Would like to know the answer to this too.Are most of your classmates living in herston or St Lucia or in between (e.g. Toowong) this year?
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Would like to know the answer to this too.Are most of your classmates living in herston or St Lucia or in between (e.g. Toowong) this year?
Home state: New Zealand
Offer 1: Griffith Dent
Offer 2: Latrobe Dent
Any scholarships offered: No
Any accommodation secured: No accomodation yet
Internship location preference:
Other important information: Better teaching environment, good facilities.. ( I am aware that Griffith Dent is a lot more expensive because of Master but how much more? I can't decide between these two!!
You don't need to reject your griffith offer - you can shuffle the UQ one to first preference and wait it out for the next offer round. If you leave it in 2nd place then you won't be considered for it (as you already received your first pref).Hey guys, I got into Griffith dent and Latrobe dent but I actually want to get into UQ dent. Do you think I should reject Griffith(1st preference) to be considered for UQ dent(2nd preference) second round? My UCAT is bad but my GPA is 7. Do I have a chance of UQ dent? I want to study in Gold Coast but Griffith is quite costly. Thanks !
Congratulations. Am I correct in saying that you guys can get CSP but not HECS? Is there a similar NZ loan scheme you can apply for to cover your tuition fee in Australia?Home state: New Zealand
Offer 1: Griffith Dent
Offer 2: Latrobe Dent
Any scholarships offered: No
Any accommodation secured: No accomodation yet
Internship location preference:
Other important information: Better teaching environment, good facilities.. ( I am aware that Griffith Dent is a lot more expensive because of Master but how much more? I can't decide between these two!!
Doing dentistry is not a good way to stay away from rural areas. Most dental graduates will have to either work in rural areas for 1-3 years or work several part-time jobs before they can find full-time employment in capital cities unless they have good industry connections. This is especially true for Sydney and Melbourne.I received offers for dentistry at Adelaide and for medicine at UNE (BMP). I'm a bit torn choosing between these, as I'm really interested in studying medicine, but with the BMP as three years of working in a rural area seems like a long time.
You will complete your placements while you're studying. For medicine, you find internship not placement after graduating from medical school. For dentistry, you become a fully qualified independent general dental practitioner upon graduation even though your employer may offer you mentorship (not legally required). The dental school you go to has little impact on your chance of getting a job in Sydney, most employers will look at your experience, additional qualifications, skills, personality and etc.I'm not sure how likely it would be to find a placement in Sydney after graduating from Adelaide. I'd appreciate any advice! Thanks!
Dentistry and medicine are two different careers. It is true that dentistry has some similarities to surgical sub-specialities, but youI also find dentistry a great industry to be working in
Hey can I ask if what gpa and ucat u got? Just wondering what I’d need to get into csuHey, I got offered for dental at CSU Orange (Bachelor of Dental Science) and La Trobe Bendigo (Bachelor of Health Science/Master of Dentistry). I am having trouble deciding which uni is better for me. Does anyone have any insight into what uni is better or if anyone has been to the uni's what is the pros and cons of both? Also their course names are different so do they have different qualifications in the end, or will one be easier to get accredited by Dental College of Australia?
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Hey can I ask if what gpa and ucat u got? Just wondering what I’d need to get into csu
From a Purely financial it would make sense to choose Adelaide, as it will save you lots in the future, but honestly all the dental schools have similar levels of reputation and teaching is by and large the same, so I wouldn't let that determine which uni you go to. You seem like you have a cozy plan set up I. Qld with the dental assisting and living there for a year before, so I guess it just depends if you would feel more comfortable fronting that bill, but having a comfier life or you would rather save 100k and be uncomfortable for a while until you settle. Also keep in mind accommodation will probably cost a good 10-15k a year in Adelaide as well, unless you are paying as well in Qld. No one can ever give you the right answer tbh, so I just hope you find your way! Good luck and congratulations on the offers!!Hi everyone! I'm someone who has been raised in Sydney and moved to Brisbane in 2020 to attend university. I received my Griffith dent offer in January and believed that was offer I will be embarking on for 2021 at the Gold Coast. I've completed most the administration involved like professional practice requirements, applying for prior credits and getting my uni life sorted out. However, I received an abrupt offer to study the BDS at the Uni of Adelaide, which I now need to consider if the move is worth it. Apparently semester has already began there (yesterday) so I will be needing to respond soon and catch up what I missed if UoA is the uni I choose.
