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Medicine through Melbourne Model
shinny:
There's just too much bloody insecurity going through that route, which is why I'll opt for Monash.
orsel:
--- Quote ---Could this extra time spent at uni, be advantageous for entrance into certain specialties for example. Are there any genuine advantages of this pathway compared to MBBS?
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No, not really.
In that 1/2 years extra, any possible benefit from being in uni would most likely pale in comparison to external experience that you could obtain from the healthcare system that is relevant to whichever specialisation you want.
humph:
--- Quote from: bturville on December 17, 2008, 10:48:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: shinny on December 17, 2008, 10:41:35 pm ---Not to mention this:
--- Quote from: University of Melbourne Admissions Officer ---Dear Andrew,
It is yet to be confirmed but at this stage our information is that there will most likely be an assigned quota of guaranteed full-fee places in the MD. In that case if more students meet the criteria than places available then some students will not be offered the guaranteed place.
For this reason we would recommend that even those students who obtain an ENTER of 99.9 (and above) sit the GAMSAT so they can then be considered for the ‘standard entry’ places should a guaranteed place not be available.
Regards,
Katrina
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Wow, imagine getting 99.9x and STILL not getting a guaranteed place. That's amazing.
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It does make it sound like they're trying to make medicine at UoM as elite as possible, which is saying something since medicine in Australia in general is pretty damn elite.
NE2000:
--- Quote from: bturville on December 17, 2008, 10:48:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: shinny on December 17, 2008, 10:41:35 pm ---Not to mention this:
--- Quote from: University of Melbourne Admissions Officer ---Dear Andrew,
It is yet to be confirmed but at this stage our information is that there will most likely be an assigned quota of guaranteed full-fee places in the MD. In that case if more students meet the criteria than places available then some students will not be offered the guaranteed place.
For this reason we would recommend that even those students who obtain an ENTER of 99.9 (and above) sit the GAMSAT so they can then be considered for the ‘standard entry’ places should a guaranteed place not be available.
Regards,
Katrina
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Wow, imagine getting 99.9x and STILL not getting a guaranteed place. That's amazing.
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I guess it's a bit difficult for them to confirm places now, considering they haven't yet had a group of Biomed students that have passed onto the postgrad course. You wouldn't expect them to really be assured and finalized for a couple of years. So they probably deserve a bit of leeway when it comes to these things (although I know when it comes to our uni places, we hope a guarantee will be a guarantee)
But if you look at it, around 60-odd people get 99.9x. It's not like all of them will do med. Let's say around 30 want to do med. Then maybe half have been offered places at Monash and choose to go there and a couple go interstate, leaving a dozen to go to Melbourne. Then maybe a couple won't get the 75 average required to maintain their 'guarantee' and we assume that none of the students drop-out, transfer etc....and I would expect the uni to keep at least 10 places in their CSP guaranteed quota. So it should still be relatively safe, although if anyone was planning to go by that route, the doubt may be too much. Hopefully the uni takes a more definite approach next year :).
roly182:
So you think much less security if you got 99.xx (not 99.9x) and are planning to take a full fee place?
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