Who's Applying in 2008?

I already saw those but thanks anyway. I'm trying to get as much info as possible from differnt sources.

Maybe someone here can answer this question:

So I finally received all my paperwork including my equivalency this past week so I'm getting ready to actually apply. I emailed Shifa and they sent me the new admissions form along with this years procedure guide (which has last years commencement date on it) nevertheless I filled everything out.
So now I was wondering what exactly is the college prospectus? Is it the same as the forms available on the website or is it actually useful info which I should request?

I'd get it if I was in pakistan but sitting here in the US and going through the process of getting and mailing a check and then waiting for a few weeks for it to arrive seems like a waste of time unless its something necessary. So any help would be appreciated.

I think the prospective is going to have all the info about the school. It might have more detail about the school and it's achievements etc.,

Hey how long did it take you to the get the IBBC conversion? Did you mail all the paper work from States and they mailed you back here or you had someone in Pakistan took it personally? Did they took any of your courses from college if you had any?

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

It took me about two months from start to finish just for the equivalency, gathering all the needed paperwork took an extra two weeks. Once everything was together I gave it to one of my fathers friends who was headed to the area who gave it to another family friend in Islamabad. I was planning on directly mailing it to them but from all the posts I read on this site I thought it be best if it was hand delivered.

So someone took it to the office and obviously many "objections" were put on. The main problem I had was the fact that I graduated HS in three years so I was missing a whole year on my transcript and the the people at the IBCC thought I dropped out or something (even though they had my diploma in front of them) so I had to get official letters printed from the HS. Another issue was my HS sends out official transcripts which are photocopies of the real one one. Meaning they would go and print one real copy and make 3 photocopies, stamp and seal the photocopies and either mail those out or give them to you. So even though US colleges accept that and its considered "official" the IBCC wanted an original from a computer not a photocopy. So I had to go and convince them to change their policy for me. The other issue was how the transcript abbreviated certain courses, any American college would be easily be able to make out the class names but the IBCC couldnt for some reason so I had to to get bunch of graduation requirement/syllabus sort of documents from the college office. So again once I got all of these together we sent them through another family friend was which was going to the area around that time. So even after all that they still had some minor issues but I was able to resolve them over the phone just by talking to our family friend and once he communicated that to the IBCC and they saw the documents were already there, they issued temporary letter of equivalence. Then they were going to mail the school to confirm the documents werent forged so our family friend payed for FedEx instead of regular mail so I was able to track it and knew when it reached here. Once it reached here I went to see the lady at the registrar and she regretted me even attending that HS because she had to prepare all the documents all over again and get them signed. So once she prepared and officially sealed (make sure their officially sealed with a bunch of stickers on the flap of the envelope) I gave her a FedEx slip which she filled out and stamped with the school seal. So then I took it to the local FedEx center and had it mailed directly where it came from under the same persons name. So about two weeks after that they issued an official certificate of equivalency and handed my HS diploma back.

I didnt need to use my college courses even though I had the same sciences at the college level. I took bio, chem, phy in my three years of HS so that was enough for their purposes.

In conclusion, have alot of patience and build a rapport with your HS registrar and have good communications with the person handling your doc's in pakistan. I made sure I had all my documents and made five copies of each item before sending it and even then I had issues so pay attention to even the most insignificant item.

I hope that helps, if you need anything else just post and I'll try to answer.

Thanks man for the detail reply, hopefully you will get in! Aim in! My case is a little different you can read one of my previous threads "In the case of admissions". Appreciate your reply on it.

Sincerely,

DrPlasma.

Hi All,
Does anyone have the deadline dates for admission government medical schools in Pakistan? I have yet to come across a document that lists the dates officially or even otherwise..just heard its around August or something. Thanks

Hey wen is the entry test and wen can i appl yfor it. i am graduating in 2 days nd i want to try giving the entry test. also how do i apply for it.

It's usually administered in October or early November (for Punjab government medical colleges)

Is it true that you need at least two AP classes to even be able to apply in pakistan? Thats what someone I talked to said although i have never read or heard about this ANYWHERE!

NOT TRUE.

Everything that is required to even be eligible to apply in Pakistan falls under IBCC requirements. A brief outline of IBCC requirements are listed in: ARE YOU APPLYING TO PAKISTAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES? READ THIS FIRST!!!.

Then depending on which specific schools you're applying to they might have additional requirements. As far as I know there aren't any schools that require AP classes.

However, taking AP classes can be beneficial if you score well on the AP tests because IBCC will factor it in to your equivalence score.

Would they still factor in the ap class grade if u havent taken the ap exam for that class?

nope............ap's are not required......but ull get a lower score without them

Hi

I am applying to med schools in karachi. However I know that there prerequisites also include physics but I only took grade 11 physics. Does anyone know if they will accept people who only took one physics. I might also be taking uni 1st year physics so would that make it okay to apply? Also that uni course would be finished by the end of august which means I would be late for entrance test for DMC. I would appreciate any help.!!!