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Auckland OLY1 chat - archive

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For the issues with the fire alarm, maybe they would consider weighting the end sections of the paper more? That people wouldn't have been able to read about, well less likely to have anyway.
 
ChickenPie said:
For the issues with the fire alarm, maybe they would consider weighting the end sections of the paper more? That people wouldn't have been able to read about, well less likely to have anyway.
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Hmm, I think there are quite a few people that do the exam in different orders though - like I did the saq's first, them the mcqs. And I did the last question first :lol:
 
ChickenPie said:
For the issues with the fire alarm, maybe they would consider weighting the end sections of the paper more? That people wouldn't have been able to read about, well less likely to have anyway.
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If they wanted to cheat, wouldn't be easier to get answers for the SAQs? As long as they knew where to look.
 
FREEDOM! :lol: Good luck for those still with exams left ^^
 
Otago thread was so big it had to be split xD I think the 3 threads combined is over 1500 replies or something.
 
Just curious, if anyone is actually doing that "eye on med" thing which they handed out the flyers for at our lectures? Or, if anyone has done it - what do you think? (not that I am doing it - I am just curious :lol:)
 
im guessing its pretty BS, you can never confirm their sucess rate claims. and they claim it at 60%, which wouldnt be worth it if it was true or false
 
I believe it's some kind of a programme where the med students 'teach' people like us how to get into med -_-
 
Yeah, they hand out flyers at our lectures and exams. I bet it costs bog-loads. They claim to have a "60% success rate" with attendees getting into med, but there is like a 50% chance of interviewees getting in anyway (I think?). Biomed people will pay anything to get into medicine though (UMAT courses etc) ^_^. It might even be some of your classmates running it lordgarlic?
 
From what i understand, there's some background information that we need to know about, which we learn in 2nd year in the 'professional development' and later on in 'professional skills', im guessing thats what these training programs focus on
 
g.walker said:
From what i understand, there's some background information that we need to know about, which we learn in 2nd year in the 'professional development' and later on in 'professional skills', im guessing thats what these training programs focus on
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absolute rubbish. Don't do any of these courses, the students are ripping you off (especially the asian students). The most effective thing you can do to prepare is to be yourself. Make sure that you are sure why you want to be a doctor and be knowledgable about people around you and the society you live it. You don't need to pay some jackass large amounts of money to teach you that. Hell I would give talks for free. I've done it before at career's day for the university in the past at the FMHS booth
 
Last year was first time they did eye on med
I went to that workshop. The only important thing they taught me was the PC stuff about maori health and treaty of waitangi. The mock interview was somewhat useful for aussie interview but useless for auckland interview.
I can't really say how good or bad it is since i got in med so im happy lol. But i can say that its less of a rip off than ******** course ($500?) for 1 day i think (no idea what it has and not going to talk about it). Thats probably why nobody i know has ever signed up for it.

Well good luck. But if you don't wanna pay any money then you can just ask us or some other med student you know about the interview

cheers
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you don't NEED to be taught PC stuff and treaty of waitangi stuff. It's common knowledge that you should know anyways if you are applying for med school. You need to be PC regardless, even if you aren't PC normally like myself.

Interviews are not a rocket science. It's about presenting yourself in a favourable manner. If anything, go apply for a summer job and use that interview as practice
 
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