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[bananacosmicgirl]

In March, I did the Swedish equivalent of the SAT's (here called Högskoleprovet). I checked the results immediately and figured out what my score would probably be, but the raw score is turned into a score on a scale from 0,0 to 2,0. Those scales are pretty much always the same, but who knows - they might change.

They didn't.

Which is why I now have a score of 1,9 on said test.

1,8 is what's been necessary to get into med school.

I'm very happy :)

(Also, it was the first time I did the test - they say that it usually turns out better the second time, because you're more prepared for what it's like... so hopefully I can do a 2,0 this fall when I do it again (the test is twice a year))

Comments

[bananacosmic.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard anything about Swedish med schools in relation to med schools in other countries, but that sounds good to me :)

[californiaquail.livejournal.com]

Well what I wanted to say was that I heard they were better than ours (USA) but I didn't want to offend any American doctors.

You've probably read one of my rants about the failure that is the American Public Healthcare System.

[bananacosmic.livejournal.com]

I think I've missed those rants... but I've heard enough about it elsewhere to know anyway. Then again, I don't know if med school and the public healthcare system are directly related in how good they are.

[californiaquail.livejournal.com]

The focus seems to be less on patient care and more on maximizing their employability.

Healthcare is being viewed as a business and not a service.

[bananacosmic.livejournal.com]

Ah, true. As far as I know, there's a lot of focus here on patient care - as it should be (although being a doctor, or a nurse, is a lot of paperwork here too). But at least we don't need stuff like healthcare insurance when we have to go to a hospital...