Average Mark

[mikee65]

If you apply straight out of 3rd year, you'll only have GPA1/2 so it's a bigger amount.

You mean if I started BSc 2011 and apply for 2014 med only GPA 1 and 2 will count? Semester 1 grades come out in time and semester 2 grades are considered to be similar to past grades but this is confirmed later on when grades are released or something, sounds strange but I think they are remodelling it.

[Elnino_Gerrard]

   so what when it says GPA of 6.5 for engineering im gonna have to get mostly above 75 percent in my exams?

[Russ]

Yeah I forgot about GEMSAS, because it's new, but they don't make up results for semester 2 afaik

@Elnino, we were talking specifically about medicine. Link me to the page where it says that for eng, I always thought it was 65%

[happyhappyland]

I think enginneering is still 65% WAM

[mikee65]

Semester 2 for 3rd year, whats the actual process, are they excluded or is the average grade so far for GPA3 extended over 2nd semester until actual grades are released?

[Russ]

Your GPA-Final (GPA3) is done with semester 1 marks only if they're available. They don't rerank you after your semester 2 marks become available, they'll only exclude you if you've failed a subject or your GPA has dropped below their hurdle minimum

[mikee65]

I see, couldnt I then just do the least possible amount of subjects in semester 1 and pile the rest on sem 2 and summer term after that?

[simpak]

That's not as good an idea as it sounds.  I'm freaking out about my average now because all of my credited subjects are just 'exempt' rather than a mark and because I only took three subjects I'm scared my average will be pulled down by Physics.  All it takes is one rotten egg subject and the lesser load becomes a curse rather than a help.

And I'd say you'd probably have to have a full time load for semester 1, so you'd still be taking 3 subjects.

[Russ]

I see, couldnt I then just do the least possible amount of subjects in semester 1 and pile the rest on sem 2 and summer term after that?

It's a horrible idea. You can't do summer semester or you're not eligible to apply for med and doing a 5 subject final semester is a terrible idea because that's the hardest semester of your degree. For getting to save 1 subject, it's entirely not worth it

[mikee65]

Summer subjects in 2014 aside, If Ive accumulated enough points to do 3 subjects per semester in 3rd year, and GPA3 is composed only of (points so far inclusive of semester 1 (3rd year) - 200 (GPA 1 and GPA 2), I mean, wouldn't it be better to do 2 subjects in sem1 to get the highest possible score with the greatest weighting and as you said you're not reranked after sem2 results released unless fail, so in 2nd semester I would just require a pass, (one of 4 subjects in S2 will be a simple breadth to lighten the load)

[stonecold]

I see, couldnt I then just do the least possible amount of subjects in semester 1 and pile the rest on sem 2 and summer term after that?

It's a horrible idea. You can't do summer semester or you're not eligible to apply for med and doing a 5 subject final semester is a terrible idea because that's the hardest semester of your degree. For getting to save 1 subject, it's entirely not worth it

Serious?

So if I wanted to do a subject this summer, I can't apply for med?  Or do you just mean leaving a subject to the very last summer? In which case, yeah I agree.  Terrible idea.

[mikee65]

The latter, I plead ignorance

[Russ]

Doesn't work like that, if you do a summer subject in 2012 and 2013 then you don't get to count 9 subjects in GPA1 and GPA2. You might only do 2 subjects in 1st semester of 3rd year but you will STILL BE CREDITED as having done 4 subjects.

If you want to play the system, you should put in the effort to learn how it works first.

So if I wanted to do a subject this summer, I can't apply for med?  Or do you just mean leaving a subject to the very last summer? In which case, yeah I agree.  Terrible idea.

Specifically in 3rd year. To start med in 2014 you must have graduated on or before December 31, 2013. If you do a summer semester subject you won't graduate until Feb 2014.

[mikee65]

Doesn't work like that, if you do a summer subject in 2012 and 2013 then you don't get to count 9 subjects in GPA1 and GPA2. You might only do 2 subjects in 1st semester of 3rd year but you will STILL BE CREDITED as having done 4 subjects.

If you want to play the system, you should put in the effort to learn how it works first.

So if I wanted to do a subject this summer, I can't apply for med?  Or do you just mean leaving a subject to the very last summer? In which case, yeah I agree.  Terrible idea.

Specifically in 3rd year. To start med in 2014 you must have graduated on or beefore December 31, 2013. If you do a summer semester subject you won't graduate until Feb 2014.

Thats exactly what I meant, you must have misinterpreted me, this is a matter of time management not "playing the system"

[Russ]

It's the definition of playing the system