Yes, you’ll still be considered for higher placed preferences, and I have no idea, sorry.
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Flinders Flinders Medicine: Provisional Entry General Discussion
alrighty, tnx. Also how would I know if this offer is bonded or unbonded?
It should say in your offer letter. If it says you’ve received a Commonwealth Supported Place and makes no mention of Bonded Medical Place in the offer, then I’d think it’s a straight CSP.
This is the first part of the letter.
Congratulations. You have been offered a place in the Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine at Flinders University commencing in Semester 1 (SATAC course code: 214941). This is your third preference. You need to respond to this offer.
and the rest of the letter is just information on how to enrol. I read it 100x and still nothing about whether it is bonded/unbonded/ CSP. Weird right?
all undergraduate offers from flinders are CSP
aw wow. Thank you
I wondered if it was going to be a situation like this. Thanks for confirming.
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kitkat45
Member
as soon as you respond to your offer, it should change to being eligible
yeh, I clicked on, "accepting the offer and wishing to be considered for higher preferences" and Adelaide med changed to "eligible for consideration".
That's how.
Juice box
Member
Hey guys,
I've accepted my offer for Flinders BCS/MD and received my CoE. I'm international so I'm not exactly sure if all the domestic offers have come out, but I'm assuming the first round has.
So has anyone else accepted their offer?
I was thinking we could get to know each other a little through like a group chat or discord before the start of semester and possibly help each other out a little
Or maybe it's too early?
Thanks!
I've accepted my offer for Flinders BCS/MD and received my CoE. I'm international so I'm not exactly sure if all the domestic offers have come out, but I'm assuming the first round has.
So has anyone else accepted their offer?
I was thinking we could get to know each other a little through like a group chat or discord before the start of semester and possibly help each other out a little
Or maybe it's too early?
Thanks!
a.mlg42021
Member
Due to the delay in NSW ATAR, will offers be more competitive for NSW applicants who are recieving an offer in a later round?
LeSpicyGinger
Flinders MD III
I'd think so but I'd call to check regarding that.
SmoothCriminal
Regular Member
Hi, for people doing the Flinders course, what do you think is easier: health science focus or the medical science focus?
LeSpicyGinger
Flinders MD III
They'll discuss this in more detail at orientation. Both are quite similar in course content.
LeSpicyGinger
Flinders MD III
Someone asked me about my opinion on a review placed on Flinders University Reviews by Students | Uni Reviews in a DM but I thought it more appropriate to share it here.
The review on the website:
Let me just say this university is terrible. In the 6 years I’ve been here, I can count the positive experiences on one hand.
Lets start with medical school.
An utter joke from first year to final year. Teaching is virtually non-existent. When online video such as osmosis are the given resources for the week in place of lectures, you know this place has no shame. They even bought an osmosis license for the students, probably to cover their asses from being sued.
Now lets move on to clinical teaching.
An absolute joke department with most of the main tutors having a huge ego. Get on their wrong side and you’re screwed. I personally have no had this experience as I’ve played it smart but many others have suffered failing because of this stupid game. Although I can say the teaching is highly ineffective in this area, both lacking in content as well as the tutors making the learning environment hostile 90% of the time.
To the area of clinical placements.
Another absolute joke. It’s like they dont care about students, they’ll happily send you off on 20 week placements in one department. So it is possible you will graduate having done only one medical rotation because the admin staff cant be bothered to split up your 20 weeks into different rotations (who knows, maybe its too much work for them to add more columns on their spreadsheet?). To be fair, the doctors at FMC are mostly accommodating and some are very good clinicians/teachers.
New “innovations” from the medical school are a joke. Progress testing in place of barrier exams, mahara, TBL, all stupid creations which only make your life harder. Please do some research or talk to a current student to find out more, theres too much for me to write about on here.
So for those reading this, please reconsider going to Flinders Uni and Flinders med school in particular, its a joke.
