biomed scholars vs no scholars

[bts]

in regards to the biomedical science course whats the difference between its scholars program and the standard one? What are the benefits? Do you sit the same lectures as each other? How do I 'accelerate' with the scholars?
Provided my ATAR is high enough and I have a high enough WAM can i transfer to the scholars program in second year?

Thank you and sorry for the question spam

Also just a general question:
- do i have/need to go to school everyday? i know with the melb uni commerce course u only need to go to school for 3 days a week!
- how does the assessments during semester work? Are they taken during the times when lectures should be?

[Harru!]

students in the biomedical scholars program will be taking the same classes as a normal biomedical science would take. same lectures, same tutes and same labs. You can accelerate with the scholars if you have taken extension studies in year 12. for example, if you have taken the biomedical uni extension studes you can take credit for those units and proceed to study second year units in your first year.

Benefits from this course are you can get unique networking opportunities where you can find a mentor. Having the status of  being a biomed scholar, lecturers are quite more than happy to hear you out. This is all part of the special program they run within the scholars programs:
Students participate in the Talented Student Program. In this program students are matched with an academic mentor for each of the three years of the course and attend extracurricular activities which introduces them to the research environment of the University.

As for transfer, This course will probably not accept transfers given how selective the course is.

As for attendance, it depends what subjects you are completing but biomed has long hours. you might have to go to uni everyday cuz of it. though you don't have to go to lectures since they may not mark attendance. I have friends that are doing biomed. I always see them on LoL and they said they ceebs going to uni for lectures.

[alondouek]

in regards to the biomedical science course whats the difference between its scholars program and the standard one? What are the benefits? Do you sit the same lectures as each other? How do I 'accelerate' with the scholars?
Provided my ATAR is high enough and I have a high enough WAM can i transfer to the scholars program in second year?

Thank you and sorry for the question spam

Also just a general question:
- do i have/need to go to school everyday? i know with the melb uni commerce course u only need to go to school for 3 days a week!
- how does the assessments during semester work? Are they taken during the times when lectures should be?

I'm doing biomed, and a couple of my friends are in the scholars program. As mentioned above, the only noticeable differences between the scholars program and the normal course is 1) assigned mentorship (which is nice but it doesn't really give you much beyond what you can get from making friends with tutors/lecturers etc.) and 2) the option to accelerate your studies.

Personally I can't think of anything worse than second year biomed units in first year, especially when you're just settling in to the uni lifestyle and the completely different educational system that comes with it. None of the biomed scholars students that I know have opted to do this.

It probably does look rather good on a resumé though, but almost certainly not enough to give you an edge over someone with a regular biomed degree (e.g. It'd probably just serve as a talking point in an interview, along the lines of "so, what experiences did you get out of this scholar's program?" Etc. etc.)

While the mentorship thing probably does help get you in touch with people, you can do the exact same thing by frequently talking to your lecturers and tutors and making friends with them, applying for scholarships and attending the many free conferences that always seem to be happening on campus. Networking is easy if you do it actively, regardless of your degree!