r/UoApremed

i got a B+ for biosci (its bad, i knoww) and hopefully another B+ for 111 (dont think i will get anything above this) and according to my calculations, my MMI gpa would be either 8 or 8.25 and my core GPA for the four papers would be 7.5.
I am also a first-year general entry, so the gpa part kinda lowers my chance but if i get a really high ucat score, like above 3100 and perhaps a mmi score of above 190, would that increase my chances??

i just got approved for the exam aegrotat i applied for. it said on the email that i can expect a final decision on what grade i’m getting within six weeks.

will aegrotat grades be finalised before mmi invites are sent?

thanks in advance!

Hi all

Im a second year health sciences student. I got some fairly mid grades in my first year, and I was intending to try for graduate or even post graduate entry (GEN), however the new admissions scheme has raised some questions:

1. Firstly, it claims that if any paper in first year is below a 6, then entry is disqualified. Since I scored a grade below a 6 last year, would this include me? If I went postgraduate, how would that change things?

2. It is claimed that there is a 6 gpa cut-off for consideration. Last year, however, some people with a 6 or above didn't receive an MMI interview despite being technically eligible. Is this still the case, or have they made changes to the MMI system to accommodate more students? Due to the likely incredibly large influx of new students and the MMI cut-off being around 8 last year, I imagine that MMI interviews could serve as a functional GPA block well above the de jure 6.0. Does anybody have any further information on this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

im lowk nervous for the ucat, i think i might get 8.5gpa?? idk depends on the chem and poplhlth results, what's a reasonable score to aim for? or if someone could just say what's a good score for gpas 8.0, 8.25, 8.5, 8.75, 9.0. much appreciated

So I got a B- in biosci. I probably got around the same for chem and pop health (in range of C+ to B). Is there any chance at medical imaging or optom? I know med is out the picture, I’m just trying to grasp possible outcomes. Also, how does graduate entry work? If I locked in well enough, is med achievable from grad entry?

When do applications close for UoA premed? I’ve searched online but I’m getting confused by the dates. They either say applications close by December 8 or July 4 (which is today!).

Can someone please clarify this? Thanks heaps

:)

has anyone with an 8.25 gpa got into med as fy general ?

For 2026 entry last year I’m aware those with 8.25 GPAs in the general grad category didn’t get an interview invite. But, the recent dashboard regarding entry statistics shows those with less than this got an MMI invite. Would really appreciate if anyone could clear up this confusion of mine.

P.S. My expected GPA by the end of the year is 8.25. This will be my 5th year trying for med and I’d like to rid myself of any hope if my gpa isn’t going to cut it. It’s been a long journey largely in vain.

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hi!

