From where I live. The ting was, we had essentially your kind of HSC exam, but people wanting to go medics had to get past the medical entry exam afterwards as well, and that in the span of like 1 or 2 months.
:blob_reach: Anyway, do not worry. The matter little in the grand scheme of things. Only if you want to become a medical practitioner, then, yes, maybe for the entry exam. But otherwise ...