Fil-Ams

[samahantayo]

I'm from Michigan and am looking for Fil-Ams in med school in the Philippines that I can network or meet with. I'm planning to visit this February to check some schools for med-proper (finished pre-med in US). Would appreciate your contact info. You may PM me if you wish. So far I am thinking of visiting UP, UST, UE and de la Salle. Thanks.

[Boxer316t]

Hey there

I plan on most likely visiting around that time as well to check out a few schools. I tried Private messaging you, but it seems your PM's are blocked.

[pr0j3ktm]

hey guy,

im second year nursing at Angeles university. im originally from northern california. and im planning on medschool after i graduate at AUF. so yeah. what med school are u planning on attending? and what are your opinions on some med schools in the philippines.

[pammywammy]

Hi,
Im fil-am from southern california. Im visiting the philippines for med schools later in the year. Im interested in FEU, UST, and UERM. Since it looks like 2 of u are visiting in february, i would very very much appreciate if u share ur knowledge and personal opinions of the schools u visited, either by updating this post, or maybe messaging me. Thanks so much! I will do the same when i visit PI.

[Zxion]

Hi guys, I'm also a fil-am that is going to attend medicine in the philippines this coming June 2009.
Just took my nmat this past nov. in L.A.
The Schools I chose in priority.
1.UERM / St. Lukes (up in the air which i will choose)
2.UST

Advice Below

Use the forums, valuemd and studentdoctornetwork have been valuable for my endeavor to applying to medicine in the philippines.

NMAT Preparation:
Part 1 is easy as cake.
Part 2 is hard as rocket science.
Result: but you can still get a good score if you do the right steps:)
haha I think, I haven't received my scores yet so don't believe me yet.

My personal experience visiting the schools, along with a little information.

UP:Not much to say about UP but a good school. Medicine facilities not as advanced as St. Lukes. Also if you are a Fil-am , i'm pretty sure it is next to impossible to get accepted to the school unless you have a connection to it. Mainly UP only accepts filipino citizens. Types of connections that may work, for example your parents graduated from UP. Then that is a chance for you.

UERM: At a first glance the campus looked small, however it's in Quezon City, Manila. Which is a pretty busy area. However that is only the Medicine Campus. School conditions are not as great as in the States, but it's not that bad either. The school is a 4 year course. UERM is one of the few schools that has relations with USA hospitals. So UERM offers fil-am students 4th year rotations in the states. I never got to see a lecture but the class size of 250-300 is good for me. Also knowing that it is only a medicine campus gives me a better feeling about smaller classes. Offers a scholarship for those with high nmat/gpa i think full scholarship. But that doesn't wave foreign fee i believe.
Class Size Average: 250-300

St.Lukes: Very nice campus because it also has a very nice modern hospital next to it. I went in the hospital, latest technologies and everything. St. Lukes is a private medical school. I think it is up there with UP in terms of competition. The class size is average 30-40 students. They are also finishing up a new huge hospital in Global City. Down the street of it is the embassy, a really popular club. But if you choose st. lukes get ready to have no life :) From what i heard it's that hard. But what med school isn't hard? it is a 5 year program, but for fil-ams i think 5th is optional. However i'm not sure about this rule, but if you are going to practice in California, 2 years of rotations are mandatory. Someone correct me if i'm wrong. St. Lukes also offers full and partial scholarships. Foreign fee not waved also I think.

UST: Big school campus, very nice looking. I heard it floods like crazy though. I only got to see the Admissions office and new hospital. Both look nice also. It is a very populated campus, it's medical school is mixed in with the unergrad school. For me I don't really like populated. Also with a populated campus comes populated medicine classes. 500 students I believe. I heard classes are hard as usual. Not sure if UST has 4th year rotations in the states.
Class Size Average:500+

I know i'm missing a lot of stuff but i will post more later.
Any questions? just pm me.
By the way, are you guys planning on starting this june 2009 or june 2010?

[Zxion]

weird bug i thought i typed all this for nothing when i submitted and got a error page. It seems the website went down for a few minutes lol

[SonicYan]

Fil-Am here currently enrolled in UST. Having a hard time looking for school loans for the coming Academic Year 09-10. Anybody else doing school loans or are you funding your schooling yourselves?

[Boxer316t]

Sonic,

Didn't UST have stafford loans last year? I checked the foriegn approved school listing and UST is not on the list anymore, and neither is AUF. Did you ask why UST did not recieve staffords this year ? Fatima still has it.

[samahantayo]

Hi guys, I'm also a fil-am that is going to attend medicine in the philippines this coming June 2009.
Just took my nmat this past nov. in L.A.
The Schools I chose in priority.
1.UERM / St. Lukes (up in the air which i will choose)
2.UST



Thanks for mentioning St Lukes.... its actually another one I'm considering. Its like 5 minutes from my grandparents' home.

[Sephjo]

I have not received my acceptance yet, but I plan to attend UERM this June 2009.

Does anyone know which textbooks we need or when we will get the list?

[jr.d]

for the first year the books you will be needing are the basics like harpers biochemistry, guytons medical physiology snell's anatomy etc.

[lumpia]

I have not received my acceptance yet, but I plan to attend UERM this June 2009.

Does anyone know which textbooks we need or when we will get the list?


you should call them. i hear/read from every forum that they have the list of accepted/pre-accepted applicants ready.