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GAMSAT 2014 discussion thread
Hehetymen:
--- Quote from: simpak on May 17, 2014, 07:51:31 pm ---Honours won't boost your GPA for UoM anymore. By the time you apply you won't have done enough credit points to have it count towards your GPA whatsoever. And it's extremely stressful. Would not recommend doing Honours to boost anything, especially your ego.
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Well crap if I could just remove my first year scores my GPA would be very competitive. And yeah that's why I was hesitant on honors. Guess my choice is made for me tho.
Could you explain why it won't boost GPA anymore?
vea:
Most honours students receiver their results at the end of the year and so the GEMSAS application which closes late May will not be able to take into account these results.
simpak:
Sure, I'll show you from the GEMSAS guide:
"For applicants enrolled in an Honours program in 2014, Semester 1 results will not be used in the provisional GPA if they do not equate to at least 0.375 EFTS Load in that semester. In these instances the provisional GPA will be calculated on the Final -1 and Final -2 GPA."
So in UoM Hons projects you would have two subjects (0.250 EFTS) and then the rest of your study is comprised of the research project (0.750 EFTS). Even if you have results for the first two subjects by the time provisional GPAs are calculated you'll only have results for 0.250 EFTS load - the research component won't yield any results until December and by that time offers will have already been decided!
MelonBar:
Hey guys. Is there a reason why the Irish Gamsat seems to be neglected. I only realized today there is a testing centre in Melbourne, which you could opt for if you want to study med/dent etc the following year instead of waiting for Gamsat Au to come round again.
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