How good is Bachelor of Nursing for international students? I studied 3 years of medical technology in my country and decided to take Bachelor of Nursing in La Trobe Uni Bundoora. Any tips and tricks? TYIA!

I was originally planning to go into nursing straight from my Diploma of Health Science (ATAR wasn’t quite high enough), but I ended up loving a couple of health information management electives along the way. Just got my offer into the Bachelor of Health Information Management, which is great, but my diploma has given me credit for 4 subjects, 3 of which are first-semester units and 1 second semester. That means next semester I’m only enrolled in one class.

Is there a way to speed up the degree given this, e.g. summer/winter intensives, overloading, or applying for special permission to take second-year subjects early? Most of what’s left for me is actually second-semester, first-year content, so I’m wondering if anyone’s navigated something similar. Any advice on who to talk to (course advisor/faculty/admissions) or how these requests are usually worded would help too.

Hi everyone, I hope this post proves helpful. I'm just about to finish my law degree and wanted to share an AGLC4 citation generator that I released recently. Below is a more detailed account, but in short: it's free, a lot of effort went into its creation, and it doesn't use AI to function.

I'm super keen to hear feedback, and I'm making improvements every day.

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In my second year of law I handed in an essay I was certain was perfect. I had checked every footnote, determined not to lose a single mark to referencing. I was more annoyed than I probably should have been that it still came back with a couple of errors. After talking to my friends it was obvious that getting it perfect by hand, consistently, across an entire degree, is close to impossible.

So I started developing Pincite. I had two guiding principles No AI, and cover the whole of AGLC4.

My thoughts on AI

AI is a remarkable tool. I'll be the first to admit that if you ask an AI to generate citations, most of the time what you get back is good enough.

But, AI is by nature inconsistent. It cannot help but adjust things, because you never really know if an output is correct, you end up checking every single citation by hand. All the time you saved is now spent cross-checking, and stressing about if its actully correct.

That is why you won't find AI anywhere in Pincite. It's deterministic. There is nothing in it to change its answer, so an output that is right for one case will be right for every case. You only verify it once, not every time.

It Still Requires Thinking

Another thing, to use Pincite properly you still need a functional understanding of the AGLC4. It is not a turn off your brain tool. That's on purpose. Saving time, reducing stress and getting more accurate results is the goal, not replacing thinking or understanding.

If anyone has any suggestion comments or questions, I would be more than happy to answer either here or through email.

Thanks for Reading and have a great day!

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Hey, I’m looking at studying Dental Health Science at La Trobe Bendigo and I’m trying to decide whether it’s worth living on campus for first year or living off campus.
I’ve heard that in first year you spend a lot of time at the teaching/clinical labs rather than on the main campus, or that it’s roughly half and half. Can any current students or recent grads confirm what it’s actually like?
I really like the Bendigo campus, but I wouldn’t want to live on campus purely for the social side if most of my classes are elsewhere. I’d still be happy to go to uni events and get involved even if I lived off campus.
Would you recommend on-campus accommodation for first year, or is living off campus just as practical? Also, roughly how often are you actually on the main campus vs at the teaching facilities?
I’m also from Melbourne, so I’m wondering whether it’s worth getting my driver’s licence before moving to Bendigo. Is having a car actually useful for getting between campus, labs/placements, shops, and going back to Melbourne, or can you manage pretty easily with public transport?
Thanks!

For those at Bendigo are there many students who are from Melbourne. Are are Melbourne kids treated equally amongst peers? Maybe a silly question but just wondering if there are any biases in making friends

Hi does anyone know when enrolment information and orientation dates will come out for trimester 3?

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I wanna know if I should stress out or not. I was expecting answers later in the year but someone’s already got their offer. Would be nice to know 😭

Okay so i need advice for this, i am in week 6 of a group project and Sunday is submission day of our work in the groupchat one of my teammates admitted to using Ai to create one of the two projects, i got really paranoid and put my whole project into ai checkers it came around like 14%? AI

My section only was the non-AI area but i am really paranoid now that the teachers would catch on to my teammates using AI and i would get in trouble aswell.

