Guaranteed entry?

[soNasty]

What exactly does it entail and how am i eligible for it? Im interested in a career as a cardiologist/ radiational oncologist, and wish to undertake either a bachelor of science or bachelor of biomed next year at melbourne university
I think I've read that i need an atar of 96 and above in order to be offered a guaranteed entry position, does that mean that i do not need to do the GAMSAT, however i must maintain certain grades in uni?

Thanks!

[Russ]

96 guarantees you a place in Biomedicine (assuming you qualify for that, under financial disadvantage or rural). Biomedicine will not qualify you to do cardiology or rad onc - that guarantee means nothing for getting into medicine so you still need to sit the GAMSAT, you still need to apply as per normal for medicine etc.

If you get 99+, you have a guaranteed full fee place in the MD with no GAMSAT but a hurdle average mark and hurdle interview mark

If you get 99.9+ you have a guaranteed subsidized (CSP) place in the MD, plus bonus scholarship/mentoring etc. during your undergrad. You have no hurdle mark but you need to pass an interview, held in December of the year you graduate VCE

[soNasty]

Thank you so much
Yeah i understand biomed wont do much into actually doing cardiology or rad onc, i'd need to become a doctor and eventually specialise yeah?

[nhmn0301]

http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/high_achievers_programs/graduate-course-guarantees/graduate_course_guarantees_for_atar_96_or_above
It got all the information there, as far as I'm a aware, a 96-99.85 cannot get a guaranteed for Biomed to MD.

[excal]

Wow. Getting ahead of yourself much?

Just focus on getting into a medical degree first!!

[pi]

Yeah i understand biomed wont do much into actually doing cardiology or rad onc, i'd need to become a doctor and eventually specialise yeah?

You have year 12 this year, then your undergrad degree, then your medical degree, then your intern year, then your BPT training residency years, then your registrar years preparing for your clinical and written exams (about 1/3 of people fail the exams first time too), then if you're good enough you might get accepted into an advanced trainee pathway so you've got those years (if not straight away add on some senior registrar years), then if you're very lucky a consultant job might open up and if you're good enough you could get that. For something like cardiology, it could take 20+ years from now just because it's a highly saturated field with no jobs available.

[soNasty]

Alright, thanks for that