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    Does anyone know the rough cost of universities...

    U.S.: ~AU$65,000 (all plus buffer). (In USD, sans insurance/healthcare, which is ~2,000.) Unless you go to that American college with the incredibly high tuition costs but sucks nuts and whose name deserves nary a iota of brainspace(TM). U.K.: £25,000 (all (tuition, college, and living and...
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    Can you explain the basic differences between the US schooling/uni system and VCE/Aus

    Re: Can you explain the basic differences between the US schooling/uni system and VCE Whatchu talking about? There is a difference between (scalar) slopes and (vector) gradients -- at least in eighteen-oh-two/multivariable calculus. It's a nuisance of a nuance.
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    Can you explain the basic differences between the US schooling/uni system and VCE/Aus

    Re: Can you explain the basic differences between the US schooling/uni system and VCE Visit College Confidential for general, non-specific (Australia-to-States) queries. Sorry for beating a dead horse and the untimeliness of my reply. Age segregation or grade stratification and the use of...
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    Study in america

    6 Jul, 2009; oy. Like, as a liability disclaimer, most anything should not make sense/be of nullset utility, 'cuz I've spent time holed up Krazy Kramming, punting, or something, and am too hosed from hard days' nights. If you were to exclude the modifying adverb "essentially," then the first...
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    Intelligence difference and BF/GF capability

    . (Quoted for truthery.) There'll always be those who go for those who are smarter, less smart, or of equal intelligence. Synergy and whatevs isn't necessarily defined (solely) by, (or sometimes it isn't determined by), academic/cerebral similarity. Human beings aren't defined by a...
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    Does anyone have a depressed parent?

    My stepmother does an take lots of painkillers to numb herself from the reality that life is, well, random, unfair - an ultimately meaningless existence - and she finds pastel colors soothing!
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    Blood donation

    You can find out your own blood type by procuring antigen-binding solutions and a pint of your blood. Mix the stuff together; check if it agglutinates; if so, then you have the respective antigens, from which you can conclude whether you're A, B, AB, or O, and whether you have the Rhesus...
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    sex vs oral sex

    Sex is a two-sided affair, whereas oral sex is one-sided, unless in the 69 position. Go figure. Love > sex.
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    Should I consider medicine or just forget it?

    Basically, for the sake of tertiary entrance exams and to broaden the number of undergraduate medical schools to which one may apply to, do the highest level of maths that one can handle and chemistry, even though truly, neither is of much significance after the fact. And, you aren't/can't...
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    transfer from dentistry to med?

    The requirements are lower, but there are fewer places at the University of Sydney. Generally, Dentistry has lower requirements than Medicine programs. IIRC, Adelaide's cut-off for undergraduate Dental Surgery is 90, whereas its medical program was HSC-equivalent 95. They're both secure. You...
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    transfer from dentistry to med?

    The first two years of GMP/Dent. are virtually the same, except Dentistry have these oral health-oriented classes and GMP has anat. classes. Assuming you don't fail and have the necessary grades (GMP has a C-average 'cut-off'), you will have to first seek the two deans of faculties and discuss...
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    Stupidly Crushing :(

    :/ What the? Well, aren't you glad you're working this out with people here, on the 'net, who know you and know better. Why? Perhaps you see too much good in others, in which case find a new perspective? SHOUTING ON THE INTERNET HELPZ!!! Chill the fuck down, and acquire some semblance of...
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    Optometry - uai needed?

    It's like 98 for someone who obtains a semi-decent UMAT score (175/300?). The cut-off's at 95, like MBBS, at UNSW. To be admitted, you would need to compensate with a high UMAT score. If you're set on Optometry, you may consider doing a some course, then transferring into BOptom BSc, or doing...
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    Marriage &/or kids

    Mazal tov much. Lolwut? I don't know which bit of your post to bold, but that's striking. Either (civil union/marriage (term depending on religiousness) and kids)/or (neither civil union/marriage nor kids), subject to a few factors, including 'Independence Day,' the earning of a medical and...
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    Contraceptives

    Rhythm (menstrual cycle counting) method and coitus interruptus/[the Catholic] church. xD Pill's linked with cancer, namely breast cancer. Considering it's a major dose of oestrogen and progesterone, it's probably going to mess with mood, body fat distribution, the physiology of the...
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    Depression and the HSC - how do you cope?

    Talk to your counsellor/year advisor/whatever, because, they're free services that your school should offer. They should be able to, and willing to, discuss any issues with you in confidence. As most counsellors or year advisors haven't had any true education in psychology, other than perhaps...
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    becoming a dentist without any science subjects..

    UAI of 90, an incredible UMAT score, and awesome BSing skills may just get you a place at the University of Adelaide's Dental School. Melbourne and Queensland have their cutoffs at OP 1/TER 99-whatever, or something. It's huge, but if you're lucky enough, you may get a scholarship and a couple...
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    losing weight.

    I don't study pharmacodynamics, per se, (or, broader, Pharmacy xD), but I think those drugs aren't so great an idea. ANTIBIOTICS AND PAINKILLERS WTF?! The unnecessary usage of antibiotics have led to the craptacular strains of bacteria, and the painkillers are so not good for your livvver...
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    losing weight.

    (Over-the-counter) caffeine pills can help lose weight/mass (not muuuch). I won't deny that the physiological effects may prove to be a pain-in-the-arse, such as increase rate of urination (caffeine being a diuretic and all) and the psychopharmacological effects. Furthermore, if you do have a...
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