Auckland OLY1 chat - archive

[Hopefully]

Yeah, me too! It ultimately depends on the options distribution for each question then, and then if we're lucky it will turn out to be disregarded the same way as the isovolumetric one. But I think I would prefer that not many more get shaved off the total, because then we have higher weighting for each question >_<

 

[Favour]

Ok .... so who on here from OLY1 is on track for interview? Seems like a fair number of people have dropped out after 1st semester. You guys seeing the same? I heard that this years cohort has performed higher than the last few years thus far. Guessing it will be 7.5 - 7.75 to get an interview?

 

[BC mso]

Ok .... so who on here from OLY1 is on track for interview? Seems like a fair number of people have dropped out after 1st semester. You guys seeing the same? I heard that this years cohort has performed higher than the last few years thus far. Guessing it will be 7.5 - 7.75 to get an interview?

......I think.......im on tract but who knows haha, medsci is a evil haha I reckon there are still quite a fair few people on tract with very good grades, we dont actually realize the sheer number of students doing OLY1.

 

[AlteredState1]

I think the highest the interview cuttoff has been is 7.5 core. Last year the cuttoff was 7.25. I have an 8.0 GPA core so far and have been pushing hard for an A+ wih med sci, so I'm 98% sure I will get an interview.

That's sad that people have dropped out. I'm not sure how much I agree with the 3 core papers in the first semester scheme (although you can take chem 110 in the second semester and Physics 160 in the first).

 

[Hopefully]

(although you can take chem 110 in the second semester and Physics 160 in the first).

I was under the impression that you couldn't do this for biomed...everyone who I talked to thought so too. So where did you find out about this?

 

[AlteredState1]

I have a friend who is a house surgeon, and he told me that a few people in his MbCHb class had done two and two. I'm not sure why people aren't more aware of this. Everything is shrouded in mystery this year, so it's nobody's fault they d know; I certainly didn't.

 

[4everAlone]

I have a friend who is a house surgeon, and he told me that a few people in his MbCHb class had done two and two. I'm not sure why people aren't more aware of this. Everything is shrouded in mystery this year, so it's nobody's fault they d know; I certainly didn't.

You definitely used to be able to do that. Pretty sure as of last (?) year you can no longer do 2 and 2.

 

[Rotors]

"a student cuts through the heart ventricle, what structure did he cut?"

What were the options if y'all can remember?

My guess would be the myocardium, but is that a structure or a layer? By "structure" I am thinking like a valve or something, WTF?

Seems like a fair number of people have dropped out after 1st semester. You guys seeing the same? I heard that this years cohort has performed higher than the last few years thus far. Guessing it will be 7.5 - 7.75 to get an interview?

I am sure plenty of people drop out after the first semester at uni in general because they cannot handle the transition from school to uni and guess the drop out rate for OLY/HSFY is even higher given the intense pressure most people feel to get top marks.

And lets face it, wrestling with the unholy spawn of the Devil that is known as CHEM110 right off the bat, jeez, I am surprised the admission rate at the secure inpatient mental health unit up the road at ACH doesn't peak in April or May

If you do a search on the forums through all the archived posts I think the lowest GPA to get an interview has been either 7.25 or 7.5

......I think.......im on tract but who knows haha, medsci is a evil haha I reckon there are still quite a fair few people on tract with very good grades, we dont actually realize the sheer number of students doing OLY1.

I feel your pain, most of the concepts in MEDSCI142 are quite straightforward but you just get a lot of them and they are all new, nowhere in any of my 12 years at school (didn't do seventh form) did I even touch upon any of it in science or bio from memory, I probably did but in such a tiny, tiny amount that I can't remember it.

Remember not everybody in the core papers/OLY wants to be a Doctor. People who already have a place in Nursing, Pharmacy, PE or a generic BSc in Chemistry or who are wanting to enter optometry etc are doing some (or all) of the core OLY papers. I would say probably half the people in OLY are trying for Medicine.

