Is transferring possible? (1 Viewer)

[rockstar01]

I couldn't find anything on transferring between universities for medicine
e.g. from Adelaide to UNSW

Is this possible or are the courses too different?

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

yes you can.. its just under very special circumstances..
but goin from one med course to another may cause u not to do very well..
because med courses are not aligned...

so with the transfers to adelaide..
there were problems when they didnt understand some of the topics we were doing.

although its just about catchin up in ure own time..

 

[sikeveo]

Transferring is almost impossible.

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

yes almost.. but i kno ppl who do it..

ummm UNSW doesnt realli have a drop out rate either.. so they "apparently" dun take students.. but they have taken newcastle ppl in the new course =)

 

[sikeveo]

Hahah i can see this massive influx of newcastle ppl applying to transfer to unsw when they hear that all of newcastles lectures will be delivered online

 

[mervvyn]

yes almost.. but i kno ppl who do it..

ummm UNSW doesnt realli have a drop out rate either.. so they "apparently" dun take students.. but they have taken newcastle ppl in the new course =)

yeah, i think transferring into unsw now is pretty much unheard of, you'd probably have to start from the beginning of year 1 again if anything because the faculty thinks its course is so different (don't take my word for this, i hadn't thought about it til now). the drop out rate last was apparently something like 10 of 220, which is pretty low by uniwide standards i think

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

well ive only heard of from the grade above u.. ..lik 1 case

yeah its apparently lower than 10/220 which by med schools is low

 

[Lexicographer]

UWA dropout rate was (anecdotally) around 10/250 last year (200 meds, 50 dentists). It'll be interesting to see who leaves this year.

You'd really only be able to pull it off on severe compassionate grounds, such as perhaps having to look after a recently paralysed mother or something. I've never met or heard of anyone that has pulled it off.

 

[inasero]

yep you have to have strong reasons e.g. family is moving from adelaide to sydney or the like...its quite hard to get a transfer

 

[sikeveo]

Even the above reason I doubt would count as so many students are interstaters.

 

[Lexicographer]

On its own, no. But for the umpteenth time, the individual case is what matters - if for example you could not afford to be seperated from your family then you may have a shot.

Just put it down to "case by case basis, defaulting to no" and let it rest.