Otago HSFY chat - archive

[greenglacier]

Yeah I skipped a few Maori lectures, but thats because they were boring and the walk from Selwyn was quite far, compared to going to St Davids!:lols:

This is why I did economics instead of Maori. It was actually something where I looked forward to lectures (they were really interesting and the lecturer was awesome).

It was harder to get a high mark in though (though I think the fact that I found it enjoyable helped me here)...

 

[SASOL]

Maori had its interesting moments, just mainly not lol.
Plus when you can get 100% in the essays what better paper to take?
And it only required about 2 hours of study in total before the final exam!

Great!!!!!!!(yy)

 

[gtr8]

lol yeah i studied for maori the day before the exam, it was funny how they repeated most of the 2008 mcq questions. If only I put more effort into the internals sigh...

 

[SASOL]

Lol I didn't even do a practice exam for it:heyes:

 

[gtr8]

Lol you should have 30-35 out of the 40 questions were exactly the same. My friends that did econ also told me they repeated most of the mcq questions from previous years. I guess it just goes to show the examiners acually feel for us poor health sci students (or they may be just losing their creativity)

 

[SASOL]

Yeah well didn't the lecturer in maori, Suzanne I think, said that they know us poor health scis have it tough lol. Man the non health scis hated our grumbling

 

[La Nuit]

wot about if i wanna try for post grad med in australia? will i need gamsat then??

 

[SASOL]

wot about if i wanna try for post grad med in australia? will i need gamsat then??

Yeah you will, but bear in mind you have to pay a portion of the fees each year if you study at an Australian medical school and aren't an Australian citizen. Its around $8000 I think.

 

[skyglow1]

wot about if i wanna try for post grad med in australia? will i need gamsat then??

Yes.

Edit: Beaten.

About the whole repeating MCQ thing, the MCQ exam for med 2 consisted nearly entirely of past paper MCQs. There were people leaving the exam room after about 20 mins (the exam is 2 hours) because of that haha. Really tough to come up with original, high quality MCQs.

 

[SASOL]

About the whole repeating MCQ thing, the MCQ exam for med 2 consisted nearly entirely of past paper MCQs. There were people leaving the exam room after about 20 mins (the exam is 2 hours) because of that haha. Really tough to come up with original, high quality MCQs.

Awesome!:heyes::drool:
So they obviously release the MCQs from previous years?

 

[skyglow1]

They did a blunder. They released previous years' MCQs with answers at the start of the year, then withdrew them and only put the questions up. Of course people had downloaded them and kept copies (they were up for quite some time), but seeing the questions and possible answers already helped a lot obviously.

 

[SASOL]

Bugger, I was hoping I wouldn't have to work out the answers all by myself lol

 

[skyglow1]

And yeah you will have time to do stuff like play rugby...the course is so laid back it's crazy ><

 

[SASOL]

:drool:Sweet, thats made my day!
So there is a lot more spare time in med obviously, woohoo. So glad I won't be sitting around all day gaining weight lol

 

[lock_on]

:drool:Sweet, thats made my day!
So there is a lot more spare time in med obviously, woohoo. So glad I won't be sitting around all day gaining weight lol

studying about health is unhealthy <_<

 

[SASOL]

So very true:blink:

 

[HealthSci]

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For the whole year, i only missed one lecture, and that was L45 Viruses

in CELS. i was up to date throughout the whole course and it really helped

me, cos i didn't have to panick when the tests were coming up. If i would

give some advice, i would write up notes for the days lectures at that

night, and never leave them till the next day. I stuck with that the whole

time, so i didn't have to cram before exams. I could just revise my notes.

Just write down important notes during the lectures and copy the lecture

slide + your own notes in an exercise book. Trust me, it's all worth it

Never procrastinate, otherwise you could end up with a mess when the

finals come up.

 

[SASOL]

Yep well said. I never took many notes in lectures, just listened and took notes after. Made it easier to concentrate on what the lecturer was saying

 

[greenglacier]

i would write up notes for the days lectures at that

night, and never leave them till the next day. I stuck with that the whole

time, so i didn't have to cram before exams. I could just revise my notes.

Just write down important notes during the lectures and copy the lecture

slide + your own notes in an exercise book. Trust me, it's all worth it

Never procrastinate, otherwise you could end up with a mess when the

finals come up.

That's pretty much what I did + studied my arse off just before exams (and quite a bit before tests). It involved a lot of work, but at least I didn't have to cram late into the night at any stage. Oh, and for HUBS I tried to do the pre-readings before the lecture (and mostly succeeded at this).

 

[SASOL]

Yeah I usually kept up to date with pre reading in first semester, but unfortunately not in second