DLSHSI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE TUITION FEE FOR SY 2014-2015

*heart attack*

DLSU-D AND DLSHSI'S STRAIGHT MED PROGRAM

Hey guys, check out DLSHSI'S and DLSU-D's new vid. :) credits to the school for making this vid. :)

youtube link :)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEb1qh1tG5I

The New College of Medicine Building DLSHSI

How awesome is this? Brand spanking new baaaby! :))

5 floors of glorious awesomness. 

LEVEL UP LASALLE

The campus is already awesome... And now we have this... :))

DLSHSI MED SCHOLARSHIPS

UPDATES (as of Dec 17, 2014)- you can check out the current requirements for the scholarship here. Much better if you can contact the office itself for any questions or clarifications regarding the other requirements. :)

CLICK HERE: CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP SY 2015-2016

UPDATES, results are out for those accepted into the scholarship program. :) you can either personally ask at the admissions office at the Wang Building or email Dr. Cabanias at scholarships@dlshsi.edu.ph. But since a lot might email, it would be faster to just visit the office. 

Wish you guys all the best! Im still waiting for my results. Kinda scared to ask. :(

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Hey guys, I know most of you are already applying at different med schools and i hope that De La Salle is one of your choices. :)

One of the reasons why I chose De La Salle Health Sciences's Med Program was their great scholarship program.

One thing I have to say is that their scholarship program is really generous. When I was applying at different med schools, one of the things I looked at were their scholarship programs and the availability of slots. Of the med schools I applied to, DLSHSI and UE were the only ones that I was qualified for.

In UST, they dont give out scholarships to 1st years unless you graduated Summa or Magna. With UP, you have to be within a given economic range (I think it was Php200K below for the whole year), and I was above that range. With UE, they had a limited number of slots that I was half sold on because I knew I had a chance at it, but chances were slim, and I didnt want to take that chance. DLSHSI practically guaranteed my scholarship when I applied, and my parents were sold on that. All I had to do was just fill up their scholarship forms and voila! ultra mega discount! :))

So they have several scholarships (taken from their website):

General Institutionally Funded Scholarships

• Entrance scholarship
• Academic scholarship
• Financial scholarship
• Service scholarship
• Gawad Lasalyanong Edukasyon scholarship
• Institutionally Funded Scholarships given to all DLSHSI regular employees
• Brother President Scholarship Program (BPSP), Enhanced Brother President Scholarship Program (EBPSP) and the Employees’ Dependents (EDSP) / Grand Father Clause (GFCSP) Scholarship Program

• Externally Funded Scholarship (Medicine)

  • Brother President Scholarship Grant (BPSG) through Individual Sponsorships
  • DLSU Science Foundation (Hi-Eisei) Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Patricia Generoso Memorial Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Romeo P. Ariniego Scholarship Grant
  • Dr. Lloyd Balajadia Scholarship Grant
  • Dormbuilt, Inc. Scholarship Grant
  • Merck, Inc. Philippines Scholarship Program
  • Provincial or Local Government Scholarships
  • Other scholarships that are funded or sponsored by an external agency and/or individual sponsors/philanthropists through the effort of the Brother President and the Scholarship Program and Development Center
  
  

For the externally funded scholarships, these may differ from year to year, depending on the sponsor. :)

For general requirements and other info, you can check out their website here. 

For this school year, I applied for the Entrance Scholarship, (I graduated Cum Laude from my undergrad) so I was entitled to 50% off my tuition. For the discount, this is based on the tuition itself and does not include discounts on the miscellaneous fees and whatnot. So for my tuition of Php113k (at the time), I only paid around Php 70K. This was one of the major reasons why I was drawn to DLSHSI, from the other schools that I applied to.

The scholarship is good for one whole academic year, and by the end of the year, you can just renew or reapply for the scholarship, given that you were able to maintain the grade.

For Entrance scholars, we have a maintaining grade of 87%. It may sound attainable, but I have to tell you, after just a sem here, I'm starting to feel that I wont be able to get that grade. Hopefully this second sem, I can catch up and keep my scholarship. :(

For Financial scholars, they have a maintaining grade of 83%.

Once you're a scholar of the school, they'll have you fill out an MOA that states that for every year you accomplish under the scholarship, you have to render 1 year service to the school/hospital and must be done within 5 years upon graduation.

For some, this may pose as a problem since they might have a hospital in mind to take their internship or residency. I dont think this is such a problem since the De La Salle University Medical Center (UMC) has a pretty good training program. They also said that its ideal to do your internship here since you can have the time to study for the boards and do your rotations, while some doctors/ lecturers there can even provide review classes.

