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UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

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* Differences between Bachelor of Biomed and Bachelor of Science.

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Original post

In the interests of being better than Monash, let's have a thread for discussion of our semester/subjects/university in general. Ask for advice, help etc. without having to make a new thread for a minor question! Have a nervous breakdown to the support of your peers! Complain about the horrendous workload that's been dumped on you (I will be doing this!)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Watch out, Montrash below~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwu5WkrmzJ8

[Gloamglozer]

I BLAME THE MELBOURNE MODEL

That is all.

[Thu Thu Train]

In the interests of being better than Monash

Pff you can try.

[mikee65]

^ We dont need to.

[Thu Thu Train]

^ We dont need to.

Of course you do otherwise you wouldn't need this thread.

[Russ]

Sorry, can't hear you shouting all the way from Clayton

[Thu Thu Train]

I'm not surprised, the city is a noisy place with all those cars and trams going past all the time.

[Gloamglozer]

Sorry, can't hear you shouting all the way from Clayton

And the massive wind tunnel all around campus.  The message probably got blown all the way to Gippsland.

[mikee65]

^ We dont need to.

Of course you do otherwise you wouldn't need this thread.

Was Russ's sarcasm too subtle?

[dekoyl]

Hurro, people.

Due to the Melb model, you have to complete the undergrad part (3 years) with an average of at least 65% (for example) to get into the master's program.
If you don't achieve this, does that mean you basically have a half-assed useless degree and you've wasted 3 years?

[Massofbubbles]

Does an H1 (80%+) equal a GPA of 7.0, and an H2A (75%+) equal a GPA of 6.5? I was told by a fellow biomeder that you need to get 85%+ to get a 7.0...

[Blakhitman]

Hurro, people.

Due to the Melb model, you have to complete the undergrad part (3 years) with an average of at least 65% (for example) to get into the master's program.
If you don't achieve this, does that mean you basically have a half-assed useless degree and you've wasted 3 years?

haha I want to know the answer to this too...

[simpak]

Made the mistake of attempting to enter the bookshop at 12pm today.  Reader not in stock despite website claiming otherwise.  Left in the rain with no umbrella.  #unilyf

[Gloamglozer]

Made the mistake of attempting to enter the bookshop at 12pm today.  Reader not in stock despite website claiming otherwise.  Left in the rain with no umbrella.  #unilyf

I made the mistake of entering the bookshop at this time of the semester.  #unilyf

[Russ]

I went on Saturday and there was nobody there #winning