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[QuantumJG]

"If you get a 35+ for spesh and physics you can do physics advanced and if you get a 38 for spesh you can do accelerated maths."

does this mean you have to get the 35 in BOTH spesh and physics?

yes. To do advanced physics you need a 35 in both, but, they will make exceptions. E.g. I pushed (since I didn't get 35+ for spesh) to go into physics advanced because I thought it would be more academically stimulating (which it is)

[Mxbn0]

hmm, if im getting 35's to 38's out of 40 for my spec sacs, whats my most likely study score range?

im thinking of doing BSc at Melb next year too, and ive got BE down as 2nd pref. i dunno if i want to be pushed very much in the first year, as id want to work more than study to set me up for a masters

[vexx]

the problem with the undergrad courses i reckon for some it'd be very hard to get a high GPA if your mainly science based and doing science w/ breadth subjects that aren't sciencey <-- will bring down GPA. that's why i'm starting to move away from wanting to go to melbourne. anyone have similar thoughts?

[mark_alec]

People don't care much about GPA here. If you intend on further study in science, institutions will only really care about the relevant subjects (the science ones.)

[vexx]

People don't care much about GPA here. If you intend on further study in science, institutions will only really care about the relevant subjects (the science ones.)

not really, as things like medicine is your GPA of everything over your entire degree.

[QuantumJG]

hmm, if im getting 35's to 38's out of 40 for my spec sacs, whats my most likely study score range?

im thinking of doing BSc at Melb next year too, and ive got BE down as 2nd pref. i dunno if i want to be pushed very much in the first year, as id want to work more than study to set me up for a masters

if you are getting those kinds of SAC marks a 35 raw would definately be possible (good mark I was aiming for a 35), it depends on your cohort, if a lot of people in your cohort do really well in the exam your study score will go up.

[mark_alec]

People don't care much about GPA here. If you intend on further study in science, institutions will only really care about the relevant subjects (the science ones.)

not really, as things like medicine is your GPA of everything over your entire degree.

Umm, not really relevant. Entrance requirements into the Master of Science at UoM are a 65% average in your major.

[QuantumJG]

People don't care much about GPA here. If you intend on further study in science, institutions will only really care about the relevant subjects (the science ones.)

not really, as things like medicine is your GPA of everything over your entire degree.

Umm, not really relevant. Entrance requirements into the Master of Science at UoM are a 65% average in your major.

I went to the master of science course info session. I asked a question like is it harder to get good marks in second year and third year and they said no and it actually can increase. I said ok I think a 65% average should be manageable and they said if you got 65% we would tell you to work really hard if you expect to finish your masters. The breadth subject did kill my GPA for first semester and so did engineering (I thought I would give it a go but I hated engineering).

I personally want to go into academia.