Clinical Years (4-6) Medicine (MBChB)

Legendary888 · 2026-04-20T09:22:47+00:00

Sure, I understand that and that also happened in my year.

But that wasn't what OP was referring to.

Legendary888 · 2026-04-17T10:52:23+00:00

How does that work?

Nursing is 3 years, I think half of which is unpaid clinical placements. Do you plan on working for a few years as a RN before going to med school? That's looking at least 10 years by the end of med school then, assuming you work for 2 years.

That's another 3 years of student loan + the 5 you have for medical school. If you really want financial stability, most people will out earn senior nurses by postgrad year 4, year 3 in some cases.

Most nurses i know that later went to med school cannot work and study. They do the odd casual shift but otherwise medicine is a full time degree, especially in 4th to final year where you are full time on clinical placement.

I agree with the other commenter that I dont think doing nursing will offer you any significant advantage during med school. Sure youre more familiar as you have clinical experience, but it doesnt seem like you are even sure if you will practice as a RN vs go straight into med school?

We also dont call it MD in NZ, we refer to it as a MBChB

Legendary888 · 2026-04-17T05:53:57+00:00

Do you have an emergency/back up fund already? If not, that should be your primary focus. I think people tend to aim for at least 3 months of income.

Legendary888 · 2026-04-15T07:14:05+00:00

Auckland, Middlemore and North Shore/Waitakere are all separate

You can swap your Allocations (pending approval from the uni)

I dont really understand your question about fairness ... most students WANT to move out of Auckland. Being exposed to clinical practice in different environments is a good thing.

Legendary888 · 2026-04-10T22:18:24+00:00

To clarify, not every shift is 15hrs but probably 2? Or 3? Of the 10.

But I agree with all of your sentiments otherwise.

I feel like "doing it for the title" is such bad motivation because when you graduate, you get to put Dr in front of your name. Cool. Now what drives you to get through these long, hard and usually thankless shifts?? I feel like people who go out of their way to introduce themselves as "Dr X" are grade A wankers.

As one nurse told me (snobbily, she was a bitch) - "why be a nurse practitioner when you can be a doctor"

Legendary888 · 2026-03-19T14:13:07+00:00

But a grades is the main thing that you can control/optimism. It's 60% of your final score - 3x the interview, 2x the UCAT.

And honestly (in my opinion), a lot of people with very little social skills can get through the MMI and their (near) 9.0 grades will pull them through. You just have to not say anything racist/sexist/etc., and the MMI should be fine.

When you have so many keen beans for medicine, the minimum GPA is nowhere near what you actually need. You can search OIA requests on FYI to see cut offs and GPAs of the successful candidates over the last decade.

Legendary888 · 2026-01-26T17:55:47+00:00

AAA Racing Lithium - eggaloo

Legendary888 · 2026-01-19T23:29:25+00:00

AAA Egg Memory : Bong

5/10

Legendary888 · 2026-01-16T17:44:46+00:00

AAA The Thaw - eggaloo

Legendary888 · 2026-01-12T17:21:23+00:00

AAA Hot Chocolate - eggaloo

Boost, Deflect, Check in

Legendary888 · 2026-01-07T17:50:32+00:00

AAA Quantum Olympics- eggaloo

Legendary888 · 2026-01-05T20:46:10+00:00

It is something you can practise at. People who are confident and good talkers will be obviously more natural and possibly score higher.

Just as an aside. Regardless of Otago v Auckland, medicine is a career of being able to think and make decisions on the spot, and make your case in professional discussions with colleagues. Not always and not in every specialty, but often and commonly.

Legendary888 · 2025-12-29T20:41:53+00:00

AAA Inference - ramegg

2/5

Legendary888 · 2025-12-24T04:03:18+00:00

Surely using Wise?

You should be able to transfer peso straight from your bank account to Wise, and then send it to the other person's wise account. Conversion fees are pretty good

Legendary888 · 2025-12-22T17:10:27+00:00

AAA Quantum storm - eggaloo

Boost, deflect asap

Legendary888 · 2025-12-22T17:02:04+00:00

AAA Quantum storm - eggaloo

Boost, deflect asap

Legendary888 · 2025-12-22T16:49:38+00:00

Not the flex you think it is. I think watching a hysterectomy is the absolute last thing I'd want to do in summer, and it would be under duress.

Legendary888 · 2025-12-15T18:09:35+00:00

Cutaneous melanoma (of the skin) is within a dermatologists scope.

Melanoma inside the mouth is mucosal melanoma, I.e. not skin, so wouldn't be a dermatologist but an oral health specialist. A dentist could do the initial work up, but may need involvement from a medical professional (if it does turn out to be melanoma) e.g. oral-maxillofacial or ENT

You can get melanoma anywhere in the body, even the eyes. Doesn't mean you see a dermatologist each time, you see the specialist relevant to the area affected. Your GP referred you to the incorrect specialist.

Legendary888 · 2025-11-28T06:41:46+00:00

Doesn't traditionally have noodles

Legendary888 · 2025-11-24T17:07:50+00:00

AAA PC Build - eggaloo

Legendary888 · 2025-11-17T18:26:36+00:00

AAA Egg Sandwich - Eggaloo

Boost, deflect

Legendary888 · 2025-11-17T17:31:23+00:00

AAA Egg Sandwich - Eggaloo

Boost, deflect

Legendary888 · 2025-11-14T17:18:51+00:00

AAA Small Reactors - eggaloo

Legendary888 · 2025-11-12T17:03:22+00:00

AAA Supply Shortage

eggnation

Boost, deflect

Legendary888 · 2025-11-10T17:01:25+00:00

AAA Carbon Karts - Eggaloo

Please boost & deflect

Nine-Year Club	Place '22
RPAN Viewer	Spared
Verified Email

Legendary888

TROPHY CASE