2023 Entry Interview Invites DATA COLLECTION

[bootsandcats]

University: UNSW
Course and preference in relevant TAC: UNSW preference 1
Date and time of invite receipt: 10:12am 15/12/22
UCAT percentile rank: 93
VR: -
DM: -
QR: -
AR: -
Total: 3050
SJ: 643
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): -
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 98.25 (actual)
Rural: No
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: eas (2 categories)

 

[student24]

University: UNSW
Course: Med
Date and time of invite receipt: 15/12/2022 10:16am
UCAT percentile rank: 99th
VR: 720
DM: 780
QR: 880
AR: 880
Total: 3260
SJ: 620
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR):
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 97.9
Rural: No
State: Vic
Other Special Considerations: EAS (3 categories)

 

[med23]

University: UNSW
Course: Med
Date and time of invite receipt: 15/12/2022 10:14am
UCAT percentile rank: 90th
VR: 540
DM: 770
QR: 850
AR: 830
Total: 2990
SJ: 702
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): -
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 99.55, WAM 87
Rural: No
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: SCATS ?

 

[edensgate]

University: Monash University
Course and preference in relevant TAC: Monash Medicine first and only preference
Date and time of invite receipt: Nov 19th
UCAT percentile rank: 96%
VR: 670
DM: 800
QR: 880
AR: 800
Total: 3150
SJ: 656
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR):
Actual ATAR: 98.35
Rural: RA3
State: SA
Other Special Considerations: (inc. GWS, EAS, indigenous pathway, Broadway, Monash Guarantee, etc)

 

[seannnnn01]

University: UNSW
Course and preference in relevant TAC: 1
Date and time of invite receipt: 15 Dec
UCAT percentile rank: 94%
Total: 3070
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR):
Actual ATAR: 99.70
Rural: No
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: No
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University: JCU
Course and preference in relevant TAC: Medicine 1st Preference
Date and time of invite receipt: 23 Dec
UCAT percentile rank: 94%
Total: 3070
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR):
Actual ATAR: 99.70
Rural: No
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: No

 

[Liam123]

Course Type: Med
Offer Received: No
University (and campus if relevant): JCU (Cairns 1st pref, Townsville 2nd pref)
Date of Offer: N/A
Deadline to Accept: N/A
UCAT: N/A
ATAR or GPA: 6.0 completed degree, 7.0 incomplete degree (1 year), OP2.
Rural: RA2
Special Considerations: Nil
Offer Type: N/A
State of Residence: QLD
Other Information: Aside from my lowish academic stats, I am an acquired taste and I don’t expect JCU to ever give me a crack at an interview based on my application. This year was attempt #2. It’s a love me or leave me kind of situation. XD

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A1 adds: That is tough, very sorry to hear. Qld RA2 with 7.0 GPA what else does JCU demand !!

Liam123 adds: I think that some healthcare work experience would help, so that’s next on the agenda! I started working in medical admin this year, but can hopefully do enough clinical placements in biomed to have a sniff at some work in clinical measurements.

 

[Liam_701]

University: Adelaide Uni + JCU
Course: Med
Date and time of invite receipt: 22 Dec, 2:10pm (JCU), 28 Oct 2022, 09:57am (Adelaide Uni)
UCAT percentile rank: 72%ile
VR: 640
DM: 670
QR: 720
AR: 720
Total: 2750
SJ: 591
ATAR: 99.85
Rural: No
State: SA
Other Special Considerations: Nil

 

[mc*]

University: JCU
Course and preference in relevant TAC: Medicine (Townsville 1st pref)
Invite receipt: No interview
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 6.88 (1 year Master Degree)
Rural: Yes, RA2
Letters of Support included: Yes - 3
History of volunteering experience: Yes
History of health industry employment: Yes
History of other related industry employment: None

No interview this year but last year I received an interview with a GPA of 5.78 (Completed degree). Greater industry experience and thought my written application was stronger (possibly apart from Q1).

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A1 adds: Similarly with another MSO member, she got JCU interview as school leaver but missed out an offer. The next year she re-applied with GPA 7.0, no interview. It seems JCU doesn't want to give past interviewees another chance, or JCU's markings of the written applications are too dependent on who does it.

 

[icecream_]

University that I got interviews from: UNSW (15/12 10:12am), JCU (11/11 11:39am)
Universities that I got rejections from: Adelaide Med & Dent (28/10 9:14am), WSU/CSU (10/11 12:08pm), JMP (10/11 11:19am)
Universities that I heard nothing from:
Course and preference in relevant TAC:

Preference	UAC	VTAC	SATAC	QTAC	TISC
1	JMP Med	Monash CSP	Flinders Med	JCU Townsville Med	Curtin Med
2	UNSW Med	Monash ERC	Adelaide CSP Med	JCU Cairns Med	UWA Biomedical Science/Med
3	WSU Med	Monash BMP	Adelaide BMP Med	Griffith Gold Coast Provisional Med	UWA Philosophy/Med
4		La Trobe Dent	Adelaide Dent	Griffith Nathan Provisional Med	UWA Biomedical Science/Dent
5				USC Provisional Med​	UWA Philosophy/Dent
6				UQ Dent​

UCAT percentile rank: 92nd
VR: 640
DM: 730
QR: 900
AR: 770
Total: 3040
SJ: 620
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 705.4
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 99.60 (actual ATAR)
Rural: No
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: GWS, EAS (2 categories)

JCU SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS:
Letters of Support included: Yes - 3
History of volunteering experience: Yes
History of health industry employment: Yes
History of other related industry employment: None

Additional Notes: I'm a gap year student which rendered me ineligible to apply for UQ, USQ, CQU provisional med courses. I also applied last year and got an interview with JCU last year. Used the same application with same Letters of Support and got another interview this year as well.

