Hi, would you please explain the extracurriculars that you did and are perhaps "necessary" for the applicants to have done prior to their application? Also, how to talk about the performed extracurriculars in the interview when not directly asked? - For extracurriculars is it necessary to have been involved with volunteering, clinical experience, and research prior to medical school? - What pieces of information or specific breadth of knowledge would be imperative to know for the interview? e.g. how the hospital functions etc. -Also, aside from GPA, GAMSAT scores, and one's performance in the interview what other factors are considered and would be considered as a "bonus" by the admission committee? Looking forward to your reply, Ava! Thank you...
Hi Arian :) Are you a student studying in Australia? Extracurriculars are important in some countries (e.g. US) but they don't play a big role in the admissions process for Australian medical schools. I'll answer your questions in reference to Australian medical schools :) 1. If you're not directly asked to talk about extracurriculars, you may choose to share them instead in questions relating to attributes/skills. You can provide examples of times when you've exhibited the relevant attributes (e.g. leadership, teamwork skills etc.) in an extracurricular activity you might've undertook. However, I would be cautious about overdoing it as the interviews are not about knowing how many extracurriculars you have done. It may be impressive, but from my experiences, medical schools are far more interested in who you are as a person, and your personality. Also, most of the questions nowadays are NOT in relation to personal experiences and are much more skewed towards ethical dilemmas / problem solving. 2. Previous extracurriculars in volunteering/clinical experience/research are not necessary in Australia, though you would want to partake in them during medical school in preparation for specialty training etc. 3. Key health issues affecting the country (especially rural health), healthcare system deficits & how you might address them, medical school curriculum etc. 3. For this, I'd recommend checking out my video titled 'How to get into medical school' ; different universities give different bonuses for different factors (e.g. honours, socioeconomic factors, background etc.) I hope this helped!
@@AvaKim123 Thanks a lot for replying! Yes, I would be starting my 2nd year of my bachelor's of biomedical science on Feb 23. - Do international students need to attain higher GPAs and GAMSAT scores to be competitive? I mean are these two factors alongside the interview the whole story? :)) I am just concerned about the experience side of the application because other than leadership activities that I did many years ago, in my case have not been related to medicine... - May I know what your extracurriculars at least ones useful in the context of medical school acceptance were? Could you recommend to me some practically fruitful activities related to medicine that would be beneficial in a manner that would increase the odds of admission to Medical school, please? - Also, do we need to submit a form or an application which certifies one's extracurricular activities, or is it merely mentioned by us, the interviewees in the interview when asked? - Do you happen to know if the university of Melbourne considers having done 2 bachelor's degrees a "bonus"? Does not having done an honors year impede one's chances of gaining an acceptance provided he/she has "good" stats? Please take your time to reply! Thank you!
@@arianmohamadi684 international studend have a way lower entry gpa and gamsat than domestic students like Ava said, extracurriculars are not important in australian medschool applications no bonuses for double degree, but may have to ask about how they calculate your gpa
Hi guys! I forgot to include one of the most important tips: Please time yourself when you practice your interviews :) Some universities (like the University of Melbourne) only allow 1 minute to answer each question and so it's critical that you are able to answer succinctly within the time limits you'll be under. If you don't get much time for each station/question, practice answering in a more concise manner and if you get a decent amount of time to answer each question, then expand on your answers more. Good luck 🤞
Hi Chaewon! Apologies for the delayed reply. I think a trap a lot of students fall into is trying to describe the context/background of the story in too much detail. For example, if a student was to talk about a time they demonstrated teamwork skills in a non-profit organisation, they might have a tendency to emphasise the key goals of the organisation and the role they played in that organisation before delving into the meat of the answer. So I would recommend keeping the context/background short and sweet, and pick out the key details in storytelling. The nitty gritty nuances and the details don't need to all be covered. This is partly why practising is so important. A lot of the prompts that ask for personal experiences are predictable, so using practise questions, create a list of situations that are relevant to the prompt and fine-tune them to be short and sweet. I found that certain examples I had for particular prompts felt forced or, I would struggle to phrase my answer in a way that felt concise and to the point. In those instances, I would think of other examples and in doing so, I always found that there were some examples that would just 'stick' a lot better. So experiment! Sorry if my answer is quite wishy washy but I hope this helps! And of course, time yourself!
안녕하세요~ 저는 domestic/local 학생이어서 의대 학비가 비교적 비싸지는 않지만, 유학생 분들은 학비가 정말 많이 비싸긴 합니다 ㅠㅠ(2022년 기준으로 1년에 거의 $93 000인것 같아요). 저랑 완전 다른 경제적인 수준인 친구들이 이런 학비를 내고 의대 다니는거라서 제가 이 부분에선 많은 정보를 드릴수 없어요 - 죄송합니다 😅😢
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Thanks Ava! This video was very useful
Glad it was helpful!
Hi, would you please explain the extracurriculars that you did and are perhaps "necessary" for the applicants to have done prior to their application? Also, how to talk about the performed extracurriculars in the interview when not directly asked?
- For extracurriculars is it necessary to have been involved with volunteering, clinical experience, and research prior to medical school?
- What pieces of information or specific breadth of knowledge would be imperative to know for the interview? e.g. how the hospital functions etc.
