Law at Monash

[excal]

   
Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery / Bachelor of Laws   

Medical Negligence is a growing area...

If you don't get in at VCE level, don't panic. Apply for an Arts / Comm degree at Monash and work to do really well in it. It takes a 75% average across the year to be very competitive for lateral entry.

I received a 93.75 ENTER and would have easily gained a place in Law had I wanted to (86% average - I would've liked to, but other constraints in my current course prevent me from doing so).

Just a note that you must be actually be accepted into Med/Surg, applying for the law component at the end of your first year of the med course.

It is also academic suicide

I think it would only ever be useful to do get taste of both fields, and then decide on one profession and stick with it as soon as possible. You can't be both a doctor and a practicing lawyer at the same time.

You will be better at one of the fields and when you know which one that is, you ought to specialize in that field.

All individuals are different, but once you know that you will go into a certain profession, then it no longer, in my view, makes any sense to spend an extra 3/4 years and $$$ to undertake another degree.

[lacoste]

how many years is the accelerated program in bachelor of law?
and in bachelor of law/science??

[xox.happy1.xox]

Because I won't get 99 (I don't even think I will get 90 ) I am thinking of doing Law at Vic Uni, and then transferring after 1 year to Monash. Will they allow me to do that, even though I originally came from Vic Uni (not too prestigious in my opinion)?

[ninwa]

Because I won't get 99 (I don't even think I will get 90 ) I am thinking of doing Law at Vic Uni, and then transferring after 1 year to Monash. Will they allow me to do that, even though I originally came from Vic Uni (not too prestigious in my opinion)?

Absolutely I have a friend who did that actually! (we bag her about her VU past )

how many years is the accelerated program in bachelor of law?
and in bachelor of law/science??

What's this accelerated program? Never heard of it ...

[bubble sunglasses]

Because I won't get 99 (I don't even think I will get 90 ) I am thinking of doing Law at Vic Uni, and then transferring after 1 year to Monash. Will they allow me to do that, even though I originally came from Vic Uni (not too prestigious in my opinion)?

Absolutely I have a friend who did that actually! (we bag her about her VU past )

   How difficult is that?

[lacoste]

well how many years is ur law/arts degree?

the accelerated is just doing the course in a shorter time span.

[ninwa]

bubble, I'm not sure how hard it was, I think she had to get distinctions or something, I never really asked but I do know that first year law at VU didn't count as first year law at Monash - i.e. she did one year of law at VU and then came to Monash and did first year law again.

lacoste, arts/law is "5.3 years", no idea what the 0.3 is but yeah. I've never heard of any "accelerated program", however there are ways of finishing your degree earlier by overloading on units, or doing summer semesters, etc.

[Fyrefly]

Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery / Bachelor of Laws = Major OVERKILL.

 :buck2: :buck2: :idiot2:

[Fyrefly]

For straight LLB, requirements last year were:

SS of 30 in English (any)

99.30(CSP); 94.50(Fee).

[Fyrefly]

Some 2008 clearly-in ENTERS for Monash law double degrees:

Aerospace Engineering/Law = 99.05
Commerce/Law = 99.05
Engineering/Law = 99.15
Science/Law = 99.2

There is so much irony in the fact that the enters 4 the double degrees r lower than the 1 4 straight law.

[BA22]

That's because there's a misconception about ENTER cut-offs

The are determined by competition for entry, they are not arbitrary

[ninwa]

I wonder why there's more competition for straight law though ... I would've thought that more people would wanna do a double degree

[marbs]

Can someone explain to me how you can go from VU (Law enter 87) to Monash (law enter 99...)

Wouldn't everyone try and do that if they missed out, and how do they choose you to do that?

[bubble sunglasses]

  yeh, I've heard, not at all sure that "pathways" is much easier, ie: doing Arts at Monash then transferring to law

[Mao]

Can someone explain to me how you can go from VU (Law enter 87) to Monash (law enter 99...)

Wouldn't everyone try and do that if they missed out, and how do they choose you to do that?

that really depends on Monash's policy. contact Monash [and specifically the law school if you can] and they might be able to give you some answers.

but regardless, you'll want a very nice looking academic transcript =]