It's imperative that people should not make the mistake of choosing an institution over a qualification. If, for instance, you get any opportunity to do engineering/medicine at UKZN and Wits rejects you to study actuarial science/ medicine or engineering & offers you to do a BSc in geology or biological science, accept the offer at UKZN. You can still do your postgrad qualifications at your dream university, provided that you meet or exceed the minimum requirements. Most importantly, do your research with professionals who are in the field you'd like to specialize in one day.
@makimasupremacy425 This was just an example & you missed the context of the comment. The information I've provided above is relevant to any public, higher education institution & the purpose of my comment is not to undermine the quality of SA's education irregardless of the location of the institution you are in or went to. If you are/were a varsity student, I'm expecting you to know the difference between professional and academic qualifications & we can't neglect the down side of doing an academic qualification, especially if a person is from a poor background without any financial support (bursary/scholarship). Hence, people are advised to do their research.
I am glad I failed microbiology dismally until I switch career to BSc computer science; and after switching got scholarhship. Unlike others I wasn't trying to get into medicine
I did my Bsc at Walter Sisulu university. 1st year I was enrolled in Biological Sciences and 2nd year jumped to major in Medical physiology, after graduating I got into Medicine straight away. What I can say is it’s very competitive to get into medical school more especially as a postgraduate because medical schools have very few seats for post graduates who come from wide range of different degrees. My advise to everyone who wants to be a doctor and did not get in post matric is repeat grade 12 and get good grades there’s still few med school that consider people who repeated their matric, 2nd option do a degree that will give you a good chance of getting in but have a job if it doesn’t workout ( pharmacy, medical clinical practice, etc) Not Bsc.
Never ever try to that ,my advice is that if u fail to get into medicine go back to school because m telling u bsc biology is difficult n u need to know ur story in order to see urself in that side of medicine.
Bianca should switch to Industrial Engineering in 2nd year. Mining Engineering is no longer a scarce skill anymore and chances are high that at the end of the 4 years, she's going to feel like she was scammed AGAIN. Switch or be intentional about securing a bursary with a mining company that comes with a job guarantee.
I have a different view about the wits bsc biological science maybe because when I started I genuinely didn't know what I wanted to study. Got into it, fell in love with the field of environmental science, went to work did my post grad in the field. Moved into Sustainability and Climate change, I love what I do. I guess like she said I would be one of a few that made it in the field. But I don't regret it. I think people should go for what they are passionate about and sometimes your passion comes from something you initially knew nothing about❤
There is no stream in BSc which is not important. I believe they are all important. Most of the BSc qualification are becoming useless because of the South African politics. I mean why would South African companies hire you when the managers and supervisors don't have qualifications for the positions they in. Some of us had to take the entrepreneurships with the engineering qualifications because we are told that we are overqualified so they rather take a matric student and them in the learnership program. If you apply and the happen to take you for a learnership program, your qualification is not considered, instead you have to take two to three years doing that learnership program. It's just my experience, that's all.
I agree with you but I can relate to both what you say and what she says. I also wanted to go to Med School but ended up doing BSc Bio, Masters in Marine Science but now dealing with fresh water. Tee problem if you grow up wanting to do Medicine that feeling hunts you forever. I do enjoy what I do, the money is fairly reasonable but I wanted to be a Doctor. All the guys who did Bio dont see its value but it a valuable field of study.
I have been telling people who did not get into medicine first year to upgrade their matric results...That Bsc biological sciences route to medicine is absolutely difficult...they only take a few students from Bsc, and take a lot from matric...please dont do Bsc, Just upgrade your matric results for a year and reapply for medicine with higher marks, and you will get in...
@@beewest5704 its a long route around...the best short route is to upgrade your matric results (get those 90 percents) and reapply for medicine again to all universities that offer medicine...I know a lot of doctors who upgraded their matric results before they got admitted to medicine...they are now doctors...also, its easier this way because you know the subject from high school, all you are doing is solidifying the knowledge until you master the content...
I also did Bio because I wanted to bridge into Med Scho. I ended up doing Masters in Marine Bioscience, currently working as Scientist for Dept of Water and San in Pretoria. I recently give up on Medicine because the family was growing. I would recommend that apply everywhere and you better do courses such as Medical physiology.
BSc life Sciences its a scam, and it is very difficult 😂i studied it at UL, I believe it is one of those courses they use to make money for institutions, otherwise the intake would be lesser, and ADVISE" keore run from it". Save your funds for the actual qualification you want, even if it is in a different institution or going through an extended program, because NSFAS does not fund a secondary qualification.
Yep...If you did not get into medicine first year...just upgrade your matric results...i've been telling people that, but they think im a hater...I know a lot of people who upgraded their matric, who are now doctors...
Is not scam of you continue and specialise, I endes specialising in Marine. Bio of predominetly white, black seem not to like much and they tend to do it by chance.
So I actually did BSc biological sciences, and it was nice. You guys just need to work hard, like get 80s in BSc. Also, post grad opportunities are there, but you need to be careful but if you don't like it then change
I did BSc Computer Science and GIS. Another scam, I should have saved my money and been a self-taught developer. I only use 15% of what I studied and that only applies in interviews. IT is a gatekeeping industry in SA
There is NO MONEY in mining engineering. Take it from me a 4th year Aero student... Switch to Industrial, your life will be better off for it. It's an easy field to study and you get paid
@chumasalela9855 most of us have BSc degrees but we're not using them due to fewer job opportunities or less exposure and or awareness of the available opportunities so we end up venturing into new qualifications or career opportunities
😂I now believe the entire education system in SA is scam, most of graduates regret their first choice. I did ND in Financial Information System via UJ and 10 years later its feels like I was scammed😢
@@albertnile6778 even if you do BSc biological science you still do math, physics, bio and chem the second year you have the liberty of choose any major (for math and physics you just need great grades) but the other two it's a matter of a qualifying mark. Even so within these choices you can further make your own choices in terms of majoring subjects
Another scam degree is ..... (yoh ngyadlala ppl will come for me...but its that healthcare degree under the non healthscience faculty). The unemployment rate there, tjo hectic. Well, if youre white and can speak Afrikaans you'll be okay.
But all jokes aside, it's really sad. It's the one in the black scrubs. Look the degree itself is not the issue, issue is the lack of job opportunities for black post comm serves in the private sector. Be prepared to look for work internationally but you still need to get signed off by the racist lecturers who didn't protect black students from mistreatment and racism from supervisors so Goodluck
@keletsoprecious82 I did PDM after completing honours in BSc and then taught myself how to code, did projects and others things along the way(long story short). They paid off as I'm currently a Quantitative Analyst/Data Engineer for a one of the banks. But it was a rough journey though; not many are as fortunate.
