Choosing Between Universities and Offers

[Crow]

Hi guys, I have been contemplating on two potential offers that I might receive with my ATAR of 99.75 (eligible for UES as well) and 3040 UCAT, which are Flinders and USC/Griffith. So the pros about the Flinders degree is that it is a CSP place as opposed to USC where it will be decided by the first three years whether I get a CSP or a BMP. The other advantage of Flinders is that it is a year shorter than USC. But for Flinders, I will have to move away from home, whereas with USC I will only be moving away for the first three years and then I can stay with my family for MD at Griffith.
Could you please provide some advice as to which course I should choose if offered both?

Have you not applied for GC or Nathan campuses at Griffith? 99.75 will likely land you place offers there and I assume you have family on the Gold Coast?

ETA: If you land a USC place, then you also need to do the MD on the Sunshine Coast, if you didn’t know already.

 

[SmoothCriminal]

Have you not applied for GC or Nathan campuses at Griffith? 99.75 will likely land you place offers there and I assume you have family on the Gold Coast?

ETA: If you land a USC place, then you also need to do the MD on the Sunshine Coast, if you didn’t know already.

Oh Really!! Bruh I live on the south side of Brisbane. So USC is 1.5 hr drive from my house. I was not expecting myself to get a 99.75, so I did not apply for Griffith GC or Nathan .

 

[Crow]

Oh Really!! Bruh I live on the south side of Brisbane. So USC is 1.5 hr drive from my house. I was not expecting myself to get a 99.75, so I did not apply for Griffith GC or Nathan .

Ah, that's a shame. By the sounds of things, being close to family is a factor in your decision.

If you desire to work in QLD after you graduate, I would select USC if I were you. One extra year when you've just finished school is not significant in my opinion.

However, it is important that you understand what a BMP entails and if you choose USC, that you accept the possibility that you will end up with one.

 

[LJess94]

I have an offer from Griffith and also Adelaide dental schools.
I am SO torn about which to go with.

On one hand, the Adelaide course looks AMAZING and it’s commonwealth supported the whole way through. On the flip side, I am from the Gold Coast and so there wouldn’t be any moving involved in going to Griffith.

Does anyone have any advice? Is the Adelaide course a lot better? I love the idea of the integrated learning approach.

 

[dotwingz]

Go Griffith. Living at home in the area you know >>>>>>

 

[Nonstandard983]

Go Griffith. Living at home in the area you know >>>>>>

I'd agree with this as long as you are aware of the obligations of a BMP and are willing to complete them if you are offered one pending the end of your undergraduate at Griffith

Edit: disregard read that as medicine Im not sure about dental schools when it comes to BMP and CSPs

 

[DrDrLMG!]

I'd agree with this as long as you are aware of the obligations of a BMP and are willing to complete them if you are offered one pending the end of your undergraduate at Griffith

Edit: disregard read that as medicine Im not sure about dental schools when it comes to BMP and CSPs

Fair to say Bonded Medical Places are for Medicine

The key thing for dent fee structure is full CSP or part CSP part FFP. Griffith is the latter which makes it on the pricey side.

 

[Nonstandard983]

Fair to say Bonded Medical Places are for Medicine

The key thing for dent fee structure is full CSP or part CSP part FFP. Griffith is the latter which makes it on the pricey side.

My error 100% hahahah

 

[dotwingz]

yeah true forgot griffith was $150k vs adelaides what like $60k?

Worth considering that the HECS limit for dental students is 150k - so because you have HECS debt already (i can see you are a non standard) you will be on the hook for however much you already owe up front.

 

[SmoothCriminal]

Hi guys, so I am currently stuck on 2 offers, which are CQU Rocky CSP and Flinders CSP. I am living in QLD right now, but I will have to move if I study at either of these universities. CQU is 1 yr more than Flinders. I was just wondering is there anything else I need to consider long-term? And any recommendations on which one I should do?

 

[Nonstandard983]

Hi guys, so I am currently stuck on 2 offers, which are CQU Rocky CSP and Flinders CSP. I am living in QLD right now, but I will have to move if I study at either of these universities. CQU is 1 yr more than Flinders. I was just wondering is there anything else I need to consider long-term? And any recommendations on which one I should do?

If all other factors are the same I would recommend going with flinders for the year less however, if you have a better support network closer to CQU that is an important factor to consider.

