Griffith Griffith Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

[Cal]

Does anyone know how hard it is to claim credit for prior learning for the 1st trimester?
Several of the units listed are general science subjects that I have studied in my undergrad.

Just to add to uq argument. There are people who have literally gotten credit for 4/6 courses in first year. Only have to do the dental science and practice components. So it is very much possible

 

[boss112020]

I know people who’ve been successful doing that at UQ Dent, but not Griffith specifically. Though I’d imagine it’s possible if the RPL criteria are met (at UTAS - where I am, and last time I checked, there had to be 70%+ exact crossover in content between the units and the units had to have been studied in the past 7 years).

Old man here, did my 1st year of B.Science at Monash in 2014. Seems borderline for me if that's the case. Anyway, asides from the basics, I am fairly confident I have forgotten most of the content.
7 years is a strange number tbh. Most of the post grad courses through GEMSAS use a 10 year rule.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Old man here, did my 1st year of B.Science at Monash in 2014. Seems borderline for me if that's the case. Anyway, asides from the basics, I am fairly confident I have forgotten most of the content.
7 years is a strange number tbh. Most of the post grad courses through GEMSAS use a 10 year rule.

That’s not (necessarily!) old

RPL is different to recency of study for GEMSAS though, the two aren’t really comparable, imo.

 

[AlphaCarbon]

I have a GPA of 6.8 and I have my fingers and toes crossed that with Covid & a drop in the number of international applicants (maybe?) the cutoff for Griffith drops from previous years

Not too sure how many people will apply for Dentistry but from what I can see, remote learning and examination made people "smarter". More people have gotten better grades by exploiting the non-proctored exam.

7 years is a strange number tbh. Most of the post grad courses through GEMSAS use a 10 year rule.

I've got credits from courses I've done as far back as 2012. Pretty sure Griffith has a 10-year rule.

 

[MrWhippe]

Does anyone know how hard it is to claim credit for prior learning for the 1st trimester?
Several of the units listed are general science subjects that I have studied in my undergrad.

Just completed my first year of Griffith Dent, so can answer this one! (And will endeavour to answer other questions others might have pertaining to the course itself)

So yes, you can get up to 6 subjects (i.e. everything but the Dent specific subjects) credited for first year, and whilst a bit more niggly, there is provision to get 2-3 of the 2nd year subjects credited too (mainly Biochem, but Microbiol and Pathophysiology if you're lucky).

That said, whilst you absolutely can get these credited (and should) many do have to endure multiple application attempts before they are successful; Griffith will likely concede eventually, but you will be beholden to whatever fickle judge ultimately responds to your application. If you believe you are entitled to credit, apply and apply early, and continue to apply until they literally bar you from it - I have peers who applied 5 times before they finally succeeded. It's a pain, but ultimately worth it.

Personally my experience was painless, but your mileage will definitely vary

 

[Crow]

If you believe you are entitled to credit, apply and apply early, and continue to apply until they literally bar you from it - I have peers who applied 5 times before they finally succeeded. It's a pain, but ultimately worth it.

Yes, that's an excellent point actually - I got my credit approved for the course I did in week 3 of the trimester. So definitely worth applying for as long as possible if there's a chance of a repeat application having a different outcome.

 

[sdlkvs2345]

Hello, has anyone got an offer to study dentistry as an international student? - on the website it says that the outcome will be eligible in the late October but I haven't heard anything yet.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Hello, has anyone got an offer to study dentistry as an international student? - on the website it says that the outcome will be eligible in the late October but I haven't heard anything yet.

From what I’m hearing in other international parts of the forum, offers are a bit all over the place this year as information about border closures and international student exemptions starts to come out from the government and universities decide how to approach it. I’d use any published figures as a guide only and expect delays.

 

[queque]

Hello, has anyone got an offer to study dentistry as an international student? - on the website it says that the outcome will be eligible in the late October but I haven't heard anything yet.

I am an international student and I got the offer in the early January. It all depends on the case by case basis.

 

[chacha]

Hello, has anyone got an offer to study dentistry as an international student? - on the website it says that the outcome will be eligible in the late October but I haven't heard anything yet.

I'm an international student and I got my offer at the end of October.

 

[Sentinel]

Just completed my first year of Griffith Dent, so can answer this one! (And will endeavour to answer other questions others might have pertaining to the course itself)

So yes, you can get up to 6 subjects (i.e. everything but the Dent specific subjects) credited for first year, and whilst a bit more niggly, there is provision to get 2-3 of the 2nd year subjects credited too (mainly Biochem, but Microbiol and Pathophysiology if you're lucky).