 

[chaewonton]

University: Monash
Course: Med
Date : cbf looking through my 10000+ letter inbox
UCAT percentile rank: 90th
VR : 750
QR : 880
DM : 800
AR : 550 (lol)
Total : 2980
SJ: 380 (i clicked random things because i knew i messed up AR and couldn't concentrate)

Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 99.35
Rural: No
State: VIC
Other Special Considerations: SEAS - physical circumstances

 

[getmein101]

University: JCU
Course and preference in relevant TAC: Medicine (Townsville 1st pref)
Invite receipt: No interview
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 6.5 (1 yr FTE), ATAR 99.25
Rural: No
State: QLD
Letters of Support included: Yes - 3
History of volunteering experience: Yes
History of health industry employment: Yes
History of other related industry employment: Yes

Additional notes: Really interesting - Received a 1st round interview last year & submitted the same application and references (updated to account for new experiences). I genuinely thought my application this year was much stronger and unique than in 2021. Still says 'satisfied' for JCU med on QTAC so not sure if that means they're using my 2021 interview for selection next year :/

 

[MPZ_23]

In all honesty, I am still shocked I managed to receive an invite for an interview based on my UCAT score. But thought I'd put it out there in case others are wondering - it's not everything. I was that person frantically reading through all the MSO forums to see if it's even worth it. Thank you to you guys for posting your invites/offers - it does help!

University: Curtin
Course and preference in relevant TAC: (ie. Griffith Dent 3rd preference) CUMBS 1st pref
Date and time of invite receipt: 30 November 2022, 11:20AM
UCAT percentile rank: 50th (I bombed terribly)
VR: 560
DM: 600
QR: 620
AR: 740
Total: 2520
SJ: 627
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: Notional ATAR (GPA 7.0) - No idea about what the ATAR would atually have been
Rural: Yes RA2
State: WA
Other Special Considerations: Graduate/Non-standard

 

[ar456]

University: UAdel, JMP, JCU, UNSW
Course: Med
Date: 28 Oct (8.38am), 10 Nov (10.14am), 22 Dec (1.40pm), 15 Dec (9.16am)
UCAT percentile rank: 99th
VR: 720
QR: 780
DM: 900
AR: 870
Total: 3270
SJ: 731
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 99.75
Rural: No
State: QLD
Other Special Considerations: Nil

JCU SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS:
Letters of Support included: Yes - 3
History of volunteering experience: Yes
History of health industry employment: Yes
History of other related industry employment: None

Bit late to add sorry...

 

[India5]

University: JCU
Course and preference in relevant TAC: Medicine (Townsville 1st pref)
Invite receipt: interview
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 99.8
Rural: No
State: WA
Letters of Support included: Yes - 3
History of volunteering experience: no
History of health industry employment: no
History of other related industry employment: no
No rural/indigenous volunteering work experience but a strong academic application for example national finalist debater, mathematics Olympiad blazer plus sporting achievements

 

[Endlus]

University: UNSW
Course and preference in relevant TAC: 1
Date and time of invite receipt: 6th Jan
UCAT percentile rank: 93%
Total: 3050
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR):
Actual ATAR/GPA: 6.286
Rural: No
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: SCATS

 

[Aam04]

University: UNSW
Course and preference in relevant TAC: Med 1st preference
Date and time of invite receipt: 3:28 pm, 6/1/2023
UCAT percentile rank: 94
VR: 670
DM: 800
QR: 760
AR: 860
Total: 3090
SJ: 594
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): N/A
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 99.65 (actual)
Rural: no
State: QLD
Other Special Considerations: no

))))

 

[pochacco12345]

University: UNSW
Course and preference in relevant TAC: Med 1st preference
Date and time of invite receipt: 4:26 pm, 6/1/2023
UCAT percentile rank: 98
VR: 700
DM: 770
QR: 900
AR: 830
Total: 3200
SJ: 649
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): N/A
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 99.85/7.00 GPA
Rural: no
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: no

 

[Canuckoz01]

University: UNSW
Course and preference in relevant TAC: Med 3rd preference
Date and time of invite receipt: 3:32 pm, 6/1/2023
UCAT percentile rank: 96
VR: 650
DM: 710
QR: 880
AR: 890
Total: 3130
SJ: 599
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): N/A
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 99.35 (actual)
Rural: no
State: QLD
Other Special Considerations: no

 

[mojokenobo]

University: UNSW
Course and preference in relevant TAC: UNSW BMed, 1st pref
Date and time of invite receipt: 6/1/2023, 16:28
UCAT percentile rank: 92%ile
VR: 640
DM: 690
QR: 880
AR: 810
Total: 3040
SJ: 552
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): N/A
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 97.60/GPA 6.875/WAM 88.25
Rural: no
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: SCATS (unsure if counted, my reason seemed a little trivial)

 

[ThunderDragon]

University: UNSW
Course and preference in relevant TAC: UNSW 1st pref
Date and time of invite receipt: 6/1/2023 at 4:26 pm
UCAT percentile rank: 93rd
VR: 670
DM: 750
QR: 880
AR: 750
Total: 3050
SJ: 583
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): N/A
Predicted/Actual ATAR/GPA: 87.95/1460 SAT/6.58 GPA
Rural: No
State: VIC
Other Special Considerations: SCATS but not sure if it got approved or not