 

[SmoothCriminal]

If all other factors are the same I would recommend going with flinders for the year less however, if you have a better support network closer to CQU that is an important factor to consider.

Also, after I complete my degree at Flinders, will I be able to easily move back to Brisbane or are there any barriers to that such as quotas etc.?

 

[Nonstandard983]

Also, after I complete my degree at Flinders, will I be able to easily move back to Brisbane or are there any barriers to that such as quotas etc.?

Yes there will be barriers sorry I didn’t even consider that in my response. To gain an internship in another state all that states graduates must be given internships first with other spots left over which you will be competing for with other applicants however you will be guaranteed an internship in SA. This response is a simplified version of what happens as sometimes a states international students may be accommodated after graduates of other states medical schools who completed high school in said state. You would have to do your own research to figure out how queenslands internship distribution occurs as I am only aware of WA/NSW’s.

If you graduated from CQU you would be guaranteed an internship in Queensland.

 

[Tomato]

I have an offer from Griffith and also Adelaide dental schools.
I am SO torn about which to go with.

On one hand, the Adelaide course looks AMAZING and it’s commonwealth supported the whole way through. On the flip side, I am from the Gold Coast and so there wouldn’t be any moving involved in going to Griffith.

Does anyone have any advice? Is the Adelaide course a lot better? I love the idea of the integrated learning approach.

It's really a hard decision, but I will choose Adelaide because the course is integrated and the fee is lower.

 

[doc76]

Offer 1: Monash (CSP unbonded)
Offer 2: JMP --> not sure yet
Hey guys, I'm trying to decide between which uni to attend. I know JMP offers haven't been released yet, but just want to get an idea of what to do. Are there certain advantages of going to a certain uni over the other? For example, is it easier to get into a certain speciality depending on which uni you attend?
Thanks in advance

 

[ucatboy]

Offer 1: Monash (CSP unbonded)
Offer 2: JMP --> not sure yet
Hey guys, I'm trying to decide between which uni to attend. I know JMP offers haven't been released yet, but just want to get an idea of what to do. Are there certain advantages of going to a certain uni over the other? For example, is it easier to get into a certain speciality depending on which uni you attend?
Thanks in advance

Where do you live?

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Offer 1: Monash (CSP unbonded)
Offer 2: JMP --> not sure yet
Hey guys, I'm trying to decide between which uni to attend. I know JMP offers haven't been released yet, but just want to get an idea of what to do. Are there certain advantages of going to a certain uni over the other? For example, is it easier to get into a certain speciality depending on which uni you attend?
Thanks in advance

please complete the following template as best you can.

Home state:
Offer 1: (including offer type, ie. CSP/BMP)
Offer 2: (including offer type, ie. CSP/BMP)
(Offer 3, 4 as necessary.)
Any scholarships offered:
Any accommodation secured: (family, Uni, Private)
Internship location preference:
Other important information: (ie. keen on integrated research component, keen on tropical Med placements, etc)

 

[ucatboy]

Just a friendly note to other users, when you get an offer you want to accept make sure you delete your other preferences off of UAC, QTAC, TISC, SATAC etc. My friend last year only got her offer in march which by that point meant it was too late for her to travel interstate meaning she had to defer for a year, which may not have had to happen.

I don't quite follow, what do you mean by this? Did your friend's other preferences somehow interfere with getting a med offer?

 

[DrDrLMG!]

I don't quite follow, what do you mean by this? Did your friend's other preferences somehow interfere with getting a med offer?

I suspect what they mean is that possibly people didn’t decline as early as they could offers they didn’t want, and therefore the friend, who was relying on a top-up offer, didn’t get it until March.

ETA: I can definitely see how this could become an issue. I declined my WSU offer via UAC thinking that was enough, but continued to get correspondence from WSU well beyond the offer cut-off date asking me to finalise my enrolment. In the end I also had to reply directly to WSU and make it categorically clear I was declining.

 

[Medapplicant1]

I don't quite follow, what do you mean by this? Did your friend's other preferences somehow interfere with getting a med offer?

Hey UCATBOY, sorry for the late reply. Yes LMG is correct, basically, my friends thought and I think this is a fair point, if people are leaving their applications active (even if they have accepted elsewhere) it will take longer for people to get offers as it often takes a week for offers to automatically lapse meaning that it may be too late for some people to organise an interstate move especially with Covid-19 you could imagine that it makes it even more difficult to move at the moment.