Desmond Tang\" post_id=\"2067019\" time=\"1652168656\" user_id=\"185268:[quote=\"Desmond Tang\" post_id=2067019 time=1652168656 user_id=185268]
I know cause my son had applied in 2019 with good academic results and BMAT but was shortlisted for interviews and not successful. Year 2019 was a very stress out due to the announcement of the pandemics. Most of the interviews were very mixed, NUS don't have FSA and SJT but just in-person interviews. NTU conducted the interviews virtually. That year 2019, NUS medicine had did some fine tuning to their selection processes. They become more liberalized and inclusive. Most top scoring students from two of the top JCs were not selected after the interviews. They were surprised by the turn of events cause students from these two top JCs were being offered most of the time for their leadership and academic performances. So many factors and criteria are in play in their choice of selection.

As quoted from MOHH official page - \"Total annual intakes into our local medical schools have risen from about 300 in 2010 to about 500 in 2018 from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University.\" Most of us mistaken that the 500 was shared among NUS and NTU and forgot that there is another Medical School, DUKE-NUS.

Every year, 2000 students apply to NUS Medicine. About 1200 are shortlisted for the admissions assessment to fill 280 places. So, after being shortlisted, you have about a 1 in 4 chance of getting into NUS Medicine.

NTU Medicine offers about 160 places annually. On top of stellar academic results, most applicants would have impressive extracurricular achievements.

The remaining quotas of 60 goes to DUKE-NUS School of Medicine. Thus the total intake of 500 annually will be leveraged out among the three universities.

The wait-list outcome slowed was due to most students being offered were hesitance of which Medical School to go to and for guys on NS, whether to defer their service or continue to complete their NS. Most them will start to do their acceptance pretty near to their acceptance due date, thus causing the slowed down of the wait-list outcome. That's why trickle by trickle the announcement will start somewhere Mid of June and finally by Mid of July, both NUS and NTU should have exhausted their wait-list offering. If those did not get offered by Mid July, can confidently confirm no more hope and a notification will be sent by end of July.[/quote]

Hi Desmond, thank you for replying, and I completely agree with what you said, but I was talking more about the acceptance rate for YLL's waitlist haha. How did you come to know of the high acceptance rate of YLL's waitlist? Do you have any figures or anecdotes? Thank you!

phtthp\" post_id=\"2066991\" time=\"1652156249\" user_id=\"35251:

Because

we keep seeing many parents in great anxiety ( whose children are inside the Wait-list ) keep asking questions like
\"anyone inside the Wait-list, heard of any information, so far ? \"

And

since (the Wait-list candidates together with their parents ) obviously have no idea where they are ranked exactly inside the Wait-list, since this type of confidential info (answer) can only be available from the panel of Medical interviewers directly themselves,

so by when, the latest,

is there a dateline this year (2022) whereby all the Wait-list candidates will know their final outcome, be it (good or sad) news ?

I emailed NUS and they said that the very latest date they'll release offers to people on the waitlist is 31st July, so if you don't receive an offer by then, it means you've been rejected.

phtthp\" post_id=\"2066980\" time=\"1652147044\" user_id=\"35251:

Are the candidates ranked inside the Wait-list, in the same identical manner as those P6 Wait-list (DSA applicants),

meaning that

once someone turned down (reject) an NUS Yong Loo Lin / NTU Lee Kong Chian MBBS offer, for whatever reasons, they need to wait patiently for their turn one by one, cannot jump queue because they are already ranked by the panel of medical interviewers, inside the Wait-list ?

Yup, it is already ranked! YLL's website says \"All 1200 candidates are ranked based on their scores for the FSA and SJT and the top 280 candidates will be offered a place in NUS Medicine. The subsequent 70 candidates will be placed on the NUS Medicine reserve list.\"

Desmond Tang\" post_id=\"2066924\" time=\"1652088205\" user_id=\"185268:[quote=\"Desmond Tang\" post_id=2066924 time=1652088205 user_id=185268]
Based on past track records, those on NUS wait-list will most likely get offered as NUS sort out their wait-list candidates prudently to minimize the impact of disappointment for those in the queue list. So pray and keep your fingers crossed. Chances are there. Good luck![/quote]

Hi Desmond, thanks for the kind words, but may I know where you read this from? NUS' waitlist moves quite slowly, because most people prefer NUS to NTU, right? And there are 70 applicants on the waitlist, which means about 25% of the 280 applicants who received an offer would have to reject their offer, right?

Also, the official batch size is 280, but the actual batch size each year is around 300. Does that mean that the batch size for each year changes? Any answer would be greatly appreciated!

Luncheon\" post_id=\"2066368\" time=\"1651741252\" user_id=\"197908:

Just to update my child's status is still 'processing'. We are resigned to the fact that already rejected by nus med, but puzzled why still haven't updated to 2nd or 3rd choice. The long wait is like haiz ... hahaha

I emailed NUS Admissions and they sent the following:

Thank you for your email. The majority of the offers have already been sent out and the rest will be sent by the end of the week. Candidates who are on the reserve list will be notified by 6th May.

So don't lose hope yet!!