-Also, aside from GPA, GAMSAT scores, and one's performance in the interview what other factors are considered and would be considered as a "bonus" by the admission committee?
Looking forward to your reply, Ava!
Thank you...
Hi Arian :)
Are you a student studying in Australia?
Extracurriculars are important in some countries (e.g. US) but they don't play a big role in the admissions process for Australian medical schools. I'll answer your questions in reference to Australian medical schools :)
1. If you're not directly asked to talk about extracurriculars, you may choose to share them instead in questions relating to attributes/skills. You can provide examples of times when you've exhibited the relevant attributes (e.g. leadership, teamwork skills etc.) in an extracurricular activity you might've undertook. However, I would be cautious about overdoing it as the interviews are not about knowing how many extracurriculars you have done. It may be impressive, but from my experiences, medical schools are far more interested in who you are as a person, and your personality. Also, most of the questions nowadays are NOT in relation to personal experiences and are much more skewed towards ethical dilemmas / problem solving.
2. Previous extracurriculars in volunteering/clinical experience/research are not necessary in Australia, though you would want to partake in them during medical school in preparation for specialty training etc.
3. Key health issues affecting the country (especially rural health), healthcare system deficits & how you might address them, medical school curriculum etc.
3. For this, I'd recommend checking out my video titled 'How to get into medical school' ; different universities give different bonuses for different factors (e.g. honours, socioeconomic factors, background etc.)
I hope this helped!
@@AvaKim123 Thanks a lot for replying!
Yes, I would be starting my 2nd year of my bachelor's of biomedical science on Feb 23.
- Do international students need to attain higher GPAs and GAMSAT scores to be competitive? I mean are these two factors alongside the interview the whole story? :))
I am just concerned about the experience side of the application because other than leadership activities that I did many years ago, in my case have not been related to medicine...
- May I know what your extracurriculars at least ones useful in the context of medical school acceptance were? Could you recommend to me some practically fruitful activities related to medicine that would be beneficial in a manner that would increase the odds of admission to Medical school, please?
- Also, do we need to submit a form or an application which certifies one's extracurricular activities, or is it merely mentioned by us, the interviewees in the interview when asked?
- Do you happen to know if the university of Melbourne considers having done 2 bachelor's degrees a "bonus"? Does not having done an honors year impede one's chances of gaining an acceptance provided he/she has "good" stats?
Please take your time to reply!
Thank you!
@@arianmohamadi684 international studend have a way lower entry gpa and gamsat than domestic students
like Ava said, extracurriculars are not important in australian medschool applications
no bonuses for double degree, but may have to ask about how they calculate your gpa
Hi guys!
I forgot to include one of the most important tips:
Please time yourself when you practice your interviews :) Some universities (like the University of Melbourne) only allow 1 minute to answer each question and so it's critical that you are able to answer succinctly within the time limits you'll be under. If you don't get much time for each station/question, practice answering in a more concise manner and if you get a decent amount of time to answer each question, then expand on your answers more.
Good luck 🤞
Practise*
@@Jt-fr2qq wow bro so cool….. 😑
hi ava! regarding the anecdotes, how would you structure them so that you go into specific details but not talk on the experience for too long?
Hi Chaewon!
Apologies for the delayed reply.
I think a trap a lot of students fall into is trying to describe the context/background of the story in too much detail. For example, if a student was to talk about a time they demonstrated teamwork skills in a non-profit organisation, they might have a tendency to emphasise the key goals of the organisation and the role they played in that organisation before delving into the meat of the answer. So I would recommend keeping the context/background short and sweet, and pick out the key details in storytelling. The nitty gritty nuances and the details don't need to all be covered. This is partly why practising is so important. A lot of the prompts that ask for personal experiences are predictable, so using practise questions, create a list of situations that are relevant to the prompt and fine-tune them to be short and sweet. I found that certain examples I had for particular prompts felt forced or, I would struggle to phrase my answer in a way that felt concise and to the point. In those instances, I would think of other examples and in doing so, I always found that there were some examples that would just 'stick' a lot better. So experiment! Sorry if my answer is quite wishy washy but I hope this helps! And of course, time yourself!
Thank you for making this!!! I have my unimelb interview end of this month
You are most welcome! Best of luck with your interview 🥰
뜬금없긴 하지만 호주 의대 진짜… 비싸던데 어떻게 감당하시나요? Scholarship을 받는다고 해도 너무나 비싼 금액이어서 …ㅎ 혹시 가능하시다면 영상으로 만들어 주실 수 있나요?😢
안녕하세요~
저는 domestic/local 학생이어서 의대 학비가 비교적 비싸지는 않지만, 유학생 분들은 학비가 정말 많이 비싸긴 합니다 ㅠㅠ(2022년 기준으로 1년에 거의 $93 000인것 같아요). 저랑 완전 다른 경제적인 수준인 친구들이 이런 학비를 내고 의대 다니는거라서 제가 이 부분에선 많은 정보를 드릴수 없어요 - 죄송합니다 😅😢
@@AvaKim123 그 혹시 고등학교를 호주에서 마치면 외국인이어도 domestic/local에 포함되는 건지 알려주실 수 있나요..?
domestic 학생으로 의대에 지원하시고 싶으시다면 호주나 뉴질랜드 시민권을 갔고 계시거나 호주 permanent residency를 얻으셔야 합니다 :)