For more information on their scholarship program, you can call their office number at:

Office of the Director for Admissions and Scholarship Assistance Program

Scholarship Program and Development Center
4th Floor Old Med Building
City of Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines

Cavite: (63) (46) 481-8000 local 5001
Manila: (63) (02) 988-3100 local 5001
Telefax: (63) (46) 481-8020
Email: admission@dlshsi.edu.ph

Look for Ms. Wendy! :) The staff here are very very accommodating, and will entertain all your questions about the program. 

Oh, before I forget, here's a copy of the brochure (PDF) just in case you'd want to show your parents or something. 

DLSHSI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BROCHURE

The Academic Avalanche

Hey guys, I apologize if I havent posted in awhile. The pace in med school kinda picked up when July settled in.

As i said before, things went into hyperdrive when July settled in. June was the typical settling in phase where doctors/professors slipped in a quiz or two, letting you gain a solid foothold on studying again.

BOOM!
Then July came in.

Every other week we had quizzes and major exams, and it came to a point where you just couldnt study as much as you wanted to because you were dead tired.

Major exams that happened this month: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, and this week would be Community Medicine and Bioethics.

Seriously, of all the major exams that came and went, Anatomy was probably the most mind boggling thing I encountered since our freshmen orientation with the mock exams.

I prepared for that exam like everyone has prepared for the oncoming zombie apocalpyse.

I kid you not. I spent a majority of my weekdays + 80% of my weekend reviewing everything and I was kind of pumped for the exam already.

Day of the exam, 7am in the morning, my dorm mates and I came out of our rooms at exactly the same time with blank faces, silently staring at each other, when, very quietly, one whispered... oh my g*d, I dont know anything.

All of us kinda went into a crazed panic since the exam was a bout 3 hours away. 

GROUP STUDY NOW!

Nobody brushed their teeth, fixed their hair, or took out the morning glories scattered all over, we got our stuff out and went to one room and started reviewing each other like there was no tomorrow. 

We spent two hours studying, took a bath, then went for the exam.

Here we go.

About an hour later, I was feeling pretty good about the results. But within a few minutes, panic set in again as we prepared for the practical exams for that afternoon.

For the practical exams, they set up 80 stations in the laboratory where there would be around 65-70 microscopes set up with specimens, around 5 pictures, and 5 resting stations. Every 20 seconds we a buzzer would sound out and everyone had to move to the next station.

This type of exam gives you an adrenalin rush. It was awesome and at the same time, depressing.

Within 20 minutes or so, we finished all 80 questions and headed out the laboratory. And everyone was kind of high with the rush. We headed out, ate, and made merry while doomsday/judgement day waited silently.

About 2-3 days, results came out. And I failed both the theoretical and practical. And so did 80% of the batch.

It was kind of comforting to know that, but deep inside, I was depressed because I studied my ass off and I still failed. 

Good thing that they lowered the passing rate a little, and I passed both, but, it still frustrated me. 

I will not be an average/ mediocre doctor. I will study my ass off, and one day I will top the exams.

Shit just got real.

The Great Human LaSallian Star!

Today is the end of our 100 years, and the start of HSI's Jubilee year. :) Check out the photos within this week once I have the time to upload.

Panic Sets In

School tomorrow. 

I woke up today with an oncoming panic attack. I swear by the holy nose hair of Badjula that I just stood up from bed in a panic frenzy remembering that I'll be going back to the dorm and start a brand new week of med school.

Why was I panicking?

Because its a habit. Joke. Lol.

Some subjects were worrying me a whole lot--namely, Biochemistry, Physiology, and Anatomy.

Physiology- I can understand it, its pretty good, but the pacing is really, really fast. I'm having a little bit of a difficulty with the ions and whatnot floating in and out but, the sheer volume of stuff to study.

Next up, Anatomy. This is stressing me up a little bit because of the before lecture and after lecture quizzes that they have. Say goodbye to the 1/4 sheet pad papers that you leech off of your classmate because the professors in Med do it by bubble sheet.

Its 10 items, no erasures, they flash the questions on screen for 20-30 seconds per item. 

What's so stressful about this???

Out of the 10 items, you can only have two wrong answers to pass. Yup. 8/10 is passing. 7/10, your quiz is crap and you learned nothing.

In my time (nope, I'm not that old, I just like to talk like an old timer), 6/10 was the passing, and with the really nice, easily persuaded teachers, you can pass with only 5 items.

It would have been ok if I didn't  spend 3 hours on that one particular topic, but, what can I say, I think I may have gotten a 7/10. I'm still adjusting, trying to study a little bit faster, and a little more efficient. Holy Badjula knows I'm trying.

The professors/ doctors are really nice but absolutely strict, and I guess for good reason too. 

