SHIFA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE in Islamabad, Pakistan

Thanks Guys for your help.

Id love to goto Shifa, but it seems like I won't be able to get an average of 70% of the equivalence since they deduct 20% of all of our grades. :/

Regardless of the score, if you're over the minimum requirement, you should apply anyway.

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

Thanks guys, I will apply..

And Faiha, lucky for me I can get away with just doing the SAT II ...instead the entrance test...

My options are limited to Islamabad, so I really want to look towards Shifa...

lets see though..

InshaAllah..

He's right because even if your IBCC score is low but you have good SAT II or entrance exam scores you still have a shot of getting in.

Balh your so lucky i have to the entrance exam thing
My options are limited to the islamabad pindi area so its just shifa or like NUST
And Shifa really is my first option

There r other colleges in islamabad u can look forward to,

ISLAMABAD MEDICAL COLLEGE
ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE
FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE
MARGALL DENTAL COLLEGE
ete etc

They r all private

Oh thanks for the list

I always thought Foundation College was govt.
And Margalla is only dental college?

Faiha, never heard of NUST :/ iTs a med college?

Yes margalla is only for dentistry!
NUST is not a medical college itself, it selects 40 studentz and they study in AMC (Army).

Hey guys, try to keep the posts in this thread on topic -- related directly to Shifa. For more general discussions please post in threads like Admissions for Jan 2009.

Thanks.

hey MedGrunt, since u live off campus, if u don't mind me asking, how much does it cost to live off campus? can u please tell me the breakdown of rent, food, utilities, transportation and any other expenses? thnks.

The cost of everything really depends on what type of lifestyle you're used to.

Some food is ridiculously cheap, such as daal & roti (which you can get at the school cafeteria for about 20 rupees), obviously once you get into meat dishes it gets more expensive. It depends a lot on how often you go out to eat at restaurants and how often you eat at home. Prices in restaurants are not too far off from US prices. I know some people that live in the hostel but dislike the food so much that they order food from other places almost every day.

For transportation within the city, you can either take taxis or buy yourself a car. Once again it depends on how much you're willing to spend. Taxis are pretty cheap, you can get to most places in the city for less than 150 rupees. It costs me 100 rs to get to school in a taxi and i live about 20-25 minutes away. Disadvantage to the taxi system is that it's hard to go out at night, because it's not too safe for girls to take taxis alone at night. If you buy yourself a reliable, cheap car it makes it easier to get around, but of course adds extra hassles of having to get the car serviced/fixed when things go wrong.

If you live in an apartment, it's a pretty good idea to get a servant as it's hard to get things done around here without one. Not impossible but it makes paying bills, laundry, dealing with random problems/people, etc. much easier. How much you pay them varies according to how long you want them to come everyday/what you need them for. You can have a full time servant that lives with you for about 6,000/month + room & board.

Utilities [phone, electric, gas, water] comes out to about 3,000/month at my place, but we don't use the landline very often.

Rent for a 3br apartment costs at the cheapest 30,000/month, for a decent sized place. Some people choose to live in portions [basically 1 floor out of a 2 story house, which also usually have 3 or 4 br]. The price varies a lot according to where the apartment/portion is and how nice it is. The apartments are generally nicer than portions because they're newer and better maintained but really either one is suitable.