University Students?

[timeless]

(salam)

just wanted to know how many Australian brothers and sisters attend university and what they are studying.

what university do you attend and what are you currently studying?

anybody doing medicine or dentistry? if so, could you kindly tell me the path you followed that allowed you to be accepted? thanks

salam

[Cosmos]

Salam sister,

Im studying engineering, majoring in computer systems, entering 4th year at UTS, i have a couple of friends who are studying medicine, they did medical science first and then entered into medicine, i presume its 3 years medical science + 4 years medicine (i think they credit you on some subjects from medical science) which should lessen the amount of years.

How do you get there by the way?....It pretty far if you live in sydney, im assuming train and then bus?

Wasalam.

Edited January 8, 2011 by sn00pking

[Son Of Adam]

(salam)

just wanted to know how many Australian brothers and sisters attend university and what they are studying.

what university do you attend and what are you currently studying?

anybody doing medicine or dentistry? if so, could you kindly tell me the path you followed that allowed you to be accepted? thanks

salam

(wasalam)

sister im at UWS at the moment in Parramatta, im doing accounting and i got one more semester left,

its really depressing lol, but alhamdullah it should provide me with a good future inshAllah

wa salam

Edited January 21, 2011 by macisaac

[Cosmos]

Wow? 3 trains!! why didnt you apply for UTS? it would of been so much easier, [Edited] and UTS is just 10 mins walk from station? If i where you i would consider a course transfer to Sydney or UTS!!

Edited January 28, 2011 by inshaAllah

[Cosmos]

Hmm, you travel 2 hours just for nature? hehe your funny, Sydney uni is even more green to the point you are not allowed to step on the grass :-s but if i where you i would also take into account the quality of education, (not that it matters for medical science), but UTS is kind of..... tecky with tech. ;)

[timeless]

Hmm, you travel 2 hours just for nature? hehe your funny, Sydney uni is even more green to the point you are not allowed to step on the grass :-s but if i where you i would also take into account the quality of education, (not that it matters for medical science), but UTS is kind of..... tecky with tech. ;)

tell me about it, UTS buildings are all new, as opposed to Macquarie and Sydney, who still use some of their old buildings. lol i know, its weird and my parents were pretty angry about it when they found out (hehe :angel:) but eventually they got over it. plus, people are so nice there and the lecturers are pretty cool. the new Maq library and hospital are awesome though. just wondering have you done physics?

salam

[Shay]

Salam sister,

Im studying engineering, majoring in computer systems, entering 4th year at UTS, i have a couple of friends who are studying medicine, they did medical science first and then entered into medicine, i presume its 3 years medical science + 4 years medicine (i think they credit you on some subjects from medical science) which should lessen the amount of years.

How do you get there by the way?....It pretty far if you live in sydney, im assuming train and then bus?

Wasalam.

Just wanted to correct this.

If you want to do medicine or dentistry, you need do do a 3yr minimum degree. It can be anything: arts, law, medical science, engineering etc. You dont get credited on anything. Med and dent are both 4 year degrees fulltime.

The next step is to sit the GAMSAT exam, with the results being valid for 2 yrs. So its a good idea to sit it in the second last year of your degree, that way if you get the marks you can relax, and if you dont you still have another year to sit it. It only occurs once a year, in March. There are prep books and courses out there. Each year the cut off mark is different, and it seems to be getting higher. There are 3 parts to it, 2 parts based on literacy and the last part is science. Its about 300 bux to sit the test, and its 5.5hrs.

You then have an interview (if you pass the gamsat) and i think its 72 mins long. Again, theres info out there, as well as prep courses.

If you pass all that, you're in! Dentistry has a lower gamsat mark but in my opinion is harder to get into because of the limited spots. Last i checked only usyd offers it postgrad.

PS I have a physics book that i bought back in '03, they still use it at usyd but a newer edition. You can have it if you want.

