ATAR Notes: Forum
VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: TKayy on March 16, 2012, 09:59:05 pm
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Hey guys, just wondering whose interested in doing Medicine at Monash next year or in 2014?
Just curious as I am also interested.
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I'm interested in 2015.
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Woah!
You can, if you haven't already, start preparing for it.
Have you looked at the UMAt?
Btw, what school do you go to?
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I'm interested in passing those years :D
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I may be interested for Monash Medicine in 2014. :)
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I'm interested in passing those years :D
Lol. You can give us some advice on how you got into it! :D
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Woah!
You can, if you haven't already, start preparing for it.
Have you looked at the UMAt?
Btw, what school do you go to?
I go to mount scopus in burwood and yes I have already started preparing on medentry. What school do you go to?
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Good on you buddy!
Doing any Unit 1/2 subjects?
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Good on you buddy!
Doing any Unit 1/2 subjects?
Haha thanks. I'm doing biology and methods.
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cool
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i like this thread
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Monash Med 2014 :)
If I can make it....
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1) Understand that getting into Medicine is a competitive process, there may be cases where you might not be accepted at Monash and hence will have to study interstate or go through the graduate entry pathway. The truth is, don't be disheartened and don't give up, if you keep trying, some day you'll be able to get in, maybe not undergraduate, but hopefully postgraduate.
2) The UMAT used to be the most important determinant in getting into Medicine at Monash, however, they introduced Late-Round interviews for High ATAR, Lower UMAT candidates. However, you need to get a UMAT around 90+, preferably 92+, in order to get in. If you get below 90, you're pretty much screwed, I think there's like one guy this year who got a UMAT below 90 in Monash Med.
3) You want a balance between the UMAT and ATAR. In a perfect world, you'd want both to be high, but the truth is, sometimes that's not possible. You have to work to maximise what your strengths and cushion your weaknesses. If you're someone who is good at the UMAT, like myself, gun the UMAT, and get a reasonably high ATAR and you have a good chance. If you're the other way around, get a reasonably UMAT, lower-mid-90s and get a really good ATAR, you'll have to get a high 99s ATAR to get an unbonded place with a low 90s UMAT.
4) Treat the interview seriously, it's not a joke. If you do badly on the interview, you won't get in, to say the least.
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I really hope I don't have to go interstate. I would miss my family far too much. I don't think I can live without seeing my mum everyday.
But yes, I understand the importance of the UMAT and am finding preparation for it to be quite enjoyable (except Section 3....). Section 1 and 2 are great though and actually (surprisingly) relevant to real life.
I doubt I'll think about the interview before Year 12 though.
Thanks for the advice though paulsterio :)
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I don't think I can live without seeing my mum everyday.
awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
but i bet that's what you thought on your first day of school
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I hope I can get into Monash Med next year haha... gonna have to gun the umat cos Ill probs only end up with a low 99 or even less
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I hope I can get into Monash Med next year haha... gonna have to gun the umat cos Ill probs only end up with a low 99 or even less
If that's ATAR, that isn't too low actually :) The median for metro students is low 99s (~99.30), so low 99 or high 98 is definitely competitive!
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Many people get in with a low 99 ATAR if they have a competitive UMAT.
If your UMAT isn't too flash though, as long as it's 92-ish + percentile, and you can get 99.00+ ATAR, you have a shot at bonded with a reasonable interview
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Its alright guys, we can do it!! :)
Lets just keep up the spirit!
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Ooooh that gives me so much more hope haha. From the looks of things I'll probably get like low 40s for my study scores, and i need 41 in all of them and a 43 in english to get a 99 so i guess its achievable but i am going to have to work extremely hard. Getting in the 90s for sacs so far so i guess its a good sign.
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Doctors of the future.
Please find a cure for HIV and AIDS.
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If only it were that simple haha :P
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Unfortunately, there won't be a cure for HIV in widescale production before at least 2050 imo
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To be honest though, antiretroviral drugs are pretty close to a cure, they allow HIV+ people to lead normal lives.
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Normal lives?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiretroviral_drug#Adverse_effects
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To be honest though, antiretroviral drugs are pretty close to a cure, they allow HIV+ people to lead normal lives.
Only in comparison to what we had before. Other than the side effects, they don't work indefinitely so it's eventual AIDS even with good adherence (and I wouldn't really quantify the life as "normal" but it's better than nothing)
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In terms of cure for HIV i think we may actually be closer than you think. Well a tleast i don't think it will be as late as 2050. There are current clinical trials with HDAC inhibitors that seem quite promising. I've been following the career of a researcher of HIV latency based in Melbourne actually at the burnet institute and i do believe that some of her research may pave the way towards a cure, potentially 2020-2030.
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Clinical tests and trials should be done in Africa first.
We gotta use you talented vce veterans to help this disease of hiv and aids.
You guys will make me proud :')
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In terms of cure for HIV i think we may actually be closer than you think. Well a tleast i don't think it will be as late as 2050. There are current clinical trials with HDAC inhibitors that seem quite promising. I've been following the career of a researcher of HIV latency based in Melbourne actually at the burnet institute and i do believe that some of her research may pave the way towards a cure, potentially 2020-2030.
Link me?
2020 is a pipe dream though, if there's a cure being distributed that early I will eat my hat
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The studies are still ongoing and as far as i know she hasnt published on this yet but here is a website you can look at, http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01365065?term=vorinostat+AND+HIV&rank=2. The idea is to use a HDACi to force latently infected cells, in particular CD4 memory T cells to become active and thus the ART can target the virus.