There was a talk about medicine at 2pm. While waiting, a counselor ( also an IELTS lecturer maybe?) came to us and gave us information about this course.
For your information, Australia recognizes A level and STPM, or maybe IB too. But the best is A level.
Medicine is the most expensive coarse in Australia! The tuition fees cost at least 1 million, PLEASE TAKE NOTE, at least 1 MILLION for TUITION FEES! How much costs if living cost is counted?
There are NO SCHOLARSHIPS offered for medicine except JPA scholarship.
There are only 20 seats for international students to take this coarse in Australia. That means you have to compete with the students ALL AROUND THE WORLD to be studied at Australia.
It takes about 6 years, if not mistaken, to finish the coarse.
To take medicine course at Australia, you MUST satisfy these criteria :
1. All A's in your A level or STPM
2. Pass your ISAT ( something likes IQ test)
3. Get 7.0 out of 9.0 in your IELTS ( an international english exam)
4. Pass your interview ( mature answers are preferable :D )
I got only a little information about studying abroad at UK. If not mistaken, UK only recognizes A level. You also must pass your BMAT (IQ test), IELTS (7.0 out of 9.0) and some colleges may want you to submit an essay about yourself.
In the essay, DON'T tell them your name, age, school and bla bla bla which will be stated clearly in your application form.
Write about
1. Your strength
2. How do you contribute to the field that you has selected?
3. Why do you want to choose or interested in this coarse?
To study abroad at New Zealand for medicine, you have to study for Biomedical Science for 3 years. Only the top 5 students in Biomedical Science can take medicine coarse for 4 years.
To study abroad at Russia, you must learn Russian. The coarses are all lectured in Russian, NO ENGLISH!
She also suggested that we better don't study abroad at India, Bangladesh and Indonesia for medicine coarse although there cost cheaper. This is because not all the countries around the world recognize Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from these countries. For example, Australia does not recognize MBBS degree from India. Therefore, one can't study further at Australia to become a specialist.
A counselor (lecturer of SAM maybe? xD) from Taylors' suggested us to study STPM or matrikulasi and then study medicine at local university. It costs cheaper and you can use PTPTN loan. If you get 1st class in your uni, you no need to pay back the PTPTN cost.Then you can study further abroad at foreign country to become a specialist.
She also said that medicine coarse is very popular, so you may have many competitors. Because even bad student can become doctor since there are many colleges offer medicine coarse in low cost, but bad in qualities. It may reach a level which there are too many doctors in Malaysia but low qualities.
The information I blog here may not be 100% accurate but is the information I got from The Star Edu Fair.I will talk about other coarses in my next blog.
To be continued :D byeoooo
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