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Hi everyone, my name is Adhirath Senthil. Having graduated high school in 2020, I am going to be entering 3rd year of the Doctor of Medicine program at Bond University. With the UCAT testing approaching soon in a few months, it is imperative that all students can knuckle down on their...

Another one I can think of is that if someone is planning to do a course in uni which requires a 95, they might see it better to aim for a 98 rather than a 95, in case during externals, a few things don't go as planned.

Hi everyone, my name is Adhirath Senthil. Having graduated in 2020 and completing my first year of Actuarial Studies and Commerce at UNSW, I am going to be commencing a Doctor of Medicine program this year at Bond University, in September. With the UCAT testing approaching soon in a few months...

It mentions that there is 8 metres of garden edging for the border on the other 2 sides, so I assumed that it meant the other 2 sides have a total length of 8 metres, thus I made them x and 8 - x

Let me know if I've got the right answer, but it should go something like this. So we can call the 2 remaining sides x and 8 - x Area = x (8 - x) = 8x - x^2 We want to differentiate this in terms of x to find the maximum dA / dx = 8 - 2x dA/dx = 0 when x = 4 To prove it is a maximum, we...

With part a, it requires a bit of manipulation and converting everything into x terms. So if we know xy = 400 (area of poster), then y = 400/x With photograph --> width = x - 10 and length = y - 10 = 400/x - 10 With the dimensions as x - 10 and 400/x - 10, you just multiply and should get the...

So with this one, x - 1 = sqrt ((x - 3)(x + 4)) Squaring both sides, (x - 1)^2 = (x - 3)(x + 4) x^2 - 2x + 1 = x^2 + x - 12 -3x = -13, x = 13/3

With the geometric mean, you multiply the terms and equate the nth root, where n is the number of terms. So with your example, the equivalent equation would be (x - 3) * (2x + 7) = 5^2 = 25

I'd add a few tips (on top of jimmy's) which personally, I used during my HSC year Usually in Year 12, students have free periods (obviously, the number depends on how many units and subjects you do), but try to use those as effectively as possible. It can be difficult as you'll most likely...

Don't worry about prestige when it comes to universities; for e.g graduating from UNSW vs Newcastle doesn't make a difference when graduating and working as an intern; they won't value one medical degree over the other, the most important thing is getting into a medical degree in the first place.

Both Newcastle and Western Sydney only look at ATAR as a threshold; for Newcastle, it's 94.3 and for Western Sydney, it's 95.5. So getting a 99 ATAR vs a 96 ATAR won't matter for either. But I agree with idkkdi that in general, you'll need at least 99+ to be competitive for as many unis as possible.

I guess you could make a case that the second set of scores (99.95, 97th percentile and interview of 70) could land someone an offer an UNSW (as an ATAR and UCAT that high doesn't necessarily need a top interview to get an offer, due to the 33/33/33 split between the 3 components).

As some general info, when giving out internships to graduated medical students, hospitals consider MD (Doctor of Medicine) and MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) as the same; the only preferencing they do is by what state you are from (so for e.g someone who studied at WSU will...

Just an FYI, the UNSW med interview is panel based (so 2-3 interviewers who together ask you a selection of questions)

What I should add is that I got an ATAR of 97.60 and was able to get an offer from UNSW for actuary. But keep in mind that the median ATAR does slightly change each year so things do look good, but definitely aren't set in stone as of yet.