Is it likely to get 2nd round offers for Biomed @ Melbourne Uni?

[youaresopie]

What are the chances of getting a place in Biomed at Melbourne Uni for 2nd round offers with an Atar of 98.35?

[uberrr123]

Called them up yesterday.
They said that they are only giving out a couple of places and that you have to be bloody close to 99.
Slim chance. Sorry bud, but goodluck

[Panicmode]

Unfortunately, the way Melbourne structures their admissions means that it is incredibly difficult to get in a course on a second round offer under the clearly without SEAS of some kind.

However, you can do basically the exact same degree with a BSci @ Melbourne just taking Biomed subjects.



I know it's incredibly unfair that a person with a score of 98.00+ miss out on this course. This is mostly due to the fact that Melbourne guaranteed places to all SEAS applicants with an ATAR of 92 or above. This resulted in a whopping 56% getting under the clearly in and still being accepted. The other factor seems to stem from the rise in popularity of the degree.

[david10d]

56%? HOLY FUCK

[Panicmode]

56%? HOLY FUCK

Yeah inorite? Hence why the clearly in ATAR was 99.00

[Mech]

Unfortunately, the way Melbourne structures their admissions means that it is incredibly difficult to get in a course on a second round offer under the clearly without SEAS of some kind.

However, you can do basically the exact same degree with a BSci @ Melbourne just taking Biomed subjects.



I know it's incredibly unfair that a person with a score of 98.00+ miss out on this course. This is mostly due to the fact that Melbourne guaranteed places to all SEAS applicants with an ATAR of 92 or above. This resulted in a whopping 56% getting under the clearly in and still being accepted. The other factor seems to stem from the rise in popularity of the degree.

I believe the government aim was to offer ~35% to SEAS applicants anyway. It is an equity thing, but this year a 56% under is ridiculous.

[Russ]

The government aim is a lot lower than 35%

[Panicmode]

The government aim is a lot lower than 35%

It was around 25% right? Melbourne said they wanted to aim for 35%. They just grossly underestimated how popular the degree was.

[kensan]

So does that mean 56% of all people doing biomed 2012 are SEAS applicants?

[tea.squaredd]

Yes.

[Russ]

Potentially more given that some of the 99+ people may have been SEAS

[kensan]

That just seems really dodgy..

[Panicmode]

Well, I got in under the clearly in and I wasn't a SEAS applicant. I was however a KLD student. We got a guarantee if we got higher than a 95 (subject to availabilities)