I want to double major in psych and french in a bachelor of arts, but i'm really conflicted between going to Monash uni or Melbourne. I would love to hear any reasons one might be better/worse than the other mostly for psych because that's the one i want to pursue a career with (e.g. i've heard monash only accepts monash students into their honours year for psych, or if there are any placements or internships offered in the degree)
I don't know much about Psych, weirdly enough, so I went and did a little research for you. In general, the way the Melbourne Model does things actually gives it a bit of rigidity along with its freedom. Since you'll have to take electives outside of your main area of expertise, you'll have to plan a bit more to
double major. At Monash it's actually a bit more flexible because you can still replace electives with more Arts units as you prefer. On the other hand, if you're into research or academia, ranking can come into play - and Melbourne is the higher ranked here.
In terms of Psych Hons, you're partially right. According to my 2 mins of research, it seems that
Melbourne Psych doesn't really mind where you come from. As long as your grades are good enough via their calculations and you, of course, apply, you'll be in the running for a spot.
Monash Psych Hons, however, is a bit pickier. If you are a Monash undergrad you must complete certain units and achieve certain grades, but you'll be more likely to get into Monash Psych Hons than an external applicant where they have a limited number of spots. They also raise the bar on marks for external applicants compared to Monash undergrad applicants.
I don't know much on internships or placements, but I'd assume they're around the same in those respects.
Also feel free to talk about the actual campus experience, i've only been to both once and the only impression i left with was that it's very easy to get lost.
Even though I've been to both campuses, I'm going to let other people describe that. I've become rather immune to it so my descriptions tend to be rather vague and probably end up more specific to my faculty (School of Bioloical Sciences).