Questions about University of Melbourne courses

[user2357]

Thank you very much.
I too don't like giving students guaranteed places in medicine only because they achieved high results in high school because I believe that achieving high results in high schools requires qualities that don't necessarily indicate someone's suitability as a doctor. The qualities are work ethic, memory, school, tutoring and luck.
The Monash structure doesn't really give any credit to ATAR. Biomedicine requires 90 ATAR, which is very achievable for anyone considering medicine. I think performing well in a competitive interview (I heard the UoM chancellor's interview is easy to pass) and being top 50 in terms of WAM, out of around 250 students, in my opinion, is a better indication that someone is suitable to become a doctor than performing well in high school (or even UMAT).

[Hancock]

I'm presuming that more than 50 people from Biomed at Monash apply for the Monash MD. So while they allocate 50 places, you're still going to be competing against fellow students. It'll be on a smaller scale however.

[thushan]

The Monash structure probably will give credit to ATAR. With the new "carrot" of grad med for Monash Biomed students, demand is going to shoot up a lot for it, pushing up the required ATAR.

[zvezda]

with the biomed course at melbourne whereby 99.00+ and an average of 75% can get you an interview for the MD, does anybody know how competitive this is? How many are given the interview offers and how many are accepted in the end?
cheers

[thushan]

with the biomed course at melbourne whereby 99.00+ and an average of 75% can get you an interview for the MD, does anybody know how competitive this is? How many are given the interview offers and how many are accepted in the end?
cheers

You get a guaranteed FULL FEE ($56,000 per year) place, assuming you pass an interview.

[zvezda]

You get a guaranteed FULL FEE ($56,000 per year) place, assuming you pass an interview.

so there's no set number of successfull interviews? just a pass without needing to do better than say 30% of interviewees?

[thushan]

No idea.