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Dear Puleng

We have been advised that schools have all the necessary forms and information about how to go about registering as a private candidate. We therefore suggest you contact the school where you wrote your original Senior Certificate exams. The examinations are in November 2010. Please note time is running out for writing the senior certificate.

You could also contact private colleges like Damelin, Brainline Learning World, Abbots College, Progress College or Intec College to see if they can help you with private candidate registration and suitable courses:

• http://www.intec.edu.za/
• http://www.brainline.com/cms/
• http://www.damelin.co.za/
• http://www.abbotts.co.za/
• http://www.progresscollege.co.za/

The Provincial Departments of Education may also be contacted for information, advice and forms:

• Eastern Cape Tel : (040) 608 4205
• Free State Tel: (051) 404 8430
• Gauteng : (011) 355 1510/8
• KwaZulu Natal Tel: (033) 392 1004 Toll free 0800 204 353
• Limpopo : (015) 297 0895
• Mpumalanga : (013) 766 5048 Toll free 0800 204 098
• North West : (018) 387 3428/9
• Northern Cape : Tel (053) 839 6683/96
• Western Cape Tel : (021) 467 2535 Toll free 0800 454 647

In order to help you get an idea of what marks you will need to aim for, we suggest you explore the admission requirements for the universities and universities of technology you are considering attending. Look at what they have to offer in their medical sciences and health sciences faculties. Make use of the following Career Planet web page to identify your nearest institutions: http://www.careerplanet.co.za/_pages/places_to_study

Lynn and the Career Planet Team