Bond Bond Medicine: General Discussion

[TKAO]

I also got a September offer I am probably going to accept it but I'm just having last-minute thoughts. The money isn't an issue and I think I would enjoy being there but the only problem is I am just worried about specialisation. I have read that going to Bond has absolutely no effect on specialising in but I was just wanting to confirm this if possible.

No effect, that part is guaranteed. After you get a job (which you are guaranteed because Bond has agreements with QLD health), what matters is your performance in your job and the networking you do there. University has no impact after that. If Bond is the only offer you have, beggars can't be choosers - take it. It might not come again.

 

[Pickleman248]

No effect, that part is guaranteed. After you get a job (which you are guaranteed because Bond has agreements with QLD health), what matters is your performance in your job and the networking you do there. University has no impact after that. If Bond is the only offer you have, beggars can't be choosers - take it. It might not come again.

Awesome. Thank you

 

[Bighead12]

No effect, that part is guaranteed. After you get a job (which you are guaranteed because Bond has agreements with QLD health), what matters is your performance in your job and the networking you do there. University has no impact after that. If Bond is the only offer you have, beggars can't be choosers - take it. It might not come again.

Has bond now guaranteed their graduates an internship?

 

[Pickleman248]

Has bond now guaranteed their graduates an internship?

Apparently they are in the motion of formalising them

 

[Bighead12]

Apparently they are in the motion of formalising them

Wow that’s a game changer

 

[dotwingz]

Bond has always had a special agreement with QLD health that guarenteed internships AFAIK

 

[Bighead12]

I thought that was a problem with bond tho? People paying a lot of money and being at risk of receiving no internship at the end.

 

[ucatboy]

I thought that was a problem with bond tho? People paying a lot of money and being at risk of receiving no internship at the end.

I think the problem has always been the high financial barrier to entry lol, as if that isn't big enough.

 

[dotwingz]

I thought that was a problem with bond tho? People paying a lot of money and being at risk of receiving no internship at the end.

Full Fee Place Internships are not guarenteed by the council of australian governments (COAG) yes, they do have an agreement with QLD health to secure internships for their students however this can change much sooner than the COAG agreement and is not even nearly as 'set in stone'

 

[A1]

I thought that was a problem with bond tho? People paying a lot of money and being at risk of receiving no internship at the end.

It originated from the state governments' COAG agreement that they guarantee internships for all CSP/BMP graduates. Bond being full fee is not covered so people often warn of the no internship risk. In practice that has never happened because the state govs collectively offer enough internships for not only CSP/BMP but also all domestic full fee then hundreds for int'l graduates as well. This is apart from the agreement Bond is reputed to have with Qld Health.

 

[okthe]

Is it true that you can only apply into bond once every two years?

 

[Med2019]

I got into Bond this year but I applied last year as well, so definitely not true that you can apply only once every 2 years hope that helps and best of luck !

 

[Ollie17]

No

 

[dotwingz]

IIRC there was a weird error in the timing of the psychometric test, that you could only sit it once in a 365 day period, so if you were applying multiple years in a row the dates would overlap, so you couldnt sit it, and it turn couldn't apply to bond. However this was in the first years of them needing the psychometric test and has since been ironed out

EDIT: Repeat Psychometric Testing Exclusions From here it seems like they will use your psychometric test from the year before

 

[okthe]

Thanks so much. Do you know if the gpa requirement is still 6.0?

 

[JL538]

Thanks so much. Do you know if the gpa requirement is still 6.0?

"As a minimum you will need a GPA of at least six" from their website

 

[Crow]

Thanks so much. Do you know if the gpa requirement is still 6.0?

The requirement changes every year. The website may say 6.0, but the cutoff was something like 5.7 a couple of applicant cycles ago - so it depends on the competitiveness of the applicant pool in the year that you apply.

 

[okthe]

thank you so much

The requirement changes every year. The website may say 6.0, but the cutoff was something like 5.7 a couple of applicant cycles ago - so it depends on the competitiveness of the applicant pool in the year that you apply.

 

[sunnyrain]

Hi. I hope this hasn't been answered before but just to confirm, applications to apply for Bond Med (through QTAC) opens on January 14? I'm a bit confused because don't QTAC applications close by then and so how would we apply for Bond? Does QTAC open just for Bond for January?

 

[Crow]

Hi. I hope this hasn't been answered before but just to confirm, applications to apply for Bond Med (through QTAC) opens on January 14? I'm a bit confused because don't QTAC applications close by then and so how would we apply for Bond? Does QTAC open just for Bond for January?

Yep, Bond preferencing indeed doesn't open until the year of admission. You will be able to add it to your existing QTAC preferences, so you don't need to start an entirely new application. The existing preferences are still there for 2nd, 3rd round admissions etc and the preferencing will also be open for other courses that won't start until later in the year (not just Bond courses).