• If you're into the U.S. med school scene (for whatever reason?), you'd have probably heard of "AnKing". its likely the most famous shared flashcard deck (medical or not) – tens of thousands of students use it every year to pass their board exams.
• its interested me. all the times i looked through the deck i'd be left wondering why the hell people use it in the first place, considering its for-profit nature (if you want the most up-to-date version).
• There are two things that hold it back from being an ideal resource: 1. making your own flashcards is an important part of studying. * Why? making good flashcards forces you to 'encode' content, which is pretty important for a concept heavy course like medsci142 * uh... you may see the irony in the situation.
  • 2. the flashcards in AnKing are more often that not, terrible.
• Regardless, it left me inspired to create my own 'project' for UoA. The idea was that it could be used by anyone to achieve an A+ in medsci142 (the coolest course to get an A+ on), given proper usage and implementation into their study routine.
• These aren't just flashcards, they are also a relatively complete compendium of notes.
• Hence; "Index 142" - 4356 flashcards. search for a topic taught and it'll 100% come up.
• so why is my deck any different, and why should you use it?
• I always made this with the intention of sharing it, albeit on a much smaller scale. I started off by giving the flashcards to my friends, lecture by lecture, since it supplied some motivation to keep up with the course content.
• This also measured my understanding of learning science in a context of which it matters.
• (You can only teach content if you understand it, and thus i believe you can only make good flashcards if you understand the content of what you are being taught.)
• By understanding the content, u can (more often than not) predict how you will be examined on it.
• Again, i think making your own cards is valuable, but equally so to the amount of time you save by not having to do so.
• Good flashcards should have you memorising the material you learnt in class (and thus your thought process behind which you came to understand that material), rather than memorising the flashcard itself.
  • This is the reason medsci 142 is as challenging as it is. it's not like biosci where the concepts are relatively simple to understand, and so brute forcing memory without really knowing what's going on is viable.
• The rule i followed was simple: every flashcard should have one clear, definitive answer, that any medsci142 student would be able to attempt without having seen the flashcard before.
• was i successful? probably not entirely. i was, like, pretty close though.
• i'd say it correlates with how conceptual the topic was (because those things can have different interpretations depending on who you ask)
• Point being, the flashcards are not personalised to me, which is a benefit you might appreciate soon enough.
• Had this not been the case, the 'index' deck would have been entirely useless to anyone else. Unfortunately all of the shared Anki projects of 142 are subject to this issue.
  • 'hello reddit nerd who writes too much; what do you mean by this?!'
  • so glad you asked...
• Take a card that covers a topic you'll be taught about during the cardiovascular module (for example):
• "Cardiac output" - front side
  • This was a real flashcard one of my friends made. If you don't see a problem with this, copy this text and ask GPT about it to see what it says.
  • I'll be hoping it says the right thing so i can sit here feeling smart, whilst you should be hoping you've applied for bpharm because you aren't making it into med.
  • btw, this card is also a perfect example of what some in AnKing – that deck i mentioned at the start of this post – look like.
• Enough of me being arrogant
• This is how i'd make that into a good flashcard:
  • U need to consider that there are a plethora of things the words "Cardiac output" could be referring to. Is it the definition? the formula? its determinants? the normal value of the average human in a non-pathological state (a completely useless and arbitrary piece of info to know?!?)?
  • In my friend's case, he was asking himself the formula, so he should've written up the flashcard like this:
    • "What is the formula to calculate cardiac output?" - front side
    • "CO = Heart Rate (HR) x Stroke Volume (SV)" - back side
  • In Remnote (this unknown bit of software i both love and hate deeply), u can structure this concept pretty nicely.
  • this is how i'd make those flashcards (referencing the stuff i alluded to earlier) in a actual document:

this is what the document view looks like in remnote. each arrow separates the front and back of a card. Think of the app as just notion but with flashcards built in.

• this is one of the reasons i chose to do the Medsci 142 index project in this app. I don't mind if Anki is more commonly used.
  • (it is an outdated software designed a hundred thousand years ago for memorising japanese kanji, not the process of sensory neurons travelling through the dorsal column.)
  • 'oh but mr reddit loser who's still shamelessly in love with his ex, why has every FY used anki instead of remnote, and gotten into med?' - you've taken poplhlth, i expect you to know the difference between correlation and causation.
• Anki isn't optimal for structured learning within a medical curriculum. This is coming from someone who swore by its usage in sem one - telling all my talking stages & situationships to use it instead of quizlet - and has over 15,000 cards across 3 years of study (the majority stemming from biosci107 and poplhlth111).
• GPT will give you some bullshit about blah blah anki is good for so and so but every single thing anki does well remnote does finer, it just doesn't know that because it's new-ish to the scene.
  • if it makes you feel any better, the person who put me onto this app got an A+ in medsci and gave out the closing speech at the sams 'intro to medsci' conference they host yearly.
  • yes yes, he's a med student.
• This isn't controversial, and if you research the two apps enough you'll understand why i'm saying this with irritating confidence. It's not "different tools work for different people"; All of anki's algorithms and features are also there, which have been refined and improved based on years of research and learning science.
• here's the issue tho, remnote also sucks. the ui is terrible, the iPad app is a nightmare to use, the website is nonfunctional, and the team refuse to accept any criticism + continue to market it as some AI flashcard app, which is honestly a disservice to the software. pls don't use any of the AI features at all, if you do end up trying it out. (btw, i'd recommend opening the deck through the app rather than the website since it otherwise shows a limited preview of how everything is organised.)
• but yeah, this way of organising my flashcards are what make them ideal for you. If you look through them briefly, you'll see i've taken advantage of a lot of features exclusive to remnote, so they serve as a good example of how to use this software effectively.
• below is an example of physiology i studied by using some hierarchy stuff. what's neat here is that every flashcard shows its ancestors, so you can learn processes.
  • i say this casually like this isn't the main reason i did so well. pretend this is the best thing ever, because you'll eventually realise it actually is.

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• and here's one of those cards would look like in your queue.

