once upon a time there were a bunch of asians who didnt get into med and thought pharmacy was pretty close and the next best option. all of them signed up to do pharmacy and drove the requirements right up (cutoffs for pharmacy were in the mid 90s at one point). all asians graduated and realised...
sure u can own ur own pharmacy, more and more of these are being taken over by companies such as AMCAL, terry white which means all pharmacists will eventually end up being paid a standardised salary. the same is happening with GP clinics. however, unlike pharmacists GPs get a cut of the billing...
i wouldnt call that a comparison, but rather a very one-sided and biased view on why the umat is superior which they spread so they can sell their product (an overpriced umat prep course)
agree. even if u were to live out of home, 30k is more than enough to live a good lifestyle. back when i was placed at the alfred, i was renting a newly built 1 bdrm apartment inner city (prahran, melbournians will know this is a nice suburb) for 250 a week. its probably grown a bit since then...
GAMSAT is actually very easy since all you need to do is study like you would for any exam. for UMAT, you either get it or don't, practice yields very little.