CHED dictates that if a student fails 40% of their load, they are automatically kicked of the roll. Meaning... you will be kicked out of the Doctor of Medicine program and will never be accepted into the DLSHSI Med Program. Ever. 

Guess what? Anatomy makes up 39.5% of the academic load in first year.

39.5%

So all you need is just one more subject (minor or major), anything to fill up that .5% that remains, and BOOM. You are taken out.

Every doctor-lecturer emphasized that. Every single one. 

Harsh, but its the truth. They said that around 6-10 students were not able to be promoted to the 2nd year because of failure in this one.

Good news is, if you failed JUST Anatomy, meaning you didn't fill up the whole 40%, you can still take up Anatomy next year. Yey!

Finally, Biochemistry. 

The doctor-lecturer was awesome, really nice. The topic? not so nice.

We were reviewing the basic (ahem ahem) concepts in Organic Chemistry. The doctor was assuming that all of us took this up in college and was going through the subjects like food goes through you during diarrhea.

My reaction to the first four slides was...

During the lecture, the doctor would ask, " Is everyone ok? Can everybody follow?"

And then some bibbo classmates would shout out in sing-song unison-- Yeeeeeeeeessssssssss Siiiiirrrrr. 

For those classmates, I would like to punch you in the face. Not. I just felt frustrated then. :)) It was extremely difficult to follow, and I would have appreciated it if the students who did get it would just quiet down a little and let the old timers like me struggle with a resounding " No Sirrrrrrr."

So now, I'm planning to study Organic Chem from scratch, while at the same time, struggle with learning Biochem and a bunch of ultra-toxic subjects. 

Fun. Fun. Fun. 

At the end of the Biochem lecture, students flooded the lecturer. One guy remarked,

"Sir, nawala po ako sa first few slides palang, wala na po ako naintindihan." 

~ Translation: Sir, you lost me at hello.

And the build up all these subjects led to the panic attack I had this morning.

My reaction to my future. I think it would be easier to walk into Mordor than pass these subjects.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm. Way to start the week.

1ST WEEK OF MED SCHOOL!!!

and I am still alive.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, hello guys, I have just survived my first week in Med School!!! Its not that bad...yet. Since majority of the classes were orientations on subjects to be covered for the year, doctors introducing themselves, exam policies, grades, and, for some subjects, the first topic of the year.

A view of the room, and my classmates.

Inspiring. Dunno how I'll react when I start studying for Biochem and Anatomy (act like a crazy woman, I guess)

The school's guidance office oriented us on the different policies, and ran through the handbook. 

The week went by in a blur, and I cant really remember the order of subjects unless I look at my schedule, but basically, we had Biochemistry, Bioethics, Physiology, Anatomy, and Community Medicine.

All the doctor-lecturers were amazing, funny, and very accommodating. Even if classes were 3-4 hours long,  the doctors really had a way of making you pay attention and understand and not mind the long class hours. It also helps that the new classrooms are comfy, well ventilated (which is extremely important because of the heat outside of the building), and conducive for learning.  So from 8-12pm, one class, and from 1-5pm was another class. Usually, most of the professors don't use up the whole four hours, and dismiss us early.

Our doctor- lecturer up on stage running through the basics of Organic Chemistry.

A view from the back.

Classes are awesome, just kind of worried aboout Biochem, Aatomy and Physiology because I have nooooo background whatsoever. But, I just have to double time. 

As all the doctors advised, " You only need to do three things to survive Med School...one....study...two....study...three...study."

< insert evil laugh>

De La Salle Health Sciences Institute Pictures

Ok, I know I'm kind of delayed in posting info about La Salle, but better late than never!
Got this from the PinoyMd website, care of @jcskie. :)
Flickr Photos of DLSHSI

This is the back entrance of the hospital. This leads to the canteen, the Wang Building, the Animo Center, the new library and New Med Building.

 The Wang Building, where most of the allied health courses are, as well as the admissions office, registrar's, school clinic, and other rooms are located. behind this is Dormbuilt.

 This is the park/open area behind the hospital and leads to the chapel and Wang Building.

Hallway of the Old Med Building, where most of the 2nd- 4th year med students take their classes. For the new batch, they will have most of their classes in the New Med Building. Woot! Woot!

 Inside view of the Wang Building.

Outside of the school, Congressional Road.

Wang Building again.

The cute Bahay Kubo near the canteen located on the way to Wang. They like to call this eatery as the Cadaver Canteen since its located near the Anatomy lab. :)) But their food tastes great and 100% free of human flesh. nomnomnom.

Tadaaaaaa! The new rooms located in the new Med Building!

For more information on DLSHSI, you can visit their site at http://www.dlshsi.edu.ph/index.php.

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