I actually applied to ANU's medical science program,
and on the day of enrolment,
I found out about the PhB program.
I realized that it would offer me so much more flexibility
in terms of course choices.
And my ATAR was sufficient,
so I decided to make the transfer.
I did the National Youth Science Forum,
and I did another science camp called the International Science School.
And through those programs I found the PhB.
I found out about the PhB program through my cousin,
who has now started his Honours year with the PhB
and he felt it was a really fun degree.
The main thing that attracted me to the PhB
was firstly the flexibility,
and also just the research projects,
which looked like really amazing experiences.
The ability to interact
with world class researches
and participate in many projects that are going on,
current issues in science and things.
I found that very fascinating.
I never wanted to do like a vocational undergraduate degree.
I see undergraduate course is more of a chance
to just sort of further develop
critical thinking and analytical thinking skills.
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It's pumping sodium out!
You're leaking too fast.
if you leak slowly and I pump fast. right?
Right, leak slowly.
Leak slowly.
I'm very interested in everything to do with medical research.
All areas of medical science,
neuroscience, parasitology, all that.
Chemistry.
And I'll probably do a little bit of environmental science as well.
I do have interest in sustainability
and natural resource management.
I definitely see myself as someone
who would work in a laboratory in genetics.
Because you'd probably be finding out new things,
for such a long time, too.
Once you sort of crack some of the things that are going on there,
it'll tell you why we're formed like this
and sure they might know some of that,
but I don't know it yet,
so I wanna find out.
Yeah.
I'm surprised at the wide range of people
this course has attracted.
Everyone has that common interest of wanting to work hard at science,
and yeah, and Kioloa is a nice place.
I've noticed a lot of people here are interested in many things.
So for me,
I would like to branch out into maybe International Relations
and a bit of Macroeconomics.
I'm very science focused,
but I also like to do language subjects as well.
And during high school I took Art History as well.
So maybe I will carry on doing that throughout the PhB program.
I'm actually a runner, so, like,
I train seventy Ks a week, normally.
Unfortunately I've never quite made it to nationals level,
so that'll be the goal in this year,
to get to nationals cross-country.
The atmosphere is just really incredibly relaxed here,
That's one thing that I found pretty surprising.
And also just the fact that second year students were getting up and talking
and looked like they'd done amazing amount of work.
Last night after our talk was a real indication
of how easy it is to get along with other people
who have the same interests as you.
It's pretty chill.
I'm glad we're not just a whole bunch of awkward nerds,
and it's very lively and communal and everything.
I expected to find a lot of very smart kids
who weren't necessarily that friendly or very social
in this program.
But I was really surprised at how friendly and outgoing everybody was.
And how inviting and welcoming everyone was.
Well, I saw kangaroos for the first time.
Down here, the other day.
That was very surprising.
So, I don't wanna leave.
I just wanna keep on staying here.
So many things are just based on science.
And science defines so many things.
And I think it is really, really great to be able to get involved in science
and sort of explore so many different aspects of life through it.