all,


I saw in 2019 application for nus/ntu medicine application forum that the RI acceptance rate to nus yll school is 35% while HCI is 20%. Does it mean that the recent years for RI acceptance rate is no longer 50%?

[proudmum]

rawsalmon\" post_id=\"1986507\" time=\"1595131789\" user_id=\"31470:

Hi all,

I saw in 2019 application for nus/ntu medicine application forum that the RI acceptance rate to nus yll school is 35% while HCI is 20%. Does it mean that the recent years for RI acceptance rate is no longer 50%?

I believe there are much fewer RI, HCI students in the 2020 NUS YLL cohort. MOE wants diversity in the cohort. So opportunities are given to those in neighbourhood JCs, poly, NUSH, IB. It has shifted away from favouring RI/HCI in the cohort unlike in previous years.

NTU admission includes BMAT as an important selection criteria which means only those with good BMAT are selected for interviews. So naturally there is a higher % of RI, HCI in NTU LKC than NUS YLL.