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    Ba.Psych + MB/BS?

    In the context of a selection interview for the college of psychiatrists basic training program (i.e. post-internship, once you are working as a 'doctor') I would expect a degree in psychology to be a positive tick in your favor. It is unlikely to be a major determining factor in your selection...
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    Is racism really that bad?

    ^ Yes, this. You keep coming back to racial slurs or the general expression of racist views whilst ignoring more serious problems - for example social exclusion or oppression (a foreigner unable to establish friendship or a social network), racist practices in hiring/retail/trading, denial of...
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    Is racism really that bad?

    I'm not suprised given that you make your sacrifices at the shrine of the anarchic god of distributive justice. If you construe justice as being all about property rights then of course racism won't stand out as a central social issue. Social esteem is of basic value to most people, bar a...
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    best place to B Ls

    I am a P up the N man myself, or A-P's are good if sufficiently L'd.
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    Medicine at UNSW and UWS

    I'm not entirely sure what full-fledged means. Certainly they don't engage in teaching to the extent of the main UNSW teaching hospitals in which you can expect to find a dedicated clinical school and a student on every ward, but their level of teaching and university invovlement (associate...
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    Medicine at UNSW and UWS

    This is not the case. I have attended private hospitals and clinics for both urology and orthopaedic surgery. In each case UNSW has had formal teaching affiliations with the respective private hospitals and practitioners.
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    Philosophy

    What follows are some recommendations of mine that I posted in the 'reading room' a while ago. Do note that NTB disagreed with some of my suggestions so you may want to read our exchange in order to counteract some of the biases in my selection. Stars (*) indicate reasonable places to start. -...
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    Philosophy

    ^ and insanity for me :)
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    what percentage of the population

    Starting with IQ > 135 we obtain 1% of the population. Add in other junk and I end up with a very rough 1 in 1000. The above is disproved, statistically, by experience.
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    Discussion on religion.

    <3 Kant. Note, though, that in Kant religion isn't really used to explain such things, rather God is introduced as a possible entity whose existence we can reasonably hope for. God then becomes a necessary postulate of practical (rather than speculative/theoretical) reason given that god is...
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    car parks near unsw

    For upper campus Wansey Rd is my gold standard (though good luck getting a spot during the heat of semester...) but I always find a spot North of Alison Rd and West of Avoca St. South of Alison Rd you will tend to be squeezed out by folks heading to POW Hospital who arrive much earlier than you do.
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    Intelligence

    Intelligence is definitely attractive, especially that passionate, geeky kind of intelligence which leads a person to be curious, inquisitive and open. Many such people are indoor bookworms that are hard to come by in the urban wilderness. Note also that intelligence is not typically worn on...
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    apple i-pad for uni?

    It will probably make you 20% more attractive. If this is unimportant go for something which is light and has long battery life.
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    Neutral Milk Hotel

    A parody rating system, courtesy of the internet, which is perhaps half true: 10.0: Must be Radiohead 9.5-9.9: Great enough to play on your college radio set 9.0-9.4: Try playing this one on your guitar all night in your dorm room 8.5-8.9: The CD is pretty good but runs the risk of...
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