Monash MBBS students

[Russ]

From memory it's not 5 years straight but there are rules in the contract about how you can structure it (ie you can't work 1 month of the year in Alice Springs and do that for 25 years to pay off the bond)

I think it has to be at least 9 months straight to qualify towards your return of service. I'll check the contract now.

edit - interesting, I think it must be 5 years in a row (or at least before you can work elsewhere)

subject to clause 3.2 and 3.11, not to render a Professional Service outside A District of Workforce Shortage between the time You obtain Fellowship and the time You complete the Return of Service Period unless You have applied in writing to the Minister for approval and the Minister has given approval.

subject to clauses 3.2 and 3.11, to Work in Districts of Workforce Shortage for the Return of Service Period on the following basis:
(i) You must Work for not less than 9 months of each full calendar year in the Return of Service Period;
(ii) in any month in the Return of Service Period in which You Work, You must Work for a minimum average of 20 Hours Per Week; and
(iii) in any period of 6 consecutive months in the Return of Service Period You must Work for no less than 3 months unless the Minister otherwise agrees

[samad]

Unbonded - 99.95, 99%ile (217 total)

Couple of my friends -

Unbonded - 99.40, 99%ile (210 total)
Unbonded - 99.85, 92%ile
Bonded - 99.65, 92%ile
Unbonded - 99.25, 97%ile

This is good news for Istafa's irregular offer...

[Nobby]

Alright I think I can pretty much forget about Monash MBBS unless I manage to pull a 100th percentile on the UMAT. I don't think I'll get an ATAR of above 95.

No! Don't write yourself off just yet

Heaps of people come into year 12 thinking thinking they could scrape 90 only to realise that they managed to get 99!

Go into year 12 and work your ass off and get that awesome ATAR

Are there any ways to gauge where I am right now?

[Jdog]

Alright I think I can pretty much forget about Monash MBBS unless I manage to pull a 100th percentile on the UMAT. I don't think I'll get an ATAR of above 95.

No! Don't write yourself off just yet

Heaps of people come into year 12 thinking thinking they could scrape 90 only to realise that they managed to get 99!

Go into year 12 and work your ass off and get that awesome ATAR

Are there any ways to gauge where I am right now?

Mate seriously, just study your ass off and hope for the best. No other way than the grind. MOnash med positions can also be swayed by your interview to a significant extent.

[shinny]

If you break the bond, you owe the Australian government the money they spent on your education, which works out to about $200k but you will retain your prescriber/provider numbers so you will still be permitted to practice.

How did you work that out? Last time I checked, it would be about ~$18k times 5, $90k. The course is about $24k a year I thought, and we're only a 5 year course.

[Russ]

I was adjusting for inflation and I think I also used 34k as the cost of one year, which may or may not be incorrect?

I worked it out a while ago anyway, the 200k was from memory, you may be correct (but you do have to factor in the annual adjustment)

[Surgeon]

Alright I think I can pretty much forget about Monash MBBS unless I manage to pull a 100th percentile on the UMAT. I don't think I'll get an ATAR of above 95.

No! Don't write yourself off just yet

Heaps of people come into year 12 thinking thinking they could scrape 90 only to realise that they managed to get 99!

Go into year 12 and work your ass off and get that awesome ATAR

Thanks for the words of motivation, Thushan
I guess that's all I can really do now especially considering my poor performance in my two Unit 3/4 subjects I completed in Year 11. Could you please reply to my private message about Harvard when you have time?

[pi]

Alright I think I can pretty much forget about Monash MBBS unless I manage to pull a 100th percentile on the UMAT. I don't think I'll get an ATAR of above 95.

No! Don't write yourself off just yet

Heaps of people come into year 12 thinking thinking they could scrape 90 only to realise that they managed to get 99!

Go into year 12 and work your ass off and get that awesome ATAR

Are there any ways to gauge where I am right now?

Not really, as you're just entering VCE! You'll have a good idea where you are at by the end of this year, after you can compare your study techniques with your SS

Till then, work hard!

[Nobby]

I was talking UMAT haha

[pi]

I was talking UMAT haha

Oops! In that case, a good way to test yousrelf for S3 would be doing some of those online Mensa multi-choice puzzles and see how you go. Alternatively, you could sit the practice prepgenie UMAT (full and legally free, link is on the UMAT resources thread) and see how you go there

[gibsonaxxxs]

Alright I think I can pretty much forget about Monash MBBS unless I manage to pull a 100th percentile on the UMAT. I don't think I'll get an ATAR of above 95.

No! Don't write yourself off just yet

Heaps of people come into year 12 thinking thinking they could scrape 90 only to realise that they managed to get 99!

Go into year 12 and work your ass off and get that awesome ATAR

Thanks for the words of motivation, Thushan
I guess that's all I can really do now especially considering my poor performance in my two Unit 3/4 subjects I completed in Year 11. Could you please reply to my private message about Harvard when you have time?

hopeful student, i thought u pmed me about getting a 50 in specialist and how u wrote in derrick ha's reference book so it should be sold to me for $250...
what happened to that??

[paulsterio]

hopeful student, i thought u pmed me about getting a 50 in specialist and how u wrote in derrick ha's reference book so it should be sold to me for $250...
what happened to that??

Maybe he should consider a degree in Marketing!

But LOL, I do find this quite funny, are you sure you have the right guy?! He's only in Y12 now, so highly highly unlikely he would have done Specialist

[gibsonaxxxs]

hopeful student, i thought u pmed me about getting a 50 in specialist and how u wrote in derrick ha's reference book so it should be sold to me for $250...
what happened to that??

Maybe he should consider a degree in Marketing!

But LOL, I do find this quite funny, are you sure you have the right guy?! He's only in Y12 now, so highly highly unlikely he would have done Specialist

lol yup i was wondering about buying something like that for 250 bucks, and checked the posts he had and realised he's in Yr 11!! lol i know...

[paulsterio]

Oh and anyways, I thought I might as well add mine.

CSP Unbonded: 99.65, 99th Percentile UMAT (Total - 218)

And a friend of mine, CSP Bonded: 99.00, 96th Percentile UMAT


In terms of the Bonded though, seriously, it's not a big deal, 5 years of service in an area of work force shortage in return for being a doctor, you'd have to be crazy not to take it! And either way, it'll probably do you more good than anything to work in the country for 5 years, on top of that, some areas of work force shortage aren't that "country" at all!

lol yup i was wondering about buying something like that for 250 bucks, and checked the posts he had and realised he's in Yr 11!! lol i know...

If he's trying to sell that to you for $250, I can assure you that he's ripping you off in some way or another. Even if he did get it off someone who got a 50 in Spesh and is now trying to sell it to you for whatever reason, the fact that got 50 and wrote in it doesn't justify the 400% inflation

[Surgeon]

My friend and I were trolling haha