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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: MeanZhang on November 28, 2015, 08:49:54 am

Title: [Biomedicine] - Which is harder? Second or Third year?
Post by: MeanZhang on November 28, 2015, 08:49:54 am

Just wondering which year is harder between second and third years.

I have just finished first year, and I'm thinking about maybe taking 3 breadth this year to lighten the load for third year, but I'm not entirely sure.

Another factor is I'll most likely be taking the GAMSAT in both second (and third year if I need to). 

Title: Re: [Biomedicine] - Which is harder? Second or Third year?
Post by: Russ on November 28, 2015, 09:22:12 am

If you're applying for medicine, and considering a summer subject or similar then do three subjects in semester one of third year.

I think the difficulty depends on what major you choose and how difficult you find it. I think I found the years to be about the same but the content in third year was definitely significantly more advanced.

Title: Re: [Biomedicine] - Which is harder? Second or Third year?
Post by: VCEANON on November 28, 2015, 07:14:12 pm

Quote from: Russ on November 28, 2015, 09:22:12 am

If you're applying for medicine, and considering a summer subject or similar then do three subjects in semester one of third year.

I think the difficulty depends on what major you choose and how difficult you find it. I think I found the years to be about the same but the content in third year was definitely significantly more advanced.

Damn, is M2M more time consuming that FIB? Was considering underloading in second sem with Advanced Techniques

Title: Re: [Biomedicine] - Which is harder? Second or Third year?
Post by: REBORN on November 28, 2015, 08:40:12 pm

Yeah, M2M is more time consuming than FIB.

Title: Re: [Biomedicine] - Which is harder? Second or Third year?
Post by: Shenz0r on November 28, 2015, 10:34:11 pm

Third year had a lot more detail you needed to remember.

FIB is that subject nobody spends any time on (because it's so frustrating) whereas M2M is acknowledged as a pretty hard subject you need to work a lot on.

Title: Re: [Biomedicine] - Which is harder? Second or Third year?
Post by: Leronziia on November 28, 2015, 10:48:03 pm

And first semester of 3rd year heavily influences GPA, whereas 2nd semester grades aren't as important for post-grad applications.

Title: Re: [Biomedicine] - Which is harder? Second or Third year?
Post by: Whynot123 on December 03, 2015, 03:46:13 am

I.E. Third year is harder than second.