Hafsa Zahoor's Review On Government Medical College, Srinagar

I took the JKCET in 2008, in which i scored 181 marks out of 225, and GMC, Srinagar was my first choice because it is considered the best for M.B.B.S in Srinagar, my hometown.

M.B.B.S anywhere in the world has a huge syllabus,and that has to be finished in 4.5 years. The subjects in first and second year are very boring, because they are not clinical subjects, and one does not feel like a doctor till we are taken to clinics and are taught the basics of clinics. Later the subjects become interesting and this is the time when most of the students discover their love for any one subject in which they wish to go for post graduation.

We have to go for compulsory one year internship in our college after 4.5 years of studies. Internship in our college is very hectic. We are made to work like donkeys. And we get mere 4800 bucks per month. All the hectic work is done by interns only, because they are the junior-most. The most grilling time in our college is the year of internship.

We aren't provided any in-campus placement opportunities in our college and job provided in our college after M.B.B.S is 6 months house job. That's it. Usually students go for entrance exams to pursue post graduation. Other than that, we need to qualify exams to get any jobs anywhere.

Being a government college,our fees was affordable by almost all. We just had to pay Rs.10000 at the time of admission. Then before each final exam ,we would pay exam fees ,costing around Rs 4000 for each exam. That amounted to a total of about Rs 26000 in 4.5 years. Some poor students were provided 100% scholarship and they did not have to pay anything.

We used to have exams very frequently. Every week,there would be an oral test.every month,a grand viva.then,every 6 months,we had terminal exams, and in 1st professional year. We had a final exam after one year of classes, in 2nd professional year,after 1.5 years, in 3rd professional year,after 10 months, in final professional year after 14 months. We would have labs 3-4 days in a week,making our schedule very hectic.

I qualified the JKCET (COMMON ENTRANCE TEST) in sept 2008 and our result was declared in early October 08. We were asked to register for admission. I went on 10th October with dad and we had to go to each department that we were supposed to be taught in 1st year of college. We had to go their personally and register. The administration was congratulating all the students for success in exams.