Unfortunately for them, quite a few will bomb and change to something else or drop out all together and then there are those who have a GPA of 6.0 and apply for an interview when realistically they have no hope of getting one.

So you are not competing as with as many people as you think, I think

I was under the impression that you couldn't [take CHEM110 in semester 2]...everyone who I talked to thought so too. So where did you find out about this?

I have not been able to get a straight answer out of Auckland Uni about this.

I know for BHSc you can't because CHEM110 clashes with HEALTHPSYC122 but what about BSc, does anything in second semester clash with CHEM110?

Why can't Auckland make their timetables public like most other uni's do? Frustrating!

I have a friend who is a house surgeon, and he told me that a few people in his MbCHb class had done two and two. I'm not sure why people aren't more aware of this. Everything is shrouded in mystery this year, so it's nobody's fault they d know; I certainly didn't.

Things were probably different in 2007 when he did OLY, heck OLY was only introduced in 2004

If it is possible for the BSc it is very secretive that is for sure but it makes much more sense to do 2+2 rather than 3+1

Oh and dude I know this might sound really anal but it's MB ChB

 

[hca12]

at the risk of sounding whiny and stating the obvious, i'm assuming im not the only one who has found this year to be completely miserable? if i had a dollar for every time i've considered dropping out .... lol.

 

[Hopefully]

What were the options if y'all can remember?

My guess would be the myocardium, but is that a structure or a layer? By "structure" I am thinking like a valve or something, WTF?

I'm not sure if that would be considered against the rules of the uni to post them up, though I can remember 3/4 of them? (This may sound too cautious but I'm sure the uni has ways of hunting down people o_o'')

at the risk of sounding whiny and stating the obvious, i'm assuming im not the only one who has found this year to be completely miserable? if i had a dollar for every time i've considered dropping out .... lol.

To be honest, I have found this year to be harder than any of the years I have experienced (excuse the corniness), not that that is saying much xD, but I haven't contended with the notion of actually dropping out.

Sorry to shatter your assumption

 

[hca12]

I'm not sure if that would be considered against the rules of the uni to post them up, though I can remember 3/4 of them? (This may sound too cautious but I'm sure the uni has ways of hunting down people o_o'')



To be honest, I have found this year to be harder than any of the years I have experienced (excuse the corniness), not that that is saying much xD, but I haven't contended with the notion of actually dropping out.

Sorry to shatter your assumption

Thats good that you haven't considered dropping out maybe im just pessimistic

 

[Hopefully]

Yes, though I have considered alternatives to keep my options open

ETA:

maybe im just pessimistic

Nah, you were right in that you're not the only one who has...I have heard some people want to drop out but had to be talked back into staying.

 

[hca12]

good luck for medsci results tomorrow/thursday.

 

[Hopefully]

good luck for medsci results tomorrow/thursday.

YES, I second this! (Hooray for speedy results )

 

[AlteredState1]

This year is awful for many reasons, but I think in the long run (and I hope this doesn't sound too trite), if you make it to the end you will be better off for it, no matter how well you did or didn't do. I've tried to put my finger on what makes it so bad. The stress would be number one I think, then perhaps the transient nature of any friendship formed during the year (I've made about 1000000000 five minute friends, and perhaps two or three real friends I talk to more than once a month) leading to isolation. For me it's the naging feeling that I will wake up at the end of the year, find myself turning 20, and wonder why I spent my final teenage year with my head crammed in a textbook. The saddest thing about this year is that any one of those things can trip you up, nearly every exam (Physics midterm = meh) is make or break, and if you screw up early when still finding your feet, it will change the course of the rest of your life and make it that much harder to get where you want to be.

Unfortunately for them, quite a few will bomb and change to something else or drop out all together and then there are those who have a GPA of 6.0 and apply for an interview when realistically they have no hope of getting one

You're refering to a core GPA right? Not overall gpa?

