How hard is Melbourne Biomed?

[simpak]

there’s a real sense of camaraderie so you feel less alone and isolated than you might in science.

I don't even get why people feel they are an authority on how people interact socially within a science degree when they've never personally been enrolled in that degree?

[Shenz0r]

Because they're comparing experiences between their biomed cores and science selectives.

I remember my 2nd year science selectives had pretty large cohorts so it was, in a sense, difficult to really get to know people well apart from being in the same prac group or tute. Once the subject was over it was easier to lose contact with them, which doesn't happen in the biomed cores since you'll always be together every semester.

[inish]

There is definitely more group spirit in Biomed. Having been in both, they band together and it's almost like high school again. In masters, I kind of feel like this again. Undergrad science felt lonely though.

[simpak]

Because they're comparing experiences between their biomed cores and science selectives.

I remember my 2nd year science selectives had pretty large cohorts so it was, in a sense, difficult to really get to know people well apart from being in the same prac group or tute. Once the subject was over it was easier to lose contact with them, which doesn't happen in the biomed cores since you'll always be together every semester.

I get what you're saying, I just think there's a difference between saying 'it's easy to make friends in Biomed' and 'it's easier to make friends in Biomed', for those that have only experienced one side of the coin. Same goes for anything in this 'great debate' really.