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Bond Bond Medicine: General Discussion

Ademb123 said:
if I did 1 semester of a health science degree then transferred and did 1.5 years of a science degree, how is my gpa calculated? Also I go to a uni where my gpa is /4 (Monash uni), wondering how gpa is calculated
Thanks
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Generally the med schools consider your most recent study program provided it meets the minimum amount of units. 1.5 years is plenty sufficient so your Health Sc study won't count.

For converting your GPA /4 to /7, provided you have had no fail just add 3 to it. (I have verified the maths no need to argue me :) )
 
A1 said:
Generally the med schools consider your most recent study program provided it meets the minimum amount of units. 1.5 years is plenty sufficient so your Health Sc study won't count.

For converting your GPA /4 to /7, provided you have had no fail just add 3 to it. (I have verified the maths no need to argue me :) )
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Thanks, the gpa is also unweighted right? And not cumulative
 
Ademb123 said:
Thanks, the gpa is also unweighted right? And not cumulative
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Afaik none of the TACs do weighted GPA.
Not sure what you mean cumulative. It's certainly not cumulative to include your Health Sc units, but cumulative for all your 1.5yrs Sc units.
 
What are you all doing about your backup offers at other universities? I have received an offer for Advanced Science at UQ which i need to accept by 30 Dec. I will be staying in college which i need to commit to a week later. I received an ATAR 94.95 - do i have any chance of getting through to the psychometric testing or should i just accept it is not to be for now and take the offer for Advanced Science?
 
Planner2020 said:
What are you all doing about your backup offers at other universities? I have received an offer for Advanced Science at UQ which i need to accept by 30 Dec. I will be staying in college which i need to commit to a week later. I received an ATAR 94.95 - do i have any chance of getting through to the psychometric testing or should i just accept it is not to be for now and take the offer for Advanced Science?
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Um unless you have bonus points for your ATAR or you qualify for some sort of special pathway (rural/indigenous but IDK if Bond has any) I don't think you even qualify - it says minumum ATAR of 96

 
jdog said:
Um unless you have bonus points for your ATAR or you qualify for some sort of special pathway (rural/indigenous but IDK if Bond has any) I don't think you even qualify - it says minumum ATAR of 96

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Bond doesn’t have any special pathways that have ever been mentioned here in my time at MSO. ATARs aren’t boosted and there’s no rural entry. An ATAR in the 94s, as you’ve pointed out, is unlikely to receive a psychometric test invite, unfortunately.
 
LMG! said:
Bond doesn’t have any special pathways that have ever been mentioned here in my time at MSO. ATARs aren’t boosted and there’s no rural entry. An ATAR in the 94s, as you’ve pointed out, is unlikely to receive a psychometric test invite, unfortunately.
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I meant like external boosters for ATAR like SEAS for VTAC? IDK what the equivalent is for Bond though. Also, aren't the ATARs that your local TAC provides to you "unboosted"? Since for example, if you apply for low SES or personal difficulty SEAS, each Uni will add a certain amount to your ATAR depending on their own judgement - or do the ATARs given out already encompass such bonuses
 
jdog said:
I meant like external boosters for ATAR like SEAS for VTAC? IDK what the equivalent is for Bond though. Also, aren't the ATARs that your local TAC provides to you "unboosted"? Since for example, if you apply for low SES or personal difficulty SEAS, each Uni will add a certain amount to your ATAR depending on their own judgement - or do the ATARs given out already encompass such bonuses
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I meant ATARs are never boosted by EAS for entry to Bond.
 
Med2019 said:
I'm a current 2nd year at Bond! I only started preparing the day after my psychometric test. I did minimal prep (1 hour a day with friends/family) with questions I anticipated to be asked. However after I received my offer for the interview I tried doing at least 3 mock interviews a day along with writing up main dot-points I would use to answer questions and speaking them out loud in front of a mirror :)

Please PM me if you have any other questions !!
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Can you tell me where you went for coaching, so i can go there as well please. thankyou
 
shiningstar123 said:
Can you tell me where you went for coaching, so i can go there as well please. thankyou
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There’s no suggestion in the above that the OP went anywhere for coaching. There are heaps of readily accessible resources available, including our interview portal and related threads here.

All talk of paid preparation courses is prohibited here at MSO as per our Forum Rules page.
 
Hey guys can I confirm - Bond Medicine invites to psychometric testing are from your GPA only... do they take into account what degree you’ve done eg if someone had a 6 in dentistry and someone had a 6.5 in arts would the arts get in over dent just because they have a higher GPA or they also take into consideration difficulty/relevance of degree? Sorry newbie to Bond Med
 
Siandenton said:
Hey guys can I confirm - Bond Medicine invites to psychometric testing are from your GPA only... do they take into account what degree you’ve done eg if someone had a 6 in dentistry and someone had a 6.5 in arts would the arts get in over dent just because they have a higher GPA or they also take into consideration difficulty/relevance of degree? Sorry newbie to Bond Med
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They all count the same since it's too hard to differentiate on unis or degrees.
If they wanted degree relevance they would specify prereqs instead.
 
This might sound stupid but how do I apply for Bond? It isn’t on QTAC (will it be out later or did I miss the dates?)
 
Sokka said:
Is that the QTAC application or when offers come out? It is referred to as an “intake”, and mid Jan sounds late for applications (I just want to confirm)
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14th Jan 2021 “QTAC applications open” - I don’t think the wording can be less ambiguous than that! ;)
 
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