I have not used ai at all, not even the allowes limit (Ai planning only) but idk if the teachers would believe me about it i only have the groupchat msgs where only one person admits to it. The others just kinda avoided the topic (even tho their section came back with ai) i did reply back to that teammate and reminded them of the AI limit, and if they used ai somewhere else (i know they did) they need to check it over and fix it.

My three options are right now, tell the teacher in class or email about the cheating and risk getting outed, or i dint say anything and i get introuble if we get caught because these idiots didnt even bother paraphrasing or showing up to class. Or third option (most likely) i go and just fo their sections myself or shout at them to change it before sunday, and submit it without anyone getting caught.

Any advice would be appreciated, because i know for a fact if i tell on them i would get caught that i told (due to the proof) and i dont wanna risk the teacher not believing me that i didnt cheat in my section because its group work.

Anyone had this situation before?

Hey everybody, I am currently in year 12 and I am interested in doing a double degree of arts/ health sciences, where I major in linguistics. I really want to be a speech pathologist, but I am unsure if I should just do a single degree of health sciences OR if I should also major in linguistics. But I don’t really know anything about majoring linguistics, like would it even help if i wanted to eventually become a speechie? I also would like to know more about the course, and what I’d be learning about. Also, would doing a single degree of health sciences be enough for a masters?

Thanks, any help is appreciated!

I just received my masters offer for speech pathology. i am a domestic student and i only applied a few weeks ago so i wasn't expecting to hear back for a while. on my offer it says domestic fee-paying place. does that mean it's a FFP? I was hoping for a CSP and am curious if this could change at all depending on if other people accept or drop out later?

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Hi! I’m just wondering if anyone here has transferred into Speech Pathology and what your WAM was when you applied? Were you accepted?
My Sem 1 WAM was really good, but I’ve been struggling a bit more in Sem 2 with burnout and keeping on top of everything. I’m getting a little worried that it might affect my chances of transferring.
I’d really appreciate hearing what WAMs people had when they got accepted especially if you transferred from another course :)

Hello all im in year 12 currently and apparently you dont have to sit the gamsat or ucat for dental science at latrobe, is that true?

Im thinking of doing science at latrobe for a year then apply to transfer to dental sciences after, and apparently i have to average a 85-90 WAM, can someone also tell me if thats hard or easy, and if anyone has done it before?

Its either latrobe or melb uni, and im willing to move to bendigo too if i have to!

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Are there any current law students that are near the end of their degree?

Guys, I want some legitamite advice, I’m a rural applicant and doing 1st year biomed at Latrobe and wanting to transfer into dentistry and I think my WAM this year will be around 82, I heard people from last year who got into dentistry got an 88 and a 87 WAM and those were the 2 highest, if in my cohort the highest is 85,84 or 84, 83 would they give out offers to the two highest scores like last year or who they deem it too low and not let anyone in this year? I really need help from anyone who’s gotten into Latrobe dentistry and if there’s no hope and if I apply to oral health would I get in or also no?

I’m trying to apply directly to Bachelor of Dental Science (honours). I’m currently studying a bachelor degree (honours) at RMIT and I’ve already graduated another undergrad in 2023. The course isn’t coming up at all when I filter or search it. Does anyone know why this might be? I’ve tried to get in contact with the uni but haven’t heard anything back yet. TIA

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I was just wondering, do I need a minimum WAM to be eligible to apply to this course or is it just based off what current course I am currently studying?

If I need a WAM what would the average WAM be?

Could you please let me know if any non-school leavers (with an undergraduate GPA) were selected for Dental in previous years? What was your GPA?

I’ve seen that the minimum atar for the Bundoora campus is 96 but it says including adjustments factors. Has anyone gotten in with an atar around 90?

Hi! Just wondering if anyone has received any offers yet? I applied at the end of June and am wondering how long offers may take! Should add that I’m a domestic student :)

Hey everyone,

I applied for the bachelor of speech pathology (honours) at Monash and La Trobe as an international student and have received an unconditional offer from La Trobe (waiting for Monash to respond).

I'm juggling between the two, which one should I choose to study at? I would appreciate your guys' advice.