UoM General Chat

[Shenz0r]

I'll be the first to admit that I hate Physics, and I was expecting the absolute worst this semester, but so far there is incredibly little to complain about and I don't know why. Most people haven't had too many troubles with motion or fluids - the main gripe is with crappy practical demonstrators. I hope it doesn't get worse from here on though because I can definitely cope with it at the moment.

Is Martin lecturing Kinematics to Energy for you guys? Or is Rob doing that part now?

I found that with the latter part of the course a lot of excess information was given but you can ignore those, just focus on basic concepts. Like I remember Rob went on about Schrodinger Equations and the Heisenberg principle, which you don't really need to know...

[Stick]

Martin's taking us for the first six weeks and he's covering motion, fluids and energy/thermal physics.

[simpak]

loll, my friends in honours post photos on facebook of themselves smashed every night and then perform extremely well, I look forward to the amount of Johnnie Walker it will involve.

http://imgur.com/is1TU0h

Someone tell me when this stops and that kicks in then #livetweet
Getting sick for the 6th time in three months, beating my own records here.
Considering not bothering going home for the 5000th time.

[Ballerina]

Simpak, have you considered going to Pizza Hut and then not ever returning to Peter Doherty Institute?

[simpak]

Simpak, have you considered going to Pizza Hut and then not ever returning to Peter Doherty Institute?

I really want to right now ok

[Turtle]

Having no idea how to approach a creative assignment (i.e. deafness and communication practical assignment Turtle) is one of the worst feelings ever :/

I know, I am the least creative person ever!!
I like making posters though, so I think I am going to do that. It makes me feel like I'm in year 7 again haha 

[Hehetymen]

Mind = imploded. Did not realize BMBS was an undergrad course until just now. Thought all GAMSAT entry unis were post grad.

[alondouek]

Mind = imploded. Did not realize BMBS was an undergrad course until just now. Thought all GAMSAT entry unis were post grad.

I can see where the confusion might arise given that a postgrad bachelors degree(s) is a pretty bizarre notion! But yeah, Monash has an undergrad MBBS at both clayton and gippsland, and a postgrad one in gippsland. I think we also offer an MD course but you need to already have an MBBS or something weird like that.

[Hehetymen]

I can see where the confusion might arise given that a postgrad bachelors degree(s) is a pretty bizarre notion! But yeah, Monash has an undergrad MBBS at both clayton and gippsland, and a postgrad one in gippsland. I think we also offer an MD course but you need to already have an MBBS or something weird like that.

I thought an MBBS and an MD were both med degrees?

[alondouek]

I thought an MBBS and an MD were both med degrees?

Well they are; I think the difference here is more institutional than anything. I'd imagine that MBBS ~ MD at UoM, while the MD at monash is like a med PhD (I think, it's kind of confusing)

[Russ]

It's silly and political but;

MD (Doctor of Medicine) used to be the same thing across Australia; a level 10 degree ie PhD level. To do it, you needed to have finished a medical degree and have some amount of experience as a doctor.

Melbourne has renamed their old MD to "Master of Medicine", which is the current PhD/level 10 degree. The new MD is a master level degree (level 9) that is a medical degree. The MD at Monash is the same as it used to be. The Monash MBBS is a Bachelor degree (lvl 7 or 8 depending) but is recognized as equal to the MD for the purposes of medical education.

[alondouek]

It's silly and political but;

MD (Doctor of Medicine) used to be the same thing across Australia; a level 10 degree ie PhD level. To do it, you needed to have finished a medical degree and have some amount of experience as a doctor.

Melbourne has renamed their old MD to "Master of Medicine", which is the current PhD/level 10 degree. The new MD is a master level degree (level 9) that is a medical degree. The MD at Monash is the same as it used to be. The Monash MBBS is a Bachelor degree (lvl 7 or 8 depending) but is recognized as equal to the MD for the purposes of medical education.

Thanks for the clarification! It would be interesting to see if Victorian/Australian universities will work to standardise titles of medical degrees in the future.

[mahler004]

http://imgur.com/is1TU0h

Someone tell me when this stops and that kicks in then #livetweet
Getting sick for the 6th time in three months, beating my own records here.
Considering not bothering going home for the 5000th time.

I really want to right now ok

Totally looking forward to next year now then

What's your Honours project about?

[MelonBar]

Well I've had a crappy afternoon with the news I didn't get an interview for med.
Guess a 6.67 gpa and 60 GAMSAT aren't enough for Deakin or Melbourne.
It's annoying that I didn't get any reward for 3 and 1/2 months of really hard work before the GAMSAT.
Anyway, I'm just going to keep trying and trying until I get a spot I don't care if it takes me 5 years!

that sucks, but I admire your attitude - not everyone will take this seriously, but I find it quite inspiring: tedtalk on grit and success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8

what do you plan on doing after undergrad?


see you're going for honours, best of luck

[Hehetymen]

Anyone know roughly what grades you need for CSP dent at Umelb?