#Is it necessary to take Add Maths in o levels for psychiatry

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sacred scroll
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I'm hoping to pursue the field of psychiatry and I'm confused on weither I have to take Add Maths in my O levels/IGSCE for it. Is it necessary?

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Also is psychiatry a target of the post ai dominated world? soob

somber echo
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the best thing to do is to make sure you can think critically, because that's the one skill that AI can't do (yet)

somber echo
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you should search the webpage of each uni / unis in the countries you're interested in applying for their requirements
usually it's just requirements at A level / IB

hallow vapor
# somber echo it's not at all required

South if someone does/did edexcel a level regular math (pure and stats only) and say they didn't take add math in igcse, then does that mean they can automatically do add math?

(Asking out of pure curiosity)

somber echo
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but there would be no point sitting the exam

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you could instead sit the P1 exam in your first session

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there's no point going back before A levels if you want to sit any exams

hallow vapor
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ah i see ty @grim roost

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hallow vapor
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oh shoot wrong one soob

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ty south!@somber echo

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hallow vapor
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Okay one more question! || So i finished igcse awhile back (okay pushing 3 years) and noticed that i can't solve some igcse math questions (because when i did igcse i didn't practice much on some topics like mensuration). So currently ive been self studying a level regular math and i was wondering is it worth it to relearn and practice the topics i had trouble with in igcse? (And im talking about normal math! ) or nah would it be a waste of time.||

somber echo
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actually you should do mensuration cause it'll be assumed knowledge in A levels: you never know if they're going to choose some 2D or 3D shape and optimise the volume given the surface area (differentiation, calculus)

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actually, when you see something you don't quite understand in an A level section, go back to the corresponding IGCSE section

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that way you'll be learning more effectively

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somber echo
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thanks!

sacred scroll
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real quest
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Math in A-level is basically igcse add math

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Also psychiatrists are specialist

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You need to go med school first and earn a mbbs degree

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Then move on to masters in psychiatry

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So med school itself requires a level math

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Cuz in universities they expect you to know basic add math and calculus if you’re doing stem

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If youre going to commonwealth nation to pursue your studies then you cannot escape from add math

real quest
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If you fucked up igcse math

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There’s no way you can do a level math

somber echo
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well they said they didn't take Add Maths

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I'm assuming they of course took 0580

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yeah they said they didn't practice some topics in IGCSE like mensuration

real quest
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0580 is not enough for 9709

somber echo
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of course that's a pretty important topic

somber echo
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there's a huge overlap between Add Maths and pure 1

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in fact Add Maths has more than pure 1

real quest
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…

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You tell me you learned series and arithmetic geometric in 0580?

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There’s no fucking integration in 0580

somber echo
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there's no need to learn it in the IG years

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like you're pretty lucky 0580 already has differentiation

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international maths doesn't have differentiation

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they get along fine

real quest
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somber echo
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there is plenty of statistics in med school yes, but even the further maths portion would be scratching the surface

real quest
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Excuse me

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When further math came into the picture

somber echo
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you are correct that med school students typically need to complete the equivalent of calculus I at uni

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but once they progress past that there's not much maths needed apart from stats and data analysis

somber echo
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maths is not that important in a fairly wide range of STEM

real quest
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What degree are you doing

somber echo
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for instance CS, and for instance geology

somber echo
real quest
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…

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You’re humanity student

somber echo
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so what?

real quest
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In uni they are not gonna babysit you if you don’t know your add math

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Also medical school always look for bio chem maths or physics

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In the uk and other commonwealth countries

somber echo
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yes there are firstyear requirements that cover a wide range of STEM, but once you're past that it's just all medicine

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so chemistry and biology are far more important

real quest
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You need to know your math concept when you reach the stage

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Where you need to estimate the growth of the bacteria and etc

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How fast the cancer cell can spread

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How much of the medicine the patients needs to take

somber echo
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that actually doesn't require calculus, but Add Maths yes

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in fact if you look at direct entry med, they basically don't need to take maths outside of statistics

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here's year 1

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real quest
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Hold on let me pull up my degree content

somber echo
real quest
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And if the student didn’t do math how they gonna cope

somber echo
real quest
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And you don’t have all the time

somber echo
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at uni they're there to learn and they're going to have the experience to learn the material in a fraction of the time it would take an A level student in class

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med school has so much content, if anyone could learn something in such a short span of time, it would be the med students

real quest
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Yeah as a med student there’s no reason not to take triple science and one math

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Most of my friends who are going to med school took all four

somber echo
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well they don't need to take the other STEM subjects besides bio and chem

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if your friends want to, great

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if someone else doesn't want to, that's also great

real quest
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Bro they are A student

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I am from sunway

somber echo
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and students should have choices over what they learn

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med students, especially postgrad med (think US and Canada), come from all sorts of backgrounds

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you can have people who went through law school or did an engineering undergrad and then they decide they want to do med

real quest
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Canada follows commonwealth system

somber echo
real quest
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Ohh

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As an Asian you want to be efficient, and we need think about our parents

somber echo
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bruh that's just a recipe for being miserable in your life

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pleasing your parents no matter what

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I'm Asian too

real quest
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Pleasing what!?

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Eh you thinking the currency in our favour ah

somber echo
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like my mom and dad were supportive of many things I wanted to do, including switching majors

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if you're Asian yourself you should realise that not all Asians are the same

real quest
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That’s a lot of money to switch course or to defer

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Especially for international student

somber echo
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true of course

somber echo
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otherwise you'll have 'wasted' half of your degree for nothing

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of course not all parents are that cooperative or understanding, sadly

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there's some economic statistics in a video by PolyMatter that say that starting but not finishing your degree is pretty much equivalent to only graduating high school

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that I am very aware of, yes

somber echo
real quest
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My junior regret not taking add math

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And she had a hard time now

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Wrong person

somber echo
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oh wait true

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sorry

real quest
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The pink name is asking about psychiatry

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Which is definitely a need

somber echo
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anyways let's leave the discussion here

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with me not with the pink name

hallow vapor
hallow vapor
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Shout out all my asian brothers and sisters 🔥

hallow vapor
hallow vapor
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~~South im sorry for pinging you like 5 times soob ~~

sacred scroll
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sacred scroll
hallow vapor
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