chocomilkenthusiast

Hey @chocomilkenthusiast,

Great question and this is one of the things that many people don't know for sure because it's so subjective. But I just want to note that I'm not in JCU med because I ended up getting a higher preference but I did get into the interview stage which is selected from the written application. So, I am happy to take a look over your written application once you've completed it!
If there are any tips I could give:

• DO NOT be cliche in your application.
• Write actual real-life experiences and not generalised situations.
• This is obvious but avoid grammatical errors, spelling mistakes and try to write neatly.

This is the process I took:

1. I printed out the form in colour and made that one my official copy.
2. I got my signature very early from my principal on the official form so I didn't have to worry about that later and because of the UCAT and the holidays etc., I just got that out of the way.
3. Write the actual application questions in a Word doc so you don't have any errors in your responses.
4. Then take another copy of the form and practise writing your responses from the Word doc into the given lines. Ensure not to go over the line amount because I don't know what happens if you do .
5. Once you are confident that there are no mistakes in your responses (get it checked by people too) and that it fits within the line count in your official form, then proceed to write it into your official form.

I know this might seem a bit like paranoia but I did end up getting an interview and no one else in my school did. People tend to believe that the interview offer and thus the medicine offer is easy to get but actually, it is incredibly difficult so please don't underestimate it.

Hope this helps!

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Hey! I am also in WA, in year 12 now. I am doing chem, bio, methods, spec, lit and Japanese SL.

One thing I would recommend is taking as much subjects as you want, try it for a bit in year 11 and dropping it if you don't like it or if it is too much. That way you won't be regretting any decisions later on. That was my plan with spec, and I ended up keeping it! But, check with your school beforehand, because each school varies with their subject changing times and stuff.

I agree with @chocomilkenthusiast in that Chem is definitely a more useful subject in terms of the range of pathways it gives. Yes it does require effort, but as I said you could give it a try and see how it goes. With HASS subjects, it is right to do subjects that you like not how it gets scaled, BUT a good balance between them both will maximise your marks. HASS subjects tend to scale down, so I would say do them only if you really really enjoy it and if you are good at it (which I think you are).

I don't know if what I said was any help, but feel free to ask any questions

chocomilkenthusiast ohh dw about it! what's chemistry like for you? is it difficult?

chocomilkenthusiast hey thank you so much for your reply! if you don't mind me asking, which subjects are you taking right now for year 12?

lucy__ FYI the changing enthalpy based on changing temperature thing requires integral calculus (Kirchoff’s Law), so for the sake of your sanity, just look up some values of heat of ionisation for ethanoic acid at different temperatures.

The reason why I had to talk about it is because normally temperature changes don’t incur a sign change in the enthalpy change as in high school you assume heat capacities to be constant regardless of temperature. However, heats of ionisation (enthalpy change for an acid dissociation reaction) are so small that even the smallest temperature change may result in a new deltaH with an opposite sign.

Also, most literature refers to ethanoic acid as “acetic acid”, you’d be surprised how you can’t find anything with the proper IUPAC name but find a million things with its common name.

chocomilkenthusiast
English: 77
Ancient History: 86
Chemistry: 93
Physics: 84
Methods: 67
Religion and Ethics: A

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chocomilkenthusiast
All goods! With the first sub question, remember to specify which Pope Urban it was, because they can dock marks if you're incorrect. Turnitin shouldn't be able to pick the questions up, and if does, let me know and I'll just edit my post lol. It shouldn't pick up ur image either so you should be right.

Also, I suggest making your 3rd sub question your 2nd paragraph, because sources usually come at the end and it flows better.

Feel free to send screenshots of your draft, uni is quite busy but I'll deffos check it out

Good luck!
-jinx_58

chocomilkenthusiast
Heyo! I did QCE Ancient history so I hope I can help

Have you tried something along the lines of "What motivated the Pope to focus the reunification of Christendom, and what were the benefits that stemmed out of this focus?"

"How would reclaiming the Holy land during the first crusade benefit the middle class people versus how they would benefit the politicians/leaders during the first crusade?"

"How did the relationships between crusaders and the Byzantine Empire ultimately impact the the Pope's focus?"

OR
"How do the modern sources portray the reunification of Christendom in comparison to ancient sources?"

With your Key Inquiry Question, make sure to add a year and i've lowkey fixed this up to make it a bit more specific: e.g. "To what extent was Pope Urban II's focus on the reunification of Christendom, rather than the reclamation of the Holy Land during the First Crusade, in 1096?"

I've also chucked below my IA2 questions from last year, and I hope this helps you get a better understanding of what's expected (I got 24/25 btw)

KIQ: To what extent did Miltiades have the most significant role in achieving Athenian victory over the Persians at the battle of Marathon in 490BCE; or were there other individuals such as Callimachus whose role was just as important?

1. How is Callimachus remembered in relation to the Battle of Marathon?
2. What was Miltiades’ role at Marathon?
3. How do the ancient sources portray Miltiades and Callimachus in comparison to the modern sources?

Hope this helps,
-jinx_58