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VCE Stuff => VTAC Discussion => Topic started by: grestal on December 17, 2018, 10:13:17 pm

Title: DEAKIN biomedicine/Monash biomedicine
Post by: grestal on December 17, 2018, 10:13:17 pm
hi atarnotes,
can anyone doing biomed at deakin give their reviews on the course and the campus??
and also i know that at Monash, the GAMSAT is not required for Monash MED as they only consider you GPA and interview. but is it the same for Deakin biomed? does deakin MED require its undergraduate students to do the GAMSAT?

please help!! i'm tossing up between Monash Science, Monash Biomed and Deakin Biomed.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
thank you!
Title: Re: DEAKIN biomedicine/Monash biomedicine
Post by: grestal on December 18, 2018, 08:38:15 pm
hi guys, please help. i have to submit my preferences tomorrow!!!!
Title: Re: DEAKIN biomedicine/Monash biomedicine
Post by: qwdfbn1996 on December 18, 2018, 08:41:56 pm
Quote from: grestal on December 18, 2018, 08:38:15 pm
hi guys, please help. i have to submit my preferences tomorrow!!!!
Didn't go to deakin but pretty sure their MD course requires GAMSAT regardless of where you do your undergrad.
https://www.deakin.edu.au/medicine/study-opportunities/domestic-admission-requirements
Title: Re: DEAKIN biomedicine/Monash biomedicine
Post by: VanillaRice on December 18, 2018, 09:25:11 pm
Quote from: qwdfbn1996 on December 18, 2018, 08:41:56 pm
Didn't go to deakin but pretty sure their MD course requires GAMSAT regardless of where you do your undergrad.
https://www.deakin.edu.au/medicine/study-opportunities/domestic-admission-requirements
You also don't have to be a Deakin student to apply for the Deakin grad med course (in fact, you don't have to be a biomed student either - any undergrad course, of any discipline, will do).

You should also be considering factors such as location - how long would it take you to travel to the campuses? What modes of transport do you have available? Would you be willing to move?

Title: Re: DEAKIN biomedicine/Monash biomedicine
Post by: vox nihili on December 18, 2018, 09:49:29 pm
Quote from: grestal on December 17, 2018, 10:13:17 pm
hi atarnotes,
can anyone doing biomed at deakin give their reviews on the course and the campus??
and also i know that at Monash, the GAMSAT is not required for Monash MED as they only consider you GPA and interview. but is it the same for Deakin biomed? does deakin MED require its undergraduate students to do the GAMSAT?

please help!! i'm tossing up between Monash Science, Monash Biomed and Deakin Biomed.
any help would be greatly appreciated!
thank you!

Deakin biomed is a bad course with a pretty weak cohort; go to Monash if you can. I've taught students from Deakin and found their course frighteningly simple. Monash on the other hand is a lot more challenging, covers a lot more ground.

The only advantage of Deakin is that I'm pretty sure you do get a few extra points (maybe 2%?) if you apply for medicine there as a Deakin undergrad student.
Title: Re: DEAKIN biomedicine/Monash biomedicine
Post by: grestal on December 20, 2018, 10:55:17 pm
Thank you qwdfbn1996, vox nihili and VanillaRice!!!
yeah i was a bit unsure about Deakin Biomed i'm looking more towards Melb science, Monash Science and Monash Biomed.
Thank you guys!!