UoA 'What papers should I do at UoA for graduate entry' Chat/enquiries

[bigmacattack]

Hi there!
Because of not really knowing what I want from my future, I was thinking about pulling out of the med pathway for BHSc in Semester 2. However, I still want to keep med as an option just in case I want to get in through postgraduate studies.
I was wondering if I could complete MEDSCI 142 at a later stage as I would really like this semester just to be about figuring out what I like and what I don’t, or if I even need to do it at all. I’ve already emailed FMHS but I was wondering if anyone has gone through something similar?
Thanks!

 

[Hollyw28]

Hi there!
Because of not really knowing what I want from my future, I was thinking about pulling out of the med pathway for BHSc in Semester 2. However, I still want to keep med as an option just in case I want to get in through postgraduate studies.
I was wondering if I could complete MEDSCI 142 at a later stage as I would really like this semester just to be about figuring out what I like and what I don’t, or if I even need to do it at all. I’ve already emailed FMHS but I was wondering if anyone has gone through something similar?
Thanks!

If you're keen to stick in the biological/health/medical science field, I'd recommend doing 142 this year. It is a prerequisite for a lot of 2nd year papers (mainly MEDSCIs but also some BIOSCIs). It will give you a taste of physiology, which is some of the real mediciney stuff that you won't have encountered in your first semester papers. Doing this paper might help you decide if you're still into medicine or not (although there is much more to it beyond the science!). If you're considering from moving from the biological/health/medical sciences altogether, then it would be cool to take the opportunity to explore different options. 142 is a tough paper at the end of the day so if you don't have to do it then don't. But if you're sticking to the general field of human biology it is a necessary paper to understand the basic workings of the body and should be done sooner rather than later in my opinion!

 

[Diglit]

Updated:
S1:

• Medsci 311
• Medsci 307
• Biosci 350

S2:

• Biosci 353
• Medsci 305
• Econ151g
• Scischol 302

I only need 7 courses because I did 9 (including Scischol 202) last year.

Medsci 309 seemed like too much trouble. Does anybody have any further thoughts on Medsci 305 and Medsci 307? They seemed rather interesting - 305 being much physiology (akin to medsci 205) but with some extra pharmacology; while 307 seemed to take a similar tone, but with brain/nervous physiology/disease, plus the pharmacology side.

I've heard there are group projects for these two courses, which has seemed to be the cause of much criticism. Does anybody have any insight into them?

Thanks

Hi there, was wondering if you had any notes for Biosci 353 by any chance?

 

[Diglit]

Hi!

This is going to be quite a lengthy explanation so thank you so much if you have the time to lend a helping hand.

Just finished first year pre- med and didn’t get in so extremely lost regarding career/ degree.

Wanted to apply for postgrad med but they’ve recently changed it so it’s your whole undergrad GPA that counts (as opposed to your last two years), so the stakes are even higher than before (for me). I’ve chosen to change to a double major in physiology and exercise science with the mindset that if I don’t get into med, if I go into research, there will still be some people interaction (I could not work in a test tube research lab).

These are the papers that I’m planning to take in 2020:

Semester 1

EXERSCI101
EXERSCI103
EXERSCI201
MEDSCI205
MEDSCI203

Semester 2

EXERSCI204
MEDSCI206
STATS101
EXERSCI206

I was hoping to get quite general advice-
1. How do I find my plan B? I’ve gone to careers, science centre, seminars, talked to people etc. but still not finding anything else that really sparks my interest.
2. Does my 2020 classes seem okay in terms of workload- particularly concerned about semester one.

Thank you so much again!

Hi there, how did you find exersci 101 and 103, which would you recommend?

 

[wannaberick]

If you're keen to stick in the biological/health/medical science field, I'd recommend doing 142 this year. It is a prerequisite for a lot of 2nd year papers (mainly MEDSCIs but also some BIOSCIs). It will give you a taste of physiology, which is some of the real mediciney stuff that you won't have encountered in your first semester papers. Doing this paper might help you decide if you're still into medicine or not (although there is much more to it beyond the science!). If you're considering from moving from the biological/health/medical sciences altogether, then it would be cool to take the opportunity to explore different options. 142 is a tough paper at the end of the day so if you don't have to do it then don't. But if you're sticking to the general field of human biology it is a necessary paper to understand the basic workings of the body and should be done sooner rather than later in my opinion!

Hey, I saw you did PgDip in HSc. May I ask what papers you did? TIA!