2 poly grad from Ngee Ann got into NUS Medical School
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I am going to cut out that article + leminate it and put it on my table to constantly remind and motivate me!
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Thx sbst!
Somehow I missed out that article today while reading the paper.. -
they must have like 40 Distinctions.
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2/250, probability is like 0.008, 0.8%...
ok la, prove to us that poly is not a bad choice afterall. -
+ good CCA record leh..Originally posted by stellazio:they must have like 40 Distinctions. 
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are they top 10% ?
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Almost perfect CPA/GPA or whatever score used to tabulate grades, I guess.
Good job. -
not to mentioned pass 2 interviews and a written essay !!!Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:+ good CCA record leh.. -
Dun forget, the local uni for poly applicants, they also want to see their O Lvl results
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80% diploma gradeOriginally posted by sbst275:Dun forget, the local uni for poly applicants, they also want to see their O Lvl results
20% O Level grade. -
see o level results for what ?Originally posted by sbst275:Dun forget, the local uni for poly applicants, they also want to see their O Lvl results -
WHat their diploma in?
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Actually the 2 of them are not really the 1st...
Abt 1 or 2 years back, I remembered reading TNP... 1 Ngee Ann grad took Medicine, but went overseas to pursue... -
Let me see from the articleOriginally posted by iveco:WHat their diploma in?
Biotechnology and the other from Biomedical Lab Technology -
Issit my Idol.. Penny Tan?Originally posted by sbst275:Actually the 2 of them are not really the 1st...
Abt 1 or 2 years back, I remembered reading TNP... 1 Ngee Ann grad took Medicine, but went overseas to pursue...
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Think so... I only remember it's a lady...Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:Issit my Idol.. Penny Tan? -
omg i know Mr Soong
both fellas = Diploma with Merit and prize/ award winners.. dont siao siaoA first: Poly grads accepted into NUS' medical school
NP producing quality students ah..
Two chosen out of 32 from polytechnics who applied for admission
By Jane Ng
THEY OPTED FOR POLY ROUTE: Mr Ng (left) and Mr Soong both qualified for JC but chose to enter Ngee Ann poly. -- NG SOR LUAN
FOR the first time, two polytechnic students here have been accepted into what is possibly the toughest university course here to get into - the medicine faculty of the National University of Singapore (NUS).
The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, which will take in 250 aspiring doctors this year, received 32 applications from poly students and selected Mr Soong Jun Wei and Mr Ron Ng, both 20, from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Mr Soong graduated with a diploma in biotechnology, while Mr Ng, has a diploma in biomedical laboratory technology.
Unlike junior college (JC) students, who apply with A-level results, poly students are assessed on their poly results and O-level grades.
But like all other applicants, they had to take an essay test and go through two rounds of interviews.
On Mr Soong and Mr Ng, an NUS spokesman said: 'Their outstanding academic track records, coupled with their strong interest in research and their achievements in co-curricular activities, set them apart in the selection process.'
The school spokesman said they had been been exploring the idea of admitting poly diploma holders for some time, and it recently approved 16 diplomas, including physiotherapy, biomedical science and nursing, from the various polys.
It was Ngee Ann's biotechnology course that convinced Mr Soong, who qualified for JC with nine points for his O levels, to opt for the poly route. 'I didn't get to take biology in secondary school so I wanted to do it in poly,' said the youngest child of a production supervisor and housewife.
It was not easy initially, recalled the former Fuhua Secondary student, who hopes to specialise in orthopaedics in future.
'The lecturer talked about the fundamentals of cells, and everyone seemed to understand because they were nodding their heads. That was when I realised I had to work very hard to catch up,' he said.
For Mr Ng, being in a polytechnic pushed him to work harder. 'I knew the chances of poly students entering university were slim, so I pushed myself to do even better,' said the younger son of a taxi driver and secretary.
The former Outram Secondary student had qualified for JC with an O level score of 10, but decided to focus on his passion for biology as 'being in a JC would mean having to take other subjects as well'.
He had his heart set on medicine and made it his only choice in his university application, confident that his industrial attachments at polyclinics and hospitals would give him an edge.
Welcoming the duo's admission into medicine, Dr Sushila Chang, Ngee Ann Polytechnic's director for the school of life sciences and chemical technology, said: 'Our education is broad-based and there's depth. They do a lot of team work and research projects - all skills needed in medicine.'
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they get the place then throw it away and say its a piece of crap then more outstanding mahOriginally posted by 105090:omg i know Mr Soong
both fellas = Diploma with Merit and prize/ award winners.. dont siao siao
NP producing quality students ah.. -
Top Graduate secures place in UK Medical SchoolOriginally posted by sbst275:Actually the 2 of them are not really the 1st...
Abt 1 or 2 years back, I remembered reading TNP... 1 Ngee Ann grad took Medicine, but went overseas to pursue...
07 April 06
Penny Tan Yi Hui, 21, who graduated in 2005 with a Diploma in Biomedical Science, was awarded a Ngee Ann Kongsi scholarship of about $250,000 to pursue a five-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery course in the University of Leicester.
"I've always wanted to do medicine, so this is like a dream come true," she said.
This might be the first time in Singapore's history that a polytechnic graduate was given a place to pursue medicine without a biomedical science degree.
"That is rare...in the past four years, only five to six students from Ngee Ann have gone on to do medicine," said Dr Sushila Chang, Director of the School of Life Sciences & Chemical Technology.
"Penny is the first to bypass this (biomedical science degree) to do a degree in medicine."
This is not the first award this stellar high flier has won - she also bagged the Lee Kuan Yew Award, Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal, NUH Gold Medal, Genecet Biotechnologies Prize, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Prize, Singapore Association of Clinical Biochemists Prize and NP's Japan-Asean Exchange General Fund Scholarship during her three years at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Her outstanding results (have we mentioned her 15 distinctions and seven As?), numerous awards and experience as a laboratory officer at the Oncology Research Institute at the National University of Singapore had probably helped her land a place in the university. -
All from Ngee Ann
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I am looking forward to join NP next year.
Now me is on the fence whether to chose NP or SP -
wayang one lah..... someone high up trying to show the whole sg that everyone have a chance in sg lah... not only the elite lah
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very the politically correct one la...
Now they got case studies to prove that elite is not only about themselves.
End up more and more people with Jc grades going to Poly, make things tougher for the rest only.