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Requirments for Medicine and what unis offer it/which are good etc???
Greggler:
Hey guys,
I've been really wanting to medicine for probably the past two years since i did work experience.
I'm pretty keen on going to Melbourne and going through the Biomedicine pathway, however i'd just like some advice from anyone who has done this/done biomed/is doing biomed or anyone that is doing med at the moment really....
You see the annoying this is, am im sure you're all aware, graduate Medicine is going to be really competitive and UoM hardly even know what the requirements are going to be.
Therefore i've been now looking at Monash and other universities interstate and i was just wondering what are some recommended Unis outside of Vic for undergrad medicine. Also, i don't really consider myself a 99.9 student but i back myself as a 95+, so what are the chances i get a decent UMAT score and interview and get a gig at Monash?
I've talked to the careers guy at our school, but all he says is just apply for Biomed or science at both UoM and Monash; he doesnt really recommend interstate...
Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys
iamdan08:
I wouldn't say that grad med is more competitive than undergrad, if anything, its less competitive. There are 12 grad med schools in Australia (3 in Victoria - Melb, Monash and Deakin) compared to 9 undergrad (i think) in Australia, with only one undergrad course in Vic, this being at Monash. Melbourne will be releasing their entry requirements early next year, but according to one of the people designing the course, it will be GPA (5.5-6.0), GAMSAT and interview.
Of course, yes, there is the risk that you may not meet these requirements and won't be accepted, but you need to ask yourself how badly you want to pursue a career in Medicine if you don't get into Monash. In my opinion, if you were offered a spot at Monash, you would probably be better off taking that because of the certainty of it. However, if you are confident you can make the entry requirements or you are unsure if Med is exactly what you want to do, then Biomed may be a better option because it's a bit more flexible.
As for Medicine interstate, again it depends how badly you want to do it, and whether you are happy to leave family and friends to pursue the career, or whether you would prefer to take the biomed option and stay in your home state. It really is a personal decision that you would have to make if that opportunity came.
Greggler:
Yeah, the more i think about it i will probs end up at Biomed and attempt Grad medicine. But how hard is the GAMSAT, is it 'dodgy' in a similar fashion to the UMAT or is it just an exam/test based purely on skills you can study for or whatever?
However if i do somehow manage to attain some kind of high score, i will be applying interstate and seeing what i can get into as i would much rather feeling secure in a course then relying on numerous factors such as a GAMSAT and GPA.
I have no problem moving interstate... its just i have no idea what Uni's are good for medicine.. lol
iamdan08:
The GAMSAT is less "dodgy" than the UMAT. It consists, like the UMAT, of three sections. The first section is based on humanities reasoning, which, in short is similar to section 1 of the UMAT, where you read passages and answer questions, however i think it is a little less dodgy than the UMAT from the questions i have seen. Section 2 is two essays, one is a personal/reflective essay and the other is an argumentative essay where in both cases you are given several prompts you can choose from. The third and most weighted section of the GAMSAT is reasoning in sciences, where there are 110 multiple choice questions based on first year biol, chem and year 12 physics.
Greggler:
Yeah, thanks alot dan08.
I guess im just going to try the hardest i can really, and just see where that takes me..
perhaps if i work my ass off next year i can get a decent UMAT score paired with a respectable enter and see what happens then
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