Edited January 10, 2011 by Shay

[Shay]

thanks shay! i actually attempted UMAT twice and i also did prepration for it, but my mark wasnt even near the requires cutoffs. i know of the postgrad path to medicine, and i wanted to know if there was by chance another path other than those two paths. i dont want to sit GAMSAT because you actually have to study for it, its three sections and you have to have at least a year of study. too much trouble i guess, and then another 4 years on top, too much years spent studying.

you said you did physics? how did you find it, was it hard? i really hate maths and i havent done phyics in my life! i was just enrolling in my units and because i do mostly the medical science subjects each subject is at least 6 hours contact per week. so i am doing 4 subjects in a semester, thats going to be 24 hours or maybe more! i dont want to take up phyics if thats the case..

You dont need to do a year of study! Many people just study for it in their end of year break, and i know tons of people who've gotten in just by studying those couple of months.

Physics wasnt too bad, i like maths though! The hours are just a recommendation, usually you get away with a lot less. I reckon enrol in all subjects for now, because you have a month or so to drop subjects and worst case you can get rid of one if its overwhelming. I did 6 units in first year at one point, and even then i wasnt doing 24hrs.

[Cosmos]

tell me about it, UTS buildings are all new, as opposed to Macquarie and Sydney, who still use some of their old buildings. lol i know, its weird and my parents were pretty angry about it when they found out (hehe :angel:) but eventually they got over it. plus, people are so nice there and the lecturers are pretty cool. the new Maq library and hospital are awesome though. just wondering have you done physics?

salam

Wasalam,

Well only the IT and science building, both internally and externally, they are also building an underground sports stadium thingy ;) but some building are old from the outside but new from inside, and yeah iv done physics, first year core subject for all engineers, what subjects in physics are you studying? if you need help i can get you some links that may aid you if you want :)

[timeless]

Wasalam,

Well only the IT and science building, both internally and externally, they are also building an underground sports stadium thingy ;) but some building are old from the outside but new from inside, and yeah iv done physics, first year core subject for all engineers, what subjects in physics are you studying? if you need help i can get you some links that may aid you if you want :)

salam

well, this is the physics i'm supposed to be doing. i think its introductory, but i would still be disadvantaged because i know nothing about the subject, lol.

http://www.handbook.mq.edu.au/2011/Units/UGUnit/PHYS149

dreading first semester....:wacko:

although i'm doing biochemistry and neurophisology, which should be interesting!!

[Cosmos]

salam

well, this is the physics i'm supposed to be doing. i think its introductory, but i would still be disadvantaged because i know nothing about the subject, lol.

http://www.handbook.mq.edu.au/2011/Units/UGUnit/PHYS149

dreading first semester....:wacko:

although i'm doing biochemistry and neurophisology, which should be interesting!!

salam,

Since you have the holidays now, it is your perfect opportunity to take advantage of this and start with the foundations of physics, one thing you should do is to make sure you get the foundations correct and keep making notes and revising, i was in exactly your position, did not take up physics in High school, therefore i had to overstudy to catch up to what the lecturer was talking about, the confusing things are knowing which equations, but with experience in doing many questions, you will get the hang of it.

Theres so much to explain and tips, here are some tips:

1) Highlight important key terms in the question.

2) always write out your variables, read the questions and extract the mathematics (e.g. f=ma: f= m= a= )

3) Draw diagrams (vector free body...etc) for each question to visualize what is happening (many hard questions become easy once visualised)

Offcourse this will take time to get a grip of, so it would be better to start now in the holidays, get to know what a vector is, what a projectile/force/mass/acceleration/gravity etc is etc. start with simple year 10/11 books, thus how i started.

Its cool your studying biochemistry, they are going to teach you something about evolution for sure...lol, probably your going to learn about "the selfish gene" meme lol.

Also, your going to learn about the neuronal connections in the human brain...your lucky, thus what i like to learn about.

[timeless]

salam,

Since you have the holidays now, it is your perfect opportunity to take advantage of this and start with the foundations of physics, one thing you should do is to make sure you get the foundations correct and keep making notes and revising, i was in exactly your position, did not take up physics in High school, therefore i had to overstudy to catch up to what the lecturer was talking about, the confusing things are knowing which equations, but with experience in doing many questions, you will get the hang of it.

