CSU CSU Dentistry: Q&A and General Discussion

[daisy77]

Just wondering if anyone received an interview offer based on UCAT alone?

Last year I received an interview offer as a non standard CSU student but did not get a course offer. I'm deciding for next years intake if I should stop studying at CSU and try and receive an interview offer just based off UCAT.

 

[drdent]

Just wondering if anyone received an interview offer based on UCAT alone?

Last year I received an interview offer as a non standard CSU student but did not get a course offer. I'm deciding for next years intake if I should stop studying at CSU and try and receive an interview offer just based off UCAT.

Hi Daisy.

To be honest. The CSU dental program does not take in many year 12 leavers. They have preference for non-standard leavers or mature age students. The average age for dentistry intake is around 25 years old.

Excluding international students, 95% of 2022 intake was all CSU transfers coming from physio and oral health. The remainder were either rural students/indigenous students.

I don't recommend you apply via UCAT route as you would need to score incredibly high and there is a fat chance preference will be given to a current CSU student only because they have the rural healthcare experience.

The average GPA across the CSU students was around 6.5. Whilst the CSU website may quote their requirements, the interview process is extremely subjective.

All the best if you think about UCAT/GAMSAT!

 

[daisy77]

Hi Daisy.

To be honest. The CSU dental program does not take in many year 12 leavers. They have preference for non-standard leavers or mature age students. The average age for dentistry intake is around 25 years old.

Excluding international students, 95% of 2022 intake was all CSU transfers coming from physio and oral health. The remainder were either rural students/indigenous students.

I don't recommend you apply via UCAT route as you would need to score incredibly high and there is a fat chance preference will be given to a current CSU student only because they have the rural healthcare experience.

The average GPA across the CSU students was around 6.5. Whilst the CSU website may quote their requirements, the interview process is extremely subjective.

All the best if you think about UCAT/GAMSAT!

Hi,

Thanks so much for your reply!

Do you know the number of CSU transfer students that were accepted for 2022? Last year I also applied as a CSU transfer student with a high GPA :/ However I didn’t have any rural healthcare experience.

Do you think I would still have a chance with the UCAT pathway considering I am a non standard leaver and studied for a year full time at CSU in 2021? I’m just not currently a student there as I put my degree on hold. I also have graduated from Sydney uni with Bachelor of Science in Immunology.

 

[drdent]

Hi,

Thanks so much for your reply!

Do you know the number of CSU transfer students that were accepted for 2022? Last year I also applied as a CSU transfer student with a high GPA :/ However I didn’t have any rural healthcare experience.

Do you think I would still have a chance with the UCAT pathway considering I am a non standard leaver and studied for a year full time at CSU in 2021? I’m just not currently a student there as I put my degree on hold. I also have graduated from Sydney uni with Bachelor of Science in Immunology.

Hi Daisy.

I believe the Cohort is just shy of 50 people. Probably around 20 were around internal transfers from Wagga or Orange either physio or oral health. Since these have placements and are also rural places the uni has opted to take in a large amount of these students as many have already completed year one subjects.

With your GPA you should have been awarded an interview.

I don't recommend UCAT, but you would need to be studying this year at CSU to be considered.

There are alot of students with low UCAT scores, however these are all Oral Health Therapists who came from rural areas, hence why UCAT score was low!

All I can say is the course is quite difficult and anyone that got entry into the course suffered maintaining high GPAs in other allied health courses which is very difficult to do as your probably aware.

I'd say continue your course and if you want prep for UCAT, you may get offers to other institutes or even medicine if it interests you. But if you are really passionate about dentistry then keep trying. There are people in their 30s/40s doing dentistry and medicine.

Whilst the courses are designed as undergrad degrees, the uni has taken a different approach to selection and admissions, with a preference for older and more experienced students as opposed to fresh highschool kids.

All the best!

 

[daisy77]

Hi Daisy.

I believe the Cohort is just shy of 50 people. Probably around 20 were around internal transfers from Wagga or Orange either physio or oral health. Since these have placements and are also rural places the uni has opted to take in a large amount of these students as many have already completed year one subjects.

With your GPA you should have been awarded an interview.

I don't recommend UCAT, but you would need to be studying this year at CSU to be considered.

There are alot of students with low UCAT scores, however these are all Oral Health Therapists who came from rural areas, hence why UCAT score was low!

All I can say is the course is quite difficult and anyone that got entry into the course suffered maintaining high GPAs in other allied health courses which is very difficult to do as your probably aware.

I'd say continue your course and if you want prep for UCAT, you may get offers to other institutes or even medicine if it interests you. But if you are really passionate about dentistry then keep trying. There are people in their 30s/40s doing dentistry and medicine.