That said, whilst you absolutely can get these credited (and should) many do have to endure multiple application attempts before they are successful; Griffith will likely concede eventually, but you will be beholden to whatever fickle judge ultimately responds to your application. If you believe you are entitled to credit, apply and apply early, and continue to apply until they literally bar you from it - I have peers who applied 5 times before they finally succeeded. It's a pain, but ultimately worth it.

Personally my experience was painless, but your mileage will definitely vary

When and how do you apply for a credit? Can you apply for a credit as soon as you get an offer?
Also do you apply credit to school of dentistry directly or is there other system involved?

 

[Crow]

Can you apply for a credit as soon as you get an offer?

Yep. It’s a University-wide application rather than an application to the dental school. Once you’ve got a place offer you can access the application link which is provided on this page: Credit transfer

 

[Sentinel]

Just want some clarification with all these ranking system. Im bit confused with OP, ATAR, GPA.

I am a post grad.

From discussion i had with QTAC - they are ranking me as 99.00. Apparently. then its gets further divided into decimal points by Griffith university.
So since they have given me a rank. My GPA or degree I studied (e.g masters) doesn't play a role anymore??

Am i competitive get a position with rank of 99?

 

[Crow]

Just want some clarification with all these ranking system. Im bit confused with OP, ATAR, GPA.

I am a post grad.

From discussion i had with QTAC - they are ranking me as 99.00. Apparently. then its gets further divided into decimal points by Griffith university.
So since they have given me a rank. My GPA or degree I studied (e.g masters) doesn't play a role anymore??

Am i competitive get a position with rank of 99?

OP = irrelevant, it's no longer awarded to QLD students.

You can effectively ignore QTAC ranks - 99.0 is the minimum required but once you've "cleared" that hurdle you'll be assessed by your GPA. GPA gets converted to an ATAR equivalent to compare you to the school-leaver applicants. Generally you'll want a minimum of 6.75 to be competitive at Griffith, more likely you'll need a 6.875 if last year is a reliable predictor of this year. This is the GPA to ATAR conversion table if you're interested:

 

[Sentinel]

Yep. It’s a University-wide application rather than an application to the dental school. Once you’ve got a place offer you can access the application link which is provided on this page: Credit transfer

Thanks for your reply.
How do you apply for 5 times though? once you get rejected you just submit another application for a credit?

 

[Crow]

Thanks for your reply.
How do you apply for 5 times though? once you get rejected you just submit another application for a credit?

Yep! They might email you directly and ask for more information too.

 

[ms6ixdent]

Hey!
International student here from Canada I recently received my COE for the 2021 intake.
Anyways, it's looking pretty likely that we'll be studying remotely for the first year.
I was just wondering how the pre-clinical courses would be done online.

 

[Crow]

Hey!
International student here from Canada I recently received my COE for the 2021 intake.
Anyways, it's looking pretty likely that we'll be studying remotely for the first year.
I was just wondering how the pre-clinical courses would be done online.

Hey there, welcome to MSO and congrats on the offer! Honestly, aside from the dentistry-specific subjects, the others are easily run online. Stats already runs online, chemistry has been online for the last year and anatomy (while certainly not ideal to run online) has also done so - so they’re all prepared to teach online anyways. CTR will be the same too. These are all offering both in person and online options though (stats probably only online).

I’m not sure what the dental subjects have done though, I imagine they’ll just push back everything practical you originally would’ve done in first year back to second year.

 

[ms6ixdent]

Hey there, welcome to MSO and congrats on the offer! Honestly, aside from the dentistry-specific subjects, the others are easily run online. Stats already runs online, chemistry has been online for the last year and anatomy (while certainly not ideal to run online) has also done so - so they’re all prepared to teach online anyways. CTR will be the same too. These are all offering both in person and online options though (stats probably only online).

I’m not sure what the dental subjects have done though, I imagine they’ll just push back everything practical you originally would’ve done in first year back to second year.

Thank you! Are these lectures recorded or would we have to attend them live?
I'm hoping I wouldn't have to attend lectures late in the night lol

 

[Crow]

Thank you! Are these lectures recorded or would we have to attend them live?
I'm hoping I wouldn't have to attend lectures late in the night lol

They’ll run live via Collaborate Ultra but they’ll also be recorded. The convenors know and will cater for everyone at all different time zones