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Uhh, I guess in hindsight 50 is a stretch (I blame exams =\) I agree it gets much easier once you get the hang of things and learn to spot patterns, but it still feels like there's a lot of variation between related reactions - to the point where it's hard to answer questions without being...

BIOC2201 - Principles of Molecular Biology (Adv) Ease: 7/10 I'd personally recommend the advanced version if you are tossing up between this and the fundamentals version. Also easier than first semester biochemistry. Lecturers: Anne Galea (8/10), Vincent Murray (7/10). Both decent lecurers...

Sadly enough I didn't even do that in 1A and ended up with a pass :jedi: BIOC2201 Theory: Really happy with this one. Prediction: 85%+ CHEM2021: Bleh. Spectroscopy question got omitted on the day because the spectra came out really badly on paper. A lot of people were relying on it for...

Physiology 1B last Saturday: Some MCQs were a bit of a surprise, but most of the questions were pretty straightforward, and one of the long-answer questions was a carbon copy of one of the 2008 ones. Should be getting a mark somewhere around the distinction range =)

If I remember looking at the graph, the mean took into account a lot of 0's from a people who didn't turn up for the exam or just dropped the course a little too late :D I also remember seeing at least 9-10 scores above 30/40. The thing is that most students interested in pharmacology don't...

2nd year topics: - Spectroscopy - Rearrangement reactions (expansion of alkene reactions in chem 1B + others) - Carbonyl chemistry (~40-50 reactions to remember for this) - Aromatic chemistry Spectro and alkene chemistry is quite easy, not much to say. Carbonyl chemistry is hilariously...

Oh, in a org chem lecture I heard that the school of chemistry is going to bring in the new academic specialising in medicinal chemistry next year, which means the 3rd year medicinal chemistry subject could be available as early as next year, second semester (even though the people actually...

Ditto. From looking at the subjects it's pretty close to what I'm doing with my science degree (biochem + pharm major) but with more organic chem and a less biochem/molecular biology. Interesting.

Re: Pails of fail. Wrong. USyd does require candidates to maintain a credit average undergrad marks (5.5 GPA to be precise), but it's merely a hurdle for interviews. Only your GAMSAT and interview is considered in admission. The vast majority of people who get into Usyd grad med typically...

I didn't do HSC biology, but from what I heard HSC biology only helps a little. BIOS1101 is a WAM killer because of the massive amount of content that is also incredibly hard to study for because it's 99% rote learning and memorisation. The pre-lab tests (especially the first few labs)...

If geology/geography is your thing, GEOS1701 (Environmental Systems and Processes) and GEOS1211 (Environmental Earth Science) are quite easy/fun too. Labs are really easy too, nothing like the chemistry labs. Ditto on BIOS1301, terrible subject (pretty bludgy though) Also avoid BIOS1101 if you...

lol wut

Best timetable ever! Woooo

Re: "Bachelor of Science (Advanced Science) with major in blah" -- this could be real I've always thought Adv.Science was just a gimmick to lure 90+ UAI students who like science but are too ashamed to do B.Science.

Yup, counting bugs in leaf litters etc etc Grab a good journal article and use it as a "template". At least that's what I did :p

Haha, THAT ecology report. Good times.

Core subjects, electives, gen eds all count towards your WAM.

At least in science, 2 hours/UoC is totally overkill imo.

Yeah I'm pretty sure this is an Asian-only problem. Not sarcasm.

Meanie :haha: I guess I'm forever doomed to have really short hair. lmao