AMC-UvA Selections Part 2C

So, several weeks ago, I worked my ass off to get into med school. I struggled through the interviews, read the chapters/articles twice or thrice, summarized the chapters/articles at least once, went through the lecture slides at least twice, and kicked butt at the multiple-choice exam.

My preparations weren't in vain: I passed.
My rank no. is within the highest quartile.
So all in all, I scored pretty well.
If all goes well, I'll be studying medicine next year :D
I've got several months to enjoy my life before drowning in lectures and course materials.

But it's going to be so worth it..

AMC-UvA Selections Part 2B

Now that the selections week is over, it's time to get back to my regular activities. Sadly, this includes studying for Methodology I. I have so much work to do, yet I'm still blogging.. What's wrong with me?

For those of you wondering if I really, really can't spill any details: no. I really am not allowed to spill any details, partly because of patient confidentiality.

All in all, I truly loved last week. It was both challenging and exhausting, if not a bit stressing as well. Blame the interviews for being the major stressor.
But I'd gladly do this again if I could.
I still think this was much more fun than Health and Life Sciences, but hey, that might be me. I love studying diseases much more than studying healthcare management.
Now I just have to wait for the results - just little less than 3 weeks and I'll know if I'll become a doctor or not.

Let's hope I'll be among the 61% of those to get into med school.

AMC-UvA Selections Part 2A

Today I attended the first part of the final rounds for the entrance exams - a 2.5hr lecture.
It was so awesome..

I also got the materials I need for the Friday's test (the final rounds consist of a lecture about X topic, multiple mini interviews and an exam about the lecture and the studying materials handed to us).
It's about 16 pages long, and I have about 4 days left to study for the test.

I'm not allowed to disclose the contents of the lecture, the study materials, the interviews or the test, so the coming posts about the final rounds will be ridiculously short. You better try elsewhere :)

16 pages, 4 days. Challenge accepted.

AMC-UvA Selections Part 1B

 Somewhere back in March (March 16th, if you want to know..), I attended the first med school entry test for the AMC-University of Amsterdam. A total of 1450+ people signed up for the tests, 1273 of which attended the first round, 428 of which will be selected to move on to the next series of tests (Chances of being passing the first round: approximately 34%).
Of those people, only 263 will ultimately get into med school at AMC-UvA. Chances of getting into med school: approximately 21%.

It's been about 1,5months since I took the first test, and yesterday, I found out I passed it. :)

The dreaded, but much-welcomed letter of judgement

AMC-UvA Selections Part 1A

Hello y'all!

Today, I participated in the first rounds of the med school entrance exams of the University of Amsterdam.
The test was designed in a way that no one could have prepared him/herself for it, although this is not completely true..

The entrance exam consisted of 40 questions and a curriculum vitae to be filled in in about 2,5hrs.
I'm not sure if I did well or not, but I later found out that I'd correctly answered some of the questions.
I especially seemed to do well on the radiology/diagnosis questions, in which they presented me with an X-ray or CT scan of a patient, along with a question regarding the image.
I've had no training or whatsoever, but it seems like reading scans and x-rays seems to come to me naturally.
(Not to mention I spend some part of my spare time staring at cases and diagnoses for fun. In a way, I have had some training..)

Now, this doesn't mean that you'll have to focus on radiology if you're trying to enter med school. The questions will be different, every single time.
I merely found that my earlier exposure to radiology & diagnosis really helped me through some of the questions.
Having dealt with Threat & Protection I, in which we dealt with pathogens and immune responses, also immensely helped me through several questions.

If I happen to post a question of the entrance exam online, I'll probably get my ass sued, so I'm not going to post any questions, although I might cover some topics..

Wish me luck, as I'll hear of the results in a couple of weeks.
My chances of passing this test may be as low as 28%, as about 1450 people signed up, and only 420 or so will advance to the next tests.

If I did pass this round, I'll be subjected to a final series of tests in June..

AMC-UvA Selections Part 0

Amsterdam's teaching hospital (AMC) invited me to the first rounds of their Med School Entrance Exams :)

AMC-UvA Med School Entrance Exam Invitation!

Good news: I can't get lost, as part of the participants, including me, gets to write their exams at my current (at the time me writing this) university.
Bad news: Approximately 1300 people are participating. Only 260 or so students can be selected through this exam.
 
But there's no turning back now! I can only hope for the best. Wish me luck! <3

Again..!

Useless rant post alert. Don't read this.

So how do you get into med school? II

Of course, there are a few unusual ways of getting into med school too.

Last time, I rambled on about the central selections.
Maybe I should tell you something about the school selections, lateral entries and SUMMA.

For those of you who have not read the first part, go read it. Unless you're familiar with the Dutch education system, that is.

So how do you get into med school? I

So how do you get into med school?

Can you get into med school without taking biochemical subjects?

In the States, there are things with GPA and MCAT (don't ask me, someone explain this to me, please). I've heard it was surprisingly hard to get into med school with a 3.5 GPA.
In Belgium, everyone has to take a test, and only the best get into med school.

So what about the Netherlands? It sort of sucks.