CSU CSU Dentistry: Q&A and General Discussion

[Unluckydude]

CSU doesn't have a seperate quota for such applicants, but the experiences of people vary considerably. Admission wise they need improvements in communication however [I've had friends who have loved and hated the course at CSU but the dentistry course in general can also be a reason for that].

Yes, experiences of people vary considerably. That's why there are things like ADC and external reviews:

https://www.adc.org.au/sites/default/files/Media_Libraries/Program%20reports/CSU_BDSc-September_2019-Summary_Report-Updated_May_2020_0.pdf

"The final external review report was provided to the ADC in January 2019. Following consideration of the report’s findings, the ADC determined
that there were potentially serious concerns with the program’s ability to continue to meet the accreditation standards. The ADC determined
that as a condition of accreditation, a Site Evaluation Team (SET) be appointed to undertake a site visit to review the BDentSc program against
all of the standards.

The visit was undertaken in April 2019 and identified a range of significant challenges the School faced, calling into question the ability of the
program to continue to meet the accreditation standards. As a result, the ADC imposed a series of conditions on the program. The conditions required CSU to provide reports in June 2019, September 2019, November 2019 and March 2020 addressing the issues identified in the April 2019. As a further condition, the ADC advised CSU a site visit was to be undertaken within six months of the April visit. "




That being said, it does seem like CSU has put in a lot of efforts to improve their teaching standards and things are significantly better than how it was a few years ago.

"To date, CSU has met each of the conditions by the required timeline, with the ADC determining the June 2019 condition report was
satisfactory."

"The School has made significant progress in addressing the issues identified at the time of the April 2019 visit"

 

[imnobody]

man fuck it, im working at Coles now, dis too hard.

 

[q12w3e4r5t6y7]

"The final external review report was provided to the ADC in January 2019. Following consideration of the report’s findings, the ADC determined
that there were potentially serious concerns with the program’s ability to continue to meet the accreditation standards. The ADC determined
that as a condition of accreditation, a Site Evaluation Team (SET) be appointed to undertake a site visit to review the BDentSc program against
all of the standards.

sounds very poorly organised - i reckon imma just cross my fingers my adelaide dent interview goes well and forget about csu. I might have to move across the country but hey at least they've got their sh*t together

 

[leahwestie]

Is anyone here a rural applicant? I got a low UCAT… but I haven’t received a rejection email yet? Am I meant to?? Or do I just give up lol

 

[yoloucatswag]

any updates on the situation guys? For those who got rejected and email.. did you guys get a reply?

 

[imnobody]

any updates on the situation guys? For those who got rejected and email.. did you guys get a reply?

Still no rejection or invitation in general. Called them, said they escalated my situation last week, and I should get a email, like last week. Never did, they been saying that for 2 weeks now. And now they are saying some still haven't got emails, because a lot of people applied, and it could take weeks to get a invite or sum bs like that.

 

[leahwestie]

I still haven’t gotten anything and I’m a rural student as well - normally they prioritise us. So this is very weird and maybe they are just being nice over the phone??

 

[yoloucatswag]

Similar situation Assad.. I called them and emailed them - they kept saying they have escalated the situation however no proper reply or solution to this at all. Seems like this is a pretty big mess up on their part

 

[leahwestie]

GUYS I was just on the phone for half an hour to CSU and they finally figured it out. Dentistry is waiting until after the HSC/exam periods to send out emails as to not “throw anyone off”. Seems unprofessional, but also kind of nice.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

GUYS I was just on the phone for half an hour to CSU and they finally figured it out. Dentistry is waiting until after the HSC/exam periods to send out emails as to not “throw anyone off”. Seems unprofessional, but also kind of nice.

Waiting until then to send out rejection emails? Or interview invites? Because some interview invites have already gone out. Are they just not sending NSW-based correspondence?

 

[leahwestie]

Waiting until then to send out rejection emails? Or interview invites? Because some interview invites have already gone out. Are they just not sending NSW-based correspondence?

Yes, rejection and invites she said. It makes no sense to me but it is what it is. Maybe it’s just NSW?? But she said they are waiting till after the HSC - maybe this does not apply to interstate students I’m not sure.

 

[SmoothCriminal]

This doesn't sound like a valid reason to be honest. I am interstate student and I have finished my exams, but still no invitation or rejection email.

 

[Unluckydude]

This doesn't sound like a valid reason to be honest. I am interstate student and I have finished my exams, but still no invitation or rejection email.

Yeah, and a few NSW (non-standard) applicants have already received their invites.

 

[leahwestie]

This doesn't sound like a valid reason to be honest. I am interstate student and I have finished my exams, but still no invitation or rejection email.

Yeah it really didn’t seem valid to me either haha

 

[yoloucatswag]

GUYS I was just on the phone for half an hour to CSU and they finally figured it out. Dentistry is waiting until after the HSC/exam periods to send out emails as to not “throw anyone off”. Seems unprofessional, but also kind of nice.

Would you know who you talked on the phone with? Was it the admissions team? Yea I agree with everyone.. makes no sense for them to do that as a lot of non-standard interviews invites were already sent out on late october. and non-standards wouldn't be 'thrown off' anyways since they not doing the hsc

 

[leahwestie]

Would you know who you talked on the phone with? Was it the admissions team? Yea I agree with everyone.. makes no sense for them to do that as a lot of non-standard interviews invites were already sent out on late october. and non-standards wouldn't be 'thrown off' anyways since they not doing the hsc

It was admissions and she told me that under school leavers applications it says “communication halted” - as in they are going to send out emails after a certain period.

 

[SLP]

I really don't get that if CSU dentistry invites are made solely of UCAT alone, then why they can't send all invites at the same time, rather than delaying school leaver invites and prioritizing non-standard applicant invites.

 

[numvn]

It was admissions and she told me that under school leavers applications it says “communication halted” - as in they are going to send out emails after a certain period.

From what I can see on the interview booking page there is 32 spots available to book for an interview. Hopefully they start communication with school leavers soon as there is not many spots left to fill unless they open up additional interviews?

 

[Unluckydude]

It was admissions and she told me that under school leavers applications it says “communication halted” - as in they are going to send out emails after a certain period.

If applicants can be “thrown off” this easily by a rejection email, how will they cope with stressful situations when practising dentistry? I thought one of the characteristics they look for in applicants is their ability to manage and handle stress?

 

[imnobody]

Will interview invites then potentially be based on ATAR + UCAT? Like they will look at our atar and see if its too low, and auto reject us, making the overall interview process easier, with less candidates for CSU? As they did say they had a overwhelmingly large amount this year, so maybe they will reduce the amount this way?