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Curtin Curtin Medicine: General Questions and Discussion

Ellis said:
That’s not very many, even with the gradual increase in number of spots.
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I would have a different view. It's an opportunity. Med will always be competitive. I'd ignore the numbers/odds and focus on applying for every opportunity.
 
Ellis said:
Yes, ideally I’d like to stay in Perth due to other commitments.
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I see. That does reduce opportunities. I assume you are also evaluating the post-graduate pathway. Hopefully you get an interview/offer from either avenue at some point. Otherwise, if you are WA restrained, then all you can do is try again. Good luck!
 
DarkLordTorkoal said:
I see. That does reduce opportunities. I assume you are also evaluating the post-graduate pathway. Hopefully you get an interview/offer from either avenue at some point. Otherwise, if you are WA restrained, then all you can do is try again. Good luck!
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I’m quite keen on the JMP although it’s in another state and see how things pan out. Thanks DLT
 
Ellis said:
I’m quite keen on the JMP although it’s in another state and see how things pan out. Thanks DLT
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That's good to hear Ellis. If you are committed to medicine, being willing to move for an opportunity increases your chances. I see you have had some good advice on which universities you should look at. Hope it works out for you. :)
 
A1 said:
Curtin did that last year with 0.6 ATAR + 0.4 UMAT (overall score) and was taken to task by an applicant's lawyer.

If it's done like that with UCAT imagine a 99.9 + 2840 would be less than a 96.0 + 2850, proving it's not a valid method to combine two scores of totally different scales. The proper method is to standardise their scales first, by using either ranks or z-scores.
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Do you have any more information about this legal case?
 
blahblahblah said:
Can you discuss why? Is there a private message function for the forum?
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Curtin has written to MSO they accepted an error was made, all applicants affected had been given interviews and place offers if they met the corrected cutoff. We on MSO now consider this matter closed, sorry.
 
A1 said:
Curtin has written to MSO they accepted an error was made, all applicants affected had been given interviews and place offers if they met the corrected cutoff. We on MSO now consider this matter closed, sorry.
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I understand it is closed. But is there a closed post anywhere describing the situation for people interested? I feel people deserve to know the circumstances of the error so they know how it was remedied.
 
blahblahblah said:
I understand it is closed. But is there a closed post anywhere describing the situation for people interested? I feel people deserve to know the circumstances of the error so they know how it was remedied.
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I can give some background info to clarify. Crow & I were contacted by a member saying she was advised by Curtin Admissions the formula 0.6Atar+0.4Umat was used thus she was unsuccessful. We explained to her using such formula was mathematically wrong, but Curtin would not listen to our argument.

It wasn't this member but her friend, who was in similar situation, employed a lawyer to challenge. Curtin investigated and the outcome was as I wrote in my previous post.
 
Vaquita said:
How many were at your interview session RJ? Did you do well?
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I didn't count, but there were 2 circuits at the same time( each with 8 stations) but there were some empty spots, so definetely less than 16. Btw I was at the 9.30am session.
Personally, I don't feel as if I've done very well since at every station I finished speaking well before the 6 minute limit, and every interviewer had to ask me all 2 of their follow up questions. How about you?
 
REGULAR JOE said:
I didn't count, but there were 2 circuits at the same time( each with 8 stations) but there were some empty spots, so definetely less than 16. Btw I was at the 9.30am session.
Personally, I don't feel as if I've done very well since at every station I finished speaking well before the 6 minute limit, and every interviewer had to ask me all 2 of their follow up questions. How about you?
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I was at the same session! The headcount was 13, from memory? I just remember one of the organisers saying to line up in two groups of 6 and 7.
 
REGULAR JOE said:
I didn't count, but there were 2 circuits at the same time( each with 8 stations) but there were some empty spots, so definetely less than 16. Btw I was at the 9.30am session.
Personally, I don't feel as if I've done very well since at every station I finished speaking well before the 6 minute limit, and every interviewer had to ask me all 2 of their follow up questions. How about you?
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I wouldn’t interpret being asked the follow up questions as not performing well (if that’s what you’re saying?). I also wouldn’t be worried if you didn’t reach the full time limit in the stations - much better than blabbering on / repeating yourself imo.
 
Crow said:
I wouldn’t interpret being asked the follow up questions as not performing well (if that’s what you’re saying?). I also wouldn’t be worried if you didn’t reach the full time limit in the stations - much better than blabbering on / repeating yourself imo.
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Thank you! That's very reassuring and has calmed my nerves down for tomorrow's uwa interview
 
REGULAR JOE said:
I didn't count, but there were 2 circuits at the same time( each with 8 stations) but there were some empty spots, so definetely less than 16. Btw I was at the 9.30am session.
Personally, I don't feel as if I've done very well since at every station I finished speaking well before the 6 minute limit, and every interviewer had to ask me all 2 of their follow up questions. How about you?
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Crow is right, don't worry about follow up questions, you can't gauge your performance from that alone. The content of your answers and reasoning is most important. I wasn't happy with my interview at Curtin either. I actually found Curtin harder than UWA, as I wasn't prepared for the Curtin questions. But I ended up with an offer from Curtin (my first preference) - so it just shows how hard it is to evaluate your own interview performance. All you can do is put each interview behind you (knowing you did your best) and move onto the next interview. Good luck to everyone.
 
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