Rumours

[psychlaw]

This is a thread to quash any rumours that may be around, and to provide answers for people (like me) who require them
(1) Doing full-fee medicine does not guarantee you a place as a doctor
True: The federal government has confirmed that only CSP students are guaranteed an intern place after gaining there MBBS degree. This is not to say that every single DFee Med Student won't get an intern place, but some may however miss out. This is due to the opening of new med schools, and not enough Professors to train them as an Intern at hospitals.

(2) English will not be counted in your top 4 subjects in future years
False: This rumour has been around for a while. It can be confirmed that english WILL remain in your top 4 subjects, and there has been no official talk about a change.


Now here are some things I wish to know the answer to, if anybody knows...
(1) To do major in Actuarial Studies in UoM, you MUST do specialist maths(is this true? Ive always wondered about this)
(On Melbourne Universities website it states that Spec Maths is recommended... other sources state that it is a requirement)


(2) Only two Aerospace Engineering graduates get a job in Aerospace Engineering field in Australia every year


(3) If you are unable to attend an exam, your GAT score (in that field) will take the place of your study score?






If anybody else has any VCE or Tertiary rumours that they are unsure of then post them here, and I'm sure people could help out

[Collin Li]

Great idea. Thread stickied.

[bubble sunglasses]

3) No. You *might* [depending on how unfit you were to do the exam]  be awarded a derived score, for which both the Guess And Tick and your SAC scores are taken into account. I'm not sure whether a derived score is an exact calculation or merely an informed estimate, [but it's definately not simply your GAT score.]

[dcc]

number 3 cant be true, otherwise i would get like a 50 for humanities subjects!!

[AppleXY]

to obtain entry into mathematics 1 or calculus 2 it is a prereq to do spec. (40 is the min for math 1 !) (no, not factorial lawl :p ) ---> preqs for 300101 intro to actuarial studies. )

[Mao]

3. if you are unable to attend the exam, they [might] consider in giving you a derived exam score (given that your circumstances are appropriate).
in the process of giving you a derived exam score, they take in account:
- your cohort's performance and your moderated SAC score (weighed most)
- your GAT score
- your teacher's "honest and unbiased" prediction of what he/she thinks you might get (haha, sounds like a joke, but its there, though it is weighed the least)
so your derived exam score is not just your GAT (VCAA is more fair than what its stereotyped to be).

and before they allow you to do that, your excuse must be appropriate (like getting hit by a car and had to go to hospital, etc)
so not rocking up to exams because you think you went pretty awesome on the GAT is NOT an option.


but because GAT is considered, you'll want to do well just in case
last year, someone from my cohort suffered a total stress-attack in one of the exams, and her performance were really bad. Though her and the school did appeal to VCAA, but because she didnt take the GAT seriously, they did not award a higher derived score.

[Ahmad]

to obtain entry into mathematics 1 or calculus 2 it is a prereq to do spec. (40 is the min for math 1 !) (no, not factorial lawl :p ) ---> preqs for 300101 intro to actuarial studies. )

If I recall correctly, if your school didn't offer specialist maths, you can sit an advanced placement test, or do some other combination of maths subjects.

[AppleXY]

to obtain entry into mathematics 1 or calculus 2 it is a prereq to do spec. (40 is the min for math 1 !) (no, not factorial lawl :p ) ---> preqs for 300101 intro to actuarial studies. )

If I recall correctly, if your school didn't offer specialist maths, you can sit an advanced placement test, or do some other combination of maths subjects.

hi ahmad, I havn't spoken to you for ages personally. And no, I cbfed pming you.


Yeah, I think you can. But i dunno now.

[brendan]

if your school didn't offer specialist maths,

if your school doesn't offer spesh, i would seriously consider moving schools.

[Odette]

I thought schools had to offer subjects which were prerequisite subjects >.<

[AppleXY]

This thread should be renamed to MythBusters LOL.

[Matt The Rat]

Speaking of Mythbusters, new season starts tonight on Discovery!

[AppleXY]

Speaking of Mythbusters, new season starts tonight on Discovery!

AWESOME! 9.30 ? ILL BE THERE!

[maoka]

hey how is everyone going for mid-year exams coming up?