Monash undergrad med or Melbourne grad med

[mandm]

Hi,
I'm fairly confident of my chance of getting into Monash Uni for undergraduate medicine. However, I know that if you get a 99 ATAR and have 75%WAM, you have guaranteed graduate medicine (no GAMSAT) at Melbourne Uni. I am really not sure which to choose as both have pros and cons.

Monash Pros:
Only 5 years
Prestige of getting into undergraduate medicine.

Monash Cons:
Really far away - approx. 2 hour drive per day
Not many friends going to Monash.

Melbourne Pros:
More relaxing study
Many friends going to Melbourne
Already part of the system (University extension program)

Melbourne Cons:
Takes longer to complete course.

I'm not really sure which one I want to go to, so could I get some advice from people who have done either course?

p.s. something to consider is that I have not had much of a workload compared to other students this year as I only did 3 in school subjects and 1 uni extension, as I completed 3 subjects last year, so will that effect my ability to study if I go to monash?

Thanks

[vox nihili]

Hi,
I'm fairly confident of my chance of getting into Monash Uni for undergraduate medicine. However, I know that if you get a 99 ATAR and have 75%WAM, you have guaranteed graduate medicine (no GAMSAT) at Melbourne Uni. I am really not sure which to choose as both have pros and cons.

Monash Pros:
Only 5 years
Prestige of getting into undergraduate medicine.

Monash Cons:
Really far away - approx. 2 hour drive per day
Not many friends going to Monash.

Melbourne Pros:
More relaxing study
Many friends going to Melbourne
Already part of the system (University extension program)

Melbourne Cons:
Takes longer to complete course.

I'm not really sure which one I want to go to, so could I get some advice from people who have done either course?

p.s. something to consider is that I have not had much of a workload compared to other students this year as I only did 3 in school subjects and 1 uni extension, as I completed 3 subjects last year, so will that effect my ability to study if I go to monash?

Thanks

One really critical component of this that you might have missed is that a 99 ATAR only guarantees you an "Australian fee place", which means full fee. This means you'd need to pay more than $300,000 for the course. Of course, this doesn't preclude you from taking the GAMSAT and applying for the competitive process, though.

[Lear]

Definitely go towards the undergrad option. Saves you years of HECS from undergrad and as above, 99 ATAR does not guarantee you a CSP place. Also you still have to pass the MMIs and maintain a WAM.