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Admissions Centres Preferencing: General Discussion

raghnar said:
Can you explain me in details please how it matter?
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If you have:
1. JMP
2. JPM
3. UNSW
in your preferencing, and you are eligible for offers at all three, you will ONLY be formally offered the JMP one. Furthermore, UNSW have categorically stated that if you were to then switch preferences for a subsequent round and move UNSW to the top, you would NOT be considered for a UNSW offer, regardless of the fact that you were initially eligible.

Preferencing absolutely matters and you should always preference in the order you would most like.

In this scenario, JPM and UNSW are absolutely not “obliged” to give you an offer as you’ve already been offered your top preference. This is the whole point of a preferencing system.
 
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LMG! said:
If you have:
1. JMP
2. JPM
3. UNSW
in your preferencing, and you are eligible for offers at all three, you will ONLY be formally offered the JMP one. Furthermore, UNSW have categorically stated that if you were to then switch preferences for a subsequent round and move UNSW to the top, you would NOT be considered for a UNSW offer, regardless of the fact that you were initially eligible.

Preferencing absolutely matters and you should always preference in the order you would most like.

In this scenario, JPM and UNSW are absolutely not “obliged” to give you an offer as you’ve already been offered your top preference. This is the whole point of a preferencing system.
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It is very interesting. Because in my situation my preference were exactly the same. I got an offer from JPM.
 
So i’m interstate - so I am only eligible for UNSW round 2.
My preference were
1. JMP
2. UNSW
I recieved a JMP offer. If I switch the 2 before Saturday, can I receive a UNSW offer too? I haven’t responded to the JMP offer at this current moment.
 
christinaa123 said:
So i’m interstate - so I am only eligible for UNSW round 2.
My preference were
1. JMP
2. UNSW
I recieved a JMP offer. If I switch the 2 before Saturday, can I receive a UNSW offer too? I haven’t responded to the JMP offer at this current moment.
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No. UNSW has a specific policy that if you put them 2nd (or below); if after the 1st round you get an offer from any preference above it (which has happened in your case), then they will not consider you for round 2 unfortunately.
 
Lawso said:
No. UNSW has a specific policy that if you put them 2nd (or below); if after the 1st round you get an offer from any preference above it (which has happened in your case), then they will not consider you for round 2 unfortunately.
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Does anyone know if JMP has a similar policy to this? Or if its just UNSW
 
georgecrustanza said:
Yikes, the chances are looking slim for me then. Has Newcastle explicitly outlined this procedure / policy somewhere?
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Newcastle has no such policy like UNSW's, they will select all those who rank high enough and preference is not important as long as you don't receive an offer for another course higher in your list.
 
LMG! said:
If you have:
1. JMP
2. JPM
3. UNSW
in your preferencing, and you are eligible for offers at all three, you will ONLY be formally offered the JMP one. Furthermore, UNSW have categorically stated that if you were to then switch preferences for a subsequent round and move UNSW to the top, you would NOT be considered for a UNSW offer, regardless of the fact that you were initially eligible.

Preferencing absolutely matters and you should always preference in the order you would most like.

In this scenario, JPM and UNSW are absolutely not “obliged” to give you an offer as you’ve already been offered your top preference. This is the whole point of a preferencing system.
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Could you provide a source for UNSW's "categorical" statement regarding this first preferencing stuff for them?
My mother won't believe it and I'm starting to question the accuracy of this idea.
 
Lawso said:
UNSW has a specific policy that if you put them 2nd (or below); if after the 1st round you get an offer from any preference above it (which has happened in your case), then they will not consider you for round 2 unfortunately.
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I need to clarify this important point. UNSW will only disqualify you from a round2 offer if ALL the following occur:
1) You do a round1 interview
2) Which qualifies you for a UNSW offer
3) You also qualify for a round1 higher pref which overrides your UNSW offer.

That means
- If you're interstate doing round2 interview, or
- You didn't qualify for UNSW round1 offer
the above does not apply. You remain eligible for UNSW round2 offer no matter what else you got at round1.

Sobek said:
Could you provide a source for UNSW's "categorical" statement regarding this first preferencing stuff for them?
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You can place UNSW at lower pref and get UNSW offer if you "fail" the ones above it. The risk is when you qualify for UNSW plus a higher pref, you won't re-get UNSW by switching it to first pref in round2.

This is word for word from UNSW's reply to my question:
"If an applicant has been given a UNSW offer in Round 1 and did not accept it (regardless if the offer was declined or there was an eligible higher preference in the system and applicant got something else) that is the end of the UNSW road for that applicant. No more offers (i.e. round2) will be given."
 
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I have put JMP as my first pref and WSU as my second since I didn't think I would get a WSU interview. Since I have gotten the interview.. am i able to change my UAC preferences now? Or is it too late? If am I able to change it.. will that affect anything?
 
yoloucatswag said:
I have put JMP as my first pref and WSU as my second since I didn't think I would get a WSU interview. Since I have gotten the interview.. am i able to change my UAC preferences now? Or is it too late? If am I able to change it.. will that affect anything?
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You can change your preference, it won’t affect anything except… your preference (and therefore potential offers)!
 
I'm an interstate applicant and looking to revise my QTAC preferences since many interview invites have already been released. If I could get some advice on below preference list, I would be extremely grateful. While my preference lies with Medicine, I would also be happy with Dentistry.

My predicted ATAR is around 99.6ish
UCAT: 3080
SJT: 605

1. Griffith Dent - I have already had the interview
2/3. JCU Med
4. Griffith Med (SC)
5. Queensland Dentistry - (see UCAT and SJT above)
6. Queensland Med - No interview invite was received. Not sure if there is any top up, but if not, what should I replace this with?

On another note, since CSU has sent out rejection letters, would it be advised to remove it from my UAC preferences.

Thank you for all the help.

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Forgot to mention that I didn't end up receiving an interview offer for JCU. Sorry for not saying this in the same post.
 
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