Aga Khan

I don't think it matters at all if you got accepted anywhere else, and that's probably a rule of thumb for any college, not just aga Khan.

The bachelors degree also doesn't really weigh in at all. You've got just as good of a chance without one as you do with one.

The SAT II's however are really important. If you're even one point below 700, like 690, they have enough reason without even looking at the rest of your application to reject you. They easily get applicants who are not just at the requirement, but well over it. This doesn't mean you don't have a chance, it's all relative to what each year's applicants bring to the table. Just know that the competition is amongst the most fierce in the world.

They don't pick out the highest SAT I scores from each section. They'll accept your highest overall score.

You should definitely apply, and study like mad for the SAT II's, but you should keep your options open and try applying for some other schools in Pakistan as well. There are lots of other good medical colleges.

You're right, their basic sciences are somewhat shorter than other schools because they focus mostly on clinical aspects. Since this is the case, they don't learn every single solitary detail of anatomy and other subjects like other medical colleges in pakistan.

Their clinical experience comes from their hospital just like ours does. Shifa is a private hospital as well but there's never a paucity of patients.

I definitely agree that Eastern clinical practice gives much more experience than western medicine. You can back this up just by looking at the electives traffic. Eastern IMG's go to the US, UK, and europe for their electives because they want to build relationships and further their chances of a residency there because let's face it, they simply want to live there to make more money.

Westerners however, don't go from the US to the UK or vice versa. Instead they come to middle east, or under developed countries because they know that there is more to learn clinically there. How much can you really learn in a modernized country where everything other than cancer and obesity is already cured?

AKU Information for 2007







This application information has been taken from the AKU MBBS Brochure for this year, 2007. Keep in mind that the requirements posted are the minimum requirements for Aga Khan University, simply to be eligible for the admissions process, and that competition for this school is about as tough as it gets for medical school.

Here's a link to the application. (PDF)