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so if I did health science first year in Otago, and then in the 2nd year went to Auckland to do a 2nd year paper and then in the 3rd year, am I eligible to apply for Otago med graduate entry?
 
lambchops said:
Oh cool, yeap I'm applying for 2010 entry if that's what you mean.
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Oo Good luck, hope you do some nice prepping for the interview. By the way do you mind if I ask what your cumulative GPA is? I think they look at your two most recent years now for graduate entry.

Ironic said:
so if I did health science first year in Otago, and then in the 2nd year went to Auckland to do a 2nd year paper and then in the 3rd year, am I eligible to apply for Otago med graduate entry?
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Yes, provided your first year papers are coss-credited corrrectly to your auckland degree and they will look at your GPA for all three years, with 3rd year grades weighing most, then second year and then first year weighing the least.
 
one_soul said:
Oo Good luck, hope you do some nice prepping for the interview. By the way do you mind if I ask what your cumulative GPA is? I think they look at your two most recent years now for graduate entry.
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Thanks :) Probably think more about my interview after I get all my essays done and sit my exams haha. My first-year GPA was very poor, but for my last 3 semesters (i.e. Year 2 onwards) it's 8.50. I'm really glad they introduced the new criteria for graduate entry...otherwise I probably wouldn't have much of a chance.
 
Hey guys, quick q...

Postgrad Otago med: interview or no interview?
 
How'd everyone go in hubs?
 
I thought HUBS was pretty good, though a bit harder than I expected.

The mini-essay was exceptionally nice and easy though! Hopefully Matt Bevin was right when he said that one in the final exam will be very similar.

On another matter, marks from the second HEAL192 test have just been released - look in the same place as the first.
 
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This was a hubs answer....if you came here a year earlier you would have got it for free
 
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Oh, I got 58/62 (93.5%, 29/31), which I suppose I should be happy with, but in all honesty, I thought I'd only get one question wrong at most. I'm just really interested to see where I lost those marks, and the interpretations that the epi staff had in mind when they were writing the test...

You know how these sorts of things can bug you?
 
Public Liability said:
Hey guys, I'm interested to know, what did you guys write about for that essay question?
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ADH, made in hypothalamus, stored in posterior pituitary neurosecretion in blood, aquaporins on collecting duct membrane, inc permeability, HOMG allows water to move across and be reabsorbed to restore osmolarity. More or less.

HUBS test was harder than expected - a few dodgy qs. The aldosterone q was PCT right?
 
Aldosterone would increase reabsorption in DCT/CD, but the bulk reabsorption of sodium would still be PCT would it not? DCT is only fine tuning of electrolytes where as PCT = bulk reabsorption (65% of all sodium reabsorption). But who am I to question the HUBS-master :)
 
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