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Curtin Curtin Medicine: General Questions and Discussion

Hey out of curiosity have they released offers fir Perth metro and interstate kids too? Last year we had to wait till Jan 31st and only country/indigenous applicants heard before. Let me know pls I’m very curious hahaha
 
Hi everyone!

Just a few questions for people studying med in curtin. How often do you guys study? Is the workload manageable? Do you have time for other hobbies and activities etc? and what are the most helpful study methods and tips?
thanks.
 
hey! Has anyone noticed a trend of re-using past questions since they don't release past exams? Wondering why medicine doesn't do it
 
notepad63 said:
hey! Has anyone noticed a trend of re-using past questions since they don't release past exams? Wondering why medicine doesn't do it
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I can’t comment on the Curtin situation specifically, but it’s definitely a trend at Utas who also doesn’t release past exams.
 
A1 said:
With EAS are you eligible for UWA's Broadway pathway? If yes you have reasonable chances since your ATAR will be quite better than the 96s-97s in this pool.

If not you'll need 99+ to be eligible for the main pool, 81%ile UCAT is possible for an interview invite but after that you have a tough challenge to get an offer.

For Curtin you have little chance unless this year they correct their selection formula. Although Curtin says weightings are 60%ATAR 40%UCAT, their unorthodox formula 60%(ATAR/100)+40%(UCAT/3600) means 1.0 ATAR is worth just 54 UCAT points - a 97.0+3010 is higher than a 99.0+2900. With your UCAT you'll need 101.60 ATAR to be equal to a 99.0/90th%ile student.

EtA: I don't think your scores are competitive enough for any interstate schools other than JCU with a good written application, or expensive Bond.
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for curtin what was the weighted score required last year for interstate (or an estimated score)?
 
kkkk said:
for curtin what was the weighted score required last year for interstate (or an estimated score)?
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I just looked back, Curtin invite cutoff for interstates last year was incredibly high. We know reliably that a 99.3+3250(99%ile) got an invite but a 99.75+3220(also 99%ile) did not.

This demonstrates the unorthodoxy of Curtin's weight formula 60%(ATAR/100) + 40%(UCAT/3600)
99.30+3250 = 0.9569
99.75+3220 = 0.9563

30 UCAT marks = ~1.5 questions out of 164 makes a 99.30 higher than a 99.75, I doubt anyone would call that equitable.
 
A1 said:
I just looked back, Curtin invite cutoff for interstates last year was incredibly high. We know reliably that a 99.3+3250(99%ile) got an invite but a 99.75+3220(also 99%ile) did not.

This demonstrates the unorthodoxy of Curtin's weight formula 60%(ATAR/100) + 40%(UCAT/3600)
99.30+3250 = 0.9569
99.75+3220 = 0.9563

30 UCAT marks = ~1.5 questions out of 164 makes a 99.30 higher than a 99.75, I doubt anyone would call that equitable.
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That's the most braindead formula I've ever seen, didn't Curtin learn from the last time they did something similar with the weightings?
 
alinejati said:
Would anyone know what % of offers are allocated to the Equity Entry Pathway?
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I don't know if it has remained the same, from Curtin Admissions Guide 5yrs ago they said roughly 35% standard, 25% rural, 25% equity, 15% non-standard/course switcher.
 
ucatboy said:
That's the most braindead formula I've ever seen, didn't Curtin learn from the last time they did something similar with the weightings?
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I really want a Curtin invite if I don’t get my home state. Perth seems like a nice place to live (no COVID) and the 5 year degree appeals to me. I also like the idea of starting med from day one unlike at UQ, CQU etc. where there’s a 3 year undergrad component.
Is there anyway we can get them to fix their dodgy formula?
 
kiwi_rose said:
I really want a Curtin invite if I don’t get my home state. Perth seems like a nice place to live (no COVID) and the 5 year degree appeals to me. I also like the idea of starting med from day one unlike at UQ, CQU etc. where there’s a 3 year undergrad component.
Is there anyway we can get them to fix their dodgy formula?
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Sue them. Or threaten legal action. That's what happened last time in 2018? 2017? When they also used this braindead formula if I remember correctly. No idea why they haven't fixed it yet though.
 
kiwi_rose said:
I really want a Curtin invite if I don’t get my home state. Perth seems like a nice place to live (no COVID) and the 5 year degree appeals to me. I also like the idea of starting med from day one unlike at UQ, CQU etc. where there’s a 3 year undergrad component.
Is there anyway we can get them to fix their dodgy formula?
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Tell you what, you might not actually be too disadvantaged by the Curtin's admissions process by virtue of your UCAT score. Curtin's formula is broken, skewed in the UCAT direction rather than ATAR. Your 3160 (97%ile) combined with 99.70 nets you a Curtin formula score of 0.950. That's equivalent to a 99.95 and 3150 UCAT score lmao. Your 10 additional UCAT score is apparently equal to a max ATAR, which I reckon is a pretty sweet deal.

If you have a low 90s UCAT score you're basically f***ed: 99.95 + 90%ile = 94.95 + 99%ile to Curtin apparently.
 
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TKAO said:
No idea why they haven't fixed it yet though.
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They have fixed but the fix doesn't make sense.

Previously Curtin used the formula 60%(ATAR) + 40%(UMAT Overall Score). We worked out one UMAT question was worth on average 2.2 marks of the overall score, so one UMAT question was worth ~1.5 ATAR points.

Curtin has "corrected" it to 60%(ATAR/100) + 40%(UCAT/3600), this still makes one UCAT question worth ~0.40 ATAR point.
 
A1 said:
They have fixed but the fix doesn't make sense.

Previously Curtin used the formula 60%(ATAR) + 40%(UMAT Overall Score). We worked out one UMAT question was worth on average 2.2 marks of the overall score, so one UMAT question was worth ~1.5 ATAR points.

Curtin has "corrected" it to 60%(ATAR/100) + 40%(UCAT/3600), this still makes one UCAT question worth ~0.40 ATAR point.
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So their fix was basically to correct for the switch to the UCAT and basically nothing else. Can't wait to see what other internal things they've cut corners on in their med program /s
 
TKAO said:
So their fix was basically to correct for the switch to the UCAT and basically nothing else.
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Well... yes and no. Without switching to UCAT their fix would have changed
from 60%(ATAR) + 40%(UMAT Overall Score) to 60%(ATAR/100) + 40%(UMAT/300)
i.e. there was a fix effect unrelated to the switching to UCAT.

With switching to UCAT, if Curtin had continued ignoring our call it'd have
become 60%(ATAR) + 40%(UCAT Overall Score), ten times more ridiculous since
1 UCAT question would be worth ~14 ATAR points. Luckily the fix, by dividing
by 3600, reduces 1 UCAT question to "only" 0.4 ATAR points. Still irrational though.
 
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