Griffith Griffith Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

[rachiejean]

I'm fairly sure I have been assessed as rural already, when you say contact Griffith do you mean the email? Iv already sent 3 emails over the last year or so to confirm my subjects were included and I don't want to harass the poor lady or she will reject me come choosing time The wait is just so frustrating

 

[DrDrLMG!]

I'm fairly sure I have been assessed as rural already, when you say contact Griffith do you mean the email? Iv already sent 3 emails over the last year or so to confirm my subjects were included and I don't want to harass the poor lady or she will reject me come choosing time The wait is just so frustrating

If you’ve already been confirmed as rural then yep, don’t worry about contacting them again. Best of luck!!

 

[rachiejean]

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If you’ve already been confirmed as rural then yep, don’t worry about contacting them again. Best of luck!!

How do you actually tell if your rural application has been accepted? QTAC doesn't show anything up for it?

 

[DrDrLMG!]

How do you actually tell if your rural application has been accepted? QTAC doesn't show anything up for it?

I applied as rural to various medical schools a few years ago and, beyond confirming my application had been received, I didn’t do anything else. I don’t think you need to, tbh.

 

[rachiejean]

Anyone elses qtac application now say satisfied? Mine has been on pending since August, and I thought they stay pending until an offer is made. Exciting either way!

 

[Cal]

Anyone elses qtac application now say satisfied? Mine has been on pending since August, and I thought they stay pending until an offer is made. Exciting either way!

You should be satisfied before you get your offer, because this is to determine you are even eligable to be put into the pool of possible candidates for an offer. Good luck! you are one step closer

 

[Crow]

Anyone elses qtac application now say satisfied? Mine has been on pending since August, and I thought they stay pending until an offer is made. Exciting either way!

Satisfying prerequisites isn’t a guarantee of an offer, it just means you’ve met the minimum eligibility requirements.

ETA: Cal swoops in milliseconds before me yet again .

 

[Cint_C]

Hi,
I have a GPA of 6.8 and I have my fingers and toes crossed that with Covid & a drop in the number of international applicants (maybe?) the cutoff for Griffith drops from previous years... does anyone else think this may be the case? Also, do you know whether Griffith considers applicants who place Griffith 1st in the same way as they do applicants who place Griffith say 2nd? I have contacted the QTAC and they couldn't tell me so I contacted Griffith & was also unable to get an answer

 

[LeSpicyGinger]

Hi,
I have a GPA of 6.8 and I have my fingers and toes crossed that with Covid & a drop in the number of international applicants (maybe?) the cutoff for Griffith drops from previous years... does anyone else think this may be the case? Also, do you know whether Griffith considers applicants who place Griffith 1st in the same way as they do applicants who place Griffith say 2nd? I have contacted the QTAC and they couldn't tell me so I contacted Griffith & was also unable to get an answer

Frankly, if the official bodies can't give you answers I don't think MSO can either. There are no guarantees that COVID will cause a drop in cutoffs and anything people say can only be considered speculation. So keep hoping

That being said, I believe the forum has stated that your preferencing has no impact whatsoever on how universities view applicants. I don't think they even know the order of your preferences.

Edit: Tomato has said the Universities do know the order of your preferences.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

That being said, I believe the forum has stated that your preferencing has no impact whatsoever on how universities view applicants. I don't think they even know the order of your preferences.

Correct!

The only (rare) exception to this that I am aware of is students who have applied for very specific scholarships that rely on them having the course that scholarship is tied to as their first preference in that particular TAC. I don't believe this occurs for any Med or Dent scholarships and the MSO user who mentioned this last year was referring to an engineering scholarship via a UAC uni, from memory.

As for COVID causing a drop in cut-offs, there's no evidence so far to suggest that will be the case with UCAT scores shifting upwards by a sizeable chunk when compared to last year despite being a fairly chaotic time for many people sitting the exam (especially in NSW and Vic). But yeah, extrapolating that to GPA/ATAR would be speculation at best.

