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Auckland OLY1 chat - archive
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Hey chocolatesunshine-
Even if you’re in the first stream you can always read over the lab in advance and try to get familiar with what’s being tested -from what I observed most people had their chemistry sheets filled in before coming into the lab anyway. Ask your tutor plenty of questions- they are super helpful!
Having labs on consecutive days wasn’t too bad – just a matter of personal preference for me to have them on alternate days
I managed to balance 7-8 hours of dance a week as well as working part time. If I can do it you defiantly can! I think it comes down to studying efficiently and finding what works best for you. - ie studying for 60 mins and giving yourself a 10 min break as a reward. Maybe aim to summarise each lecture on 1 A4 sheet of paper and learn concepts and diagrams with flashcards or something rather than just copying out notes.
Hope this helps
Even if you’re in the first stream you can always read over the lab in advance and try to get familiar with what’s being tested -from what I observed most people had their chemistry sheets filled in before coming into the lab anyway. Ask your tutor plenty of questions- they are super helpful!
Having labs on consecutive days wasn’t too bad – just a matter of personal preference for me to have them on alternate days
I managed to balance 7-8 hours of dance a week as well as working part time. If I can do it you defiantly can! I think it comes down to studying efficiently and finding what works best for you. - ie studying for 60 mins and giving yourself a 10 min break as a reward. Maybe aim to summarise each lecture on 1 A4 sheet of paper and learn concepts and diagrams with flashcards or something rather than just copying out notes.
Hope this helps
Hi Nogeat
Afternoon lectures worked well for me because I concentrate better in the morning and hence used the mornings to study.
Its good getting the lectures done in 1 go even though I agree it is a bit of a strain. Don’t worry too much about concentrating 100% throughout the lectures- majority of what they test you on is taken straight from the slides/course book
Afternoon lectures worked well for me because I concentrate better in the morning and hence used the mornings to study.
Its good getting the lectures done in 1 go even though I agree it is a bit of a strain. Don’t worry too much about concentrating 100% throughout the lectures- majority of what they test you on is taken straight from the slides/course book
ChocolateSunshine
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Thank you very much to everyone!
I am very excited about the semester starting in a month or so. I hope I see some of you around! (though I guess we wouldn't recognise each other anyway)
I am very excited about the semester starting in a month or so. I hope I see some of you around! (though I guess we wouldn't recognise each other anyway)
Hi Nogeat
Afternoon lectures worked well for me because I concentrate better in the morning and hence used the mornings to study.
Its good getting the lectures done in 1 go even though I agree it is a bit of a strain. Don’t worry too much about concentrating 100% throughout the lectures- majority of what they test you on is taken straight from the slides/course book
Thanks jig,
By the way i also want to ask about phil 105g
Is the assessments and test based on multi choice questions, short answers, or essays
Also are the lectures recorded?
[MENTION=13210]Nogeat[/MENTION]: PHIL105G assessment involves two tests, an assignment and the final exam. You'll get mainly multichoice questions in the tests, but there are essay type questions as well. The assignment consists of two parts, and each involves writing short essays (word limits of 250 and 400 words, from what I remember).
An interesting feature of the multichoice questions in test 2 and the final exam is that they are worth 3 marks if you choose the correct option, and either 1 or 2 marks if you choose a partially correct option (and 0 if it's incorrect). Each mark is one mark towards your final grade - for example, a 3 mark multichoice question is worth 3% of the final grade.
Lectures aren't recorded unfortunately.
An interesting feature of the multichoice questions in test 2 and the final exam is that they are worth 3 marks if you choose the correct option, and either 1 or 2 marks if you choose a partially correct option (and 0 if it's incorrect). Each mark is one mark towards your final grade - for example, a 3 mark multichoice question is worth 3% of the final grade.
Lectures aren't recorded unfortunately.
I'm sure this is a long shot... But has anyone else used both NCEA and CIE to apply for biomed, and hasn't been accepted yet? I've tried to get in contact with the university to ask why it's taking so long, but they've been thoroughly useless. <_< Will my application take longer to process because I've used both qualifications?
Well I'm just a pure CIE candidate and since my results haven't even come out i probably won't be accepted until after the 23rd. I honestly don't know how the university can collaborate the two different pathways since they use different point systems.
I guess you'll have to wait until your CIE results come out too
Oh, just for clarification, my Cambridge exams are from the 2010 Oct/Nov and 2011 May/Jun exam sessions, so my results for those exams are already back. (The way my school does it is a bit messed up really) I've achieved the rank score required for biomed independently in each pathway, so hopefully I get acceptance soon... I've been talking to other guys from school and it seems like everyone else who used NCEA and CIE is still waiting...
