ATAR Notes: Forum
Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: mikee65 on November 24, 2010, 08:27:51 pm
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Just wondering how many places are offered (CSP), and the number of applicants.
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270 CSP places, and the number of applicants is unknown since next year is the first year people have applied for entry too.. There would be a couple of thousand at least though, they will put up more information once they have it in the future.
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I think there were 500-600 applicants, but of course, this information isn't accurate
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There are 125% of positions offered as interviews, but the amount of applications is really a lottery. Information on entry etc. will be published in January 2011 according the MDHS centre
Of the 270 CSP places, 67 must be BMP and another 8 must be MRBS
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I think there were 500-600 applicants, but of course, this information isn't accurate
Wow really only that many! I thought only that many were offered an interview??
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^Apparently it is going to get harder to get in as the number of applicants is expected to increase over the coming years.
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^Apparently it is going to get harder to get in as the number of applicants is expected to increase over the coming years.
oh god
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There would have been 400 odd interview candidates based on their 125% rule.
And yeah, due to a few factors (small graduating biomedicine cohort + introduction of prerequisites) the requirements were very low
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pardon my ignorance but what exactly is the 125% rule?
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Could be 120% I can't remember, but they have X amount of positions in medicine, so they hold 1.25X interviews.
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Could be 120% I can't remember, but they have X amount of positions in medicine, so they hold 1.25X interviews.
ah, thanks!
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^Apparently it is going to get harder to get in as the number of applicants is expected to increase over the coming years.
That'd make sense. The ones who didn't get in the previous year are likely to reapply again. Those who then consequently get in the subsequent year thin the spots available for that year, leading to an increase in the number of applicants that year who don't get in once more, which then causes a continual domino effect I guess.
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^Apparently it is going to get harder to get in as the number of applicants is expected to increase over the coming years.
That'd make sense. The ones who didn't get in the previous year are likely to reapply again. Those who then consequently get in the subsequent year thin the spots available for that year, leading to an increase in the number of applicants that year who don't get in once more, which then causes a continual domino effect I guess.
Yeah. Will probably peak for 2014 entry when all us 2010 VCE graduates need to get in! Will not be easy...
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lots of info here...this has eaten up so much of my time!
http://www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/future/md/
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Alternatively, the 2011 MD subjects went up on handbook last month if you want to look at them.
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Alternatively, the 2011 MD subjects went up on handbook last month if you want to look at them.
got a link?
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Alternatively, the 2011 MD subjects went up on handbook last month if you want to look at them.
got a link?
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2011/MC-DMED
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Yeah that link. There's really not much there but it's interesting to look at the text list and work out how much debt I'll need to go into :S
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Yeah that link. There's really not much there but it's interesting to look at the text list and work out how much debt I'll need to go into :S
only just saw this..
but surely you can just use libraries/download ebooks of these off internet!
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I hate using ebooks, they're hard to read and study from. Plus I disapprove of downloading textbooks.
And the textbooks are all on overnight loan (24 hours) so you'll be fighting to get them from the Brownless
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I hate using ebooks, they're hard to read and study from. Plus I disapprove of downloading textbooks.
And the textbooks are all on overnight loan (24 hours) so you'll be fighting to get them from the Brownless
ah okay i see that's annoying then.
well i guess you will have to buy then :(
i probably will end up buying too, since i'd prefer hardcopy and not having to rely on library.. but thats many years away!
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Don't worry, you'll get set plenty of textbooks next year
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lots of info here...this has eaten up so much of my time!
http://www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/future/md/
You aren't in it with your scores? Wah?
The Selection Committee will shortlist applicants for interview on the basis of their performance in previous studies (GPA) and their results in the GAMSAT or MCAT. The shortlist will be 125% of the final number of students to be selected.
* The Grade Point Average (GPA) will be measured by considering the last 3 years of the applicant’s undergraduate coursework studies (including Honours).
