B. Medical Science - 1st year program (1 Viewer)

[yoakim]

Hey I am wondering if anyone has access to the USYD B. Medical Science 1st year and 2nd year program.

I'm tossing between going to UNSW for B.MedSci or USYD. I had a look at the UNSW program and it appeals to me, but I have no access to the USYD one.

I want to avoid subject areas such as evolution etc, but concentrate more on the anatomy/microbiology etc. By the way, the reason for this decision-making process is so that the B.MedSci (particularly the 1st year of it) will provide me with the best pathway for medicine in the following year or so.

Also, what is the general difficulty level in maintaining a High Distinction average GPA on a scale of:
Easy
Do-able
Challenging, but achievable
Challenging, but achievable if you sacrafice your social life, etc. ?

Any other helpful advice will be much appreciated. Thanks

 

[jb_nc]

very nearly impossible impossible

hd average over life of degree = university medal probably and not many people get that

 

[Triangulum]

First year MedSc is basically physics, chem, bio (microbiology rather than human biology, at least in second semester) and maths. Second year I have no idea about.

 

[yoakim]

very nearly impossible impossible

hd average over life of degree = university medal probably and not many people get that

Haha, ok, I was just curious.

 

[tennille]

The problem with Medical Science is that the second year subjects are compulsory (I think there's biochemistry, microbiology, etc). It would be more flexible to do B science or B Science (adv), because you can do anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, etc.

 

[BlackJack]

very nearly impossible impossible

hd average over life of degree = university medal probably and not many people get that

There are usually quite a few in each year for B Science (adv.), which is possible if you make "the marks you will get" a primary concern. However, this is possibly unheard of in medical science - there are a LOT of fields to consider: for a start, people will pass physics or biology, possibly neither. If you ever ace physics in a med science degree, you should actually be doing a Bscience because 2nd year at Usyd is filled with biochem and physiology and etc.

This is an information page
http://www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks/science/05_ug_enrol_advice_bach_medsci.shtml

 

[Trebla]

HD average is very difficult to attain. You'd have to be in the top 1-2% of nearly all your units to get a HD average...so yeah you gotta have something special to achieve that...

 

[thaoroxy2001]

MedSci first year program was a pain! it was like HSC ALL OVER AGAIN!!!! BLOODY MATHS PHYSICS CHEM and BIO....If they made english compulsory I would have gone MAD!!

Second year was heaps good....learnt so much in one year its practically a crash course in Med...everything from anatomy, pharmacology,microbiology, immunology, pathology etc the list goes on!!!

Third year is up to u.....so many choices!!! but GREAT!

and so many opportunities when u finish...med, dentistry, honours, research, teaching etc!!! NEVER regretted doin med sci at USYD at all!