Graduate Medicine (1 Viewer)

[sharks05]

I know I'm about one of 500000000000000 students possibly considering this option but this semester I've found that the course I'm doing -physio at usyd- for me is really limited in terms of the knowledge bank we acquire and leaves me wanting more answers. Up until now I never thought I had the capacity, intellect to even consider medicine as a career but hey never say never. That being said I still am not 100% sure but intend to devote time in the next 2 yrs till the end of physio degree researching and asking questions.
So in reasearching the entry requirements I have a couple of initial questions
My GPA at the moment (1st and 2nd yr) isn't an issue- I'm a bit of a physio nerd with a 6.4 but in 1st yr physio we do biochemistry and Biophysic foundation sciences but not specialised chemistry, biology, physics courses. I completed all these at HSC level but would people recommend attending the 1st yr uni equivalent subjects say through summer school (which I would be prepared to do ) or enrolling in some sort of private college/preparation course for these areas?

 

[Sepulchres]

study and patients is the key

lawlz.

You'd have to wait till the last year of your degree to undertake GAMSAT and I'm pretty sure not as much candidates sit GAMSAT than do UMAT so your chances are higher for grad.

 

[velox]

A super high GPA wont help if you are applying for USYD. The 'hurdle' is 5.5. There are privately operated prep courses like mediprep, des o neill etc. You can do GAMSAT in your 2nd yr +. Chances may not necessarily be higher for grad, but your GPA is high so maybe consider applying to schools where they take this into account, such as ANU or Uni Melb.

Many students start the sciences from 'scratch' for gamsat, however it may be better if you attend courses such as summer school ones to bring your knowledge up to the required level. GAMSAT assumes yr12 physics, 1st year uni chem/bio knowledge, however the questions can be quite tough. If you want, I can scan up some practice questions so you can see what they are like.

 

[Legolas]

velox is pretty much spot on.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

 

[kloudsurfer]

A super high GPA wont help if you are applying for USYD. The 'hurdle' is 5.5. There are privately operated prep courses like mediprep, des o neill etc. You can do GAMSAT in your 2nd yr +. Chances may not necessarily be higher for grad, but your GPA is high so maybe consider applying to schools where they take this into account, such as ANU or Uni Melb.

Many students start the sciences from 'scratch' for gamsat, however it may be better if you attend courses such as summer school ones to bring your knowledge up to the required level. GAMSAT assumes yr12 physics, 1st year uni chem/bio knowledge, however the questions can be quite tough. If you want, I can scan up some practice questions so you can see what they are like.

So your GPA doesnt make a difference as long as it is over 5.5?

What about the other universities? Is it more like undergraduate medicine where if you get a high UAI you only need a low UMAT score and vice versa?

Just curious.

 

[Legolas]

You can pretty much divide the admissions process of universities which offer graduate medicine into two streams:

1. GPA as a "hurdle"
2. GPA as an integral part of the admissions criteria

USyd, UQ, UWA and perhaps a few other have the GPA as a "hurdle", that is, it doesn't matter if you get 5.5 or 7.0, as long as you meet the minimum requirement, then you will be considered. Then they assess you on GAMSAT (to determine whether to offer you an interview) and rate you on the interview.

Other universities such as Flinders, ANU and UniMelb have the GPA as an integral part of the admission criteria. By this, I mean those that have a higher GPA are more competitive and/or may not require as high a GAMSAT as those with lower GPAs.

I'm not sure about the rules concerning posting links to other forums, but if you google 'Paging Dr, Australia' you should hit a grad med forum which is very useful.