 

[Tomato]

Frankly, if the official bodies can't give you answers I don't think MSO can either. There are no guarantees that COVID will cause a drop in cutoffs and anything people say can only be considered speculation. So keep hoping

That being said, I believe the forum has stated that your preferencing has no impact whatsoever on how universities view applicants. I don't think they even know the order of your preferences.

The university does know the order of your preferences, at least know where you put their university in the list.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

The university does know the order of your preferences, at least know where you put their university in the list.

We've had multiple reports of JCU making phone calls to successful applicants prior to QTAC offer release, asking them if JCU is their first preference and encouraging them to make it so if it isn't (ie. suggesting they don't already know this piece of information).

 

[Tomato]

We've had multiple reports of JCU making phone calls to successful applicants prior to QTAC offer release, asking them if JCU is their first preference and encouraging them to make it so if it isn't (ie. suggesting they don't already know this piece of information).

UNSW made a personal webpage for each applicant. It clearly shows where you place UNSW in the preference list.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

UNSW made a personal webpage for each applicant. It clearly shows where you place UNSW in the preference list.

We are in the Griffith page here, so talking QTAC.

Was last year the first year for that process at UNSW? It wasn't the case the year that I applied.

ETA: I think the key thing here is the fact that your preferencing order is not something that the universities will 'use against you' even if they can see it, if that makes sense. As long as you preference in the order that you'd like to receive offers, then that's really the most important thing.

 

[Destinygirl8]

We are in the Griffith page here, so talking QTAC.

Was last year the first year for that process at UNSW? It wasn't the case the year that I applied.

I also received a personal webpage showing where I have put UNSW on the preference list.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

I also received a personal webpage showing where I have put UNSW on the preference list.

Awesome, thanks, so obviously UAC pass that info on, but we don't know if QTAC do (JCU correspondence would suggest otherwise) and, regardless, as I ETAd above, it's really not something you need to worry about as it's not used to discriminate.

 

[boss112020]

Does anyone know how hard it is to claim credit for prior learning for the 1st trimester?
Several of the units listed are general science subjects that I have studied in my undergrad.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Does anyone know how hard it is to claim credit for prior learning for the 1st trimester?
Several of the units listed are general science subjects that I have studied in my undergrad.

I know people who’ve been successful doing that at UQ Dent, but not Griffith specifically. Though I’d imagine it’s possible if the RPL criteria are met (at UTAS - where I am, and last time I checked, there had to be 70%+ exact crossover in content between the units and the units had to have been studied in the past 7 years).

 

[Cint_C]

Does anyone know how hard it is to claim credit for prior learning for the 1st trimester?
Several of the units listed are general science subjects that I have studied in my undergrad.

I know a lot of GU Dent students who have done it through Griffith subjects e.g were studying Biomedical Science / Health Science @ Griffith & applied for credit & were awarded all first year excluding the Dent specific subjects. Did you do your undergrad at Griffith or elsewhere? There is a restriction on how far back they will let you claim e.g after a certain number of years past doing the subjects you need to repeat them but provided you can demonstrate the content covered was the same then you should be right. Griffith also has a credit precedent database you can search to see what’s been given credit from outside institutions in the past.

 

[Crow]

Does anyone know how hard it is to claim credit for prior learning for the 1st trimester?
Several of the units listed are general science subjects that I have studied in my undergrad.

I've been through the process as a Griffith student and mine was approved with no hitches, but mine was through a Griffith-accredited course so it makes sense. I spoke to someone earlier this year via PM who, from memory, came from ?UQ as a science student and then moved to Griffith - I think they got foundation year chemistry and anatomy/physiology approved easily but not CTR, stats or genes and disease. Second year subjects and onwards are traditionally much more difficult to have credit approved.

The application itself doesn't take a lot of effort so it's definitely worth giving it a shot regardless. Good luck with it