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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => Deakin University => Topic started by: Jc13 on March 10, 2015, 08:38:29 pm
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Hi,
Can someone please explain to me how med at Deakin works? Also, is entry as competitive as other universities? Thanks.
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My sister did medicine at Deakin for the first two years.
It's a 4 year degree, with 2 years preclinical at the Geelong campus, and 2 years clinical at the hospitals. Apparently it is an excellent medical program.
Not as competitive as Melbourne or Monash, but still competitive yes. However, I envisage that it'll be more competitive in the future as from 2017 onwards only Monash students are eligible for Monash graduate entry medicine in Gippsland.
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I heard that the course was "meh"ish mainly because they got only 2 clinical years?
Scored aren't as high as Melbourne or Monash but lately they've been rising.
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I heard that the course was "meh"ish mainly because they got only 2 clinical years?
Scored aren't as high as Melbourne or Monash but lately they've been rising.
Melbourne is the only graduate program to have 3 years in clinical schools (afaik). All others are 2 years in uni and 2 ion hospital (although some have students in hospitals for 1 day per week during the first 2 years as well). I could be wrong, but that's my understanding
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According to the graduate Monash MBBS, they only have a single pre-clinical year at Gippsland but the other three years are clinical with the other undegrad students.
I don't know about the structures about all the other schools interstate though.
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Melbourne is the only graduate program to have 3 years in clinical schools (afaik). All others are 2 years in uni and 2 ion hospital (although some have students in hospitals for 1 day per week during the first 2 years as well). I could be wrong, but that's my understanding
Monash has 3 clinical years too (1 preclin, 3 clin).
GAMSAT is required for Deakin, yes.
Not sure which ones would be least competitive to be honest.
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So GAMSAT is still required?
Probably a subjective question, but which university would prove to be least competitive (excluding James Cook)?
Thanks so far for your responses.
They're all pretty competitive.
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For Monash after 2017 - it's weighted average mark and interview, no GAMSAT.
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For Monash after 2017 - it's weighted average mark and interview, no GAMSAT.
Is this because they will only accept Monash based students?
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Yeah, they're only accepting Monash students from 2017 onwards. They say you need a WAM over 70 to be considered for an interview (but in reality, to be safe for an offer, the requirements might be higher)
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And 2/3 of the places are reserved for only Monash Biomedical Science students.
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70-79 is distinction, 60-69 is credit.
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Ok, so you'd really want a distinction average?
To be honest - 70 is purely the minimum that will allow you to be eligible. Medicine is going to be very competitive so realistically I think an 80+ WAM would be needed to be competitive for a place.