MMI Info [Monash 2011]

[Russ]

I think ERC would be great, as it'd let me escape my parents for a few months each year during clinical years, letting me build up at least some of the independence that I'll lose out on by not moving interstate if I get offered a place at monash.

Just take a CSP and put down rural as your preferred clinical rotation?

[MBBS]

Interesting. Does this then suggest VCE is more a measure of intelligence not hard work?

[shinny]

I think ERC would be great, as it'd let me escape my parents for a few months each year during clinical years, letting me build up at least some of the independence that I'll lose out on by not moving interstate if I get offered a place at monash.

Just take a CSP and put down rural as your preferred clinical rotation?

Unlikely. There's very few rural places now. For some reason, they took off Gippsland so there's only either Bendigo or Mildura. Only a handful of people (probably max like 5, less I think) got to go from CSP. Those who really wanted to go from CSP got given the offer of signing a ERC offer now at the end of 2nd year and some actually took it up.

[Russ]

Oh didn't know that gippsland was removed from the undergraduate. So what, it's just grad students there now?

[shinny]

Oh didn't know that gippsland was removed from the undergraduate. So what, it's just grad students there now?

Yeaaaap. =/

A lot of people are pretty pissed considering Monash has basically been telling us 'GO RURAL, GO RURAL, IT'S ACTUALLY AWESOME' for 2 years to fix the doctor shortage there and when it comes down to it, the majority of us don't even have the opportunity to do so.

[Russ]

Intriguing. Still doesn't make me want to pick monash over deakin or UoM, but interesting to know that it's all P/G there now.

[MBBS]

Dear Tony,

Thank you for your email.

1)VCE Literature is considered equivalent to English for the purposes of
Prerequisite checking.

2)We do not have any set quota for students based on their location or
year of study.

3)As selection for the MBBS course is based on there selection criteria
(UMAT, Interview and ATAR) we cannot calculate a Clearly-In ATAR. We can
advise you that the average ATAR of successful applicants in the 2010
intake was 98.85.

Good luck with your application and do contact us if you have any
further queries.

Regards,
--
James Marshall
Executive Officer, MBBS Admissions
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Monash University

[shinny]

According to our lecturers, the 2010 cohort are duds though

[Russ]

the average ATAR of successful applicants in the 2010 intake was 98.85.

Average is very different to median.

[shinny]

According to our lecturers, the 2010 cohort are duds though

as if they are lol ?

As in the 2010 intake that are currently in first year right now. Not you guys

[iNerd]

According to our lecturers, the 2010 cohort are duds though

as if they are lol ?

As in the 2010 intake that are currently in first year right now. Not you guys

MHS 09ers made MHS history...pretty sure them 32 people aren't duds

[Caspar]

(UMAT, Interview and ATAR) we cannot calculate a Clearly-In ATAR. We can
advise you that the average ATAR of successful applicants in the 2010
intake was 98.85.

Median != mean

edit: I put CSP as first pref as since the ERC stream has CSP and BMP places I might end up bonded if I put that first pref. I don't really want to be bonded :/.

[MBBS]

Can someone explain the difference between mean median and average. I was taught all this but forgot. Thanks.

[Caspar]

Methods 46+ Specialist 46+

Yep.

Mean is the average of a sample, ie all scores added and then divided by number of scores.
Median is the middle number in a sample. e.g. in a data set with 9 entries, the 5th highest would be the mean.

[iNerd]

Can someone explain the difference between mean median and average. I was taught all this but forgot. Thanks.

Mean is another word for average. The median is the MIDDLE score [ eg : 1 1 2 2 3 : The median is 2. ]