i can't believe pppl apply for unsw med so overzealously. i think they r splitting hairs if they don't take u in coz someone got 99.90 and u got 99.85....i got 99.10 and the lowest UAI i know from my yr at uni of newcastle is 94!
maybe the competitive entry reflects the type of doctors...
newcastle is an awesome course....i'm entering my 3rd yr now and i have to say, it's challenged me so much more than i could have imagined, but in a good way.
the staff are always handy and approachable, both academic and administrative. it's true that it was the first to implement the PBL...
Nah, what happened was that coz too many ppl failed, they increased the pass mark...but a lot of ppl might drop out coz they can't afford the fees. So we only end up with about 10 repeaters in our year.
no - it was 40 % and that was FAILURE rate, not dropout rate, you heard wrong. If that was the dropout rate, then Newcastle wouldn't produce any doctors. It's a very intense course but people don't study as much as they should. In my opinion the teaching methods are the best. It's very...
Better than UNCLE camp...ours didnt go ahead coz of rain so we all dropped by Finnegan's (the local brewery) for an assortment of food and beverages. :D
I SAW THE WHOLE THING!!!
Poor Pinkies went down - my best source of gum. Sure the old ladies laughed at me when I flashed my student card when buying gum, but I still call Pinkies home.
Anyway, I was on the NBN news...they were interviewing ppl and I got in the way of one of the interviews...
Heaney writes of Irish history and his past to discover, rediscover, reinvent and reinforce his cultural heritage. He does this through either retreating from (personal helicon) or challenging globalisation (req for the croppies).
Umm, SBL = PBL. UNSW (along with other unis) copied Newcastle Uni which have had the UMAT, interview and PBL many years before now. UNSW just renamed it so they could create the illusion of originality :D
Yes. They have all these cadavers in anatomy labs and when they cut them up, they need those chimnies to release all the fumes that the treatment chemicals give off.