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I don't know what to study at uni - help!
Joseph41:
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Quantum44:
What's so special about the Biomed scholars program at Monash and what are the prereqs?
I'm just curious as it seems like an interesting alternative to Biomed at Melbourne.
Harris Ahmad:
I wanted to know, if I want to do medicine and become a doctor, what's the best course for me from Monash out of Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences and Bachelor of Medical Sciences? Also, why is it that a lot of people drop out of Biomed and choose Sciences instead?
Sine:
--- Quote from: Quantum44 on May 09, 2017, 05:57:46 pm ---What's so special about the Biomed scholars program at Monash and what are the prereqs?
I'm just curious as it seems like an interesting alternative to Biomed at Melbourne.
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Really just networking events and other perks (nothing much ahha)
The prereqs are the same as normal biomed but you need 40+ in chemistry and 40+ in meth or spec
I choose it over biomed @ UoM because it meant there was an extra uni I could do med at (graduate monash only takes monash students and UoM takes from any uni)
Also monash is much closer for me.
brenden:
--- Quote from: Harris Ahmad on May 10, 2017, 07:39:47 pm ---I wanted to know, if I want to do medicine and become a doctor, what's the best course for me from Monash out of Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences and Bachelor of Medical Sciences? Also, why is it that a lot of people drop out of Biomed and choose Sciences instead?
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Hey! Really great question.
What's "better" for you... well, it probably doesn't make that much difference. A certain proportion of students accepted into Monash Med MUST come from their Biomed program, so that's one factor... however, if you want to do postgrad Med, you won't just be applying at Monash.
The three important factors (not in order of importance) for med entry at a postrgrad level are as follows:
1. Your Uni grades.
2. Your GAMSAT score (usually).
3. Your interview performance.
You'll notice that "degree" isn't part of the criteria. You could get into Medicine after doing undergrad law, or Arts... so long as you had the prereqs.
So, in some sense, the answer to your question is, "whatever the hell you want". So long as you get good grades in it, it doesn't matter.
Why do lots of people drop out of Biomed? I'm not sure if that's a true assumption, but... Biomed is a very specific degree with not a lot of flexibility or choice. Most of the units, from what I've heard, are programmed into it for you. Whereas Science has a bit more general choice and flexibility... and Biomed doesn't offer much of an advantage over Science degrees in terms of Medicine entry so, I guess some people just say "fuck it"?
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