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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: crayolé on January 21, 2010, 01:25:00 pm

Title: Dentistry?
Post by: crayolé on January 21, 2010, 01:25:00 pm
Is UoM the only university that offers this?

What ENTER do I need,
What course should I be aiming for and
What are the pathways into it?

Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: mystikal on January 21, 2010, 03:37:02 pm
Biomedicine, enter around 98.00 to be safe seeing as this years cut off for it was 97.90.

La Trobe Bendigo also offers dentistry but it is even more harder than the one in Uni of Melb it requires 99+ ENTER.
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: crayolé on January 21, 2010, 04:25:35 pm
Yeah Bendigo is way too far for me ):

Is biomedicine the only way in?
Can I get in through Science?
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: Gloamglozer on January 21, 2010, 04:50:20 pm
Yeah Bendigo is way too far for me ):

Is biomedicine the only way in?
Can I get in through Science?

You can get through via Science.  You just need to select the right subjects, whereas in Biomed, the subjects are "pre-selected" for you so you don't have to worry about not missing any pre-reqs.
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: kenhung123 on February 22, 2010, 12:04:35 am
Hmm, so how long is the total duration of biomed+dentistry? 3+5 years??
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: Toothpaste on February 22, 2010, 12:06:49 am
Hmm, so how long is the total duration of biomed+dentistry? 3+5 years??
If you're just talking about the Melbourne DDS, it's 4 years not 5.
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: kenhung123 on February 22, 2010, 12:14:46 am
Oh right. So previously the course with 5 years outright?
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: Toothpaste on February 22, 2010, 12:27:02 am
Oh right. So previously the course with 5 years outright?
Yeah the discontinued BDSc was 5 years.
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: wildareal on February 26, 2010, 01:59:39 pm
Biomedicine, enter around 98.00 to be safe seeing as this years cut off for it was 97.90.

La Trobe Bendigo also offers dentistry but it is even more harder than the one in Uni of Melb it requires 99+ ENTER.

Just out of curiosity why does La Trobe require a higher ENTER? Is it because it takes people with lower UMATs?
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: natty on February 26, 2010, 02:13:50 pm
Biomedicine, enter around 98.00 to be safe seeing as this years cut off for it was 97.90.

La Trobe Bendigo also offers dentistry but it is even more harder than the one in Uni of Melb it requires 99+ ENTER.

Just out of curiosity why does La Trobe require a higher ENTER? Is it because it takes people with lower UMATs?

ENTER requirement is generally based on popularity, so Latrobe must be a very popular place for dentistry, likely because it requires the lower UMAT.
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: kenhung123 on February 26, 2010, 02:16:27 pm
I think it doesn't even need UMAT
Title: Re: Dentistry?
Post by: Toothpaste on February 26, 2010, 02:35:47 pm
Yeah no UMAT. I think non year 12 entry needs UMAT though. Plus it's also because the Melbourne one doesn't exist anymore. (Melbourne Undergraduate dent required high UMAT and 99+ ENTER once upon a time)