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• By using my deck you'd get a pretty solid understanding of the 'how' behind making good flashcards. this is dependent on the content being taught.
• I've also purposely left the Respiratory module empty. By finishing the cardio and nervous sections, you'd have probably understood enough to then apply that knowledge onto your own learning process, and if you so wish to, you could leave this deck and choose to make your own flashcards from there on out.
  • pls don't do that i have abandonment issues.
• Aside from the resp module, i left some other little things as DIY (and labelled them, so you know to prepare ahead of time); either i didn't have full confidence that the flashcards were fantastic or I thought it would be better for you to make them to your own understanding (particularly important in some physiology sections).
• but mr or mrs stranger, i wouldnt say leaving this alone is a good idea; i've spent countless hours making this perfect.
• I've added context and supplementary notes with the insight of having finished the course with an A+ (if u want proof just dm me and we'll FaceTime).
  • by 'supplementary notes' i mean stuff like this:

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• *Here are the things i can guarantee based on the completed sections:
  • all content from the course guide has been flashcarded
  • all annotations from lecture's have been included
  • every. single. (relevant). thing. spoken. aloud. in. the. lecture. has. been. flashcarded.
  • The last point is cool, btw. this led to each lecture taking me 4-6 hours to make. even adding the world 'relevant' is a disservice because the non relevant stuff needed to have been extremely non relevant for me to deem them as such.
• So like, how should u use the deck?
• here's where it gets confusing. I'm going to write a completely seperate guide for the way you should approach this course, which will be much more thorough. This post is solely for the deck itself.
• and i bring that up because the study method i'll teach you there is different to what this deck gets you to do. i can say that it is a much better way to learn.
  • so, my advice to a student that is 100% committed into matching med (as in, would deny all other clinical offers to make post grad entry easier if they didn't get an offer) would be to use this deck to pre-study over the holidays, and then do the course from scratch once it actually starts (using my study method). you could probs get an extremely high grade if you sat the final before watching a single lecture if you took your time to learn this deck
• otherwise, my advice to a student that is also 100% committed into matching med (but, would take optom if they didn't get an offer) is as follows:
  • Once you've figured out which modules are going to be included in test 1 and 2 (this changes year to year) create two folders and move them into the corresponding groups.
  • After you've watched and made your notes for a lecture, do a full round of my flashcards (for that lecture). do not stop until you've done all flashcards successfully. do not click the "easy" option, regardless if the flashcard asks you some bs like what the colour of the sky is. do not click anything but "again" if you didn't memorise the back side of the card properly.
  • remnote has a feature to do the flashcards in order. use that.
  • Whilst doing the flashcards, enable the type-in-answer feature or get out a notepad and pen to write out the answers + relevant sentence statement to contextualise it prior to flipping the card.
  • my method is just typing everything out on 'TextEdit'. its included on ur macbook
  • btw this is fantastic prep for the exam, which is fully SAQ.
  • Oh also, do this for lists you need to memorise: just write it out over and over and over and over and over again until you've got it down. then click "again" on the flashcard and see if you can answer it just as well when it comes back in a minute or so.

basically what the setup looks like. see how i've approached typing out the answers before flipping the card (on the right) - once you get the hang of shortcuts the workflow becomes so insanely fast.

• Okay; you've reached the end of the day, done your flashcards and can now go study your other bullshit non-cores or chem110 if you didnt get the 280 rank score. once youve done that, you can rest up.
• obviously not. you are trying to get into med and there's some asian girl that has the entire curriculum memorised by the time you are trying to figure out where the occipital lobe is.
• You need to make sure you keep up with your daily reviews; that means sitting down for an hour or two and getting them done.
• This is how you split the balance between new lectures and revising old ones. to avoid fatiguing yourself you should probs set these two studies sessions far apart in the day. doing flashcards is tiring.
• or you can just be like me and not take any breaks ever because i'm goated. take a look at my screen time during the semester.

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• you only have 3 medsci lectures per week so this is a healthy pace you can keep up (not my screen time, i meant the stuff from before).
• If you find it isn't enough; adjust accordingly. if you find its too much; too bad. this may surprise you but flashcards aren't effective if you don't do them.
  • Every day you miss doing your daily reviews will cause an extra hit of pain for your future self. you should understand how critical this is; 4 days of missed flashcards = roughly 10 straight hours of catching up with reviews. its over if that happens.
  • Additionally, don't cram. You have this perfect resource to space yourself out accordingly, and you'd do yourself a massive disservice by just doing a round of flashcards for every lecture right before your exams. Heres the odd part; this actually works. somehow. just don't do it because there's a hundred others that did both spaced repitition and the cramming.
  • just once again, i'm going to elaborate on the other way you can cover this course. that will take me much longer to write so pls be patient.
• put in the effort so you can have the right to call yourself a premed, because you are only a premed if you actually get into med.
• and i apologise if i came off as hostile in this. ask me any questions about anything and i'll reply.
• i'm aware i'm just some stupid student that knows nothing, but i want to help u out. my ex avoidant also asked me to be more compassionate so there's that.
• Oh and enjoy medsci. It's pretty amazing.
• meow and good luck.

