IBCC Equivalence for Pakistan Medical Colleges

hey guys, let's try to keep this thread on topic, namely, IBCC. Thanks

Which subject-grades are converted? All of them? Because I have sooo many subjects which are not even equivalent to Pak-studies, such as Danish, German, Greek Mythology, Arts, Religion, History and more...

will it only be my grades in Math, English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics which will be converted?

If yes, then , if no, then ...

I'm not exactly sure, but some subjects count for more than others most likely. The only class I can think of right now that might not be counted for anything at all is PE (physical education) or something like home-economics...

I read on HEC's website that they will only consider those subjects/grades which are equivalent to the education Pakistani local students have been through...

And these are all my subjects:

Written Project in Biology which counts as a separate subject, English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Danish, German, Greek Mythology, History, Religion, Geography, Music, Arts.

Out of all these subjects, I can only see English, Biology, my project, Chemistry, Physics and Maths being the grade-conversion subjects... it wouldn't make sense for them to consider Religion, Danish etc in their conversion, not relevant to the studies at all and not equivalent to the Pak education system I think...

Found this on IBCC's site:

this pretty much shows to me that only the relevant subjects will be converted, not each and every subject... anybody agree?

Yep, IBCC only uses your grades for biology, physics, chem, math and english. Any extra classes like art, foreign languages, etc. aren't counted.

Ok, thx for clarifying that!

Now, I've bumped into this 10 % deduction thing a couple of tiems now... does this only happen to US and Canada students or does it also happen to students from other countries?

I never had to fill out any of this stuff back when I applied, so I'm not really sure how to help you. Hopefully someone else who knows what this is all about will drop by. My best guess is that you should get a general physical done at your hospital and just have the doctor give you the standard signed documentation that people get when they're having them done for sports. If you want to do everything formally then go ahead and get the counts done as well.

Or I might just skip all that and write the word 'normal' in every field.

For employment of father, just write whatever he actually does, what his official title is, and where he does it. That shouldn't be too hard.

Your equivalence is required for your high school diploma, that's my best guess. I don't know what the particulars are for it though or what they mean by that.

Thanks for the reply MastahRiz but i don't think i wil be filling these forms formally or writing normal for every question, but thanks anyways. Yes, for the employment section, i will do just that, it's just that the wordings were so different in the application form....

Hmm... I have a question again :p(I know I know, u guys must be getting tired of me asking all these questions by now, lol):

You say that they'll use my Math grades, which I kinda hope they'll ignore... on the IBCC website Pre-Med is located under the Higher Secondary School Certificate section, which is equivalent to college/gymnasium rite? And here there is nothing written about Math being an equivalance requirement... so is there a chance that my math grades(which are not too good, lol) won't be taken into account under the conversion?

as far as i know .... math is equal with bio chem and other demanded subjects.

So math is important

k here's the thing i just got my provisional certificate yesterday n lets just say its not wat i thought it wud be... i had a CGPA of 3.7 n my FSC equivalted grades are 62% (sucks big time i noe! n im still thankful for passing the min requirment)... 1st of all they've started deducting 30% for american high skool grads n they're using tht table they put up on the ibcc site for the letter grades we earn in high skool... yeah i provided a numerical trancript which they said wud use n only deduct 20% but at the end but they refused n just used their own scale... n apparently they've started deducting 20% for british system.... alteast they did tht for a family friend who did her o levels.... n yeah they just want 5 subjects from 11th and 12th grade with the highest grades... bio, chem, phy n english are a must for premed but the 5 one ur choice... i chose precalculus cuz i had a 97 in it... also just be sure to have EVERYTHING they want (list is on their site) n make sure its all sealed signed etc n hopefully they wont bother u... i got my provisional in exactly 1 week, the trick i guess it to go over the checklist like a 100 times n MAKE SURE U HAVE EVERYTHING they want! get extra copies just incase... they wont give u the actual certificate until they have everything verified but atleast u'll get a provisional n start the admission process... anyways gud luck to all!