What HSC subjects do future doctors choose in Australia? (1 Viewer)

[B1andB2]

I do not want to discover it by myself tho /:

Imagine being in the science block 21 times a fortnight.

 

[Anonnnnnymous]

tbh, take 4u maths. honestly takes less time than 2u lmao.

I also aced prelim 2u but its my english marks that are a problem

 

[Anonnnnnymous]

Imagine being in the science block 21 times a fortnight.

Imagine studying medicine for 14 more years after high school. We all wouldn't mind cause we enjoy it

 

[B1andB2]

I also aced prelim 2u but its my english marks that are a problem

so why not keep the maths so it lessens the english impact?

 

[idkkdi]

Imagine being in the science block 21 times a fortnight.

worst is when you have 3 depth studies due the same week. .

 

[Anonnnnnymous]

too many damn pages.

Not quite sure what you mean by this

 

[idkkdi]

Not quite sure what you mean by this

450 pages a textbook. textbook x 3. and you actually have to remember things to quite a bit of detail.

 

[Anonnnnnymous]

so why not keep the maths so it lessens the english impact?

Since ext 1 is my 11th unit, it only counts half to my ATAR and HSC so even if I did exceptionally well but had bad english marks, it wouldnt be enough. I confirmed with 2 ATAR calculators as well

 

[Speed’o’sound Sonic]

Just stick to what you're good with honestly haha

 

[idkkdi]

Since ext 1 is my 11th unit, it only counts half to my ATAR and HSC so even if I did exceptionally well but had bad english marks, it wouldnt be enough. I confirmed with 2 ATAR calculators as well

just wondering, do you know what ATAR you need for med?

 

[B1andB2]

Since ext 1 is my 11th unit, it only counts half to my ATAR and HSC so even if I did exceptionally well but had bad english marks, it wouldnt be enough. I confirmed with 2 ATAR calculators as well

Yeah but ending up with 10 units and english being fully counted is much worse.

it doesn't hurt to play it slightly safer.

 

[Anonnnnnymous]

450 pages a textbook. textbook x 3. and you actually have to remember things to quite a bit of detail.

Yeah but like alot of the pages are investigations which could be considered "irrelevant" and the rest is explanation. Its not TOO much?

 

[Anonnnnnymous]

Yeah but ending up with 10 units and english being fully counted is much worse.

it doesn't hurt to play it slightly safer.

But dont they take all your 2 units of english anyways? and therefore another subject will be halved instead

 

[Anonnnnnymous]

just wondering, do you know what ATAR you need for med?

(bare minimum) 96 - 99

 

[idkkdi]

(bare minimum) 96 - 99

bare minimum is more like 99, excluding UCAT only offers. and that means in triple science u would have to score ~95, going off me assuming your English would be at low band 6 assuming a good scenario. Triple science per se isn't that bad. Scoring mid band 6 in each is tough.

 

[Velocifire]

bare minimum is more like 99, excluding UCAT only offers. and that means in triple science u would have to score ~95, going off me assuming your English would be at low band 6 assuming a good scenario. Triple science per say isn't that bad. Scoring mid band 6 in each is tough.

Guess we have to go the @Speed’o’sound Sonic route for Newcastle

 

[idkkdi]

Guess we have to go the @Speed’o’sound Sonic route for Newcastle

it's actually stupendously difficult to make med in the mainstream unis. USYD undergrad, guaranteed postgrad is 99.95. UNSW has a median atar of 99.6 iirc.

 

[Speed’o’sound Sonic]

bare minimum is more like 99, excluding UCAT only offers. and that means in triple science u would have to score ~95, going off me assuming your English would be at low band 6 assuming a good scenario. Triple science per say isn't that bad. Scoring mid band 6 in each is tough.

Yeah doing 4U maths could take a lot of the pressure of triple science off. I dropped bio and things are a lot easier now - just if you do drop one, make sure it’s the right one! I wish I’d dropped Chem instead but rushed myself and made the wrong decision. A 99 ATAR really is ideal if you want to get into med, at least for the bigger uni’s like UNSW, Monash, Newie at the like.

 

[Speed’o’sound Sonic]

it's actually stupendously difficult to make med in the mainstream unis. USYD undergrad, guaranteed postgrad is 99.95. UNSW has a median atar of 99.6 iirc.

Median ATAR for UNSW last year was 99.2 with a median UCAT of like 2950... it’s a VERY tough course to get into. That’s the goal though

 

[idkkdi]

Median ATAR for UNSW last year was 99.2 with a median UCAT of like 2950... it’s a VERY tough course to get into. That’s the goal though

nah dude, you're tripping. 99.2 is cutoff for ATAR.