EPTOn February 16 2008 02:24 quiong wrote:
Are medical school admissions strictly based on your marks? In the US it certainly isn't... If you can guarantee they will accept you again with higher marks, I guess thats okay. But competition increases every year. If you get the top 50% offer in 2 years, that's great. If you get another contracted offer (your assumption of "the worst" you can get), you've wasted 2 years. But in reality the worst you could get is no acceptances after 2 years, even with increased marks. Unless there's some degree of certainty built into the AUS medical school system, I would say that its a pretty big gamble.
Are medical school admissions strictly based on your marks? In the US it certainly isn't... If you can guarantee they will accept you again with higher marks, I guess thats okay. But competition increases every year. If you get the top 50% offer in 2 years, that's great. If you get another contracted offer (your assumption of "the worst" you can get), you've wasted 2 years. But in reality the worst you could get is no acceptances after 2 years, even with increased marks. Unless there's some degree of certainty built into the AUS medical school system, I would say that its a pretty big gamble.
The admissions is broken up into an IQ test, an interview and your marks. If I get in in 2 years time, I will not have wasted any years, because I will be entering as a graduate. Meaning my degree will only be 4 years, not 6.
You are dead right about the worst assumption though. Im leaning towards the Im a fucking idiot answer myself now. There is the possibility that I dont get an offer at all. That would just be horrible.
Ive decided that if I get offered the contracted spot in 2 years time, I will accept, which is really annoying, because it just means ive taken a gamble, where the chances of succeeding are lower than the chances of failing.
