A high GPA

[dptjandra]

lol - those questions look quite hard...very glad I'm not doing the GAMSAT next year...

I used Physics: A strategic approach (not the one for Engineers and Scientists), and these were our chapters (slightly different, partially cos our subject is a bit different...I would go with Russ' ones first for Physics for Biomed off a no-physics background): [numbers from the latest edition]
10.1, 2 5; 11.1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 12.5, 7, 8 (thermal)
12.3, 13.1 - 7 (fluids)
20.1 - 6, 21.1 - 9, 22.1 - 6, 23.1 - 8, 24.1 - 7, 25.1 - 5 (electrostatics, circuits and magnetism)
29.2, 30.1, 2, 4 ; Chapter 30.2, 3, 4 ; Chapter 30.5, 6 ; Chapter 29.1, 3, 4 (the H atom spectrum) 7, 9; Chapter 28.1; 28.2; 30.7 (radiation)

But if you haven't done physics before, I'd definitely start with motion (Newton's Laws, etc. in detail)

[mikee65]

I can dig some out if you want to see them sure.
e, here you go. if you can't do them don't be surprised/worried. if you give them a shot there's an answer key somewhere if you PM me the results

great thanks russ, were exactly are these qs from? acer?

[Russ]

Yes. From one of the practice booklets they publish and I can tell you that they're pretty damn similar to the real thing

[mikee65]

lol im just doing the first one now, cant remember anything is it C?

[Russ]

Haven't found the answers yet but yeah that looks right

[Edmund]

Here are my answers to those questions, let me know if anyone disagrees... So as to not spoil it for everyone, the answers are 'white' so you have to highlight this post to see them


9. C  10. B  11. B

12. B

13. D

14. A  15. D

16. A  17. B  18. C

19. B  20. D  21. A

22. D  23. C

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Questions here are quite similar to the actual questions...

[luken93]

I've looked on the first page, but my sister wants to know how her GPA is calculated (She goes to Monash)

She has a:
Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 70.87, but only a GPA of 2.6?

This doesn't really correspond to Russ' theory of 80+ = 7.0, 75-79 = 6.5 etc?

[98.40_for_sure]

I think Melbourne goes by a 7 GPA point system whilst Monash has a 4?

[stonecold]

I've looked on the first page, but my sister wants to know how her GPA is calculated (She goes to Monash)

She has a:
Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 70.87, but only a GPA of 2.6?

This doesn't really correspond to Russ' theory of 80+ = 7.0, 75-79 = 6.5 etc?

I think Russ posted for Melb Uni, which has a max GPA of 7.0, whereas monash has a max GPA of 4.0.

More details here:
http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,34762.0.html

[luken93]

Yep just found this for her:

http://www.monash.edu.au/exams/gpa-wam.html

So to get into Med however, you use your WAM to determine the Med Req's (As per the GAMSAT link Russ posted)

[Russ]

Monash use 4 point system but you can't say that your WAM is 71 so your GPA is therefore 6.0
You have to convert every mark into its equivalent and then average/weight those appropriately.

So to get into Med however, you use your WAM to determine the Med Req's (As per the GAMSAT link Russ posted)

This confuses me..?

[luken93]

Monash use 4 point system but you can't say that your WAM is 71 so your GPA is therefore 6.0
You have to convert every mark into its equivalent and then average/weight those appropriately.

So to get into Med however, you use your WAM to determine the Med Req's (As per the GAMSAT link Russ posted)

This confuses me..?

Nah it's OK, all good now.