Index 142 - medsci deck

.rem file to import into remnote (incase link does not work)

i failed this course which is a requirement towards my degree, what can I do now? im seriously so disappointed on how things had turned out for me.. I need help

Hi everyone, as many of you may know (or may not know), the mmi format has changed to 30 second "thinking period" (don't know how much of a use that'll be) and 3 minutes to answer.

I just have a few questions regarding this year's format. Are we being interviewed by 7 different people again or are we talking to a screen and our answer gets recorded?

Also, during that 30 seconds are we allowed to write down notes to help us structure/format our answers? Do we get a space to write down our thoughts in a box?

Thanks.

before anyone flames me I know it's not helpful to think too much about last years stats but i just can't stop thinking about the 7.75(s) who got in last year. what a feat. up against all those 9.0s and.. well everything higher than that

i wonder what their mmi and ucat was. 210 perhaps 🫩🫩🥀

giving me hope after my horrible performance on the chem exam >.<

hey guys, i’m just posting this to ask how likely is my aegrotat able to push me to an A+. i’m aiming for a 9.0 this sem but the only concern i have is with chem110… i need an 84 to pass the course with A+ overall but i really messed up on the exam due to medical circumstances and i think i’m around 86 with only 2 marks to spare. i know i probably still made some careless errors that i didnt take note of, so i’m just quite nervous whether or not i will be able to clutch an 84. if i do end up get a few points below, whats the estimated amount i can get boosted from the aegrotat? my coursework has all been at an A+ level. this has been weighing on my chest so i just wanna know how the aegrotat process really works!! thanks :)

Im ready to become an anki warrior again.

i've begun to have a peak at the 142 content, and although it all seems incredibly interesting i am 1000% stuck on where to begin. I really need this A+ in medsci, so if that means I start prepping now then woo!

Ive heard labs can be quite intense, especially when compared to 107 labs, and considering questions are worth 0.4% - holy : ')

Should i dive straight into lectures (looking at the actual ppt), or focus purely on the course guide?

hello!

I am applying under SWD (students w/ disabilities) pathway, I still haven't received a email for the additional information that is required (I am overthinking I didn't click SWD on application ah!). I am wondering when should I reach out and to whom. If anyone could help me would be much appreciated! Thank you so much :)

hope everyone did good in sem 1, but we got medsci 142 next sem and im actuall shaking in my boots cuz ive been reading the ILO's and omg this looks hard as frick. Im not gunning for med or any other FY entry clinical but I still wanna do decent lol.

should i lowkey just start revising neow or are we all doomed

Before exams, I found that I was in a pretty good place. I had good grades in my courses, felt like it was possible to get an 8.75, had started getting comfortable with ucat, and wasn't too stressed but then the month nearing exams everything took a turn for the worse. i think it boiled down to me being exhausted and drained, which was kind of symptom to an array of different personal factors

my exams went horribly, im predicting an 8.0 or 8.25 at best. additionally, I have my ucat coming up shortly, and I have completely little to no prep since before exams and my scores have dropped significantly. realistically, with the gpa im predicting and my poor ucat, it just feels like it's over.

one part of me says there's no point in giving up now, I mean we're almost at sem two, but it just feels like theres no point to keep going when I know that the avg gpa for med is like 8.75, and I am no where achieving that. I think my interview could go well but who knows.

I really don't know what to do, and I don't know what happened to me. I used to be doing well, and I really feel like I let myself go. Is there even a point in trying anymore? I feel like my chances are just gone

hey guys, I’m FY healthsci hoping for med (FY Gen pathway) and my GPA is kind of cooked.

best case scenario I have an 8.25 (more likely an 8.0) across my cores and was wondering how I’d need to perform on UCAT (without SJT) and MMI for a chance - or if I have one at all.

all insight would be appreciated!!