Shifa College of Medicine in Islamabad, Pakistan is currently accepting applications from applicants all over the world to join the medical school class of 2011.
Applications are accepted year round and information regarding what is required to apply is listed at http://www.shifacollege.edu
Many of the original forum users here are upperclassmen at Shifa College and would love to answer any questions that you have regarding the college and its application procedure.
Hope this helps!
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thanks for ur input back up plans are either applyin to US med schools or takin the SAT IIs (which i'm scoring 800 on the practice test; BSc has its benefits,) and reapplyin next year. will give me one more year of workin and savin up money
Nope, although it doesn't really matter if it's 'processed'...they'll wait til the application deadline to compare you to everyone else. You'll just want to call the student affairs office and confirm that they get your application. E-mail might work as well, not sure about how quick they are at responding.
My application was hand delivered through someone and I emailed them asking if it was submitted and if everything was complete, they emailed me back the next day and gave me an application number. So their pretty good with emails.
1. how does the college get in touch with you to inform you whether you're going to be called for an interview or not? do they give ads in newspapers, call you, email you?
2. how hard are the interviews? what do they usually ask?
3. how's the hostel environment? and the housing facilities?
4. does any ragging take place? if so, how bad is it?? =[
i'm VERY nervous. any help will be appreciated. thanks a lot in advance guys.
1. how does the college get in touch with you to inform you whether you're going to be called for an interview or not? do they give ads in newspapers, call you, email you?
2. how hard are the interviews? what do they usually ask?
3. how's the hostel environment? and the housing facilities?
4. does any ragging take place? if so, how bad is it?? =[
i'm VERY nervous. any help will be appreciated. thanks a lot in advance guys.
A little searching goes a long way. Read through this thread and you'll find the answers to all of these questions, several of them are just within the last page or so. The search function at the top of the site is a really useful tool -- just type in a keyword and it'll pull up everything about it.
If you have any questions or are confused about anything after reading the thread, feel free to ask.
one question i still got...electricity situation in the hostels.. ? load shedding etc etc? just a fear, someone please say there is no elec shortage in the dorms.
one question i still got...electricity situation in the hostels.. ? load shedding etc etc? just a fear, someone please say there is no elec shortage in the dorms.
that sucks; my cousin is at AIM and said their dorms have generators, one would assume shifa would as well. anywho, electricity isnt too much of a problem after a while, there are those charging lights and fans available, pretty cheap and pretty good, it would be pretty easy to adjust.
So that we can know how many ppl are competeting!! And yeah a group will help. M amazed, foreign universities have a whole first week dedicated to the new comers. To help them familiarize with the university enviornment. Even the Seniors help. But here in Pakistan, on first day u get ragging which continues for a few days. Most ppl are absent on their first day to avoid ragging!
SIGHS** Its Pakistan, and everything is the other way round here!!
Guys plz answer the other thread Whos giving Shifa test this year??
So that we can know how many ppl are competeting!! And yeah a group will help. M amazed, foreign universities have a whole first week dedicated to the new comers. To help them familiarize with the university enviornment. Even the Seniors help. But here in Pakistan, on first day u get ragging which continues for a few days. Most ppl are absent on their first day to avoid ragging!
SIGHS** Its Pakistan, and everything is the other way round here!!
We all have different cultures, ours a way too extreme, every time.
But seriously, you can easily avoid being ragged. Just don't give them the opportunity. I was only asked for Rs.10/- and i believe i got away easy as some of my friends were watered down from head to toe, some were forced to give the seniors a treat at mcdonalds while others were just ripped off from their dignity but after a week or so, we were all friends again. So yeah, it isn't really that bad and don't let this get in your way of thinking.
u can take the SAT IIs in bio, chem and physics, but no, u can't take bio/chem/phys at the college level and get in, they require it in high school for the equivalence certificate.
as far as i know, u can't get an eq certificate if u don't have bio, chem and physics.
without the eq certificate u can't get into med school.
follow it up with the school just to be sure.
I dont have any Fsc books
Are you taking the Shifa entrance exam aswell
Becasue my sister told me to study from A level books because the exam is more A level based and may people who had only studied from Fsc books found it difficult
Well in that case I suppose you'll have to make do with the A level books. I'm a 2nd year at Shifa and while they did ask some questions that required thinking they were definitely FSc based.
I asked two other people and they said it shouldn't be a problem, and they should be able to accept them. But when I emailed Shifa Admissions, they said no. It seemed as if they were confused about my question, because even before when I called them I got no clear answer.
Basically you need an IBCC equivalence certificate from the IBCC office to apply to medical schools in Pakistan. In order to get this certificate you need 1 year of each of the sciences. So whether or not it will be accepted in lieu of taking it during high school is more of an IBCC topic rather than directly related to Shifa. If IBCC makes you an equivalence certificate, Shifa will accept it. You should contact the IBCC office for confirmation about your situation.
at the bottom of the page, in the prospectus of al shifa, where they have outlined the syllabus, there is a note written in fine print and it says that the portion is from course/books prescribed by BISE for Intermediate(i.e. fsc)
i applied to shifa this year and i wanted to ask what are the main things i should prepare for the entry test???and like i also wanted to know what the estimated score on the entry should be to be on the merit list???
Awwww im sure you have as good as chance as anyone else here
If it makes you feel any better im kid of screwed for the entrance exam im studying so much stuff ive never even done before
Goodluck
Inshallah we will all do great
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