En Route to a Doctor?

last SG · 2007-02-08T00:35:24+00:00

frankly, once u get into med sch, 90% of your chem and bio from A levels becomes completely USELESS. 95% of phy too. those r really just to get u into med sc...

snop_coolz SG

get paid to look at pussies be a gyn.. Laughing

wrexham SG

O.O
not only that lah.

so its physics and chemistry?

kaoya SG

hmn... gradeswise rite....
for A levels,
majority is 4As
u need at least 3As
chem muz be A i tink
then languages they quite strict
try ur best for GP A1, JC chinese A1
S Papers is NOT impt, not a requirement

got essay writing, interview.
and i tink haf 2 submit portfolio,
including teacher's recommendations

firstly, u muz noe why u want 2 study this 1st
doctor now dun earn money one Wink

I-like-flings(m) SG

study fcuking cb hard ...... Laughing

mayday80 SG

you could go overseas to study too if being the cream of the crop strategy isn’t working too good for you. For that… you need like… a lot of money… a lot! And you’ll want to take biology as a subject in ‘o’s and ‘a’s.

SingaporeMacross SG

Want to try new route? GG...... Twisted Evil

rane SG

study hard and get good grades!!! Hope when u become one you will be a good one (set yourself apart from those nasty ones). Oops, why I say this is becos I have come across many many nasty, arrogant, egoistic drs (most of them from NUS). Even doctors also can't stand them!!

wrexham SG

haha, thanks for all the encouragement for studying

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so some people say chem important, some people say bio important.

how about physics?

fymk SG

Chem and bio are more important . Most of the stuff is now learnt on molecular basis.

Physics - useful if you want to be a radiation oncologist or an orthopaedic surgeon

wrexham SG

so i take BCME combi?

davidche SG

wrong and wrong. Neutral

wrexham SG

so what do you propose?

davidche SG

Fymk has demonstrated his ignorance in subject combo for medicne.

Firstly, bio is not required to go for med.
Secondly it gives no advantage.

Thirdly, chem and physics is compulory for med.

davidche SG

Oh and pls dont try the ’’new route’’ it is seriously GG….

FireIce SG

best is triple science
cos u know knowledge from all 3............

fymk SG

I admit I am ignorant in JC combos because I was not from JC.

I do apologise for that . I was frankly thinking more in terms of Graduate Medical schools in USA , UK and Australia aka MCAT and Gamsat test. Their emphasis on chem/bio with very basic physics from experience.

MCAT has physics questions but they are lean more to O level than A level - easy to pass. Gamsat has less physics questions but still easy to get plow through. This is even though I never taken physics at A level.

So if you want to use the jc route, I am not the person for it. If you want to use the graduate school method - I can tell you what they expect for the australian system.

ILPSY SG

It would be good if you are able to do an attachment in local hospitals. Just spend 2 to 3 mths there, but of course, you will need to "pull strings" to get in, eg. knowing whichever doctor who can recommend you to be attached to hospital to see how things work and such. Sometimes, we will see a couple of JC students snooping around in hospitals. Hope that helps too.

Cheers.

norm SG

I heard that Harvard Medical School is the best in the world

dennoc SG

For A level, Physics and Chemistry is very important.

NUS medical student intake is about 230 each year, have to undergo interviews before been selected.

Singapore has setup a second medical school (DUKE-NUS GMS).

If you wanna study medicine overseas and practice in Singapore, please make sure your qualification is accepted here. Check out the List of the Medical Schools.

p/s: Studying medicine is not cheap... lots of toil and snare as medical trainee...

jus my 2 centz

fymk SG

not Harvard

It is John Hopkins University. They have been the best for quite the while in medicine and it is harder to get in than Harvard. Plus I think they do negative marking there for certain subjects from what I heard ; aka 1 point for right answer , 0 for no answer and -3 for wrong answers.

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