KumaraMash
Member
Hi all,
I was under a different username on this forum (Midi2Med) but cannot remember the username, so have set up a new account.
If you read the first post for the 2012 thread, it has a little of my background. I ended up doing the Tertiary Foundation Certificate and graduated with A+ for mathematics, biology and chemistry. English grades were passable but not too hot, due to my lack of interest in film and theatre critique - I only did the bare minimum to pass (not a good attitude I know).
I was offered a place in biomed on the day of my TFC graduation, which I accepted straight away. I am also doing a Certificate of Proficiency in Science, doing a maths paper (MATHS 102) and a physics paper (PHYSICS 103) to prepare me for PHYSICS 160, over the summer period. I'm doing the Global Art History paper for gen ed, which I know probably isn't the best thing to do, but was the only paper that would fit into my schdeule.
Doing the TFC has added a year to the process of trying to get into medicine, but at least I completed it and I am happy with my results. I was able to learn under some of the lecturers who run some of the OLY1 papers - Judy Brittain, Mel Collings and Libby Hitchings.
I also got an offer for the BHSc, which I declined, because if I do not get into medicine, I will concentrate on the food/nutrition aspect of biomed; however, the number one goal is to get into medicine by the end of 2013.
I have a couple of questions for people who have completed the first year of biomed:
1. What textbooks do absolutely recommend I buy, and which ones should I just borrow from short loan?
2. How did you find PHYSICS 160, if you never did physics before? The last time I did physics was in 2004 at Massey University (which I did pass), but that was years ago, so my knowledge is a bit fuzzy.
3. What is the general workload like?
TIA
I was under a different username on this forum (Midi2Med) but cannot remember the username, so have set up a new account.
If you read the first post for the 2012 thread, it has a little of my background. I ended up doing the Tertiary Foundation Certificate and graduated with A+ for mathematics, biology and chemistry. English grades were passable but not too hot, due to my lack of interest in film and theatre critique - I only did the bare minimum to pass (not a good attitude I know).
I was offered a place in biomed on the day of my TFC graduation, which I accepted straight away. I am also doing a Certificate of Proficiency in Science, doing a maths paper (MATHS 102) and a physics paper (PHYSICS 103) to prepare me for PHYSICS 160, over the summer period. I'm doing the Global Art History paper for gen ed, which I know probably isn't the best thing to do, but was the only paper that would fit into my schdeule.
Doing the TFC has added a year to the process of trying to get into medicine, but at least I completed it and I am happy with my results. I was able to learn under some of the lecturers who run some of the OLY1 papers - Judy Brittain, Mel Collings and Libby Hitchings.
I also got an offer for the BHSc, which I declined, because if I do not get into medicine, I will concentrate on the food/nutrition aspect of biomed; however, the number one goal is to get into medicine by the end of 2013.
I have a couple of questions for people who have completed the first year of biomed:
1. What textbooks do absolutely recommend I buy, and which ones should I just borrow from short loan?
2. How did you find PHYSICS 160, if you never did physics before? The last time I did physics was in 2004 at Massey University (which I did pass), but that was years ago, so my knowledge is a bit fuzzy.
3. What is the general workload like?
TIA