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[blackness]

what are the alternative ways to get into medicine?? For example, if i did medical science at UWS and was topping it, would they select me for the transfer to Medicine, even if i did the umat test in the same year (and did exceptionally well)??

Do they offer transfers in the first year of uni, or do they make you do 3 or more years of a specific course, then allow you to apply when u have a degree.

Help needed, THaNks A lot!!!!!

 

[mable]

Transfering from one undergraduate degree to another, especially for courses like medicine, isnt easy. If you dont think you can or dont want to go straight into actual medicine from schol, then its probably best to do an undergraduate degree like med science and then do the GAMSAT test and try to get into a graduate med degree. It might take a while, 4 years, but if you're apssionate about it it wont matter and med science gives you a degree "to fall back on". Hope that helped you a bit. I have the same problem and I'm hoping my ass off to get into med. You s should do UMAt though if you want to do undergraduate medicine.

 

[Wooz]

Nope you've gotta complete at least one year of uni before you can use your WAM or GPA in a 50:50 ratio with ur UAI(this is after one year). Also you might have to redo umat again if it's pretty low. There are no preferencial courses for transfer after one year all they look at is ur GPA, UAI, interview and UMAT score as a non-standard applicant(note at some uni's these places are limited). A few people have done B.arts and transferred to medicine after one year, do something that you know you will do well in at uni if you are trying to get in this way. Doing Med Sci will not give you any credit or essential knowledge needed in medicine, so do what ever you think you can do well at.

You can try to get into a post-grad MBBS course if you fail to transfer or want to complete your degree, but yeah you have to have a Credit+ GPA/WAM, do GAMSAT>Int offer.

 

[Bacilli]

There's undergraduate entry medicine, and graduate medicine.
If you begin a medical science degree you're then a non-standard applicant if applying 2 undergraduate medicine.
Consideration for admission will be based on the three following criteria:

Academic results from first year undergraduate studies (or a combination of gpa & uai)
UMAT results
Interview

For graduate entry, consideration for admission will be based on:

Academic results (complete degree)
GAMSAT results
Interview

 

[Bacilli]

Download the guide wooz provided links for within the other thread located elsewhere.

 

[yoakim]

do something that you know you will do well in at uni if you are trying to get in this way. Doing Med Sci will not give you any credit or essential knowledge needed in medicine, so do what ever you think you can do well at.

But it would be a smart idea to do a course for your own benefit, not to compete with others to become the 'top student'.

 

[aussiechica7]

http://www.medstudentsonline.com/forums/Hey-need-help-topic3935.html

and

http://www.medstudentsonline.com/forums/Transferring-to-Med-topic3896.html

might help u

Bacilli's post was quite helpful and succint as well