IMU Dentistry interview!

So, I went for an interview at the Bukit Jalil campus of IMU. It was a nice, classy place that might be misunderstood as an office building if it wasn't for this big signboard that says IMU International Medical University just outside the building. It was for me, quite big compared to the size of Methodist College, where I come from. They even had escalators in the building for students to use! Well, of course, compared to Sunway's or Taylor's Universities it's definitely smaller ｏ(＞＜；)○

The first thing I saw before I entered the university:

The Dress Code of IMU!! o(>ω<)o o(>ω<)o
I had always thought that MCKL was strict about their dress codes but in IMU, T-shirts, jeans, sandals and sports shoes are not allowed on campus! Students should wear semi-formal clothing with covered shoes to the university. I guess it's to build up the look of professionalism in us even starting from our student days, as all of the students here will graduate to be someone in the science and medical industry. As my already graduated from IMU sister says: "Who would listen and trust you if you don't dress up properly! Especially if you're in the medical line" I think this makes sense too huh Now I've got to plan a day of shopping to buy some formal clothing (￣▽￣*)ゞ

Okay, now to the interview!
Once I reached the admissions office, which was right by the entrance of IMU, I was registered in and asked to wait until the time of my interview. The interview was scheduled to be 2pm and I was asked to be there by 1pm. I reached IMU around 12.30pm so I had a little time to roam about before I had to go back to the admissions office at 1pm to get ready for my interview. I didn't roam far since there were small stalls selling food and snacks just outside the entrance (I think it's their cafeteria).

Then, the time came where I had to go back to the admissions office. There I met some of my fellow interviewees and we had a small chat. Then, the people at the admissions office showed us a short clip about the admissions procedure, what we should do after our offer letters came and when we should expect our letters to come. It was clear and detailed, IMU style (｀ヘ´)ﾉﾞThe staff were friendly and would attend to all our needs. Oh! There were free biscuits at the admissions office, it was nice hehe (๑╹ڡ╹๑) 

Well, after the clip, some student helpers came and brought us upstairs by the escalators (✯◡✯)  I'm like a countryside girl going to a city hahaha So 4 of us went upstairs first to wait outside of a glass-doored room. The student helpers were friendly, and they tried to ease up the tension by talking to us and making us (the interviewees) talk to each other, I realised most of them thought IMU was small (*/. ＼)  [most of them came from Sunway's and Taylor's] Hmph! It's ok I'm proud of MCKL ٩(๑`^´๑)۶

We were split into two groups, for two different rooms to be interviewed by different people. I was the second person to be interviewed for my group. I got to talk to the first interviewee, Hui Ting for quite a while. She was a cute and nice girl from Pahang, just as nervous as I was. But talking to each other really helped loosen the tension and after 10 mins of sitting outside the dreaded glass rooms, it was her turn to be interviewed Σ(ﾟロﾟ) I took a peek from time to time into the room and saw that she'd became pure red (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) Oh my! Was the interview that bad?! While waiting for her interview to end, other interviewees came up to the waiting spot as well, there were even students who are here for their second interview because they couldn't get through their first one

Jenggggg, and so come my turn in the interview chamber ＼(º □ º l|l)/ But, it turned out quite fine, the interviewers were actually kind of friendly and smiled a lot. I was interviewed by 2 interviewers, both female, one Chinese, one Indian. Both were from the medicine faculty.

Interview Overall:
So I went in, put on my best smile and said good afternoon, they replied with an equally bright smile as well, and I was asked to sit down. So the interview went like this:
1) Introduce yourself
 - My family background
 - Education background
 - Cocurricular activities

2) Say something positive about yourself
 - Patience to be able to communicate to the patient to find out how he/she feels

3) Talk about how you practiced in your ping pong team (because I said I was on the ping pong team during secondary school)
- Just had to have discipline and stay back every day even though it may not yield results because we were on one of the stronger districts with Chung Hwa Independent

4) How did you juggle between practicing and studying during tournament season?
- Had study groups during lunch hours before our ping pong practices

5) I see you've studied in MCKL, I heard from my son (he's currently studying there) that you have your compulsory service hours?
- I talked about my service learning experience

6) Case study:
If you were a businessman, late to your 100billion dollars worth business meeting on your chauffer-driven limousine, and you see a heavily injured victim lying down by the roadside. The victim needs transportation to go to the nearest hospital which is 30 mins away, the crowd around the victim stops your car and asks for help. Take note that you may lose your billion dollar business if you are late for another 30 mins. What would you do?

- This was hard. Well, my conclusion was to move the victim and any other belongings he had into the car and ask my chauffeur to bring him to the hospital. Then, I would call a taxi or any other drivers I had to bring me to the business meeting. In the meantime, I would also call the meeting place to explain my situation. I'm sure they would understand.
- The examiners would really try to rebuke your stand but stand by it and it should go well (´∀｀*)

Yeah, so I hope everything goes well and I get the offer letter by the end of this month. (It's end of the month for dentistry and in a week for medicine) Pray for me *fingerscrossed

So, as a conclusion, whatever you'll need for this interview is to remember to bring your:
1) SPM results original copy
2) A levels results (bring original if you have, if not bring the online ver)
3) Your IC
4) Ielts results (IF you have done it, I haven't so it'll just be a conditional offer even if I pass the interview) (IMU requires at least a band of 6.5 for local and 7.0 for twinning)
5) In your introduction, tell them only stuff you want them to ask you about since the conversation would just flow from your introduction, as seen in my interview

Now I'll just have to get my ielts done! My Ielts examination is tommorow and I'm here writing this ╰(▔∀▔)╯Hope it'll be good practice for my writing {{ (>_<) }} Good luck to anyone here reading this and has an interview soon, and I hope everyone has a nice day ahead (´｡• ω •｡`)

See you next time!
(°∀°)b Joyce

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