Hello Everyone,
Just finished first semester of HSFY in Otago, unfortunately for one of my papers I got C+, falling short of the B- (65%) threshold for Dentistry and B (70%) for Medicine (A's in the other papers), thus I am not allowed to apply/wont get accepted into Medicine or Dentistry this year. I'm now thinking entry to Med/Dent through the graduate entry pathway but I don't know what to do next apart from working smarter and harder for Semester 2 exams.
[(entry requirements: Study Dentistry at Otago, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand Study Medicine at Otago, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand)]
These are some questions I have:
- Should I take the 8th paper, and if so, does the 8th paper remove the lowest mark out of the 7 prescribed HSFY papers. So that when they take a average of my GPA from my undergraduate course they would use the 8th paper instead of the 7th paper in HSFY? https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsciences/otago089542.pdf
- Also after finishing my undergraduate course, am I allowed to apply for Dent and med at the same time so I could possibly choose between the two?
- What are some tips to getting into Med and Dent through the graduate pathway and what undergraduate course should I take? (currently thinking of doing Biomedical Sciences)
Please help me out, I really aspire to become a doctor in the future.
Thank you
(Edited by mod to fix use of graduate/undergraduate/postgraduate terminology.)
Just finished first semester of HSFY in Otago, unfortunately for one of my papers I got C+, falling short of the B- (65%) threshold for Dentistry and B (70%) for Medicine (A's in the other papers), thus I am not allowed to apply/wont get accepted into Medicine or Dentistry this year. I'm now thinking entry to Med/Dent through the graduate entry pathway but I don't know what to do next apart from working smarter and harder for Semester 2 exams.
[(entry requirements: Study Dentistry at Otago, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand Study Medicine at Otago, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand)]
These are some questions I have:
- Should I take the 8th paper, and if so, does the 8th paper remove the lowest mark out of the 7 prescribed HSFY papers. So that when they take a average of my GPA from my undergraduate course they would use the 8th paper instead of the 7th paper in HSFY? https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsciences/otago089542.pdf
- Also after finishing my undergraduate course, am I allowed to apply for Dent and med at the same time so I could possibly choose between the two?
- What are some tips to getting into Med and Dent through the graduate pathway and what undergraduate course should I take? (currently thinking of doing Biomedical Sciences)
Please help me out, I really aspire to become a doctor in the future.
Thank you
(Edited by mod to fix use of graduate/undergraduate/postgraduate terminology.)
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