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Admissions Centres Preferencing: General Discussion

christinaa123 said:
Hi! So I am really wanting to do med, however if I am not able to get in, dentistry will be my second option.
For QTAC, as all my preferences currently are med, if I get no first round offers for med, am I able to add UQ dentistry and then look to getting a second round offer? Or is there some sort of deadline for UQ dent that stops me from doing this?
I tried to look online but couldn't find any info :( Thanks for your help!
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Essential Information QTAC centralises and helps you navigate the 17 higher education providers in Qld and Northern NSW, to best serve your future-study interests. Each section of the above four categories of information hold important information for your QTAC Application. Institution Dates...
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Hello!
Sorry if this has been asked before, but was wanting to confirm USC, Nathan and Gold Coast med (Griffiths), can all be added into preferences up to December?? I am planning on initially putting UQ Med BMP/CSP in my 6 preferences then depending on if I get an interview offer, I will remove them and add USC/Nathan. What do you think?
Appreciate the advice!
 
Bishouy said:
Hello!
Sorry if this has been asked before, but was wanting to confirm USC, Nathan and Gold Coast med (Griffiths), can all be added into preferences up to December?? I am planning on initially putting UQ Med BMP/CSP in my 6 preferences then depending on if I get an interview offer, I will remove them and add USC/Nathan. What do you think?
Appreciate the advice!
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Technically you can add USC/Nathan/GC up to late December but Griffith advises to get them in before 10 December. Should work for you since you will know about UQ interview invite by then.
 
Bishouy said:
Thank you for your quick reply, can I use the same strategy for UQ/Dent. ( add it into my preferences at later stage) Thank you
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You need to check the closing date for UQ Dent. I know several med/dent schools don't allow you to *add* them to your pref list after the TAC closing date 30-Sept. (You can swap prefs around but not add after the date)
 
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A1 said:
You need to check the closing date for UQ Dent. I know several med/dent schools don't allow you to *add* them to your pref list after the TAC closing date 30-Sept. (You can swap prefs around but not add after the date)
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say if i dont get an interview offer from cqu on the 18th october, am i allowed to change my preferences to something like griffith dental since they release interview offers at the end of october, or will this not work>
 
naian616 said:
so for ins

say if i dont get an interview offer from cqu on the 18th october, am i allowed to change my preferences to something like griffith dental since they release interview offers at the end of october, or will this not work>
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You sure can! Assuming that’s when interview invites come out, it’s well before the recommended GU cut off date of 10th Dec, so that’s a sensible option.

UPDATE: apparently the 10th Dec date quotes by GU is for Med only.
 
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naian616 said:
say if i dont get an interview offer from cqu on the 18th october, am i allowed to change my preferences to something like griffith dental
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ALERT ALERT ... it looks like not possible for Griffith Dent

Its webpage says closing date 30th Sept after that no new applicants (i.e. no new pref entry)
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Griffith Med otoh says closing date 30th Dec but advises to submit pref before 10th Dec
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Purplefolly said:
Hi BWP, this would be great - could you please clarify where you got this info from? I can't find it on the UNSW website. Thx so much!
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Haha yep no probs - this is unofficial ofc but I'm a UNSW student and I've heard that the faculty's current plans are to release their offers on 10 Feb (aka Feb Round 2)
 
Does anyone explain that CQU Bundy and Rocky medicine program are the same as Griffith (Nathan) program or not? What's the difference? I check the CQU Bundy, it requires UCAT and interview which is stricter than Griffith?
 
Juicecan said:
Does anyone explain that CQU Bundy and Rocky medicine program are the same as Griffith (Nathan) program or not? What's the difference? I check the CQU Bundy, it requires UCAT and interview which is stricter than Griffith?
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Well first of all, they are from completely different universities so that is a pretty big difference. The 2nd difference is the location, the criteria is different but that doesn't necessarily imply Griffith is easier as Griffith doesn't require UCAT or interviews but has a very high ATAR requirement. I suggest you do more research on both courses websites to learn further
 
LMG! said:
www.qtac.edu.au

Key Info - QTAC

Essential Information QTAC centralises and helps you navigate the 17 higher education providers in Qld and Northern NSW, to best serve your future-study interests. Each section of the above four categories of information hold important information for your QTAC Application. Institution Dates...
www.qtac.edu.au www.qtac.edu.au
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Thank you! I just want to double check the UQ dentistry closing date. I can't seem to find it. On QTAC's website, this is what they say:

[MedStudentsOnline.com.au] Admissions Centres Preferencing: General Discussion

Does that meant there isn't a closing date for UQ dent? So if its not in my preferences right now, I can add it after January (to be considered for 2nd round?)

Thanks!
 
BWP said:
Haha yep no probs - this is unofficial ofc but I'm a UNSW student and I've heard that the faculty's current plans are to release their offers on 10 Feb (aka Feb Round 2)
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Thx BWP. That would be great. I hope they follow through with that - as A1 said, 2 offer rounds will allow students the option to pick between unbonded/bonded places (if lucky enough to get multiple offers)...
 
christinaa123 said:
Thank you! I just want to double check the UQ dentistry closing date. I can't seem to find it. On QTAC's website, this is what they say:

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Does that meant there isn't a closing date for UQ dent? So if its not in my preferences right now, I can add it after January (to be considered for 2nd round?)

Thanks!
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If there is no implied cut-off on the website that should be the case
 
Juicecan said:
Does anyone explain that CQU Bundy and Rocky medicine program are the same as Griffith (Nathan) program or not? What's the difference? I check the CQU Bundy, it requires UCAT and interview which is stricter than Griffith?
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based on your atar, you will get an offer from Griffith (no interview), and the location being in the city does appeal whether in sunshine/nathan (brisbane) or goldcoast, so id apply to the griffith campuses if I was you
 
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