Med vs Law

[Caspar]

Not really, more broadly they seem to be intelligent people. As intelligence is such an arbitrary term, I can't really justify that opinion.

edit: Used though at the end of a sentence, I hate it when I do that >.>

[Caspar]

Almost always superfluous.

[Greggler]

lol im definately not one of those people that want to do med for prestige etc.

My primary motivatoin for doing med is fact that it is a field which is constantly evolving and something which will constantly offer me something new.
I have very broad interests and I find it very hard to concentrate purerly on one thing for a long time; simply put i become very bored with repetitive and tedious work.

I did work experience in year 9 and year 10 in a hospital and talked to a few doctors who worked in emergency and they said there is never a single day that is the same as the last. This was something i want in a career. not some 9-5 job doing the same thing day in day out and year in year out.

I, like you, am one of those people who is not a big fan of those purely pursuing med because of prestige/money/mummy and daddy; especially when it is these people who take undergrad places and then drop out when they discover its not for them.

[herzy]

yayy
sounds very similar to my thought process, however i was more interested in the science side of things, so i thought i'd rather do biomed than med, as this would better cater towards my interests. later found out that i could do the same biomed subjects in science, but that in biomed i would be more restricted. then i thought i'd pick up a law degree because i really wanted to as well... and there we have science/law

[herzy]

lol im definately not one of those people that want to do med for prestige etc.

a field which is constantly evolving and something which will constantly offer me something new.
I have very broad interests and I find it very hard to concentrate purerly on one thing for a long time; simply put i become very bored with repetitive and tedious work.

[Greggler]

yeah its tough...
My first pref at the moment is MBBS/Arts at UQ, but if i dont get in there its increasingly starting to look like my 'backup' will be science law.
My though process is like this, if I get into science/law i will still end up with a career with which i have a great interest in; but even if it turns out i dont like law, i can also just keep up the science degree, do gamsat and apply for grad med.

[herzy]

either exactly the same units, or equivalent ones...

wtf is the point of biomed then lol??

no idea... it's all done for you? higher ENTER?

[herzy]

lol you can do biomed/law... but really i have no idea of the advantages of biomed over science...

[98.40_for_sure]

lol you can do biomed/law... but really i have no idea of the advantages of biomed over science...

but then i think may as well do biomed at melb
id rather go to the city everyday for 3 years than go to clayton every day for 3 years (equidistant from my house)
im already doing a UMEP course at melb.. love the place..

I'm considering Biomedicien + Law Breadth
or something with philosphy or essays..

But city is zone 1+2, whereas clayton is zone 2
In terms of travel expenses, clayton is half price!

[herzy]

no law at caulfield yet

law breadths are a waste of time (from what i've heard)

melbourne biomed is unnecesasrily hard to get in to, and (IMO) not a great put-together course... have no idea about monash biomed... that said, if i were going to do straight science or straight biomed, i'd go to melbourne...

[happyhappyland]

no law at caulfield yet

law breadths are a waste of time (from what i've heard)

melbourne biomed is unnecesasrily hard to get in to, and (IMO) not a great put-together course... have no idea about monash biomed... that said, if i were going to do straight science or straight biomed, i'd go to melbourne...

Melb biomed you do subjects that are pretty much what science people do without all that plant shit. You also have to do calculus


monash biomed is quite structure and you have much less freedom but you do get to choose subjects in ur first yr that isnt part of biomed. From how i see it, biomed at monash seems more like a course than something put together to attract high enter students

[herzy]

i know that at melbourne, the course seems directed at people who want to do med. it just frustrates me because then they do this quasi-biology subject, where they never learn anything in enough depth to actually understand the bio, but rather learn enough to be able to apply it to the human body, structures and functions... which i guess is what a biomed course is designed to do, but imo people should be well grounded in their area of expertise, not just learn what's needed to know their specific area only. how else can you make links between some of the cures (e.g. aspirin) which have an organic basis?

[herzy]

well all the best for it then! i don't really understand the biomed/med system at melbourne in detail, but it also might be worth considering doing science so that you have a better GPA (as you don't have to do calculus, or physics, and can do whatever subjects suit you)

[Russ]

id rather go to the city everyday for 3 years than go to clayton every day for 3 years (equidistant from my house)

This is how I chose courses

law breadths are a waste of time (from what i've heard)

Yes, if you wanted to get a law qualification (ie they don't contribute to that). If you just want to get a feel for what it's like and try something different then they're fine.

melbourne biomed is unnecesasrily hard to get in to, and (IMO) not a great put-together course
...

not just learn what's needed to know their specific area only.

It is unnecessarily hard to get into, but I disagree that it's not well put together. It has much better synergy/overlap than I've seen in science courses that friends are doing. It also certainly doesn't teach you only the superficial aspects of science, there's plenty of underlying biology taught.

i can forget about calculus and physics (which im happy about)...

Not for the GAMSAT you can't

[stonecold]

I don't know what I'll do if I don't make grad med.  I really want to do it at UoM.

Looking forward to next year though.

According to BBioMed info sheet, you get to do chem, bio, medical physics, and calculus, all of which I like.

And breadth is looking interesting:
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/CRIM10001

Fuck that, it has two essays as assessment.