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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2016, 08:15:25 pm »
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Can you explain the marking? I heard its based on a pass or fail mark only, no actual score is given to you for exchange units?  :o
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« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2016, 08:26:54 pm »
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Can you explain the marking? I heard its based on a pass or fail mark only, no actual score is given to you for exchange units?  :o

This depends, I believe. Where were you thinking of going?

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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #17 on: July 11, 2016, 11:09:29 pm »
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This depends, I believe. Where were you thinking of going?
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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2016, 12:30:21 pm »
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I went to this Back From Abroad forum the other day, and apparently only 4% of current uni students study overseas. That's a pretty nifty advantage for employment opportunities, I reckon.

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Hey! Sorry, Reus; I completely missed this somehow. I know of NUS but I'm not fully familiar with how it works in regard to exchange; by now, I trust you've seen Monash Abroad?

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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2016, 10:56:12 pm »
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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #20 on: January 16, 2018, 03:20:54 pm »
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Yo!

I just wanted to say: if you're considering exchange, you might as well start thinking about it early in your degree! There's no rush, as such, but doing so would allow you to better plan your units and the like. I was saving this one particular Linguistics unit to do during my degree because I thought it sounded most interesting; in the end, I couldn't do it, because it didn't correlate with my exchange study period (not well explained, but the point is: I stuffed up my planning because I left it too late). Not a huge issue at all, just a bit of an annoying one.

If you're interested at all in exchange - even if you just want to see what's on offer - I really highly recommend speaking with Monash Abroad. You can go for an open advising session, and they'll be able to talk you through your options: where you can go, financial situations, different programs etc. Exchange really was one of the best experiences of my life, and Monash has a great student mobility program.

When I was there, the Monash Abroad office was in Campus Centre, on the second floor (down a pretty random corridor - it was never well signed). I heard recently that they were temporarily in the Menzies Building, though, so it might be worth asking around. But yeah, I really recommend speaking with them! :)

EDIT: Yep, according to their website, Monash Abroad is temporarily (until the end of January) in Room S109 and S111 of the Menzies Building (the huge, dated building - very difficult to miss). After entering Menzies, that's just one floor up. :)
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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #21 on: January 16, 2018, 03:34:49 pm »
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Is it possible to study abroad with students from other universities in Victoria? Or is it only limited to students within your own uni’s own pool of students?

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« Reply #22 on: January 16, 2018, 03:50:07 pm »
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Is it possible to study abroad with students from other universities in Victoria? Or is it only limited to students within your own uni’s own pool of students?

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Hey!

Do you mean like, could Person A from University A and Person B from University B both go on exchange to University C at the same time?

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« Reply #23 on: January 16, 2018, 04:21:54 pm »
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I was wondering if anyone had any information/experience about overseas experience/exchanges with Monash Med?
For example, for fieldwork while doing hons year, or as a clinical placement. Is it common? Hard to get into? Not recommended?
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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #24 on: January 16, 2018, 04:37:02 pm »
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I was wondering if anyone had any information/experience about overseas experience/exchanges with Monash Med?
For example, for fieldwork while doing hons year, or as a clinical placement. Is it common? Hard to get into? Not recommended?

Only second hand experience (girlfriend studies Med), so take with a huge grain of salt. I'm sure others will be able to answer more accurately.

- I know of people who have done some of their rotations in Malaysia.
- I believe you can also do a fifth-year rotation overseas.
- BMedSci can theoretically be overseas.
- Is it common? Nah. Is it doable? To my knowledge, yeah, under particular circumstances.

This may or may not be useful. :)

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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #25 on: January 16, 2018, 06:07:37 pm »
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Hey!

Do you mean like, could Person A from University A and Person B from University B both go on exchange to University C at the same time?


Hey! Yep, whilst both are doing different courses too, is that possible at all?

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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #26 on: January 17, 2018, 04:05:11 pm »
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Hey! Yep, whilst both are doing different courses too, is that possible at all?

Hey. :)

Theoretically possible, I'd imagine - like, when I was on exchange, there were heaps of people from different unis doing different degrees. I'd imagine it would harder to coordinate (as in, between you and the other person), though.

You can find Monash's exchange partners here; you could then compare this to other universities' partners. My knowledge is a little limited in this particular domain, however.

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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #27 on: January 20, 2018, 12:06:12 am »
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Hey. :)

Theoretically possible, I'd imagine - like, when I was on exchange, there were heaps of people from different unis doing different degrees. I'd imagine it would harder to coordinate (as in, between you and the other person), though.

You can find Monash's exchange partners here; you could then compare this to other universities' partners. My knowledge is a little limited in this particular domain, however.

Will check it out, cheers!

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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #28 on: January 23, 2018, 11:41:31 am »
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My experience at Monash University Malaysia

My brother did the same exchange five years earlier, and I had actually been to the Malaysia campus whilst travelling, so I had something in mind as to what to expect. But really, past experience can only go so far, especially for a six-month journey surrounded my new people and new experiences.

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This is an excellent post.

I just completed a full year of intercampus exchange at Monash Malaysia in 2017. When I originally applied for the exchange, I chose to do only one semester. When I actually reached Malaysia I felt that the experience was so valuable and that the time was going so fast, so I got in touch with Monash abroad and they were able to extend my exchange.

I feel that going on exchange last year was one of the best experiences of my life. There's just so much stuff you've got to go through when you live in another country. Your whole entire lifestyle changes and you get put into both good and bad situations. When you hit the bad situations, you grow through it and your perspective on life changes.

One of the crazier experiences was when I was "deported" and had to fly out to Singapore and re-enter Malaysia because they had problems extending my student VISA. Since I chose to extend my exchange program they attempted to extend my student VISA to cover the second semester but they weren't able to do it before it expired. They gave me two days to exit Malaysia else I'd be overstaying and have immigration issues. Had to skip some classes and lectures too and basically got forced to go on holiday.

There's a lot I could say about my time in Malaysia. To be honest, I don't think I've even properly processed it or reflected back on it - just so much happened in what felt like such a short year. I think I might drop in this thread and leave a more detailed response to share my thoughts on my exchange sometime in the future.

But basically, just do it. It's cheap and Malaysia also recently removed any sort of WAM or entry requirements for the Monash Malaysia package. Literally any Australian studying at Monash can do it now regardless of past grades.

You may be a little out of your pocket going on exchange for a semester (like seriously little: 1k-2k) but the amount of experience that comes into your life makes it incredibly valuable.
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Re: Studying abroad, student exchange: what, why, how
« Reply #29 on: May 07, 2018, 10:50:42 pm »
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Just wondering can you do a Diploma of Languages completely in another country while on exchange?
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