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Ex-combat medic lands spot in NUS medicine on third try
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Mr Tan Ying Li, who went to Pioneer Junior College, was among the 280 selected to NUS' medical school.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF TAN YING LI
Coming from Pioneer Junior College and with a grade "C" marring his otherwise perfect A-level results, Mr Tan Ying Li did not think he would make it to the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine.
When he did not succeed with his first two applications, he was ready to settle for his second choice - to study mathematics.
