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Asian parents man. They’ll do that to you.
I didnt really choose my subjects. my parents did.
They were all like “if your sister can do it, you can too.”
fyi, my sister got a 99.2 on her enter and is now doing medicine in sydney which is why i go there sometimes.
Asian parents man. They’ll do that to you.
I reckon..
I did English, Maths Methods, Specialist Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Japanese.. All in year 12 as well…
Bloody Asian parent mentalities, who needs maths anyway…
6 subjects…. wowweeee
I snuck pe into my subject selection form and they were so angry they probs woulda disowned me.
how’d you do for an enter?
99.15.. but ENTER is so over-rated. Useless archaic form of attempting to determine one’s intelligence.
I would’ve loved to have had normal parents that encouraged my sporting. Now I’m relatively average at most sports rather than excelling at anything…
I really think I would’ve enjoyed being a tradie…maybe even a builder but I would’ve also been disowned if that happened.
I agree with the whole enter is overrated.
My parents are a bit more off my case seeing that i am working hard myself this year though.
when did you finish up?
My subjects seemed logical as I want to end up in some sort of science and cover all pre-reqs. I personally like all of the sciences.
On the topic of pushy parents I see heaps of people in my classes who are stuck due to “parent-assisted” decisions. imo medicine isn’t the holy grail of education.
imo medicine isn’t the holy grail of education.
hallelujah! when people ask me whats my sister doing? i say medicine and there isnt much variety in the replies… its mainly “wow”
Ask most people who have done medicine, pharmacy and all those elitist courses if they really enjoy it and if it’s their passion. 90% of cases was no, they didn’t enjoy it and was influenced by their parents, peers and money. So many of my friends have dropped their chosen careers now to pursue what they really like. Wasted 5 years studying and working. Follow your passion not your parents.
the hype of medicine is the money involved. Im not sure why my sister picked it.
I’ve actually heard this advice of “doing what you love” before but it is really hard to understand it unless you actually experience first hand and find out what you do not like.
problem is, i dont know what i’d really like and im having a hard time doing my course selections now….
Best advice I can give you… keep your options open.
I have friend who finished their degree and now have no intention of following their course decision as a career path. If you don’t know what you want to do, take something more general, in which you can change paths down the track.
hmmm that actually helps.
thanks dude. i was juggling between doing a general engineering at monash and then choosing which one to branch into or to jump straight into aerospace engineering…
Yeah open is better unless you really know what career path you want to take (and not many Year 12 students do!). Is Melbourne Uni these days doing that US style system of general electives before selecting a major?
Or do what 80% of MHS students do and do Commerce at Melb Uni haha.
Yeah open is better unless you really know what career path you want to take (and not many Year 12 students do!). Is Melbourne Uni these days doing that US style system of general electives before selecting a major?
Im pretty sure they do. I think most must do a science for a year first before doing any other subject. i know that this applies to physio and med.
The current ‘Melbourne model’ is all about doign a course and then majoring and minoring. They’ve also brought in new policy requiring that 25% of your subjects are out of your subject area (ie. doing 75% science based subjects and 25% in commerce) This is meant to increase chances of employment; except medicine is not under this model.