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Anonymous2003, I understand your feelings concerning the non-academic qualifiers like UMAT (& interviews). Indeed they are nonsense and tantamount to "Affirmative Action" for the academically less-competitive. If it's any consolation, you're part of a growing vocal cohort along with doctors...

Suppose I take your word - 3-4 out of 45 with < 90%? That's like 9-10%. Want to guess how many folks enter on such scores in the mainstream dental schools with more exacting selection processes? That's right, ZERO. What does that tell you about the level of competition or quality of students? Of...

Re: GU's "dentistry" & "pharmacy" courses : * important for future applicants * Mate, don't get me wrong. My only angst is the scam they appear to be running & the ADA's lack of foresight to see these new courses for what they are : dumbing down for cash. What does "back-to-back" mean to...

mixt, with the "WorkChoices" gambit, one can only hope folks like you'll grow up quickly enough to realise the vacuousness of your statement. Don't kid yourself, kid. With a family to support, a mortgage to pay and having to put food on the table quite consistently, after several different...

Yes, do orthoptics if you can't get into Optometry. They're a health professional that does almost everything optometry can do except independently prescribing corrective lenses & S4 medication. That'll change very soon with the fierce lobbying by orthoptists with the backing of...

I spoke to a blond hair, blue-eyed ex-Queenslander who got into UWS with UAI of 91 and 182 raw UMAT.

Caveat emptor, dear GU Dental $tudent$ Okay, fine. Look at it this way - are you suggesting that a fee-paying place from Melbourne Uni or UQ carries the same stigma as a place from a far lesser known uni like GU or CSU or Latrobe? I'm sure you know the answer to that. The answer is "No"...

GU's "dentistry" & "pharmacy" courses : * important for future applicants * Sorry for the late reply. rocafella32, understand that I'm not attacking your choice of course. In fact, I think that it's commendable that you're good enough to have entered a Dental Course. However, my major gripe...

I would hardly consider a Law graduate to be employed in the sense of the word, if all he/she could find with that hard won Law degree was a cashier position @ Myer or part-time real estate salesperson.

Oh no, here we go again... more misinformation from Xytech. My reference is VTAC. Pure Law @ Deakin (Melb) "shot up" to 93.65 for a CSP. How is that "98ish"??? Out of the 5 law schools here, only Monash & UniMelb require ENTER scores of 98ish+ to enter their Law courses. The reason: they're...

Please don't bullshit about Melburnian unis to a Melburnian. Among the approx. half-dozen or so Law Schools here, Melb & Monash are the only ones requiring such high scores for admission. But then again, there is no correlation between employment prospects and demand for those courses *at* those...

Good on you. At least, there isn't an interview involved! A friend once joked: Med/Dent Sch Interviews = Very bad for Asians

I just wanted to point out that this course, unlike what you insinuated, is not available to any other graduates apart from GU Dental students who did the u/g Oral Health-Dental Sci. The only other courses I know of having 3yr u/g + 2yr "p/g"structure are the Chiropractic courses @ MacQ and RMIT...

Not trying to be a jerk but judging from the amount of Chemistry taught in your OralHeath-DentalSci course, I doubt that you would succeed in tackling the GAMSAT suitably without additional assistance. You would certainly be less prepared than say, a Pharmacy graduate from a traditional (non-GU)...

Hi pointie! Nah.. researched on that thru to wazoo and I assure you that the course is not p/g. It is essentially a 5 year BDSc splitted into 2 qualifications, one of which GU makes big bucks out of. Oh yea, did I ever tell you that GU Gold Coast is like one big carnival-summer camp type...

je2obrien, how do you know that increasing salaries will fail to address shortage? More $$$ means more entrants into the field. And don't even tell me about the "quality of entrants" in this case. Not everybody who works for the moolah is screwed up and incompetent. In fact, it is quite the...

Indeed. Not that I am an advocate for role substitution, still you have to appreciate the predicament and agree that unless the pharmacist's role extends beyond dispensing soon, the profession will be in deep decline in status and prospects, given the intention of big business when it finally...

There was never any argument. It is merely a statement of fact. Do bear in mind, opening up new Pharmacy Schools is only one-half of the "solution" to addressing "shortages". Pharmacy training also requires resources from the Community that, at the moment, appears to be stretched thin. The...

On the flip side, you don't get to choose who you treat as a student. Obviously. Stepping out of your home to go to work doesn't always mean you would be coming back. Life is that risky. Perhaps, I was looking to quantify the risks somehow. I cannot imagine having invested all the time...

No, didn't do or plan to go with the GAMSAT route. Besides, it is now a choice between available offers. Another thing: HIV infection rates have been steadily rising among certain segments of our community. Hep C is as well. These are real career breakers and a major disincentive as I have...