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What's UNCLE?

veridis, maybe you should read this article again. Quotes from the article: "But Australian-born students still dominate medical schools, contrary to widespread belief about the ascendancy of Chinese-born locals." Implying that this article is aimed at the issue of Asian-born students. "The...

In reply to Hurri, I posted this thread here because it occured to me that it kinda belonged here more than in General. And I'm far from bitter :) I am merely putting the UMAT under scrutiny as to what actual purpose it serves, and why it's implementation is warranted. When I refer to the UMAT...

Hello guys. I have posted the above-titled thread previously in the General section about a month ago. You can see that thread here. I was wondering whether you guys who are currently doing medicine/dentistry or who have applied for it previously have seen that thread before. I would really like...

Yeah. UNSW, for some reason, has never really appealed to me. I know, I know, it's supposed to rule in commerce and stuff, but yeah, USYD ain't so bad either.

Peeps, I stand corrected :) All bow to UNSW's Commerce might! :D But neh, I'm still going to USYD soon. I'll just go to AGSM when I wanna do my MBA then :P P.S.: Wow, seen how low Oxford, and especially Cambridge is in that list? UK unis are being creamed by those US ones. There are even 2...

The US universities system is broken. They run their universities there like businesses. All 8 of the Ivy League unis there are private ones, with hefty tuition fees. So don't be duped into thinking that Ivy League graduates there are all top class students and such. It has more to do with how...

Is UNSW/USYD/Macq U's MBA program all rolled into that AGSM? If not, where the heck is UNSW's MBA program in that chart? Lol, so much for UNSW's preceived 'dominance' in the Commerce field! :D P.S.: Melbourne Uni got their MBA program onto the list, higher than the AGSM as well.

Lol, I applaud your faith in those interviewer's abilities in weeding out those 'not-so-commited' potential med students from the whole bunch :D But what if they were mistaken on some occasions? Can you be absolutely sure that that dude who got a UAI of 100 in the 2004 HSC (I think his name was...

Current Course: B. Business UTS Transfer Course: B. Commerce USYD GPA: 5.0, or a bit less, i think :P 2004 UAI: 91.80 NRSL: 90.4 I think the NRSL cut-off for B. Com at USYD was about 89. It seems to me that there are many more transfers from other unis into UNSW, and very few people like me...

- AsyLum Yeah, but that's the point. Doesn't what you say apply to every other profession as well? So why is only medicine/dentistry singled out? Why isn't admission into all those other courses subjected to interviews and such as well?

- Frigid Maybe I should have clarified my first post a little bit better. I was referring more on the interview component of UMAT. On those type of students that you've pointed out above, granted, their reasons for wanting to do medicine may not be as noble as "I want to save as many lives...

Think about it. Why was UMAT introduced anyway? To ensure that future doctors have good interpersonal skills? Nonsense. Ever seen Dr House? If you're a great doctor, what does it matter whether your interpersonal skills suck? Patients would still flock to you. To ensure that the English...

Ok now, there seem to be a lot of fob-bashing going on around here, and since I'm Asian, I just wanna clarify a few things first. I just wanna know, by referring to fobs, are you are referring to just international students or generally Asians as well? If it's the former, even though not very...

Hey guys, doesn't it piss you off that Victorian unis seem to always kick NSW unis's asses when it comes to those rankings? Why is it that Melbourne Uni consistantly kicks Sydney Uni and UNSW's asses? Is that our equivalent of Harvard or Cambridge or something? I wonder if it's cut-offs for...