Interstate and International Admissions - updated

**Rust** · 22 May 2005, 7:59 AM

I live in Melbourne and think of applying for the University of Melbourne and Monash Univeristy but I also have my eye out for UTAS, UWA, UNSW, University of Newcastle and University of Adelaide.

I've browsed all of their sites for the last few hours but I was wondering, if you are offered an interview in another state, do you need to travel there? If you do, do you need to pay the expense yourself? They don't seem to explain the procedure in detail... :|

**inasero** · 22 May 2005, 2:49 PM

Yes you do. Yes.

**+Po1ntDeXt3r+** · 22 May 2005, 9:29 PM

unless ure an international then u may get a phone interview...

but i figured since melbourne is within the borders of this nation .. yes u pay... heres a tip.. get a job.. find $1500 that u were saving for schoolies.. and blow it big..

**Lexicographer** · 24 May 2005, 2:16 AM

Haha yeah us three all came from Sydney (STILL DO) and spent several thousand between us going to interviews. It's not a cheap venture, and it's even more bitter if you don't get a place, but nobody says it isn't worth the prize.

**Bob.J** · 24 May 2005, 4:50 PM

how much is a return flight to WA from syd?

**inasero** · 24 May 2005, 6:39 PM

depends...usually about 400

**inasero** · 29 May 2005, 12:10 PM

damn fuel levy! Recently I got a red-spot special fare- return flight from Melbourne to Sydney. Cost me $150!

Put that in your list of 'cons' kiddies- living away from home is likely to incur you massive travel costs- even more so for Lexicographer (Perth) and Pointdexter (Adelaide).

**+Po1ntDeXt3r+** · 29 May 2005, 12:33 PM

ummm about $1000 a yr for me.. give or take a few dollars..

i wonder if it makes a difference.. i spend $1.80- $2.20 a day to get to uni.. for 5 days..
in syd i spend $7.50..

**Lexicographer** · 30 May 2005, 4:39 AM

Originally Posted by inasero

damn fuel levy! Recently I got a red-spot special fare- return flight from Melbourne to Sydney. Cost me $150!

Put that in your list of 'cons' kiddies- living away from home is likely to incur you massive travel costs- even more so for Lexicographer (Perth) and Pointdexter (Adelaide).

F--k yeah, I spend around $200 on every flight. I should join the frequent flyer club, I'd get at least two free trips in my course.

Still, it's cheaper than what I'd spend on cityrail...I think.

**inasero** · 7 Jun 2005, 5:04 PM

make that shityrail

**inasero** · 17 Jun 2005, 7:10 PM

i've edited this thread to include international admissions also so be sure to check out the link on the first page people

**ishq** · 30 Aug 2005, 1:51 PM

*thread revival*

inasero, pointdexter, lexi, keen... where do you guys live? In colleges or other accomodation? Which are the best colleges in your respective universities? I just checked out all the respective sites and they all look alright - an inside view???

thanks!

**inasero** · 30 Aug 2005, 4:29 PM

for the n-millionth time- i live in shared accomodation outside the uni
lexi lives in a residential college on campus
pointdexter lives in a share house outside of adelaide

in monash...all of the colleges suck- the food, the accomodation, the price. But if you have cash to burn and you like drunken shenanigans then college is for you. In Monash, the majority of medical students staying on campus stay at Mannix College...it's closer to the medical faculty and is catered...although it is expensive at 250+ a week.

Ive expressed my opinions on where's the best place to live...so have a search around on the forum and you will certainly be enlightened on this matter.

**Bob.J** · 30 Aug 2005, 8:25 PM

i remember Lincoln college in adelaide is like 270 per week
and the rooms arent even that big
and it's old (70s) and ugly

**Lexicographer** · 31 Aug 2005, 2:37 AM

I'll answer your new question.

As far as I can tell, UWA doesn't have a "best college", but more a "best college for you". Even then, you might just not be the type for college. Mine is known mostly as the most alcoholic college, which at first glance is a stark contrast to my personality. But I'm more or less able the less desirable antics of the people around me, and they're all straight arrows so we get on ok. I know a number of people who weren't as easy-going as I am, and decided to leave.

**Bob.J** · 31 Aug 2005, 6:58 PM

renal physiology is such a btich

**Lexicographer** · 31 Aug 2005, 7:01 PM

Ooh I had a renal slide for my practical exam last semester... I had NFI what I was drawing. Just round bit here, squiggly bit there...

**Bob.J** · 31 Aug 2005, 7:24 PM

Originally Posted by Lexicographer

Ooh I had a renal slide for my practical exam last semester... I had NFI what I was drawing. Just round bit here, squiggly bit there...

hahahha coool... just do a squiggly circle thing and point an arrow to it and write 'renal cell' hahahhah 1 mark!

i wish it was like that

**+Po1ntDeXt3r+** · 31 Aug 2005, 9:54 PM

hmm .. histo of renal.. its killer..

umm i havent stayed at college here in adel.. but the uni accomodation there is a website..
about $190-$270
from shared townhouses to college :P...
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/

i live with other ppl but i could cook and do stuff lik tat.. so its pretti ok for me

..

**inasero** · 1 Sep 2005, 3:24 PM

lol we wouldn't happen to be talking about the loop of henle by any chance?

stood in on a surgery today- one circumcision/laparotomy and one hysterectomy. Fun fun fun!

**Bob.J** · 1 Sep 2005, 6:51 PM

yeh like wtf, hard enough to tell from the PCT and DCT and then the collecting ducts look the same as the DCT ><

hey inasero, were the surgeries something you do at monash? like as in clinical practice stuff ?

**Lexicographer** · 1 Sep 2005, 11:46 PM

I don't get to see anything for a while yet...

**inasero** · 2 Sep 2005, 2:15 PM

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/mrh/und...ine/year2.html

that's what I'm doing in Sale (SE Gippsland region) for two weeks...the doctors here don't have many students dithering around in the hospital so they are more than happy for students to rock up to Surgery, ED, etc etc so long as we don't all rush the place at the same time. The operating surgeon even let one of the clinical students suture the remnants of the foreskin on the base of the penis! You certainly wouldn't have that experience in an urban clinical school.

general medicine and general surgery rounds don't start until clinical years (i.e. next semester for me)

**Bob.J** · 2 Sep 2005, 4:48 PM

Sat Free Time
Sun Free Time

I'm sure there's 'free time'

**Ursula-Sama** · 24 Jan 2006, 11:40 PM

Hi, i'm going monash uni for 06 med, and i'm gonna be living in melbourne by myself (it feels so daunting), so i wanted to ask u about living in melb

i was wondering weither it's better to live on shared accom near the campus, or living in the city( cost would be higher in city right?)

i mean clayton looked like a hole the day i went to enrole, is there even any shopping centre's around that place

, but it seems like the only place i can say at for a newbie moving into melb

so based on ur experience is first year really really really hard, cause i've heard from all these ppl about high flunk out rates at med first year