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this says realistically you need ATAR 99.50 + UCAT 92 percentile for have a chance for Med at UNSW? https://missionmed.com.au/learn/unsw-medicine-atar-ucat-requirements-2023/

lol - thanks for pointing out my misunderstanding. I really couldn't understand how the median could be so low so looking at the website it seems to imply that you must do maths advanced, chemistry and biology at HSC to get into med at USyd? - so if someone got 99.95 but had done physics...

But the published figures indicate 50% of the med students got into USyd got in with atars below 93 to 97.95. That’s not just a few special cases or a few rural students - it’s HALF the year So that data is hard to reconcile with your anecdotal info?

if those figures are correct how do you explain the published data for USyd which says the median ATAR to get an offer was between 93.05 to 97.95? That implies that a LOT of people got in with lower than 93.05 to 97.95

is it true that you can get low ATARs but basically pay for a spot at for profit private unis like Macquarie and Bond if you have rich parents? are there any other places that kids with low atars can pay for a spot like those 2?

Is anyone using AI effectively to learn stuff for school? can you share any tips to get the most out of AI for learning? I like the chatgpt voice module (needs subscription though) where you can just chat to it and ask questions to explore any topic any good prompts to use for learning?

wow are those really realistic scores? So if someone gets a ATAR of 95 you reckon they would have >50% chance of getting into Medicine?

I had thought you need a really high ATAR to do medicine eg I'd heard you need 99.95 to do it at USyd. But I met a girl today who said her sister was doing med at USyd and had only got an ATAR of 98 On the USyd website it states the following...

what assumptions would you suggest? ok I've just read in a scholarship testing book that the cohort of kids that sit scholarship exams is generally composed of the top 20% in their state although theres no source cited for that assumption

If a kid scores in the top 5% humanities, top 10% maths and top 25% writing in the Acer scholarship exam for year 7 can you extrapolate that to an approximate percentile equivalent ? initially I thought top 25% for writing was not very good but then I realised that if only the top 15% of kids...

Thanks everyone for the informative/helpful insights. So it seems the consensus is to do what you find interesting as it shouldnot really have any meaningful impact on your performance in later HSC studies

I realise they will not look at your Y9 subjects when you apply for med but i was more wondering if not doing science subjects will put you at a disadvantage when you start doing science for HSC? i.e if you don't do science electives in Y9 will you have a harder time catching up when you do...

How important is the choice of year 9 elective subjects if you eventually want to do medicine? If Science is one of your compulsory subjects, is it neccessary/helpful to choose science subjects (e.g. physics, chemistry or biology) as electives for year 9? I'm thinking it would be nice to...

How much weight, if any, do extracurricular activities have in getting into undergraduate or postgrad Medicine? eg. Playing rep sports, being school captain, community work, playing a musical instrument, dancing awards etc or is it basically just down to ATAR/ gamsat?

Anyone know what proportion of medical students get into medicine as undergrads vs postgrad routes? I get the impression under-grad entry is much harder, so I'm guessing 80-90% enter via post-grad vs 10-20% going in as undergrads anyone have an opinion or data about this? thanks