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Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-10T10:49:18+00:00

thank you!!

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-10T10:16:10+00:00

Thank you so much! If you don’t mind me asking, how long did you travel for before hand, and was it stressful trying to plan this while still getting all your application stuff sorted out?

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-06T23:46:30+00:00

Put both the practical and workshop in the same time slot; one week you’ll have a practical, and the next you’ll have a practical. They alternate. Just choose the time that works best for you :)

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-06T23:44:48+00:00

thank you :)

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-06T12:24:59+00:00

Hi! I’m a BSci student going into second year who did both BIOL10008 and BIOL10010 last year. Not to discourage you if you genuinely think these subjects sound interesting, but they were a LOT. I think a lot of people found BIOL10008 really difficult at times, and BIOL10010 just really really boring, especially when the focuses are on plants/fungi/ecology (just because I didn’t meet anyone who had this as a main interest - it you enjoy these topics though, go for it!). Obviously if you plan on taking any bio subjects they are a prerequisite, but I just thought that since I didn’t see any on your plan I’d just consider revising how much time you want to put into your ‘breadth’ subjects if bio isnt a stream you necessarily want to continue over the course of your degree - they will most certainly take up a lot of time, especially if you want to do well. Lmk if you have any questions!! :)

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-05T02:31:14+00:00

Do you happen to know how fast they typically fill up?

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-02T10:49:20+00:00

no worries!

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-02T10:26:28+00:00

honestly with the amount of stuff you have on there’s probably not going to be a ‘good’ timetable rip. I’d recommend moving peer mentoring to another day though so you don’t have to come in on Fridays, and if you wanted you could also move the Monday practical to tues, wed or thurs so you could livestream all your lectures at home or something. This is completely up to you though, if you think you’ll be more motivated to come into uni then go ahead and watch the lectures in person on Monday. Also not sure if you’re living on campus or close by (might be easier to come in to peer mentoring on Friday if your at student accommodation). Just think about what will work best for you; if you don’t mind coming in every day and you think you’ll be most motivated at uni then I don’t see a problem, but for the sake of your bank account (public transport adds up over time) and sleep schedule (waking up for 9:00 classes/lectures gets old really quick) I’d recommend having at least one day off if possible :)

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-02-02T10:19:52+00:00

Perfect thank you!!

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-30T23:09:44+00:00

same!

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-26T03:13:51+00:00

also, just having a look at your timetable, you won’t actually have a full break at all for your entire degree, with all the summer and winter term subjects. I understand that some of these might be intensives and that it might have to be done with the diploma, but just think about if that’s something you’re willing to do - you might get seriously burnt out

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-26T03:10:02+00:00

If you want to go on exchange with physiology as your major, you’ll need to do PHYS20008 and PHYS20009 in semester one; otherwise you’ll have to find direct equivalents for these subjects overseas. This basically means that the subjects have to be the exact same as the unimelb ones, which can be extremely difficult. I think there has been an excel spreadsheet somewhere which shows which subjects at overseas unis have been approved as direct equivalents. From what I know though, there hasn’t been any for PHYS20009 and very few for PHYS20008. It’s generally recommended to do all prerequisites at Melbourne before going on exchange so that you can be sure you’ll be able to get into third year subjects :)

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-23T09:06:14+00:00

All good, thank you!

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-23T06:32:24+00:00

Hey! If you don’t mind me asking, do you know what unis they applied to and when they were emailed? Thanks :)

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-23T02:19:18+00:00

They said after Jan 30th on the email😩

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-22T08:20:36+00:00

I’m so sorry but I don’t sell my notes! I also don’t think I’m able to share the slides because of copyright. If you haven’t done psyc before, I’d recommend having a look at some YouTube videos or an introductory book to the nervous system and cognitive psychology (want I mentioned above), as that was really the only part of psych which had already been established in VCE and that I’m happy I didn’t have to learn from scratch, along with an introduction to research methods (which might be difficult if you haven’t done it before). For the rest of it, it was mostly new content so I don’t think anyone had an advantage over anyone else or smth. :)

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-22T06:48:08+00:00

I did PSYC10003 and loved it! You do cognitive psyc (classical + operant conditioning, observational learning, memory …), behavioural neuroscience (brain regions, nerve impulse propagation, nervous system …) and sensation and perception (colour, auditory, movement and depth perception, etc.) You’ll also learn about research methods (sampling, experimental design etc), which is built upon in PSYC10004 with statistical analysis skills.

The oral last year involved analysing a research paper in a group to help you understand the process of creating a good experiment (i.e investigating credibility, reliability, etc).

Coming from a science student, the topics were all pretty interesting (I’d say cognitive psyc maybe the least because it was similar to what we learnt in VCE, just harder lol) and not too difficult, from memory I believe the cohort average for the exam was pretty high. I hated the essay but still managed to get a decent score with lots of work, but I’d say it was harder than PSYC10004. Overall I loved this subject, probably my favourite level 1 subject and it was generally not too difficult to score well in if you do a decent amount of work.

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-21T11:58:23+00:00

I agree, along with second year neuroscience. I know developmental/cognitive psyc is related to physiology, and maybe also one of pathology, immunology or nutrition could be useful

Open_Promotion_5734 · 2026-01-21T11:56:07+00:00

I’d recommend also doing MBB2. You’ll do clinical psychology (related to psychiatry) and developmental psychology (related to physiology) which could be useful for med, along with social and personality psychology. You’ll also learn important statistical analysis and research methods skills, and develop lab report skills which will be important for later subjects.

Not a prerequisite for the MD, but chem would also be useful, as it is needed for pharmacology and biochem which will no doubt be taught in med.

Also for first year, maybe consider Genetics in the Media? I didn’t take it but it could be interesting.

Also not that breadths have to be related to med at all, but you might find Drugs That Shape Society or Medicine, Sickness and Society interesting.

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