If it is possible for the BSc it is very secretive that is for sure but it makes much more sense to do 2+2 rather than 3+1

Yes. Yes it does.

Oh and dude I know this might sound really anal but it's MB ChB

Haha, I was wondering if anyone would notice.

 

[AlteredState1]

Yay I finally figured out how to put replies in speech bubbles!

 

[BC mso]

at the risk of sounding whiny and stating the obvious, i'm assuming im not the only one who has found this year to be completely miserable? if i had a dollar for every time i've considered dropping out .... lol.

i definitely have..........if i do get into medicine and finish....... (along with previous study) that's a decade of my life spent at uni.......
passion has it price i guess....
oh man, what a downbuzz i must sound.......

 

[BC mso]

I've made about 1000000000 five minute friends, and perhaps two or three real friends I talk to more than once a month) leading to isolation.

oh man, this could not be any more true! its really an eye opener.....in the first year of my biomed degree at vic, it was so much different, no competition, no such thing as "omg, an A-......im going to cry" nonsense. Everyone is so friendly to each other, being at uni was so much fun and supportive. it feels like a bloddy rat race here....survival of the fittest blah blah blah. i personally would'nt survive straight out of college, not for this course anyway

 

[Rotors]

This year is awful for many reasons, but I think in the long run (and I hope this doesn't sound too trite), if you make it to the end you will be better off for it, no matter how well you did or didn't do. I've tried to put my finger on what makes it so bad. The stress would be number one I think, then perhaps the transient nature of any friendship formed during the year (I've made about 1000000000 five minute friends, and perhaps two or three real friends I talk to more than once a month) leading to isolation. For me it's the naging feeling that I will wake up at the end of the year, find myself turning 20, and wonder why I spent my final teenage year with my head crammed in a textbook. The saddest thing about this year is that any one of those things can trip you up, nearly every exam (Physics midterm = meh) is make or break, and if you screw up early when still finding your feet, it will change the course of the rest of your life and make it that much harder to get where you want to be.

I feel for you dude I really do; its not easy to go from school where you have a small peer group and are getting spoon fed information in a very structured environment to uni where it's 1000x bigger, you know nobody and (anecdotally) cover in one lecture what you cover in a month at school with the intense pressure to not only adapt to the uni way of self-directed learning but also to get the most amazing grades ever because you want to get into medicine.

You're refering to a core GPA right? Not overall gpa?

6.0 is the minimum overall GPA required to apply for interview, so I would bet you $20 that every person doing OLY who has a GPA of 6.0 and wants to be a doctor applies for an interview hoping they will get one.

In reality you are probably not competing against as many people as you think.

oh man, this could not be any more true! its really an eye opener.....in the first year of my biomed degree at vic, it was so much different, no competition, no such thing as "omg, an A-......im going to cry" nonsense. Everyone is so friendly to each other, being at uni was so much fun and supportive. it feels like a bloddy rat race here....survival of the fittest blah blah blah. i personally would'nt survive straight out of college, not for this course anyway

I completely agree; I probably couldn't have handled OLY/HSFY at 17 when I left school.

Even now, as somebody with a degree who knows how to study (sort of) why do you think I am so bloody scared of Chem 110? Because you only get one chance, if you screw it up you are history and for somebody like me who probably barely passed Level 2 chemistry its like ZOMG WTF!

I think high school does a pretty poor job of preparing people for uni TBH

 

[BC mso]

6.0 is the minimum overall GPA required to apply for interview, so I would bet you $20 that every person doing OLY who has a GPA of 6.0 and wants to be a doctor applies for an interview hoping they will get one.

In reality you are probably not competing against as many people as you think.

thats true, but its hard to say, the faculty state that they interview twice as many people than there are places, so a little over 400. so if the cut of is supposedly 7.5.......thats 400+ students with grades in surplus of 7.5............ seems quite stiff competition to me