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Depends how demanding the degree is outside of your time on campus I guess, and how much money you need. Online lectures aren't a big deal if they are recorded, then you can watch them whenever you want, but if they're live then that will be inconvenient. If you don't need to do a huge amount of...

Yeah, when I did some research I found some negative ones too. I can't find too much specifically about echo though, and what I did find is from a while ago now (or at least based on experiences a few years ago), so things may have changed. I will keep looking around and trying to find more info...

Hi guys, I am trying to decide between these two degrees. B Echocardiography & Cardiac Physiology/Grad Dip Echocardiography - CQU B Paramedicine - ACU I would really enjoy both of the degrees and I believe both of the careers. I am already a uni student so would be transferring, and have...

Honestly, in most fields in Aus, the uni does not matter. Law is an exception. You can succeed no matter your uni, but it will be substantially easier for you, especially when you are beginning, if you go to a Go8 law school.

It does not matter what your major is for the majority of medical schools. What matters if that you have a high GPA/WAM, a high GAMSAT, and then perform well in your interview if you get one. For some med schools (UND and UOW) they also consider a portfolio, so things like leadership...

Generally, you do 2000 in 2nd year and 3000 in 3rd year. You can vary this a bit if you meet prerequisites though. BUT -- the reason you are seeing this "2021 Session 2, North Ryde, Day" is because it is showing the availability of that unit for 2021. It is listed on your study planner as you...

Do you mean the academic medal/faculty medal? These are awarded for honours degrees. I believe UON only introduced the honours component in recent years, so it is possible no one has graduated from the honours degree yet, hence no one has been eligible to be awarded a medal. You could always...

It is very, very unlikely that the uni you got your radiography degree from will be a factor in employment. Uni matters in very few professions, and to few employers. Radiography is not one. Again, uni ranking won't matter. And I have known a few students who have completed or are completed DR...

If you want to get into research (possibly/probably development too, but I am less clear about this), you'll want to get a PhD. That's where you'll be able to start doing proper research and then will have doors open up for you. You'll need an honours year to get into a PhD (you could apply for...

Yep! And then you've got to factor in that many applicants won't get into med on their first or second try - could be third, fourth, fifth try. I know someone who wasn't accepted for 7 years, and now even if they get into specialty training on the first attempt, it will have taken them 16 years...

In the long run, yes. I just want them to realise that it takes a long time to get there though. E.g. let's take the shortest pathway to become a specialist in Australia. A GP who did a 5yr undergrad med degree. 5yrs uni + PGY1 + 3yrs GP training = 9 years to become a specialist. Let's take a...

Check your timetable. You usually don't have to attend lectures, you will be able to watch the recordings online. But you will likely have tutorials/pracs/seminars/labs/etc. and these tend to start in week 1 or 2. Usually they are compulsory and attendance is marked. A lot of subjects have an...

These are great points. From the start of uni to the end of med school will be 5-7 years minimum, depending on if you do undergrad or postgrad and if you get in the first time you apply, which most people do not. That's 5-7 years of debt. There's a chance you will decide to (or possibly need...

A session is a semester (autumn session, spring session = semester 1 and 2). So if you're doing a 3 year degree it is 6 sessions, or a 4 year degree, is 8 sessions, and your scholarship will cover the whole thing. If you're doing a 5 year degree, it will only cover the first 4 years.

What would you like to major in? What would you like to do as a career if you never get into medicine? These are two things to think about. There are a lot more degrees than just your standard BA and BSc. What other jobs appeal to you as backups? If medicine is the goal, then that is excellent...