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Auckland OLY1 chat - archive

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The admission process would take place in 2012 for current year 13s and hence there is no need to worry about the withdrawal of the interview process unless you would be going for graduate admission. Otago doesn't have an interview process and lots of people seem to be fine with that.

Edit: If the admission process takes place in 2013 then it would have an impact but I wouldn't worry about it yet.
 
juna said:
I can see why you're confused. But what he meant was that for the students this year, doing health science, interview process will still be in place for med entry in 2012. But for the students who will be doing health science in 2012, and wanting entry to med 2013, hence med intake for 2013, and onward, they are looking at removing the interview process. In my email, I wrote that I will be doing health science next year, therefore will affect me and others who will also be doing it next year, should any changes be made. Otherwise, there wouldn't really be much need for me to be emailing him, if it didn't affect my year.
Hopefully that clears things up.
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I'm sorry but I don't believe I'm confused - if you emailed him saying you'll be doing OLY1 next year, why on Earth would he reply by telling you that this year's students will still be interviewed?? (and no, that was a question against your logic, not a question out of confusion) The logical explanation here is that he is saying "we will still be interviewing the OLY1 cohort of 2012 (i.e. your cohort), but we may change it for the year after", in other words "you are right, we are thinking of abolishing the interview, but it won't affect the OLY1 cohort you're in". I can see why you're confused, and I do hope this clears things up, but if it doesn't, you could just email again asking to confirm that interviews are in place for students taking OLY1 in 2012 who will, if successful, be in 2nd year med in 2013.

Also, I should mention that Med II students of 2012 are generally referred to by their scheduled graduation year as "Auckland MBChB Graduating Class of 2016" (like how you'll be called "xyz High School Class of 2011"), as opposed to "class of 2012" - I'm pretty sure there's no existing convention to name a cohort by their entrance year...

Eye said:
The admission process would take place in 2012 for current year 13s and hence there is no need to worry about the withdrawal of the interview process unless you would be going for graduate admission.
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There, that's the message I'm trying to convey here.
 
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Woooh... Calm down cathay808! I wasn't trying to offend you by saying that you're confused... To be honest, I initially interpreted it that way, that it won't affect the people doing hsfy in 2012, (aka me). But an email sent from a family friend in Auckland doing medicine told me that interview process might be removed, and that it will affect people doing hsfy in 2012, because they will be doing med in 2013. Then I emailed Professor Merry, and told him that I will be doing hsfy next year, that I am currently year 13, and that I heard about the changes that could occur, and when will we be notified. He said that we will be notified, but he doesn't know when.
So I really hope that cathay808 is right. But yes... I'm confused. (Maybe I will email Professor Merry again)
 
juna said:
Woooh... Calm down cathay808! I wasn't trying to offend you by saying that you're confused... To be honest, I initially interpreted it that way, that it won't affect the people doing hsfy in 2012, (aka me). But an email sent from a family friend in Auckland doing medicine told me that interview process might be removed, and that it will affect people doing hsfy in 2012, because they will be doing med in 2013. Then I emailed Professor Merry, and told him that I will be doing hsfy next year, that I am currently year 13, and that I heard about the changes that could occur, and when will we be notified. He said that we will be notified, but he doesn't know when.
So I really hope that cathay808 is right. But yes... I'm confused. (Maybe I will email Professor Merry again)
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Chill out man, you are still in year 13 like me. We don't need to get worried over it. Sure an interview is a chance to sell yourself as an individual and make a good impression but your GPA and UMAT will also be important factors to consider.
 
Eye said:
Chill out man, you are still in year 13 like me. We don't need to get worried over it. Sure an interview is a chance to sell yourself as an individual and make a good impression but your GPA and UMAT will also be important factors to consider.
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Actually, I do appreciate why she's worried about it. If I recall correctly, a brief browse of the NZ forum would reveal that the interview is one of the main reasons she chose Auckland over Otago.

