« Reply #23 on: September 24, 2009, 05:26:22 pm »
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Out of these degrees, which one do you think is the most prestigious?
BSc @ Melbourne
BSc (Scholars Program) @ Monash
PhB (Science) @ ANU
Are there any particular advantages or disadvantages of each degree (excluding location) ?
Also is there a big difference between doing a normal 'BSc' and doing one of these hyped up programs like they offer at Monash or ANU?
Thanks
Difference for PhB at least is certainly noticable - we basically get much more personal treatment than normal science students. As far as the "research" component goes, it can be a bit hit and miss. I personally enjoy my Advanced Studies Courses a whole lot, but in all fairness in maths they're usually just studying something more advanced than you'd usually see at an undergraduate level. Mind you, I have friends who in second year physics have done ASCs that led them to help making major breakthroughs, and they got to go along to conferences and be a coauthor in published papers.
I think last year it dropped down to about 99.2, but even so, that's still a freakishly high ENTER.
It's about the same as PhB at ANU (though that's more about 30 people a year, and usually two or three of them are below 99).
I'm guessing if you are doing a PhB (Bachelor of philosophy) you are wanting to go for a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy). Can you jump from PhB to PhD, without doing an honours or masters degree?
In Victoria I'm not 100% sure but I think we don't have a PhB.
PhB has an honours year (as does Dean's scholars program at Monash). But then yes, once you've done that you can go straight to a PhD.

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