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Ok so both of these degrees are postgraduate and so require you to hold a degree before applying. Does this mean you can do virtually any degree you want? Say for example you could do a B.Arts with a major in English Literature or something right? If so wouldnt it be more helpful to do B.Science with a major in ... some related area?

Anyone here doing a degree just so you can start medicine?
 

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Ok so both of these degrees are postgraduate and so require you to hold a degree before applying. Does this mean you can do virtually any degree you want? Say for example you could do a B.Arts with a major in English Literature or something right? If so wouldnt it be more helpful to do B.Science with a major in ... some related area?

Anyone here doing a degree just so you can start medicine?
Not sure if there's any pre-requisites or anything however my friend got into music/med at usyd
As in, music is his undergrad degree and med is his postgrad

Have no idea about anything else though :)
 

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Ok so both of these degrees are postgraduate and so require you to hold a degree before applying. Does this mean you can do virtually any degree you want? Say for example you could do a B.Arts with a major in English Literature or something right? If so wouldnt it be more helpful to do B.Science with a major in ... some related area?

Anyone here doing a degree just so you can start medicine?
Both of them are offered at the levels: undergraduate, graduate-entry undergraduate, and postgraduate.

You can do whatever degree you want as long as your GPA is high enough for entry and you get a high enough score in GAMSAT/UMAT and you perform well in your interview.

Saying that, to do the Doctor of Dentistry at USyd you need to have completed BIOL1003/BIOL1903/BIOL1993 - Human Biology (or the advanced or SSP counterpart) OR an equivalent at another uni. This will most-likely be the same for the Doctor of Medicine which is to be introduced either next year or the year after.
Also, the University of Melbourne has always needed students to have prerequisites in Biochemistry, Anatomy, and Physiology (usually second year subjects), even before their implementation of the Doctor of Medicine over the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.
 
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I believe for most medicine degrees it can be any undergrad whatsoever, however if it is not science based you will need to self learn the science for the GAMSAT. However for dentistry at Sydney uni which I know more about specifically, you are required to have either completed a degree based in human biological science, or at a minimum completed a certain biology subject (can't remember the name but it is on the website) which you can do in your undergrad as an elective or probably through summer or winter school.
 

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So if I wanted to do postgraduate dentistry at USYD it would be wise to pick B.Science with a what Riproot said..the biology major? Thanks for your time guys, very helpful btw
 

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I believe for most medicine degrees it can be any undergrad whatsoever, however if it is not science based you will need to self learn the science for the GAMSAT. However for dentistry at Sydney uni which I know more about specifically, you are required to have either completed a degree based in human biological science, or at a minimum completed a certain biology subject (can't remember the name but it is on the website) which you can do in your undergrad as an elective or probably through summer or winter school.
For UMelb you need a few subjects, as I said above.

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So if I wanted to do postgraduate dentistry at USYD it would be wise to pick B.Science with a what Riproot said..the biology major? Thanks for your time guys, very helpful btw
no
do any degree
and take that one elective in biology
 

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OH ok well where can I find this information? Is there a booklet that gives you these tips and requirements?
 

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Riproots can you tell me where I can find out about this information? A booklet or website link of syd uni or something?
 

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