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Cilantro

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« on: January 18, 2016, 03:22:34 pm »
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Re: help please, to accept full fee place or not?? DVM/vet
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2016, 03:30:58 pm »
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Hi Cilantro,

I'm just probably going to suggest things you can do.
Since your GPA is 6.3 at the moment after the end of year 2, if you H1 everything (4 subjects in Sem 1), you can bring your GPA up to 6.65 which is not super competitive but I'd say gives you a decent shot assuming you have a good GAMSAT to back you up + or if you are willing to go interstate as well.

With regards to your FFP DVM spot, you can take this spot and do well this year and get bumped up to a CSP DVM spot. What I'd do probably and just fill in the MD prereqs since yes, it doesn't matter what you major in as long as you have done the 3 prereqs. On top of this, I'd do the so called "bludge" breadths to bump up your WAM (for a bump up for the DVM CSP next year). Assuming you can afford FFP DVM, You can get started on the DVM, potentailly get bumped up to CSP or even jump ship to the MD/MBBS if your GPA and GAMSAT + intervieew are good enough.
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Re: help please, to accept full fee place or not?? DVM/vet
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2016, 03:56:13 pm »
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Hey Cilantro,

Yes, If you were able to bump it to high 60s you'd have a pretty good shot I'd say. Especailly if you also preference other med schools around the country.

If the 3rd year Animal Health/Disease subjects seem more tailored to your strengths then I think you're in a pretty good spot in my opinion.
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Re: help please, to accept full fee place or not?? DVM/vet
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2016, 08:27:16 pm »
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my only concern is i think that i would do better majoring in physiology compared to the vet subjects because i would have a much lighter workload and be able to devote more time to studying (almost half the contact hrs of vet for the Physiology major (12 hrs) and if i did well my WAM would also increase and maybe i would get a CSP place in vet whilst keeping the doors open for other career paths

Yeh dude, that option is definitely viable and from what yo've said it may be the better option :)
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Re: help please, to accept full fee place or not?? DVM/vet
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2016, 10:18:27 pm »
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From what you've written you don't seem really fond of DVM. In that case I'd go with choice 1 considering you said physiology is your stronger point. This way, with less contact hours and working to your strenghts you will probably be able to push your GAMSAT and GPA up. Kind of a win-win situation.
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Re: help please, to accept full fee place or not?? DVM/vet
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2016, 10:29:59 pm »
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Then decline the FFP offer and finish off your BSC first. Gives you 1 year to get a better idea of what you want to do while not being in debt.
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2016, 07:57:32 am »
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Hey, I was in a similar position to you. I have the same fears that doing the vet subjects will be harder to get good marks in for human Medicine. If it helps, you can always accept now and then decline right before semester 1 starts. This will give you at least another month to think it through. The Vet department won't charge you anything until you enrol in subjects in 2017 so you won't incur a fine or anything for withdrawing before semester 1 starts.