Serves us right for trying to be smart and do both I guess.
Serves us right for trying to be smart and do both I guess.
4everAlone
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Different techniques work best for different people. For me it involved rewriting notes until I knew them, and using cover/copy/check.
Plus I spent extra time actually understanding the concepts behind the material which made the actual memorizing a heck of a lot easier
I definitely agree that understanding the material is just as if not more important than memorizing facts. IMO this applies most to MEDSCI- I found that out of all the papers, MEDSCI is the one you have to make sure to understand the content rather than plain memorizing as the questions they ask (esp. in multichoice) require you to visualize and/ or apply the material to answer an unfamiliar question i.e not straight out of the slides
italianopalo
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On top of this, just to give the newcomers a heads up, IMO, the ability to understand and analyse information will come most handy in the MEDSCI labs, which are tested both in lab and during tests/exams. These semi-practical questions tends to distinguish the great students from the good ones as you have to work with limited information e.g. micrographs of cells/structures in a short amount of time.
Personally, I found peerwise extremely helpful in trying to develop that 'critical mindset' in tackling questions that go beyond testing rote-learned knowledge. I also found the medsci facebook page a great learning tool where you can 'gauge' your knowledge of those nitty-gritty details. Past papers were useful too, but its all too easy to get too reliant on them and start memorising too much due to repeated questions.
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Looks like semester 2 is a total devotion to medsci 142 :cry:
Oh yea, i emailed the faculty in asking how many people were getting accepted into 2nd year medicine and they said 191 domestic places. So how many of these places are available to oly1 general entry (ie. no MAPAS AND ROMPE)
Oh yea, i emailed the faculty in asking how many people were getting accepted into 2nd year medicine and they said 191 domestic places. So how many of these places are available to oly1 general entry (ie. no MAPAS AND ROMPE)
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ChocolateSunshine
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I have been reading the Auckland OLY1 archive (https://www.medstudentsonline.com.au/f115/auckland-oly1-chat-archive-2302/) and it seems like there are 50 places that go to MAPAS and ROMPE (both together is 50) and 40 places for graduates. so I guess that leaves about 100 places for OLY1 general entry? (someone please correct me if i'm wrong/this information has changed)
Also, I was wondering how much of an advantage having a umat mark in the low 80s has on someone's chances of getting into med? Including the time/effort saved not having to prepare/worry about it this year
Also, I was wondering how much of an advantage having a umat mark in the low 80s has on someone's chances of getting into med? Including the time/effort saved not having to prepare/worry about it this year
Although i don't think im in the position to say so, i think 80s (if that's percentile) is perfectly fine. Isn't that like a raw score of high 50s??
Coz there's no big difference in terms of raw score (might seems big in terms on percentile) i don't think it's a matter you should worry about. I've heard of people who got in with percentiles as low as 20s and 30s
ChocolateSunshine
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by low 80s i mean raw score! cos even though it is 100 percentile everyone keeps saying how umat doesn't matter much because of the way it is taken into account of something? I am just wondering exactly how much of a 'lead' or 'advantage' this is.
Btw, have you been accepted into biomed yet? I think CIE results come out now/soonish
Btw, have you been accepted into biomed yet? I think CIE results come out now/soonish
italianopalo
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No one knows the exact method of how they weight UMAT (as in how much it contributes to the 15% of the ranking score for med entry), apparently raw scores are organised into ranges and given a letter grade or something like that.
But with a raw score of 80+, wow, you can pretty much forget about UMAT now, it's way more than sufficient. I got in with an overall percentile of 56%. Interviews will always contribute a lot more to the final ranking, simply because anything could happen in those 20-30 minutes.
But with a raw score of 80+, wow, you can pretty much forget about UMAT now
, it's way more than sufficient. I got in with an overall percentile of 56%. Interviews will always contribute a lot more to the final ranking, simply because anything could happen in those 20-30 minutes.
4everAlone
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No one knows the exact method of how they weight UMAT (as in how much it contributes to the 15% of the ranking score for med entry), apparently raw scores are organised into ranges and given a letter grade or something like that.
But with a raw score of 80+, wow, you can pretty much forget about UMAT now
I second that.
In all honesty a score like that is AMAZING but the only advantage really is that you know you don't have to do it again! As UMAT counts for so little, it won't make up for bad grades or a poor interview in any respect. Still, it's a heck of a lot better going in with a score like that over a score of like 30 where you know you'll have to do it again!
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