How come everyone/most people turn down biomedicine? Seriously, is science better than biomed or is biomed just too hard? What even is the major difference between the two?
I was scrolling through and found this and felt obliged to answer. Now I used to do a Biomed/Science double and now I'm just a Biomed student.
Biomedicine, is extremely difficulty. I mean I'm trying to be as objective as possible and I don't mean to discourage anyone. It involves very high contact hours (if you're looking at Monash and do the standard 3 cores + 1 electives you're looking at a minimum of 20 contact hours with most students having 24 hours). There are many assignments, several lectures a week, weekly quizzes and the exams are no walk in the park.
In saying that, if you genuinely want to do Medicine after the degree is a great way to get your theory up to par.
I think Science is a far more flexible degree. I won't get into the whole "which one is better for med" because after having experienced both, you'll have to do pretty much the same units in either degree, their unit code may just be different. I say that because if you do Science you'll have to do certain pre-reqs and these will take up most of your degree, and they're identical to the cores of Biomed, pretty much run by the same unit coordinators, almost identical content, just different unit names and codes. I say Science is more flexible because you have more majors to chose from. If you're absolutely set on Medicine and didn't get into the MBBS then Biomedicine is a good choice.
I think the greatest thing I can give anyone is, take everything you read/are told with an absolute grain of salt. If your goal is realistic, e.g. "I want to do the MBBS at Gippsland" then strive for it. It's definitely achievable and maintaining a solid 85+ WAM in Biomed is doable (yes, you can still have fun while doing this). It just all takes some dedication and ability to prioritise and delegate your time appropriately.
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