Otago HSFY chat - archive

[SASOL]

What hall are you at greenglacier?
Anyone heard of other people with bad scores? though I suppose they wouldn't really tell you haha
Oh by the way, well done greenglacier!!

 

[docca.emb]

How did you all do in UMAT?? I got 87 and thought it was fairly decent... Then I hear my mates getting 96.. 98 and 3 100s.... seriously??

 

[Deleted member 4350]

Phwoar - crazy scores...How did you go in each section docca? Siiick score btw greenglacier.

 

[pete7]

75 for me
Cheers for ruining my year acer

 

[Deleted member 4350]

That's not bad pete. How were each of your sections? I know someone who got 60's in UMAT with high 80's GPA and got in.

 

[pete7]

1:57
2:43
3:65
Im assuming these are raws not percentiles

 

[docca.emb]

57
52
65

I think the most gutting thing is the fact that 2 or 3 more right answers could have improved your score by heaps.

How did you do koochkooch? [edit: that's right you haven't checked yet, man that must be tough..]

 

[Deleted member 4350]

Not checking until after finals >.< You guys wil be sweet so long as your average is 85+

 

[skyglow1]

Remember about the 45/45/10 weighting. Seems you guys Pete and Docca could be affected by it because of your higher section 3 scores.

 

[docca.emb]

Just a question about the postgrad entry. So we would do a BSc for 2 years and re-apply in our 3rd year. And if successful we go into first year med is that right? Or do we cut in somewhere in the middle?

 

[skyglow1]

That is correct. So you'd apply in your 3rd year of uni, and if successful, you start med in your 4th year of uni (and you would be a 2nd year med student).

 

[ChickenPie]

I sat UMAT this year as a year 13, going to Otago next year.

Got 58/63/56 and 90th percentile, was pretty stoked with this. Will probably repeat the test next year as they're now taking highest scores from past two years, well they will next year anyway.

but my question, is this is a score for med which gives me a decent peace of mind for next year? I assume the higher S1 and S2 scores will prove advantageous...

 

[skyglow1]

Those S1 and S2 scores are certainly enough, and with their system of taking the better mark, what you could do is rest easy and take the UMAT again with minimal preparation, and concentrate 100% on getting good paper marks whilst your friends freak out about UMAT

 

[taddy]

ahh umat... the bane of us all

hey skyglow, which papers could i add the a BSc that are the closest to the med paper? i heard the physiology papers are quite similar

 

[skyglow1]

Physiology + Anatomy, but they are quite hard. I would not choose the papers just on their relevance to med. It'd be hard to do well in a paper you aren't interested in and absolutely hating the word. The advantage of having done physiology + anatomy papers is not that significant anyway. There's alot of other stuff we learn, especially the clinical side of things, which you wouldn't pick up in those kind of papers.

 

[gustavofring]

from my experience, maintaing a high gpa over 3 years takes quite a bit of perserverance
It's not like you have no life, but on the other hand you're never really "free" and you're tied down to something for so long
I considered giving up 32624624646 times throughout my degree so Im kinda suprised I made it this far :blink:

Im currently in the final semester of a BSc in Auckland but I guess a good thing abt postgrad entry is the umat requirement (I got about 41% [48 raw score] in 2008 and apparently thats enough for the threshold from the email I sent, at least I hope...)

physiology papers are hard I think and although some things are similar, the things that they teach you in a BSc is more to do with experimental rather than clinical aspects so its a bit different

anyway good luck if you choose to try post grad entry

 

[SASOL]

Anyone know which papers are relatively easy for a BSc?

 

[LightGrenades]

Hey everyone!
I just checked my UMAT and it actually nearly made me cry! (lol...)

1: 61
2: 54
3: 48
Overall: 51 Percentile: 71%

I'm just wondering what kind of effect the 45/45/10 weighting will have on my score... Obviously it will be helpful because section 3 was my worst by quite a bit, but do you guys think it will make much difference?

 

[greenglacier]

Um LightGrenades, are you sure you wrote down the correct figures for your individual section scores, because those average out at 54, not 51...

SASOL, in terms of graduate entry, the advice given by the admissions office is to do a degree that you find interesting and useful. What would you do after your degree if you didn't get into medicine? What if you decided during your degree that you no longer wanted to do medicine?

Furthermore, if you find the degree interesting, you're more likely to do well at it. In terms of easy papers to take, that's an individual thing.

Personally if I was going for graduate entry, I'd do chemistry, with a touch of statistics and calculus - but that's not to say that you'd find that the easiest, or interesting, or useful.

 

[SASOL]

People keep telling me I still have a chance at med from HSFY, but it think they are just saying that to make me feel better.
Well I like HUBS and am good at it, so if I do a BSc ill prob do physiology, as ive heard its like hubs, but then pharmacology sounds cool as well. At least I have options. All is not lost(yy) I couldnt imagine not doing med, so I think I have the motivation to get in post grad, if anything this little mishap has made me more determined haha.


I havent heard of many bad scores at Selwyn, but a mate of mine at Carrington said hes heard of quite a few people who really did bad in UMAT like me, like they are doing good in their papers and stuff, but probably have no chance at med now......and I thought Carrington was hard out. Just goes to show UMAT trips up the best of us!