Otago HSFY chat - archive

[the_international]

I don't think grades are higher. The averages for some tests have been higher, but then again just as many have been lower.

I dunno, a friend of mine said that unicol (not trying to imply its a bad hall, its just not as talked about) had 100 people get A averages (not just 85's either), that seems like alot to be honest, considering if you have anything above 86, A+ isnt out of scope for an overall average after 2nd sem.

Yeah BIOC is quite heavy, but its so interesting its worth it eh? well bar the lab work which we have to do ><

 

[patkirtan]

I dunno, a friend of mine said that unicol (not trying to imply its a bad hall, its just not as talked about) had 100 people get A averages (not just 85's either), that seems like alot to be honest, considering if you have anything above 86, A+ isnt out of scope for an overall average after 2nd sem.

Yeah BIOC is quite heavy, but its so interesting its worth it eh? well bar the lab work which we have to do ><

There's a huge difference between how many get A and A+ though. Sigh, this can be motivating though.

We'll see there's 3 papers and UMAT, things can turn around for anyone. A+ students fall and A students can rise.

Guh, I went over all the lectures... and now I can't remember anything.

 

[the_international]

There's a huge difference between how many get A and A+ though. Sigh, this can be motivating though.

We'll see there's 3 papers and UMAT, things can turn around for anyone. A+ students fall and A students can rise.

Guh, I went over all the lectures... and now I can't remember anything.

Yeah your right, theres still whole of sem 2 and ive def heard of the situation you mentioned above occuring.
Lol, you think you cant remember anything; try doing those worksheets I bet you'll remember the stuff when the questions are presented

 

[patkirtan]

Yeah your right, theres still whole of sem 2 and ive def heard of the situation you mentioned above occuring.
Lol, you think you cant remember anything; try doing those worksheets I bet you'll remember the stuff when the questions are presented

I think I should be done for Bioc by Wednesday =) I'll spend Thursday and Friday for lab stuff/glm.(yy)

Yeah man, ONE WHOLE SEMESTER TO GO.

Everything will unravel in 3 months time. =) Man i really want a Dent interview now.


EDIT: apparently the average for Epi midterm was 77 percent according to the Epi Tutor. [Highest for a Epi midterm EVER]

 

[papermoth]

[offtopic]Anyone here do scholarship exams? I could really do with some English schol essays :][/offtopic]

 

[greenglacier]

[offtopic]

Anyone here do scholarship exams? I could really do with some English schol essays :]

I did biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, statistics, and history if you need any examples from those, but no english sorry.[/offtopic]

 

[skyglow1]

[offtopic]I only barely passed english schol so I don't think mine would be great to look at lol[/offtopic]

 

[Rahrah]

Hey guys, I'm just trying to fill out my 'Immunity Status Form' for application to Otago med and I got a referral to go to Labtests from the doctors. Labtests quoted the tests to be $167!? Is that what everyone else is doing? That's crazy expensive.

 

[ChickenPie]

That's the cost bro. Pathlab was cheaper for me, but not by much.

 

[patkirtan]

That's the cost bro. Pathlab was cheaper for me, but not by much.

My Blood test and first aid certificate cost about $220 in total. :unsure:

 

[Rahrah]

I did the two day course for the first aid certificate so that cost $175, and they've given me a revised cost of $117 now for the immunity test. It's a lot of money, especially considering the low probability of acceptance. Oh well, there's going to be a lot of first aid trained, immunity status informed people around now haha.

 

[patkirtan]

I did the two day course for the first aid certificate so that cost $175, and they've given me a revised cost of $117 now for the immunity test. It's a lot of money, especially considering the low probability of acceptance. Oh well, there's going to be a lot of first aid trained, immunity status informed people around now haha.

I did the 2 day course 2 years ago, i just had to renew mine for 90 dollars. My blood test was 130 dollars.

 

[the_international]

did they show you guys a graph in epi with the mark distribution? how was it

 

[patkirtan]

did they show you guys a graph in epi with the mark distribution? how was it

Median 81 percent
30 people got 15/15
80 people got 14.52/15

approximately 250 people got A+ for this test. Which isn't a good thing

 

[I'mOnABoat]

You guys should have done your Immunity form back at home. I got mine done at home from the GP. It was free.

 

[greenglacier]

Median 81 percent
30 people got 15/15
80 people got 14.52/15

approximately 250 people got A+ for this test. Which isn't a good thing

Wow that's a lot better than the distribution for the first epi test last year:

Average 70%, 1 person got 15/15, approximately 45-50 people got A+

 

[patkirtan]

Wow that's a lot better than the distribution for the first epi test last year:

Average 70%, 1 person got 15/15, approximately 45-50 people got A+

Yeah, i was shocked at how many people got A+ [ and a little annoyed haha]

She did warn us that 'as a general rule the second terms test is harder than the first'

 

[the_international]

Wow 250 is so much, I wonder if their going to keep the same format for the next terms test; I assume they are since the final has apparently been published as well (according to tut)

 

[papermoth]

So...

In situations like the above- 250 people getting an A+ in a test, or say, a large number of people generally doing well overall- would UMAT be the next major factor to consider?

I mean I know it has a lot of weighing anyway (30% or something) but I always hear stuff about UMAT only really counting if your HSFY marks aren't looking up?

My question is; how are all the A/A+'ers distinguished (?)? Or are there different levels of A/A+?

Blah, if anyone understood that kudos to you :]

 

[patkirtan]

So...

In situations like the above- 250 people getting an A+ in a test, or say, a large number of people generally doing well overall- would UMAT be the next major factor to consider?

I mean I know it has a lot of weighing anyway (30% or something) but I always hear stuff about UMAT only really counting if your HSFY marks aren't looking up?

My question is; how are all the A/A+'ers distinguished (?)? Or are there different levels of A/A+?

Blah, if anyone understood that kudos to you :]

This test was easy and they don't usually scale MCQ tests. If a situation arises where there are 250 people with A+'s or not enough people passing, i think they scale the paper so that it is fairly distributed?

I don't think there'll be a situation where 250 people get all A+'s. But if that happens I think UMAT comes into play, it is worth 34 percent so it would help spread the competition.

Otago University looks at percentages gained rather than grades as opposed to Auckland University, so as long as you aim for the highest it doesn't matter how many people get the same 'grade' as you, as long as you have a higher percentage then them.

90 percent vs 98 percent is a huge difference, but they are both A+'s.