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It's "scaled" but the majority of people get marks between 59 - 65. Anything above 70 is pretty good. USyd's cutoff was 59 for 2006 entry and 61 for 2007 entry. But othe med schools popping up (UWS) or took their first batch last year (Wollongong), I suspect it may go down. USyd's GPA...

Cool, how did you get the job and does it pay well? I assume that they're pretty flexible with the work hours...?

In summary: You've been offered a place at USyd (but not UNSW...yet). USyd is giving you money, UNSW is unlikely to be doing so. If this isn't an issue, then take it out of the equation now. As tempting as the money may be now, the program you choose and how well you do will mean alot more in...

Rankings will vary depending on the criteria used. Remember that when looking at any set of rankings.

Well...judging from their O-week list of activities, it's definitely going to be awesome year! Its a shame that since I'm a meddie that we start about a month early...so that I won't be able to attend some of their activities.

Absolutely. Though you won't be able to apply till third year i.e. you have to have complete your degree by the time you're applying or will be that year. But your GAMSAT mark is valid for two years.

I've done a few odd jobs: Casual market research interviewing: $17 - $19/hr Tutoring: $20 - $25/hr Student marketing: $14/hr on a short term project, but it was alot of fun! I really feel for you guys working is retail and hospitality especially. Being paid based on age really is a...

Sure am, and proud of it!

You can pretty much divide the admissions process of universities which offer graduate medicine into two streams: 1. GPA as a "hurdle" 2. GPA as an integral part of the admissions criteria USyd, UQ, UWA and perhaps a few other have the GPA as a "hurdle", that is, it doesn't matter if you...

Emergency medicine is ER in real life :P Thanks +Po1ntDeXt3r+ for picking up on the typo. A FRACP is for paediatricians. LottoX, another old Falconian eh? :P

starbaaa, what kind of work do you do at the UQ library?

Thanks Trev! Sounds like I made a good choice. As a person who's pretty enthusiastic about sport (though may not necessarily have the time to train), I hope to be able to help IH out with some of their competitions :)

Spon888, have a look at the UQ accomodation page. It has links to all the colleges including brief descriptions of each one. The application process for International House starts in September and most places are offered in October/November so you do have to apply quite early on to get a...

Team Sydney G - Julia Bowes and Anna Garsia have won the World Universities Debating Championships after beating Oxford, Cambridge and UQ in the grand final. Check out: http://flynn.debating.net/colmmain.htm and http://1stpropinthefinal.blogspot.com/

velox is pretty much spot on. Let me know if you have any further questions.