Please read: About MSO | Annual Welcome and Important Information | MSO Rules
What's NewIf you would like to get involved with MSO or have ideas, suggestions, comments, criticisms or other feedback please Contact Us
Registered members with 100+ posts do not see Ads
Hi,
Have you guys considered all other options/courses also?
hi there, I'm planning on doing BBiomedSc majoring in Drugs and Human health doing: PHAL211, MIC221, GENE221, ANAT241 in sem1 and PATH201, PHAL212, PHSL232 an MICR223 in second sem. Bit worried the work load will be huge.... want an A+ average as want to do Postgrad Medicine (will apply Auckland and Otago). I got an A+ average in HSFY... just didn't do so great in UMAT lol. Any advice/ insight into these papers would be fabulous!!
Hi,
I would personally recommend something else over BBiomedSc unless you really need the degree for future career options that you actually know of. It could be just me but I see more people with near 9.0 scores from another degree. A lot of my friends chose BSc over BBiomedSc and they are glad they did. Some people just jump into BBiomedSc without doing enough research about the course or career opportunities that may follow IN COMPARISON to other degress. However, BBiomedSc is a great degree nonetheless.
In terms of the workload, I would not say BBiomedSc is worse than any other degrees. Most degrees/papers require a lot of effort and they are about the same if you really look into it/take the papers yourself. Essentially, don't choose a degree based on it's workload. After all, you can do the same papers (almost) in a Bsc.
A lot of those papers you mentioned were discussed to some extent on the Graduate Entry sub-forum. Some are a bit outdated but it's a good start for now. I recommend making use of the search function at the top right corner of the website.
Good luck and hats off to your A+ average in HSFY.
Hi @Stuart , can I ask what degrees these people do?It could be just me but I see more people with near 9.0 scores from another degree
Hi @asdfdsa
Firstly, you don't need an A+ average to get into medicine via the post-grad route, but it's great that you've set your standards so high. Doing eight 200 level science papers will demand a lot of time, but it's not extraordinary. Many people do this, and many of them do well. I think you paper selection at the moment is really good. I've done PHAL 211, MICR 221, ANAT 241, PHAL 212, and MICR 223 and liked all of them a lot. I recommend PHSL 233 over PHSL 232. PHSL 233 is a great paper. Note that I didn't actually do PHSL 232, but friends of mine who did both said that PHSL 233 was more enjoyable to study than PHSL 232... unless you really like cardio/respiratory physiology.
There is really no difference between BBiomedSc and BSc regarding career options... you can't get a decent job in science with either. For that you have to do MSc or PhD, and no one will care what your undergrad degree was if you've got a PhD (NB: I'm not too sure if you can do MSc if you've done BBiomedSc???). I signed up for BBiomedSc in second year but switched to BSc in third year because I just really liked pharmacology and wanted to do more of those papers. Yes, the BBiomedSc degree allows you some flexibility in your paper selection... but you have to choose these papers from a list. I didn't really like the sound of the other 300 level papers you could choose for the Drugs and Human Health major, so BSc was a pretty good choice for me. I was able to do more PHAL papers, and the other papers I wanted to do... which wouldn't have been possible if I had stayed in the BBiomedSc degree. The Bachelor of Science is also more well known overseas... not many universities offer a degreed called Bachelor of Biomedical Science.
Another thing to be aware of is the structure of the honours course for each degree. For BSc(Hons) you'll do a research project in addition to doing 400 level papers. This means doing assignments, exams, attending lectures etc. For BBiomedSc(Hons) you just do lab work. To my knowledge, there are no extra papers you do... so no lectures to attend, exams etc.
My advice to you is to keep your current paper selection, work hard, and figure out what subjects you like in second year. At the end of second year you will have a better idea of where you stand in terms of GPA, what subjects you like best, and what degree you think will be most appropriate for you. I also highly recommend doing summer school in 2018.
Hi @Stuart , can I ask what degrees these people do?
why BSC over BBiomedSc? I thought that doing the BBiomedSc would be better, as has fewer compulsory papers, so meant I could do more of the papers that I was interested in?
Registered members with 100+ posts do not see Ads
Hi I failed Health Science last year failing HUBS192, Bioc192, Pubh192
So this year I am taking Bachelor of Science (Neuro) and I was wondering if those who took these papers could give me some advice/guid lines on how to survive... I want to get into a health professional course through post graduate but I lost all confidence because of last year
Here are the papers: GENE221 MAOR110 PHSL231 PSYC111 ANAT242 BIOC192 PSYC211 PUBH192 HUBS192
And is it possible to do these many 100-level papers and get in through post graduate?
Hello!
Last year I did HSFY but only got an A average so didn't manage to make it into medicine. I am planning to reapply postgrad into Auckland (obviously I will apply for both med schools though) so need to get good grades. I was wondering what people thought of the following degree plan, and I was also wondering if majoring in Neuroscience rather than biomed is going to be a disadvantage later on. Here is the plan:
Second year...
SS: Stat110
S1: Psyc111, Phsl231, either Math151 or Anat241
S2: Psyc211, Anat242, Zool223
Third year...
SS: Hunt233
S1: Phsl341/342 (what is the difference?!), Anat336, Psyc313
S2: Anat335, Phsl233, Path201
Thoughts and feelings?
Hi,
I hope your STAT110 is going alright. Good luck with your final exam.
Could you explain why this is? <Math151 or Anat241>
I would not recommend PATH201 in your third year unless if it's for your interest. Too much workload.
Hey guys,
Just planning out my degree for the year. Got an A+ average last year in HSFY but the competition was too tough. (Smart bunch haha)
Anyway, just wondering if I could get some thoughts/comments re my paper selection for the year?
S1: PHSL 231, PHSI231, STAT110
S2: PHSL232, PHSL233, PHSI232, MATH170
I wanted to do a physiology major and a physics minor. I loved physics at high school and got an Outstanding Scholarship so thats my logic behind that. Any papers I should change? Is 7 ok or should I be looking at 8 papers?
Cheers
Registered members with 100+ posts do not see Ads
Yeah, not a lot of people on here would have done much physics I'm afraid. I think all sciences are going to have significant lab components, including physiology. Physiology also has a number of presentations and group work that contributes to your grade, which you might see as not entirely fair. Also, no harm in contacting the physics department to chat about their papers.I just wasn't too sure about some of the other physics papers with greater involvement in lab assessment etc. I just can't find anything on medstudentonline re the difficulty of the physics papers. Is Physiology considered a relatively fair course? (In terms of marking, lectures etc)
Registered members with 100+ posts do not see Ads