Whilst the courses are designed as undergrad degrees, the uni has taken a different approach to selection and admissions, with a preference for older and more experienced students as opposed to fresh highschool kids.

All the best!

Thank you so much for your advice and your detailed replies!

I really appreciate it

I'll continue working towards dentistry! Thanks again for your help.

 

[waves66]

I am going to be applying next year for a Rural place at CSU (internal transfer) - pending high enough GPA of course.

By the time I apply I will have spent 5 years in total living in rural areas (mainly WA). Will letters from my previous employers in these regional areas be sufficient for evidence? If not, does anybody know what supporting documents are required so I can start to look at getting this gathered.

Thanks!

 

[FingerLicknGood]

Does anyone know if there's a group or chat to connect with other new CSU dent students?

 

[Erfysmurfy]

Does anyone know if there's a group or chat to connect with other new CSU dent students?

As far as I know, there is a FB group for each year, start from there if you can't find any for your year, start the FB group and invite them once you've met them during orientation.

 

[FingerLicknGood]

As far as I know, there is a FB group for each year, start from there if you can't find any for your year, start the FB group and invite them once you've met them during orientation.

Hey! I've had a look and there isn't one yet for the 2027 cohort. Maybe I'll just wait it out for them to make one. Really don't wanna be the admin running it myself ahaha

 

[daisy77]

Does anyone know if the course is full already or if they will still be releasing offers in the next round?

 

[marcusmarcus]

Does anyone know if the course is full already or if they will still be releasing offers in the next round?

Hey, I have recently declined my CSU offer. Unless they initially over-offered, there would be more offers coming to fill the declined places

 

[bigboi]

Does anyone know if the course is full already or if they will still be releasing offers in the next round?

Hey, I recently got a top up offer, I think they may still be sending out some offers. Good luck, hope you get an offer!

 

[emdentch]

Yeah, I also got this "Your application for admission to the following courses has been considered and has not been successful in this offer round."
Feel devastated. Hopefully, they will send more offers to applicants

 

[peter parker]

I've gotten an offer and I'm a CSU student, so likely the early offer is for non-standard entry as ucat3300+ mentioned.

Hey, just a quick question, which course did you do before you transferred to dentistry? I'm looking to try for an internal course transfer to dentistry and from what I've read, CSU accepts students who are already doing a health-related course on-campus. This is what I'm confused about because Orange is a 3-hour drive so I was hoping for the first year, I could do a bachelor of computer science online. This means that I'm neither going on campus (unless I have to for a compulsory on-campus thing) and I'm not doing anything health-related. Also, the reason why I'm doing computer science is basically so that in any case if I do not get into dentistry, I can continue my studies for computer science instead of a medical science degree which has very limited job opportunities if I had to continue.

Basically what I'm trying to ask is, are my chances to get an offer for dentistry high as long as I get a high GPA and do good in the interview, considering I did computer science (nothing related to dentistry, thus no exposure to health care for the first year) and online (not getting any rural experience).
Thanks.

95% of 2022 intake was all CSU transfers coming from physio and oral health.

Probably around 20 were around internal transfers from Wagga or Orange either physio or oral health. Since these have placements and are also rural places the uni has opted to take in a large amount of these students as many have already completed year one subjects.

Hey, I'm currently looking to apply for internal transfer into dentistry for 2024 and this caught my attention. I live in Sydney NSW and so the orange campus is about a 3-hour drive. Therefore, I have decided for this year to complete a year of a bachelor of computer science (online) and get a high GPA in that and do well in my interview for the transfer to dentistry. I've decided to go with computer science just in case I do not get the offer and so I can continue my degree without worrying about future job opportunities as a bachelor of medical science doesn't seem like a 'proper' degree in the real world when in search for jobs. (I've got an offer for medical science from CSU, which I haven't accepted yet).

You said that CSU prefers students who have done a year of health-related courses ON CAMPUS. What do you think? Should I do a bachelor of health and medical science and go on campus or should I stick with computer science. Will my little-to-no exposure to rural healthcare for this year put me below those have do have that exposure, doing health-related degrees on campus or it won't make a big difference?

I'm willing to do a year of physio or oral health if it means I have better chances of entry into dentistry, but if not I will continue will comp sci.
Thanks

 

[daisy77]

Hey, I recently got a top up offer, I think they may still be sending out some offers. Good luck, hope you get an offer!

Thank you so much! And congrats on your offer!

Yeah, I also got this "Your application for admission to the following courses has been considered and has not been successful in this offer round."
Feel devastated. Hopefully, they will send more offers to applicants

Oh no
When did you get the email?
Do you know if any other people got it?

