2U Mathematics for med?? (1 Viewer)

[Eg155]

If one were to say 'drop' 2unit in year 12 would this disadvantage them if they were to get into a medicine course?
Is there even any maths involved in medicine??

 

[theind1996]

If one were to say 'drop' 2unit in year 12 would this disadvantage them if they were to get into a medicine course?
Is there even any maths involved in medicine??

Not really, since Medicine doesn't involve maths.

HOWEVER, since Medicine requires a high ATAR, many people pick MX1 and MX2 which scale well and help them achieve that ATAR, so the only criterion would be to achieve a high ATAR, but if you think you can do that without maths, then go for it.

Also, (from what I've heard), the UMAT targets logical thinking, and generally being good at maths often correlates with a good logical thinking skills, which is probably why many Medicine students did higher maths for their HSC.

tl;dr: No, maths isn't necessary.

 

[mirakon]

There are no prerequisites for med that involce maths and there is barely any maths involved in med, although u need to have some basic maths skills for stats etc. That u may learn in med anyway

 

[Spiritual Being]

Not needed. My sister's friend's cousin's nephew's friends' son didn't do any maths in high school and he's doing med.

 

[wildchild666]

Not needed. My sister's friend's cousin's nephew's friends' son didn't do any maths in high school and he's doing med.

wtf lol

 

[rogerlam]

no

 

[LoveHateSchool]

It's not a pre req at all.

Chem is the one they strongly recommend. They don't care if you do bio or not lol

Ohh and an interesting note, your proposed 2013 subjects are exactly what I did for a term of yr 12 before I dropped His Ext hah So let me know if you have any Qs about those subjects

 

[iSplicer]

If one were to say 'drop' 2unit in year 12 would this disadvantage them if they were to get into a medicine course?
Is there even any maths involved in medicine??

Not in any way at all.

 

[Eg155]

Not really, since Medicine doesn't involve maths.

HOWEVER, since Medicine requires a high ATAR, many people pick MX1 and MX2 which scale well and help them achieve that ATAR, so the only criterion would be to achieve a high ATAR, but if you think you can do that without maths, then go for it.

Also, (from what I've heard), the UMAT targets logical thinking, and generally being good at maths often correlates with a good logical thinking skills, which is probably why many Medicine students did higher maths for their HSC.

tl;dr: No, maths isn't necessary.

Lol my careers advisor calculated a 99.65 ATAR if i were to drop maths and pick up ext 2 english, continuing with my current english results .. so i think it would be wise to drop..
thankyou for your help everyone!

 

[Eg155]

It's not a pre req at all.

Chem is the one they strongly recommend. They don't care if you do bio or not lol

Ohh and an interesting note, your proposed 2013 subjects are exactly what I did for a term of yr 12 before I dropped His Ext hah So let me know if you have any Qs about those subjects

Yayy! I've been wanting to drop maths since primary school..:L
maths = worst rank and worst parent-teacher interview :L starts off with "E doesn't like maths, do you? -__-. This shows".
Lmao

Ohh about hist ext.. do they assign you a specific area/event/personality to study or is it on your own preferences??

 

[LoveHateSchool]

^For History extension, your project is entirely your preference, as long as it is not heavily overlapping with modern or ancient courses.

For the Historiography part, you study a wide variety of historians in class. From very ancient to much more modern.
For the Case Study part, your teacher will pick it. At my school, they are doing Queen Elizabeth 1.