Theres so much to explain and tips, here are some tips:

1) Highlight important key terms in the question.

2) always write out your variables, read the questions and extract the mathematics (e.g. f=ma: f= m= a= )

3) Draw diagrams (vector free body...etc) for each question to visualize what is happening (many hard questions become easy once visualised)

Offcourse this will take time to get a grip of, so it would be better to start now in the holidays, get to know what a vector is, what a projectile/force/mass/acceleration/gravity etc is etc. start with simple year 10/11 books, thus how i started.

Its cool your studying biochemistry, they are going to teach you something about evolution for sure...lol, probably your going to learn about "the selfish gene" meme lol.

Also, your going to learn about the neuronal connections in the human brain...your lucky, thus what i like to learn about.

thank you so much for your advice and tips! really appreciate them. although i'm getting a little scared of what your talking about.......:unsure:

i dont like maths....:wacko:

[Cosmos]

thank you so much for your advice and tips! really appreciate them. although i'm getting a little scared of what your talking about.......:unsure:

i dont like maths....:wacko:

Your most welcome, let me know if you need any help, il send you some links to get started sometime this weeks, dont worry, its not hard trust me, all you need is a little practice and a calculator.

[timeless]

Your most welcome, let me know if you need any help, il send you some links to get started sometime this weeks, dont worry, its not hard trust me, all you need is a little practice and a calculator.

thank you brother!

[Cosmos]

thank you brother!

Its oky :), i know what your going through, i was in exactly the same place as you where when i started and if it wasn't for friends explaining me so many concepts and questions anddd bugging them so much lol, i would have entered and exited physics without a clue..

Ok im your tutor now, im going to assume you have no background in physics at all, and maths as well, so here is your first homework questions for this week ;), it is really important and vital you learn these foundations, specially scientific notation and algebra, please make sure you read and specially understand all for what written in this article, sorry if you find it too easy, im not sure where you are at, so im starting from the basics, because there is no point in doing physics without the foundations..So read and ask questions if something is not clear, not sure if this forum is aimed for study purposes lol.

P.S: dont tell me you are ready for the next task until you are 100% sure you understood these!! ;), make sure you take down notes on the way, they will help allot for revision before exams or throughout the course!!

Chapter 1:

http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/95/04701690/0470169095.pdf

[lena0]

Nice thread :)

I'm up at the University of Newcastle, studying International Relations mainly and history.

[timeless]

Nice thread :)

I'm up at the University of Newcastle, studying International Relations mainly and history.

thank you

hows that going for you?

[lena0]

thank you

hows that going for you?

Very well! I was originally going to USYD but there was waaaaay too many costs involved in relocating so stayed here :) Almost finished though, eeek.

[mewe]

salams sis;

I live in auburn too! I am studying pharmacy at sydney uni. My brother is studying medicine at UWS and he got in after doing 1 year of pharmacy at USYD and then transfering. The interviews for dentistry are much easier to pass than those for medicine. Go to UMAT preparation workshops or in your case, a GMAT course. As for interviews, make sure you practise your communication skills with a group of friends and role play together.

PM me if you need further assistance.

[xray man]

i am currently in Notre Dame (private catholic uni in sydney) studying med n i m in first yr... i go to uts for tuesdays... so may bump into one of u cool ppl in the MusAllah thx to our distinct method of praying :angel:

its hard to get in... no sugar coating... but yeah.. no harm in trying..

[El Peace]

You guys are so lucky your'e in Sydney! :(

I study Medical Science at Curtin University of Technology in Perth. This is my last year insha Allah :D

If you're going to do a degree to transfer to Medicine, I'd recommend doing Laboratory Medicine (which is the new name for Medical Science) except its a 4 year degree. A lot of what we do involves medicine, so it'll help you in your course.

but 8 years of studying...kill me