I’m not sure if I’m going yet. Is it hard to find in the area?
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Griffith Griffith Medicine: Medical Science/MD Provisional Entry Q&A
- Thread starter freshcut
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USC do not offer any accommodation, which makes things difficult. I Also don't think there are any student colleges nearby. Are you waiting/anticipating for the second round offer for Griffith?
Apparently Griffith doesn’t have second round offers so I’m hoping for Flinders, UNSW and considering the FFP guaranteed pathway at melb. I really wish they would just give out offers earlier, then I can make decisions quicker and prepare accomodation and stuff beforehand rather than waiting til the day before the course starts :/
I’m not sure because Adelaide is far from Sydney and I’m not familiar with the place at all. I have relatives in Queensland so USC seems to be the obvious option for me too, but I can’t shake the option of unimelb. If it wasn’t for the risk (interviews, only 45 places, etc) I think Melbourne would be my first choice
sunnyday32
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wise thing would be to take flinders that way you’re done in 6 years and unbonded
I’m not implying that this is the reason (and assuming no rural etc differences) the aggregate ranking subdivides applicants within the same ATAR rank. For example, there are approximately 30-35 people within each ATAR division (ie 99.75). Each of those people are actually ranked within the 99.75 division (from 1-30). This aggregate ranking is not made available to students. But it is to universities and within QTAC.
but I know two people from NZ (from previous years) who have gotten into griffith so do they really not do recond round offers for NZ people?
You are a brave person to contemplate UMelb FFP with its 4 MD years' $340k fee over your acquired USC offer.
Yes, my son has done English as well - prerequisite subject
sunnyday32
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Maybe apply for bond?
bond is only 4.5 years instead of 7 years so you will save rent money going to bond, so bond and unimelb aren't really going to be that different in expenses in the end, and bond is actually a guaranteed spot unlike unimelb
That’s false, current med sci student and I know of people who got like 4th round offers
Yes, Bond would be a great option; however, finance would be a problem for me
Does anyone know whether it's too late to shift JCU above an existing offer and still be considered for second round offers at JCU?
I have a friend who is studying at USC so I know a little bit about the program. Probably the most important thing to say about USC is that it's a very small, tight knit cohort of ~30 people. You'll be with the same USC-Griffith provisionals for the entire 7 years (who you'll get to know very well) because even when you start Griffith MD you'll be doing it at Sunshine Coast Hospital so you don't mix with the rest of Griffith MD, is what I heard. Versus a bigger cohort at Melbourne. I don't know which is better.
Second is yes you are right Sunshine Coast is quite small, for example there is only one nightclub there so it comes nowhere near Melbourne in terms of city size, food options, entertainment options, etc. But it's around an hour drive from Brisbane so if money is not problem I reckon you could get a car and drive down to Brisbane during the weekends to get some good food if you really miss it lol. I heard a lot of people have cars up there.
Third is certainty of getting into medicine. I'm not an expert on Melbourne FFP but I've read a few explainers by A1 and it doesn't seem like a very certain pathway to me. With USC you're guaranteed into MD, but ~6 out of the ~30 provisionals will be getting bonded medical place depending on their overall Med Sci GPA. Personally I think I'd be a bit stressed out about this but in the end you end up as a doctor nonetheless.
sunnyday32
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that’s incorrect info for griffith. It didn’t go down last year. First round was 99.85 and it never went lower. You must be talking about international students. i also know from personal experience as well because I got an offer. the years before that there were no second rounds . You can also ring them and they will tell you straight they only do one round.
bond = $400,000 & uniMelb = 340,000 (A1 adds: UMelb FFP is $370k after adding ~$30k for the undergrad)
if you consider you’d be in melbourne for 7 years paying rent that would end up being just as expensive as bond considering bond is less than 5 years
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Yes, for clarity though, uni melb is now off the table for me because of the financing as well