UQ UQ Medicine: Provisional Entry Questions and Discussion

[medschool]

Thanks that's actually quite helpful. I have to maintain a 5.0 GPA average, is that hard to do with a course like Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Science? Would it be better to choose an easier course so I can easily maintain that GPA without as much work?

 

[Crow]

Thanks that's actually quite helpful. I have to maintain a 5.0 GPA average, is that hard to do with a course like Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Biomedical Science/Bachelor of Science? Would it be better to choose an easier course so I can easily maintain that GPA without as much work?

No, you’ll be fine so long as you apply yourself and have interest in the coursework. There is no “easier” course - the course you find the easiest will be the one you find most interesting.

 

[topcheese17]

Would nursing be a good choice for the bachelor degree before entering the provisional Doctor of Medicine? Is it useful? Or would it be better picking biomedical science/health science.

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A1 replies: With a guaranteed provisional MD pick the degree that gives you an easier life in the 3 undergrad years.
Also consider the $ aspect - does Nursing cost less in HECS fees than Biomed/Health Sci?

 

[AM74]

Would nursing be a good choice for the bachelor degree before entering the provisional Doctor of Medicine? Is it useful? Or would it be better picking biomedical science/health science.

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A1 replies: With a guaranteed provisional MD pick the degree that gives you an easier life in the 3 undergrad years.
Also consider the $ aspect - does Nursing cost less in HECS fees than Biomed/Health Sci?

I chose pharmacy and exited after 3 years with a Bachelor of Pharmaceutics and Therapeutic Science. For me this was a great option as I could get work at a pharmacy as a student pharmacist in my undergrad. I found the work helped me with uni and vice versa. Could be an option for you to consider if you want paid work during your undergrad. The pharmacy study has also been useful in terms of knowledge and clinical experiences before going into MD.

 

[dotwingz]

There's a couple ex-provisional nurses in UQ MD and they seem to have their head a little more around the soft aspects of medicine. It doesnt give them any real head start in terms of content, but neither did biomed IMHO.

All the ones I know took a year off before starting MD to do a grad year then work casual / agency.

In saying that, nursing can be a bit of a tough degree because of the heavy placement requirements, biomed is tolerable enough to cruise your way through. Not a bad gig overall.

 

[Crow]

I agree, pharmacy and nursing offer advantages firstly in terms of background knowledge and experience in the healthcare system, but also because you can work reasonably well-paying jobs casually while studying. In my opinion these are better choices than biomed for those reasons.

 

[brel]

Hi I received an interview invite but was on the cutoff for ucat, is the 25% ucat only for determining interview invites, or is it used in the final ranking for offers as well?

 

[A1]

Hi I received an interview invite but was on the cutoff for ucat, is the 25% ucat only for determining interview invites, or is it used in the final ranking for offers as well?

UQ interview invites are actually 100% on UCAT.
The 25% is for place offers i.e. 25% ATAR + 25% UCAT + 50% Interview.

 

[brel]

UQ interview invites are actually 100% on UCAT.
The 25% is for place offers i.e. 25% ATAR + 25% UCAT + 50% Interview.

ok thank you, would you say having a borderline cutoff ucat would affect chances for a final place offer, or not rly because of heavier weighting on atar and interviews?

 

[A1]

would you say having a borderline cutoff ucat would affect chances for a final place offer

Yes UCAT does have an effect on UQ offer chances, being 25% of your final-rank score.

To visualise in a simplified way, see UQ final ranking as based on 4 components (1 ATAR, 1 UCAT, 2 Interview).
Borderline UCAT means you are low in the UCAT component, but you have 3 other components to rank higher than other applicants to balance up. Get a good ATAR and do a great interview you can be high enough for an offer.

 

[brel]

Yes UCAT does have an effect on UQ offer chances, being 25% of your final-rank score.

To visualise in a simplified way, see UQ final ranking as based on 4 components (1 ATAR, 1 UCAT, 2 Interview).
Borderline UCAT means you are low in the UCAT component, but you have 3 other components to rank higher than other applicants to balance up. Get a good ATAR and do a great interview you can be high enough for an offer.

ok thank you so much!

 

[link1]

hi for all the UQ unis like uq unisq and uni cqu do u think its safe to take them off my qtac now since i didn't get an interview? theres no top up interviews are there? I'm thinking of removing them to add griffith

 

[dotwingz]

UQ's new pathway to the Doctor of Medicine

Everything you need to know about our 6-year Bachelor of Medical Science / Doctor of Medicine

study.uq.edu.au

FYI… now 6 year provisional with 2+4

Probably to compete with QUT, and Griffith… and Bond… and JCU.

TBH… I didn’t know why they didn’t do this yonks ago. It was part of the old MBBS, it makes no real sense to make students do a 3rd year undergraduate degree. Whatever