Everything about First Year Biomed/HealthSci at the University of Auckland 

The medicine programme structure is quite different where we don’t really have 4 papers per semester. We mainly have different topics that are spread out over the whole year or are done one after another. For instance, we cover 5 systems of the body in second year which are musculoskeletal, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular and genitourinary. We spent around 6 weeks on musculoskeletal, had a test and then started digestive. The same process occurs for the rest of those modules. On top of the science-orientated modules, we also have modules that focus on our professional and clinical skills, where its content is scattered throughout the year. Based off my own experience so far, I think I found the respiratory module the hardest. I think that’s because it’s very physiology heavy where you can’t necessarily see what’s going on. This makes some of the questions they ask us difficult to answer. (Also being sick didn’t help me during our study leave!) Everyone would find different modules harder than others though and I think they all have their pros and cons!

If you meet entry requirements on the website you’re guaranteed a place. If you don’t meet them then it’s subject to how many available places are left.

getting into healthsci/biomed is relatively easy. However the competition to get into med school is ferocious. Of the 2000 students that apply only around 7-10 percent actually get in.

Nope! If you want to do Medicine at UoO, they only consider your grades and UCAT score. Although from my understanding, there is an interview process for Dentistry.

I'm really sorry, but I can't do anything about the audio. :( Didn't think about recording in a fairly empty room would make my voice very echoey!