So one person got in with ~85. Get over it. It is hardly the average score.
La Trobe's average is not 98.55 that's the first round cutoff.
Re-read what I said, the 3rd round cut-off is in the mid-high 97s - if VTAC is to be believed as I called them up.
I got in because right after the first round, people were dropping the offers like mad. Why? Because it's Bendigo, because it's La Trobe and because it's not prestigious.
They certainly didn't drop it for GU - except you of course. ^_^
CSP vs CSP+$96K+ @ GU. The choice's clear to me and to most folks whose middlename isn't megabuck$, like you.
I know a person with ~95.45 that got into it. I don't know anything about the 3rd round cutoff being higher than the 2nd round one.
It so happens that I know several pple @ La Trobe Dent Sch. I can say that nearly everyone of the cohort's from Melb.
Care to PM me the identity of this person with 95.45 who got into LT? You realise that SEAS & rural ENTER bonus don't count, right?
Comestic problems with La Trobe Dent sch aside, at least, the dent students there're not gonna be paying thru their little noses for the pomp & the glitz like they do @ GU Dent sch. You know you GU Dent students are financing the costs of GU's new medical school right?
I guess i'd have to say; prove me wrong.
Where's the stats that show higher ENTER = better doctor/dentist?
There's none because the definition of a "better doc" is subjective and non-quantifiable. Besides, there're also no studies proving that non-academic selectors are better than ENTER selection.
...and that's why these non-academic selectors're now being poo-pooed by the powers-that-be.
You prolly won't like what AustralianDoctor, members of the AMA, the UQ, and USyd med websites has stated abt the upcoming changes to admission and the rationale behind them.
We both agree GU costs too much, right?
You think a really high cutoff is important. I don't.
You think GU offers a substandard dental education. I don't.
The main reason why doctors and dentists are in such exalted positions in society (and earning big $) is because of the perceived toughness and breadth of their education and that not every tom, dork & harry off the streets can be in those professions or do what they do. IMO, GU Dent Sch has marginalised the standing of Australian dentists by catering to the financially capable more than anything else. The mediocre ENTER of the typical GU Dent student is a side-effect of such a selection due to the small cohort size of pple actually able and willing to pay a small fortune for "dental" training @ GU.
A slur at the institution regarding the 'quality' of people they accept is a direct stab at its students (me).
You're being precious.
I, for one, believe that there're actually hapless but brilliant students @ GU. Of course, as more dent schs open up utilising academic rankings (e.g. lovely CSU & JCU), the proportion of "brilliant" students going to GU Dent Sch will diminish exponentially in time.
Don't wanna spoil your fun (and breakfast) but I can assure you that Adel Uni Dent Sch has far more dent students with better academic rankings than GU, in spite of their sad use of non-academic selectors (which, might I add, is just for show to make it look like Mr & Mrs John Q Public Smith's hard-partying Mary-Ann actually stood a chance with her 90 percentile and that it's not elitist). I'd wait a few more years before Adel Uni finally grows some balls and follow the lead of UQ & USyd by doing away with the populist charade.
Lastly, I don't think there was ever a time when
10-20% of the Adel Uni dental cohort failed 1 or more yr 1
basic sci like the wealthy Dent Sci folks over @ GU. You know why? The good ol' quality control - academic ranking, which GU Dent Sch & its loyalists pretend is not important.