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    can i do BMED units in a B Sc degree?

    No. All medical units are generally med/dent/pharm/physio student only at most unis. There are none in medical science that mirror medicine (MBBS) in general. There are units such as pathophysiology in medical science, and general sciences that get covered in med in the first couple of...
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    Doctors/specialists that DON'T do surgery?

    I think you should google or wikipedia this! No matter what specialty including general practice, you will end up dealing with blood and guts. Whether it's collecting bloods or doing a digital rectal examination. Prestige, money WTF, go bugger off!
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    job prospects for bonded places

    Department of Health and Ageing - Bonded Medical Places (BMP) Scheme Becoming a doctor and bonded medical school places - a guide for prospective medical students | Australian Medical Association Salaries across the public health system for doctors are pretty standardised. You should be able to...
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    Medicine at UNSW and UWS

    University of Western Sydney - Med Students Online
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    Radiologist & Radiographer

    http://community.boredofstudies.org/332/medicine-medical-health-studies/232582/b-applied-science-mrs-diagnostic-radiography.html?highlight=radiographer+radiologist
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    Transferring universities

    If you can afford Bond and it's not a burden by all means go for it. But yeah, I would try to get into med in NSW as a non-standard before taking the Bond route.
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    Getting into medicine

    Yes for undergrad, most unis will only look at your current first year degree GPA. It really depends on the uni. JCU, UWA, UTAS etc have limited spots for non-standards. Whilst universities such as UNCLE/UNE, UWS, Bond don't discriminate against non-standards in the number of seats or any other...
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    Transferring universities

    From UNSW Med Fac: "Students who have partly completed another medical degree program interstate or overseas may apply. Such applications will be considered only where applicants have documented reasons such as family reunion for transferring to a medical school in New South Wales. (Such...
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    Scholarships

    ^ Apparently they don't count, this was when I applied a number of years ago it may have changed. I've you've got over 90 i'd say your in with a good change. Are you going for B. Nursing (Adv) at UWS Hawkesbury? The scholarships don't apply to medicine, etc since you already satisfy the...
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    Getting into medicine

    Yes ACER will allow you to combine the last 3-4 years of study to get 5.5, etc you need to look this up for yourself on www.pagingdr.proboards61.com and on www.gamsat.acer.edu.au yourself, it is very complicated. Any degree unless specified by the university: UMelb only allows Biomed grads...
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    Sport at UWS; Campbelltown Campus

    Nope, since all the campuses are too small to put their own teams together, and no one can be f'd setting these sports clubs up at UWS, etc. Also there are no real sporting facilities apart from the tiny gyms.
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    UMAT Raw Scores

    They don't use Raw marks at all. As adomad and others have stated they use the weighted score using the raw marks as S1 + S2 + half S3 = 1x + 1x + 0.5x = Weighted score. It was around 134.5+ for GWS students. ?110 where'd u get that from?
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    Advice .. Thinking about changing from physio to.....? HELP PLEASE :(

    Prob best to contact the Anti doping agency about it, their employment contact details are listed here: ASADA - Employment Medical Science seems to be more catered for the physiology/sports research your talking about. It will probably come down to what you do in your Hons. thesis or work...
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    Postgrad Med. Attempt into Maxillofacial Surgery.

    Correct Med and Dent degrees are prereqs: Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons - Eligibility for 2011 http://www.racds.org/__data/page/833/Information_Sheet_OMS_Training_-_10_for_11_-_New_applicant.pdf There are a few Dentists doing Med at Griffith and elsewhere. So it's not...
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    nursing with no english in VIC

    English in nursing is virtually a prereq, how is your friend mean't to help care for patients, deal with simillar sounding medications (LASSA drugs) when she does not have a good grasp on the national language, let alone get through 3 years of uni and on the ward teaching? Most unis have...
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    Med School/UMAT HELP!!!!

    The bare minimum of 90 won't be good enough even if you are a rural student. Most have 95-96+, with umat in the 154+ etc. Unless you get 100% or so in UMAT. Dean's Rural List - Med Students Online
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    Sport at UWS; Campbelltown Campus

    A gym and an old field, apart from that you have apply to uni gams, etc. The sporting culture, support and facilities across UWS are virtually non-existant.
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    Advanced Science à Medicine stream at UWS

    The only benefit of Adv Sci is the interview if your in the top of the class, if you get the required umat score you get the interview regardless of your rank. The only other requirement then is that you get a GPA of 5.5 or already have an atar of 93 GWS or 95 non-gws.
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    5 Fruit and Veg a day

    I've got a friend who doesn't eat any fruit and veg at all. He can't even stand fruit flavoured drinks, cruisers, iceblocks, etc Yeah, I struggle to get 5 serves of veg per day. It's normally 1 fruit, 3 veg per day for me.
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    So, its the new year...

    Ergh, after emerging from the wilderness over New Year i ate (at the same time): A very greasy large potate bake, a fishermans basket + large chips, cold steak + sausages, Black and Greens: white chocolate, aldi hazelnut chocolate, camembert & fetta cheese block, smoke salmon. Washed down with 2...
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