Juna: Again I stand by my interpretation, and since there's ambiguity and uncertainty, I'd recommend that you go ahead and email the HoD to get a clarification. At the same time, I should mention that facts, as they are passed from one person to another, can be misheard, misread, misinterpreted, etc, so I do recommend getting the official word from the HoD, and sticking with it, without getting too bothered by random people (who are less informed than the HoD) saying stuff, such as liaison officers saying "yeah I heard it might change next year"...

Also, a word of caution: if OLY1 is anything like HSFY, there will be rumours which are downright lies spread for the sole purpose of intimidating the competition, so I do recommend getting into the habit of seeking official clarification, or, if officials aren't the place to go, at least get an unbiased clarification, then stick with it and seek hard evidence if anyone tries to tell you otherwise.

If the population health paper at Auckland is anything like the epidemiology paper at Otago, then when you do that paper you'll appreciate the amount of pseudo-facts floating around, and that we can't trust the "authoritative man in a white coat telling us stuff", much less some random OLY1 guy telling you something ludicrous like "you're screwed without a 90th percentile UMAT".
 
thankfully our epi equivalent paper, pophlth, is in the first semester, before the rumours start making the rounds ;-)
 
okay so at the medical programme thing held by the uni last Thursday, they said that although there was this research out there they like the fact that the interview distinguishes them from otago and they dont have any alternatives to it. interview will stay for the foreseeable future.

another point is that they said they use a standard deviation system of your raw score for umat. Does this mean that they produce a percentile/ranking from those that apply similar to the one acer does but specific for auckland? or does this mean that they place people in groups according to standard deviation?
can anyone shed some light on this system?

also.. any tips for the MH03????? :/
 
Hi guys, does anybody know how many international students are accepted into medicine each year in Auckland University? (I know that in Otago, its next to zero each year)
Thanks
 
juna said:
Hi guys, does anybody know how many international students are accepted into medicine each year in Auckland University? (I know that in Otago, its next to zero each year)
Thanks
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Next to zero non-sponsored internationals (there's about 15 sponsored international students in my class).
 
Malpas' exam Q

hey guys,
i was hoping someone could answer a question regarding Malpas' blood pressure flow diagrams in the exam. did you include the hormonal regulation of blood pressure also? (ANP, ADH, Angiotensin II, Aldosterone)
Thank you :D
 
Hey guys, is it possible to apply for Otago dentistry after doing one year of Health Sciences at Auckland?
Thanks
 
Actually, and much to my surprise when I looked it up just then, it is possible.
(f) To be considered for entry under the Second Year of University Study category, an applicant must
(i) have completed two or more years of full-time study at a university in New Zealand and have undertaken approved papers in the biological sciences, including the equivalent of the papers prescribed for the Health Sciences First Year course, with a B grade average (Otago equivalent) or better across all papers;

(ii) have achieved a valid score in all three of the UMAT Sections at a threshold level determined annually by the Dental Admissions Committee;

(iii) have undertaken an Oral Assessment and achieved a threshold level, determined annually by the Dental Admissions Committee. Applicants will not normally be invited for oral assessments unless they achieve the threshold level in all three of the UMAT Sections. Applicants who have met all three criteria will be selected based on their GPA.

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Hi guys,

Just wondering, does anybody know what sort of ATAR is required to get into Auckland HSFY (as part of the cohort wanting to get into medicine the next year) and how willing they are to give offers to students not in New Zealand - I am a NZer, but I'm just living in/studying in Aus... don't have Aus citizenship/ permanent residency, I am NZ citizen :D? Oh and I just read above the note about studying in university for two full years - so does that mean that if I get into Auckland HSFY next year and that is my first year of study, then I won't be considered for MBBS entrance in 2013? :O

Thanks in advance :)
 
cathay808 said:
Actually, and much to my surprise when I looked it up just then, it is possible.
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Does Health Science at Auckland have enough of the equivalent papers to Health Science at Otago? They wouldn't have covered the equivalent of PHSI191 and BIOC192.

You'd really want to make sure if the papers you did at Auckland satisfied Otago's requirements for second year entry.
 
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