UWS Medicine Help plz (1 Viewer)

[mirakon]

That's a bit harsh ... Many great doctors around prior to such high entry requirements were probably no smarter than your average guy. Victor Chang for instance..
Ambition, dedication and personal skills are required, not necessarily academia

The nature of the degree requires a high academic level actually. Trust me when I say that the content you learn in medicine is on the whole much more challenging than the hsc imo, and as such you need to demonstrate a fairly high level of intelligence.

 

[lvella10]

The nature of the degree yes. I was inferring to the fact you can still be a good doctor without being the smartest

 

[enoilgam]

The nature of the degree requires a high academic level actually. Trust me when I say that the content you learn in medicine is on the whole much more challenging than the hsc imo, and as such you need to demonstrate a fairly high level of intelligence.

This - You need a fair degree of natural intelligence to complete a medical degree and become a doctor. But obviously you dont need to be the smartest person around to be successful as a physician.

 

[Arcadian Empire]

The nature of the degree yes. I was inferring to the fact you can still be a good doctor without being the smartest

Nope, but how do you expect to get there sunshine. With worse competition than ever, wouldn't say, the doctors who have golden references because of their epic skillz, published papers, and higher degrees (i.e. academic) get the limited training positions.

 

[lvella10]

This - You need a fair degree of natural intelligence to complete a medical degree and become a doctor. But obviously you dont need to be the smartest person around to be successful as a physician.

That's all I was getting at
I'm aware you wouldn't want someone who got obscenely low hsc marks being your doctor, but to say someone who got between 93.5 - 95 shouldn't be one just didn't seem right to me

 

[Dr_Fresh]

good work ethic and communication skills are much more important than intelligence. i have seen many intelligent people (high 99ers) who fail or do poorly and get held back a year.

 

[mirakon]

good work ethic and communication skills are much more important than intelligence. i have seen many intelligent people (high 99ers) who fail or do poorly and get held back a year.

True, but you need all three to some extent

 

[DrWho94]

OHHH please do not start this debate....
There are so many 99+ med students that don't deserve to do med....getting 99+ is all about memorizing for most subjects....That just wont work with a career as a doctor where u have to be versatile and adaptable to various situations. RATHER than memorising syllabus dotpoints.

 

[DrWho94]

OHHH please do not start this debate....
There are so many 99+ med students that don't deserve to do med....getting 99+ is all about memorizing for most subjects....That just wont work with a career as a doctor where u have to be versatile and adaptable to various situations.

 

[ellie95]

wow thats unique!
is it a form of acceleration? (ie. are you supposed to be in yr 11 are u born in early96 and 95)- or r u supposed to be in yr 12 this year?

Yeah form of acceleration im born in 95

 

[someth1ng]

ah ok. btw good luck in umat! I was going to give you the f2f papers, but then you said you already had them

Well, feel free to give me the f2f papers ;P

 

[mirakon]

Well, feel free to give me the f2f papers ;P

ok PM me ur email

 

[ellie95]

ah ok. btw good luck in umat! I was going to give you the f2f papers, but then you said you already had them

I dont have the papers, is it ok if u give it plzz

 

[mirakon]

I dont have the papers, is it ok if u give it plzz

are you sitting the UMAT this year? It's most beneficial to do the papers in the year you sit them

 

[ellie95]

are you sitting the UMAT this year? It's most beneficial to do the papers in the year you sit them

im sitting it next year but im getting information cause i heard its really hard to get a good result in it

 

[Siddy123]

Yeah form of acceleration im born in 95

doesn't that mean you would be in yr 12 either way?
lol my question is.. if you were at a diff school would you be yr 11 or yr 12

 

[Riproot]

this is not a crying thread

Shhhh at least I did better than you.

 

[Riproot]

riproot, what are u studying now?

BMedSc/BE(Mech(BioMed)) @ USyd

if you can't get 95, I don't think I'd actually want you as a doctor. Just sayin

shut up slut. I'd prefer someone that has logic skills (UMAT) than someone that sticks their head into textbooks all day.

 

[ellie95]

doesn't that mean you would be in yr 12 either way?
lol my question is.. if you were at a diff school would you be yr 11 or yr 12

I'll be year 11 if i was at another skool

 

[Arcadian Empire]

Shhhh at least I did better than you.

no u didn't lol

and as I recall correctly, Im pretty sure I did less than you in both umat and hsc

tough break kid.