General Medicine Entry Discussion and Advice Requests

[Constant_kms]

Hi Everyone,
I am a yr 12 school leaver, have applied everywhere in Australia from NZ(so interstate), and wanted to ask if i will get any interview offers with a UCAT of:
VR: 780,
DM: 660,
QR: 830,
AR: 780,
Total: 3050,
SJ: 636.
My predicted ATAR is 99.5+ although I don't think thats relevant for interview offers.
Thank you for your help!

Does anyone know any information for this?
Any help would be appreciated.

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A1 replies: Unfortunately 3050 doesn't look likely for any interstate interview. Maybe you try non-UCAT JCU, or push your ATAR to 99.8+ for Griffith/USC. Best of luck.

 

[Constant_kms]

Does anyone know any information for this?
Any help would be appreciated.

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A1 replies: Unfortunately 3050 doesn't look likely for any interstate interview. Maybe you try non-UCAT JCU, or push your ATAR to 99.8+ for Griffith/USC. Best of luck.

Ah okay ty for ur help.

 

[cfk]

Does anyone know how rural applicants are given an advantage when it comes to getting an offer? Are rural and local applicants placed in a separate pool, meaning rural applicants only compete against each other with a comparatively lower cutoff? Or are all rural and local applicants in the same pool, with rural applicants just receiving a selection rank boost?

If it’s the latter, does that mean the number of rural applicants getting in could vary each year? Any help would greatly be appreciated

 

[movpin]

Does anyone know how rural applicants are given an advantage when it comes to getting an offer? Are rural and local applicants placed in a separate pool, meaning rural applicants only compete against each other with a comparatively lower cutoff? Or are all rural and local applicants in the same pool, with rural applicants just receiving a selection rank boost?

If it’s the latter, does that mean the number of rural applicants getting in could vary each year? Any help would greatly be appreciated

At the majority of unis, they are placed in a separate pool fighting for their own designated no. of spots. Interestingly for JMP, if the rural pool is filled up then rurals can bite into the non-rural pool if they performed better than non-rurals as well. So, theoretically a 100% rural cohort for JMP could happen.

 

[CHStar]

This is the only part of your questions I know the answer to.
The interview is competitive for La Trobe to select the top 15 applicants. Once selected it is guaranteed provided you meet two conditions (I think) : achieve the minimum marks as set by UMelb and continue living in rural areas while doing this LaTrobe course.

Anyone got a date yet for an interview at La Trobe?

 

[Zedd]

If you're put into Bond's Sept intake you'll graduate around April-May the final year. It's confirmed you'll have to wait until the next January interns intake.

Hi A1, thanks for the info - current Bond med student here. I just wanted to clarify for anyone who may stumble across this thread. As it stands, the majority (but not all) of health services that provide internship positions in QLD state that term 2/mid year commencement 'are considered on a case-by-case basis'. Source: careers.health.qld.gov.au/medical-careers/medical-internships/contact ----> Click on the PDF for each health service and scroll down to 'TERM 2/MID YEAR COMMENCEMENT'.

With that being said, an email from one of the assistant professors of clinical training at Bond was sent to all med students earlier this year and it directly reads:

"Dear students,
The Medical Program would like to update students on the intern campaign which, this year, included the first September cohort who will graduate next year (April 2025).
Every applicant who applied in group A for a mid-year intern start in 2025 received an offer of an intern place through the Queensland Health intern recruitment campaign. A small number were balloted as part of the ballot process. In addition, there were a small number of applicants for this pathway from other Queensland medical programs."

This flexibility for mid-year internship commencements currently applies only to Queensland health services and specifically addresses the needs of Bond’s unique academic schedule. Other states have not announced similar accommodations, so it's unlikely they will implement mid-year starts at this time. Going back to what A1 was saying, taking a 9+ month holiday after med school and applying for the conventional January intern intake is also an option. Hope this clears some things up for anyone!

 

[HALZ06]

guys im a 1st year uni student with a bare 90 atar result and currently very bad uni marks so thats not an option and im really struggling with stress as i got a borderline 90 percentile ucat this year up from my previous 50th percentile score last year im a gws eas nsw domestic applicant so my top options are probs jpm and wsu i guess im just open to any motivation/tips or stories from people in similar situations who got bad atar and gpa and persevered. ps: i plan on using the SAT to meet the academic requirement for both the unis i want to apply and they do accept any advice would be appreciated

 

[A1]

guys im a 1st year uni student with a bare 90 atar result and currently very bad uni marks so thats not an option and im really struggling with stress as i got a borderline 90 percentile ucat this year up from my previous 50th percentile score last year im a gws eas nsw domestic applicant so my top options are probs jpm and wsu i guess im just open to any motivation/tips or stories from people in similar situations who got bad atar and gpa and persevered. ps: i plan on using the SAT to meet the academic requirement for both the unis i want to apply and they do accept any advice would be appreciated

Being GWS your best target is WSU. I saw in a WSU webpage they do accept STAT for academic (is that same as SAT?). If you score 760+ VR in UCAT you need about 90%ile to get an interview.