I haven’t gotten any further emails from them since the interview

 

[emdentch]

Thank you so much! And congrats on your offer!

Oh no
When did you get the email?
Do you know if any other people got it?

I haven’t gotten any further emails from them since the interview

I have talked to admissions, they said the course is full now

 

[dday96]

Congratulations to everyone who has been accepted into the Bachelor of Dental Science at CSU for 2023. Here is the link to the facebook group for those starting this year.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/1561787321001298/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF

 

[denty]

Hey, just a quick question, which course did you do before you transferred to dentistry? I'm looking to try for an internal course transfer to dentistry and from what I've read, CSU accepts students who are already doing a health-related course on-campus. This is what I'm confused about because Orange is a 3-hour drive so I was hoping for the first year, I could do a bachelor of computer science online. This means that I'm neither going on campus (unless I have to for a compulsory on-campus thing) and I'm not doing anything health-related. Also, the reason why I'm doing computer science is basically so that in any case if I do not get into dentistry, I can continue my studies for computer science instead of a medical science degree which has very limited job opportunities if I had to continue.

Basically what I'm trying to ask is, are my chances to get an offer for dentistry high as long as I get a high GPA and do good in the interview, considering I did computer science (nothing related to dentistry, thus no exposure to health care for the first year) and online (not getting any rural experience).
Thanks.



Hey, I'm currently looking to apply for internal transfer into dentistry for 2024 and this caught my attention. I live in Sydney NSW and so the orange campus is about a 3-hour drive. Therefore, I have decided for this year to complete a year of a bachelor of computer science (online) and get a high GPA in that and do well in my interview for the transfer to dentistry. I've decided to go with computer science just in case I do not get the offer and so I can continue my degree without worrying about future job opportunities as a bachelor of medical science doesn't seem like a 'proper' degree in the real world when in search for jobs. (I've got an offer for medical science from CSU, which I haven't accepted yet).

You said that CSU prefers students who have done a year of health-related courses ON CAMPUS. What do you think? Should I do a bachelor of health and medical science and go on campus or should I stick with computer science. Will my little-to-no exposure to rural healthcare for this year put me below those have do have that exposure, doing health-related degrees on campus or it won't make a big difference?

I'm willing to do a year of physio or oral health if it means I have better chances of entry into dentistry, but if not I will continue will comp sci.
Thanks

Hey! I'm also from Sydney and I got in for this year. I did a year of med sci online through CSU and got a high GPA which got me an interview. I thought the same as you, I already graduated with a med sci degree from a previous uni and was really hesitant to do it again because you're right, not many jobs unless you further your studies but I always knew I wanted to do dentistry. But doing the year of med sci online at CSU actually benefitted me because I had a lot of subjects that were able to be transferred over to dentistry from med sci. I didn't study on campus, I stayed in Sydney and worked and traveled twice in the year for residential school and the interviewers knew that. I don't think it makes a difference studying here for a year unless you're applying as a rural student. Also oral health or physio probably won't increase your chances. My professor said 13 students from med sci got in this year, you have a better chance with med sci than anything else so it seems. Most oral health transfers were not first years students as well. If you have any questions please message me!

 

[DrDrLMG!]

My professor said 13 students from med sci got in this year, you have a better chance with med sci than anything else so it seems.

This kind of stat gets thrown around a lot in both Med and Dent circles but it’s really important to realise that it’s meaningless unless you know how many people, and from what background, applied in total.

It could have been 13 Med Sci students out of 500 applicants, 50 applicants, 1500 applicants. Med Sci, Bio Med students etc are always going to be over-represented in offers because they are VASTLY over-represented in applications.

 

[mikmikeden]

Hey! I'm also from Sydney and I got in for this year. I did a year of med sci online through CSU and got a high GPA which got me an interview. I thought the same as you, I already graduated with a med sci degree from a previous uni and was really hesitant to do it again because you're right, not many jobs unless you further your studies but I always knew I wanted to do dentistry. But doing the year of med sci online at CSU actually benefitted me because I had a lot of subjects that were able to be transferred over to dentistry from med sci. I didn't study on campus, I stayed in Sydney and worked and traveled twice in the year for residential school and the interviewers knew that. I don't think it makes a difference studying here for a year unless you're applying as a rural student. Also oral health or physio probably won't increase your chances. My professor said 13 students from med sci got in this year, you have a better chance with med sci than anything else so it seems. Most oral health transfers were not first years students as well. If you have any questions please message me!

hey congrats, what was your GPA? I'm currently doing the same and I'm a bit scared.