The main tugging force to attend Griffith Uni is that I already established 1 year of familiarity of the South QLD area, the fact that uni hasn't began yet so I can prepare well for the semester, I have gained credits to study 2nd yr courses for the first semester (but doesn't accelerate when I will graduate - still 2025), but most importantly I found work as a "dental assistant" in the Brisbane area - which was definitely quite difficult to sought out! Having early clinical exposure and experience in the professional field was what I most desired, so I planned to do 2-3 yrs of assisting at the clinic and move down to the gold coast in which finding another DA job would be much easier.
The main tugging force to attend Uni of Adelaide is the greater perceived funding and reputation compared to Griffith, but most importantly, the fact that I will save around $100k due to the course being fully CSP (as Griffith is CSP + FFP).
I really am not sure about the difference in the cost of living between Brisbane & Gold Coast vs Adelaide so I haven't considered that atm.
I was mostly wondering about how important it having dental assisting experience is. Will it be of really that much help in getting hired as a qualified dentist if you've already done 2-3yrs of assisting experience, compared to potentially do 0yrs (as if I move to Adelaide - I can't guarantee I will found work experience as a DA there). Are there many opportunities in getting a DA job, as someone with 0 prior work experience, in Adelaide (I had to try quite hard in Brisbane and got like maybe 3 offers out of 15 that I had applied for)? And to wrap up all that, even if I don't get a DA job in Adelaide, is the $100k lower loan still make it worth to move to Adelaide now?
I have until very soon to respond to the Uni of Adelaide BDS offer so would love to get any sort of feedback on my situation as early as possible. Thanks so much to the community of MSO - I'm sure this is just another case for you guys to show your wisdom!
I am also paying rent in Qld and it amounts to around $10-15k, so financially I guess that's even more of a reason to head to Adelaide. But thank you for your prompt response, I will make sure I'll pick the one I would be least regretting of )From a Purely financial it would make sense to choose Adelaide, as it will save you lots in the future, but honestly all the dental schools have similar levels of reputation and teaching is by and large the same, so I wouldn't let that determine which uni you go to. You seem like you have a cozy plan set up I. Qld with the dental assisting and living there for a year before, so I guess it just depends if you would feel more comfortable fronting that bill, but having a comfier life or you would rather save 100k and be uncomfortable for a while until you settle. Also keep in mind accommodation will probably cost a good 10-15k a year in Adelaide as well, unless you are paying as well in Qld. No one can ever give you the right answer tbh, so I just hope you find your way! Good luck and congratulations on the offers!!
Congrats on your offer. I can only answer questions that I know the answer to. At this stage, it doesn't really matter which uni you graduate from, you're as likely to get a job if you graduated from griffith as well as adelaide.Hi everyone! I'm someone who has been raised in Sydney and moved to Brisbane in 2020 to attend university. I received my Griffith dent offer in January and believed that was offer I will be embarking on for 2021 at the Gold Coast. I've completed most the administration involved like professional practice requirements, applying for prior credits and getting my uni life sorted out. However, I received an abrupt offer to study the BDS at the Uni of Adelaide, which I now need to consider if the move is worth it. Apparently semester has already began there (yesterday) so I will be needing to respond soon and catch up what I missed if UoA is the uni I choose.
The main tugging force to attend Griffith Uni is that I already established 1 year of familiarity of the South QLD area, the fact that uni hasn't began yet so I can prepare well for the semester, I have gained credits to study 2nd yr courses for the first semester (but doesn't accelerate when I will graduate - still 2025), but most importantly I found work as a "dental assistant" in the Brisbane area - which was definitely quite difficult to sought out! Having early clinical exposure and experience in the professional field was what I most desired, so I planned to do 2-3 yrs of assisting at the clinic and move down to the gold coast in which finding another DA job would be much easier.
The main tugging force to attend Uni of Adelaide is the greater perceived funding and reputation compared to Griffith, but most importantly, the fact that I will save around $100k due to the course being fully CSP (as Griffith is CSP + FFP).
I really am not sure about the difference in the cost of living between Brisbane & Gold Coast vs Adelaide so I haven't considered that atm.
I was mostly wondering about how important it having dental assisting experience is. Will it be of really that much help in getting hired as a qualified dentist if you've already done 2-3yrs of assisting experience, compared to potentially do 0yrs (as if I move to Adelaide - I can't guarantee I will found work experience as a DA there). Are there many opportunities in getting a DA job, as someone with 0 prior work experience, in Adelaide (I had to try quite hard in Brisbane and got like maybe 3 offers out of 15 that I had applied for)? And to wrap up all that, even if I don't get a DA job in Adelaide, is the $100k lower loan still make it worth to move to Adelaide now?
I have until very soon to respond to the Uni of Adelaide BDS offer so would love to get any sort of feedback on my situation as early as possible. Thanks so much to the community of MSO - I'm sure this is just another case for you guys to show your wisdom!
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