Next target is JMP. I don't know if JMP accepts STAT but GPA requirement is a modest 4.8, hopefully you can achieve. Downside is you'll need like 97%ile to get an interview. Best of luck.

 

[AGT9]

To clarify, technically, there are 30 total places. However, Latrobe's bachelor of biomedical science (medical) pathway only has 15 places. The other 15 are for students who've done an undergrad degree and then apply directly to the University of Melbourne. These 30 then make up the cohort for the doctor of medicine via Uni of Melbourne's rural pathway.


*****Also, I've got a conditional interview offer via Aspire for the interview.

Congrats- how did your interview go?

 

[CHStar]

Congrats- how did your interview go?

AGT9, did you do the La Trobe interview too? How’d you find it?

 

[AGT9]

Yes I did, I think it went ok. I'm keeping an open mind as I'm sure the calibre of the applicants is very strong.

 

[Blue_14]

Congrats- how did your interview go?

Honestly would say the same thing, pretty okay.

 

[Anish]

Hello

My atar is 89.90. I wanted to apply to medicine. What are my chances in under grad program? If this program is not for me, then what other pathways should I be taking with this ATAR? Also, please explain non-standard pathways and how many places are allocated for this pathway.

Thank you.

 

[A1]

My atar is 89.90. I wanted to apply to medicine. What are my chances in under grad program?

Sorry can't really see anywhere possible.

If this program is not for me, then what other pathways should I be taking with this ATAR?

Non-standard for 1 to 3+ years, and graduate entry from 3rd year.

Also, please explain non-standard pathways and how many places are allocated for this pathway.

We have provided an answer here
> Non-standard Medicine Entry

89.90 excludes you from UNSW, and from Bond until 2nd year when you've completed 1.5 FTE years (to no longer use your ATAR).
WSU & JMP put you in the same pool as school leavers, no places limit.
JCU is a big disadvantage with only 20-30 places out of 150ish for non-standard.

 

[daniellat]

Hello. My son just received his atar today of 98.95 and his UCAT was 3280. He says his interview went alright. What are his chances of getting into Monash undergraduate medicine course?

 

[richbabyh1tman]

Hello. My son just received his atar today of 98.95 and his UCAT was 3280. He says his interview went alright. What are his chances of getting into Monash undergraduate medicine course?

ATAR is on the lower side, but UCAT is pretty good. I would say a good chance for bonded and possibly for unbonded as well- can't give you a very objective answer because we don't know exactly how his interview went or the calibre of the overall applicant pool.

 

[daniellat]

ATAR is on the lower side, but UCAT is pretty good. I would say a good chance for bonded and possibly for unbonded as well- can't give you a very objective answer because we don't know exactly how his interview went or the calibre of the overall applicant pool.

Thank you very much. Fingers crossed it seems!

 

[emistarr]

hi guyss can anyone help me, i'm just curious if it's possible at all that I could get an offer in any rounds at these 6 unis that i've done interviews for, jcu unsw monash uniadel med + dent UON jmp and UQ
my atar was a 96.65, very upset ab it
ucat was a 2870
i'm rural mm2 and mm6 areas
feel like all my interviews went really well except UON jmp :/
i live in vic so i have SEAS (will add +1 atar points max) , but that's ab it for adjustments
pls lmk if it's even possible to get an offer or if I should just move onto postgrad

 

[A1]

hi guyss can anyone help me, i'm just curious if it's possible at all that I could get an offer in any rounds at these 6 unis that i've done interviews for, jcu unsw monash uniadel med + dent UON jmp and UQ
my atar was a 96.65, very upset ab it
ucat was a 2870
i'm rural mm2 and mm6 areas
feel like all my interviews went really well except UON jmp :/
i live in vic so i have SEAS (will add +1 atar points max) , but that's ab it for adjustments
pls lmk if it's even possible to get an offer or if I should just move onto postgrad

Once you've done the interviews it's all in fate's hands. No use wondering your offer chances (not that anyone can predict anyway).

Strangely we've seen many times members getting place offers from schools they thought they interviewed poorly and missed out where they thought they did great. It's a crazy process

 

[VNAYA1]

Hi everyone,
I'm a grade 12 student from QLD and achieved an ATAR of 97.70. I know it will be too low to get any offers this year as I also didn't do well UCAT (82%tile). I do qualify for EAS for Disrupted Schooling and English Language difficulties. I just wanted to ask what options were as I cannot redo certain subjects in QLD. Anything will help at this point