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    Can you transfer to undergraduate medicine if...

    nope - doesn't matter what undergrad degree your studying - only thing that take into account is GPA.
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    UNSW Med Sci vs UWS Adv Sci

    I want to gain entry into Medicine, whether it be undergraduate via transfer as a non-standard or postgraduate after my 3 year course. UWS Adv Sci: - possibility of gaining first year transfer to UWS Medicine - 6 spots available.. going to be especially competitive this year with the...
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    transfering question please read

    depends from what course to what course.. you could get credited for everything or for only some work/units
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    Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship / ASPIRE

    ahh Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship (VCLS) is a scholarship worth 10k/yr.. whereas aspire leadership program is just a program set aside for students who have the potential to be ambassadors for UWS.. however this program is said to lead to possible internships, volunteer-work...
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    Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship / ASPIRE

    oh okay, 91 is still a good atar and congrats on the scholarship, 5k/yr is a decent amount of money :) ahh, I'm preety happy with my application -> quite a lot of leadership roles within the school, e.g. sports house captain, rugby league captain, number of sports, mentoring, etc. I also...
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    Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship / ASPIRE

    mines Tuesday at 11:45am. how about you? also do you mind letting me know your atar and how you felt about the strength of your application. Did you already receive the academic scholarship - 5k/yr? In terms of ppl applying - I have no idea, this threads been open for a while and no one's...
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    Vice-Chancellor's Leadership Scholarship / ASPIRE

    aha, I talked to a current aspiree scholar, and they said that the interview mainly surrounds whats in your application - so nothing too out there :)
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    oh k, well done :) ahh, I'm in kind of a bad situation haha.. my only ideal course is Medicine...

    oh k, well done :) ahh, I'm in kind of a bad situation haha.. my only ideal course is Medicine, and my UMAT was very bad ~60.. My first preference was adv sci @ uws because of the possibilities of obtaining a first year transfer to medicine after retaking the umat. But yeah, I changed my...
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    hi there, I noticed you gained entry into unsw optom, congrats :) do you mind letting me know...

    hi there, I noticed you gained entry into unsw optom, congrats :) do you mind letting me know what your umat was ?
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    yeah that's fine, happy to

    yeah that's fine, happy to
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    check the forum/thread, just posted a sample =), if you would ever like advice on bio/chem or...

    check the forum/thread, just posted a sample =), if you would ever like advice on bio/chem or the HSC just PM me, or if you'd like me to review your notes I'd be happy to. enjoy and all the best..
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    So how long are your notes?

    i reckon max 20 pages, and have the ability to continually cut that down as your understanding increases. My notes also include all the pracs. Here's a sample:
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    what type of tutor?

    i think tutors are good if you lack motivation.. i lacked motivation and even though I knew I had the a ability to study by myself, the tutor provided me with a reason to put in the effort. My tutor also helped me by accelerating through the syllabus, which made classes at school just revision...
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    what type of tutor?

    i think its preety common.. because usually tutors have ATARs of 99+, and so they are all rounders and should have the capabilities to tutor a multitude of subjects.
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    Two UMAT questions a day.

    A and C, agreed.
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    UMAT!!!!

    yeah think it changed for this years applicants.
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    UMAT!!!!

    at unsw, you need both a great UMAT and a great ATAR, I'd aim for 90th+ percentile and 99 ATAR, as a general guideline. But it works like a scale, so the higher your UMAT the less your ATAR has to be and vice-versa. at uws, ATAR is only a threshold, e.g. once you surpass the ATAR cut-off they...
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    So how long are your notes?

    IMO, it's the best idea to keep them as short as possible. At the end of the day, you don't want to have to spend 2 hours just reading through one module of your notes before an exam.. In terms of keeping it short, I filter out everything that is unnecessary -> utilise tables where...
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    So how long are your notes?

    MAB - 15 pgs BPL - 20 pgs SFBH - 14 pgs
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