Major Help Needed!

oh snap...i never took SAT II...i took SATs and i didnt do so well on them!

hey gorjuzkuri,
well i can't speak for the other colleges but i know that for Shifa the SAT I isn't required. if you're still considering applying to Shifa you should check out collegeboard and either study like crazy and take the SAT IIs. or study like crazy and take the shifa entrance test come october. either way i see a lot of studying in your future...

and try not to go for the "i just want to get into the easiest school" mentality. with the right amount of money/connections you might be able to get into a school but considering that this is
going to be a 5 yr program and will basically decide the rest of your future, you should try to get into the best school that you can. especially if you're planning on taking the USMLEs afterwards.

yea youre right...i mean its not exactly the easiest way that im searching for...but im running short of time. If i cant get it done within the upcoming months or so...then i will waste a whole year...and my parents will probably say that its best that u stay in the U.S. Instead of taking all ur years in the waiting process. But, yes ill look into the SAT II i guess...hmmm...any ideas whats gonna be on the SAT II? ahhh...theres always more to come lol...like, i told my parents...you always think you almost have it...and something new comes along haha. but thanks!

i hope you realize that SAT IIs are subject tests...you need to take separate ones for bio, chem and phys. buy SAT II prep books.

o lord...i didnt know that! This is gonna be a messs!

oh im not at med school jus yet applying in the uk nxt yr and if i dont get in im goin 2 pak inshallah..thats my back up...so i kinda learnt about all the procedures involved beforehand so whenever i do go to pak no one can scare me with their chinese whispers and sh4 is right...jus chillax..whatever is going to happen will happen..u jus work hard

o no im freaked again haha...this whole new concept of the SAT II...is throwing me off! Hai Allah haha...what to do...what to do?

How can i learn so much in such short amount of time...as well as im taking 8 hours of physic in like two months!

sorry i didnt mean to double post...it happened...and i dont know how to delete it lol.

ehh...ok i tried finding the delete button but couldnt find it so bare with me please lol...

Okkkk wait...i have more questions lol!
I went on the frontier college website...and i dont see anything abt SAT II...so whats the dealio with that?!?! And, does anyone know about DOW and Baqai med school...like if they require SAT II?!?! Please, help...thanks a ton!

hey, quick question...is there any way you can take the Shifa entrance exam before october? Supposing I don't get in(hoping that wont happen inshAllah) i'd want to come back here since I already got accepted to colleges here...

Nope, sorry... The entrance test is given on one day only and to about 1500 people, so for them to do it on another day as well would be a hassle.

Not all schools require SAT II's or even SAT's. Government schools have different requirements than private schools, but all government schools have the same requirements. Each private school however has their own requirements.

You don't need SAT II's for government schools. Government school admission is based largely on your equivalence score and your high school transcript. There's also a few other threads on how the government process works... check that out too.

gorjuzkuri: I'm not sure you're understanding the difference between the private school and government school admissions structure. Please read the 'Medical Colleges in Pakistan' thread. You'll find many of your questions have already been asked by others.

GorJuzKuri:

You seem confused, but my advice is just get the Pre Req's out of the way (physics, biology, chemistry, english) because thats required wherever you go. Dont think about "certain medical colleges" because thats useless at this point. Lots of people will talk about "such and such college is good" , ie other pakis and they know someone who knows someone who knows SOMEONE! Thats useless in this regard.

The IBCC shoves their shoes up everyones asses, locals and foreigners alike, but you have to get through them no matter what, only thing is making sure they accept your physics class that you are taking in college.

Oh yah if your really interested in Frontier, admission for a foreigner there is NOT a problem! They might put stuff on their website and stuff for formalities but if you have the pre-requisite subjects and get the IBCC certificate with the minimum qualifications of 60% (not so hard) they will accept you most likely.

I used to know the Principal there and his wife (they work together there) and they live in Islamabad, pretty friendly as well. If you can manage to talk to them either by visiting or phone it would really help but its not something to worry about right now I guess, and I doubt they need the SAT 2. The ONLY places probably for you that would require the SAT 2 would be Shifa or Aga Khan possibly Baqai and those places are private, costly and even harder to get into than government schools for some reason lately, so if your not planning on going to those places dont bother with the SAT 2 at all unless its not a big deal for you to take it.