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Auckland OLY1 chat - archive

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Hey everyone,

Was just wondering -- has anyone heard back anything from Freshers' Camp? I haven't got anything back from them since I paid, so was kind of worried :wacko:

Cheers
 
^ Txt the phone number on the freshers letter. They confirmed they received my payment and I haven't recieved any other contact either from them so don't be too worried
 
Does anyone have the 2nd year textbook list/which ones are actually essential and which ones can just be scabbed from the library?

Would be much appreciated.
 
There is a list over at medical books, near Liggins institute in Grafton. Its not the essential book list or anything. Just a list of all books based on last years prescriptions and recommendations.

Probably doesn't help much, but after lurking around abit, it seems Moores might be good ? Any veterans care to advise? (or you can spend...$2000+ and get everything on the list. xP )
 
in reading up with the whole 'med student tsunami' thats about to hit Australia, im curious (not paranoid :p); do we have the 'everone gets a spot' system here? From what i read on the NZJoM, Auckland hospital 'employs 1/4th of all junior doctors in the country'.. does that mean interns or RMOs? and are there any other hospitals in Auckland that take interns? just getting ahead of myself while we wait... -_-
 
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g.walker said:
in reading up with the whole 'med student tsunami' thats about to hit Australia, im curious (not paranoid :p); do we have the 'everone gets a spot' system here? From what i read on the NZJoM, Auckland hospital 'employs 1/4th of all junior doctors in the country'.. does that mean interns or RMOs? and are there any other hospitals in Auckland that take interns? just getting ahead of myself while we wait... -_-
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all RMOs still a mess. This weekend actually was messy in terms of cover
 
HSFY Otago

hey guys i just did hsfy at otago, Had a crap umat but was average in the year.

If you guys want advice on what not to do then check my blog out

https://aneurosci.blogspot.com

Thanks
 
Can someone give me a breakdown of how seats are allocated at UoA.
As far as i know there are 227 seats (191 in the 2009 cohort + 36 under the MoH plan).

Thnx..(yy)
 
Indiana_91 said:
Can someone give me a breakdown of how seats are allocated at UoA.
As far as i know there are 227 seats (191 in the 2009 cohort + 36 under the MoH plan).

Thnx..(yy)
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Is it really 227? I have no clue since when I entered med school the cohort was at 135-150 ish

The bigger question is how will the med school cope. I know they struggled with 175 let alone 225
 
Officially, around 110 places were for general entry this year. 2/3 of this was for OLY1 people. The rest are for MAPAS (45) and ROMPE (30), and like 10 were reserved for international students.

There were an additional 36 places in comparison with 2009, but apparently all the new seats were allocated to MAPAS and ROMPE.
 
Haha yea...if my sources r correct (MSO members)...only 135?...wow..I guess it would've been pretty competitive back then..

O and one more thing...is there a set number of places that go to MAPAS and ROMPE...or does it fluctuate year to year...
 
Indiana_91 said:
Haha yea...if my sources r correct (MSO members)...only 135?...wow..I guess it would've been pretty competitive back then..

O and one more thing...is there a set number of places that go to MAPAS and ROMPE...or does it fluctuate year to year...
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I believe there is a preset number of seats each year for MAPAS and ROMPE. Also, more seats tend to attract more students, but keep in mind that once you get an interview, your chances are theoretically 50/50, so the number of seats shouldnt be much of a worry

If anyone else is bored to death like I am waiting on orientation, you can give this a read: https://www.health.auckland.ac.nz/courses/dermatology. reminded me of our reproductive systems lab in medsci last year... the picture of the genital warts-infected penis remains engraved in my head till this day :mellow: (that was disgusting)

EDIT: Say lordgarlic, why would they struggle with more students; lack of resources or something?
 
From my understanding the new larger cohort for medicine threatens the tight culture of the programme and also the resources for teaching us medicine students. Also the chances are more like 30% for general medicine entry after you get an interview. The MAPAS programme my friend told me had maybe >80% entry rate after an interview
 
Yang said:
From my understanding the new larger cohort for medicine threatens the tight culture of the programme and also the resources for teaching us medicine students. Also the chances are more like 30% for general medicine entry after you get an interview. The MAPAS programme my friend told me had maybe >80% entry rate after an interview
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There was 45 MAPAS places and they only interviewed just over 50 people for those places so it was a very high entry rate.
 
wow, thats quite the number, will we fit into the lecture theatres / labs etc ? 227 is pretty close to the max seating capacity isn't it?
 
I guess thats why theyre renovating the campus. Yang, what do you mean by 'threatens the tight culture of the programme'?
 
the problems facing the clinical program are both in the preclinical and clinical domains.

In the preclinical areas, there is not enough room in lecture theatres nor the anatomy labs to house 225 people. Inevitably the numbers will be squished more and suddenly you will find 11 to a cadaver instead of 7 so learning opportunities may decrease

In the clinical setting, you will suddenly find yourself with 2 students on a team as opposed to one, essentially meaning half the learning opportunity and 1 on 1 time with the patients.
 
Hey guys, I am enrolling into BSc- Biomed this year at Auckland Uni. I haven't done Bio in my high school and I was just wondering if that would be off any disadvantage on my part. I have done chem and phys but just not bio. Thanks in advance.
 
vamsiaus said:
Hey guys, I am enrolling into BSc- Biomed this year at Auckland Uni. I haven't done Bio in my high school and I was just wondering if that would be off any disadvantage on my part. I have done chem and phys but just not bio. Thanks in advance.
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You would be on a slight disadvantage, as it is a Biology course after all, and some stuff others will already have learnt before.

On the other hand, it might spur you to work harder than the others, which would be great.
 
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