* Weightings will be applied according to the approved Melbourne Adjusted Grade Point Average (MAGPA) calculations in force in any given year, or in the absence of any defined MAGPA, by weighting the first of the final three years by 1, the second year by 2 and the final year by 3.
It is indeed the 125% rule
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Guaranteed pathway still requires a certain WAM and a pass in the interview
Oh and on the topic of ebooks, if you buy the texts you usually get a studentconsult.com code to redeem there with extra content/digital copy etc (it's their way of cutting down the second hand textbook market)
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Guaranteed pathway still requires a certain WAM and a pass in the interview
Oh and on the topic of ebooks, if you buy the texts you usually get a studentconsult.com code to redeem there with extra content/digital copy etc (it's their way of cutting down the second hand textbook market)
Its all at that link, cbf copying it all onto here though haha
Are you in Med Russ?
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No, it's postgrad and I'm still finishing my undergrad degree. Applying in July though :)
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No, it's postgrad and I'm still finishing my undergrad degree. Applying in July though :)
So what degree are you doing now? Biomed I'm guessing?
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^ lol ill answer it for him :P
yes hes doing biomed at melb
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lots of info here...this has eaten up so much of my time!
http://www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/future/md/
You aren't in it with your scores? Wah?
haha - as Russ said, I need to maintain a 75% GPA and convince them I can speak English well enough to cope in a med degree...hopefully worth all the work!
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lots of info here...this has eaten up so much of my time!
http://www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/future/md/
You aren't in it with your scores? Wah?
haha - as Russ said, I need to maintain a 75% GPA and convince them I can speak English well enough to cope in a med degree...hopefully worth all the work!
Doesn't a 50 in English kinda prove that already?
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dunno - maybe I can read and write but am unable to speak at all? it'd be pretty interesting. it's the 75% GPA which I spose is more of a worry
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Not to put down anyone's achievements, but I know some guys with very high English scores (one 50) who are absolutely atrocious at written and spoken expression
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Not to put down anyone's achievements, but I know some guys with very high English scores (one 50) who are absolutely atrocious at written and spoken expression
And I don't mean to knock anyone's scores, congrats on getting them, but how does that enable you to be given a very good score for a language that you cannot speak?
Maybe there should be an oral section for the English exams just like any LOTE VCE subject
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It would be a slightly unwieldy system, I believe. Firstly because of the large number of students who do VCE English, and secondly because it could potentially be so subjective and potentially farcical, depending on what was asked. That is, who is to judge what is a "suitable" standard of English speaking ability on a graded scale? What do they ask? General conversation would almost be adjudging social skills more than anything that can really be learnt. The concept of a "memorised" speech (which would surely be done by a large number of these "good English students who can't communicate") would probably make the method no more helpful than the current system of having a compulsory SAC which involves making a speech. While it may make the marking system slightly more uniform with regards to this oral component, I'm not sure I'm entirely convinced it will really help...the real test when it comes to these things is in the real world anyway (as opposed to VCE world :P)
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Yeah I guess there is really no way of doing it, I'd know that even though I can speak perfect English and I'm Aussie, I'd still be nervous about an interview...
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You know how there's guaranteed entrance for Biomed students with ATAR 99.9+? Is it possible to have guaranteed entrance from Science undergrad, if you get 99.9+?
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Yes, the guaranteed pathway is for any student who qualifies
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Yeh - it is less ambiguous now...I remember when I was enrolling, it said "Bachelor of Biomedicine" on the "guaranteed entry" thing...which is what changed my mind from doing BSci (though I don't regret going into BBiomed...loving it). Currently it just says the guaranteed path is from any Melbourne Ugrad degree (so I spose hypothetically you could do arts if you fulfilled all the prereq subjects (not sure what sort of crazy overloading and stuff you'd need to do!!) I've heard about someone trying to do it via BCom...not sure if that's just rumour though.
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You can do it through arts by doing 1 summer subject (chem 102 probably)