My Response:
Every University has its issues and every student may experience issues differently, but I feel this review vastly exaggerates whatever issues Flinders has presented for them. I'm only in second year so I can't really comment on MD teaching quality, but some older students have told me Osmosis has been used during the pandemic period for teaching purposes and I haven't heard any particular complaints about clinical teaching and placement experiences apart from the fact that Mahara is indeed a joke (its like a minor self reflection/improvement unit you do in highschool). I feel a lot of the feedback is baseless as well as they don't elaborate on how the program can be improved otherwise or exactly why the Flinders methods are inefficient or detrimental to learning.
I think the bigger issues with this review and the website as a whole is the lack of screening and the echo-chamber environment it seems to have. Placing a review on this website is as simple as filling the form at the bottom (passing countless negative reviews in the process) and there doesn't seem to be any verification as to whether you've studied the course or not. Out of the few random other universities I've clicked into, no University seems to have a score above 3 stars and reviews can range from general dissatisfaction to just being salty that they didn't get in:
![[MedStudentsOnline.com.au] Flinders Medicine: Provisional Entry General Discussion](https://data.medstudentsonline.com.au/attachments/4/4550-8507d524ee9416fc25d40be1d8fc7226.jpg?hash=TvVgq85p1D "[MedStudentsOnline.com.au] Flinders Medicine: Provisional Entry General Discussion")
I personally wouldn't value anything this website shares or at the very least take whatever feedback is on there with a massive dose of scepticism.
The review on the website:
Let me just say this university is terrible. In the 6 years I’ve been here, I can count the positive experiences on one hand.
Lets start with medical school.
An utter joke from first year to final year. Teaching is virtually non-existent. When online video such as osmosis are the given resources for the week in place of lectures, you know this place has no shame. They even bought an osmosis license for the students, probably to cover their asses from being sued.
Now lets move on to clinical teaching.
An absolute joke department with most of the main tutors having a huge ego. Get on their wrong side and you’re screwed. I personally have no had this experience as I’ve played it smart but many others have suffered failing because of this stupid game. Although I can say the teaching is highly ineffective in this area, both lacking in content as well as the tutors making the learning environment hostile 90% of the time.
To the area of clinical placements.
Another absolute joke. It’s like they dont care about students, they’ll happily send you off on 20 week placements in one department. So it is possible you will graduate having done only one medical rotation because the admin staff cant be bothered to split up your 20 weeks into different rotations (who knows, maybe its too much work for them to add more columns on their spreadsheet?). To be fair, the doctors at FMC are mostly accommodating and some are very good clinicians/teachers.
New “innovations” from the medical school are a joke. Progress testing in place of barrier exams, mahara, TBL, all stupid creations which only make your life harder. Please do some research or talk to a current student to find out more, theres too much for me to write about on here.
So for those reading this, please reconsider going to Flinders Uni and Flinders med school in particular, its a joke.
My Response:
Every University has its issues and every student may experience issues differently, but I feel this review vastly exaggerates whatever issues Flinders has presented for them. I'm only in second year so I can't really comment on MD teaching quality, but some older students have told me Osmosis has been used during the pandemic period for teaching purposes and I haven't heard any particular complaints about clinical teaching and placement experiences apart from the fact that Mahara is indeed a joke (its like a minor self reflection/improvement unit you do in highschool). I feel a lot of the feedback is baseless as well as they don't elaborate on how the program can be improved otherwise or exactly why the Flinders methods are inefficient or detrimental to learning.
I think the bigger issues with this review and the website as a whole is the lack of screening and the echo-chamber environment it seems to have. Placing a review on this website is as simple as filling the form at the bottom (passing countless negative reviews in the process) and there doesn't seem to be any verification as to whether you've studied the course or not. Out of the few random other universities I've clicked into, no University seems to have a score above 3 stars and reviews can range from general dissatisfaction to just being salty that they didn't get in:
I personally wouldn't value anything this website shares or at the very least take whatever feedback is on there with a massive dose of scepticism.
SmoothCriminal
Regular Member
Hey everyone, would any Flinders students be able to recommend any good accomodation near Flinders?