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    Take undergraduate medicine or aim for postgraduate?

    Yes you can and like medman, I'd also recommend doing biostatistics (math1015) instead of math1005. Stats is a pain.
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    Take undergraduate medicine or aim for postgraduate?

    Apologies for any confusion but I prefer to give recommendations and let others decide. Firstly, you'll need math1005/1015/1905 (statistics) for some 2nd year subjects such as physiology so remember to include that. If you think there is any realistic chance of you doing maths in 2nd year, you...
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    Take undergraduate medicine or aim for postgraduate?

    Yes I redid the UMAT last year (during 2nd year of my degree), Do the UMAT. For JMP/Newcastle/New England, get S1 score of 60+ and 50+ in section 2 and 3, then do the interview. For UWS, it's a bit unclear now but 3rd section WAS weighted half, have a look around at the forum, it's been...
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    Take undergraduate medicine or aim for postgraduate?

    Thanks medman and everyone for your replies After thinking about it, I ended up accepting the offer (and as someone I talked to today said, if you're having such a hard time deciding between the two, there's probably not much difference). Will be a massive relief to not have to do the GAMSAT...
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    Take undergraduate medicine or aim for postgraduate?

    Thanks guys for your responses. Agree on the prestige point but I think it would be an advantage to complete medicine with friends - I wasn't referring to friends in other courses in USYD who I'd probably see as often as I would if I was at Newcastle. Agreed, this is why I originally...
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    Take undergraduate medicine or aim for postgraduate?

    I’m in a bit of an uncertain situation and confused state of mind. I’ve finished 2 out of 3 years of a science degree and I received a bonded offer to University of Newcastle. As happy as I am to get in (and would’ve jumped at this opportunity last year), I’m more interested in going to USYD...
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