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I'm a year 13 student in NZ right now and I was wondering it it's possible for me to study a year at Otago or 3 years at Auckland Uni and then transfer to Griffith for Dentistry? (I reallllly want to study that). -both the Unis here require UMAT which kinda irritates me and Otago is the only one with Dentistry.
I don't mind interviews so
Good points: No interview, no UMAT for Griffith uni.
Bad points: Did anyone mention that the course fees alone are ~$200,000? Then you've got to live somehwere, buy food, etc. for 5 years... You'd be looking at a $300k debt at the end of 5 years (that's *if* you can find someone willing to lend it to you. The Australian and NZ governments sure wont (you can't get an Aussie student loan for the first 2 years, and even then you can't borrow all of that on FEE-HELP, I don't think)).
Overall: I'd give Otago (or, if you don't get in here, another Aussie uni, their fees are like a fifth of Griffith's) a shot first, and leave Griffith as a last resort, the fees are just crazy.