Griffith Griffith Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

[Crow]

Apparently there is over 500 applicants with a rank of 99.95 this year wow! Does anyone know anything about the Griffith discriminator? (Not my words) that they use to choose? Age? Science background? Etc? This would be interesting to know

Where have you been given this data from? It’s never happened before and 500 is a very large number to suddenly have perfect scores (I find it pretty difficult to believe personally, particularly given Griffith dentistry hasn’t given subject bonuses in the past).

If true; The discriminator for non-standards would be level of degree (e.g. a PhD comes above a masters which comes above an honours which comes above a bachelor’s) and length of studies (e.g. 2 years of study at the same GPA and degree level is ranked above 1 year of equivalent study at the same GPA).

For school-leavers, from memory the discriminator used to come from field positions for Queenslanders - now that the OP system has been done away with I’ve no idea what they’ll use and how they’ll compare school-leavers vs non-standards. I would guess that non-standards might automatically be ranked higher because they have tertiary study backgrounds.

ETA: Not to mention that ATARs haven’t even been released.

 

[Apple1234]

Can i ask please where this source of info is from? because this actually makes me nervous about applying....

 

[rachiejean]

Im so sorry iv made people nervous! Maybe its not true, its just what the guy at QTAC told me this morning

 

[realwalterwhite]

Im so sorry iv made people nervous! Maybe its not true, its just what the guy at QTAC told me this morning

I just called QTAC and they said that this information is kept private by Griffith, and that they do not know the number of applicants applying.

edit: meaning that I am not sure how the QTAC person you spoke to got that data.

 

[rachiejean]

I just called QTAC and they said that this information is kept private by Griffith, and that they do not know the number of applicants applying.

edit: meaning that I am not sure how the QTAC person you spoke to got that data.

Thats good to hear! Not sure either then fingers crossed

 

[Vision]

Hi everyone,

Do you think there is a chance anyone with a GPA of 6.75 (non-rural) could get an offer this year? Considering that Australian tertiary students and high school students had to go through the whole COVID-19 situation AND shift to ATAR. I received an email saying that for 2020 intake, to receive an offer applicants with one year full-time equivalent bachelor level study at a recognized higher education institution required a GPA 6.85 or above.

 

[Crow]

Hi everyone,

Do you think there is a chance anyone with a GPA of 6.75 (non-rural) could get an offer this year? Considering that Australian tertiary students and high school students had to go through the whole COVID-19 situation AND shift to ATAR. I received an email saying that for 2020 intake, to receive an offer applicants with one year full-time equivalent bachelor level study at a recognized higher education institution required a GPA 6.85 or above.

It’s a possibility but generally the trend in cutoffs is upwards rather than down. Definitely worth an application though!

 

[AmyHec]

Hi everyone,

Do you think there is a chance anyone with a GPA of 6.75 (non-rural) could get an offer this year? Considering that Australian tertiary students and high school students had to go through the whole COVID-19 situation AND shift to ATAR. I received an email saying that for 2020 intake, to receive an offer applicants with one year full-time equivalent bachelor level study at a recognized higher education institution required a GPA 6.85 or above.

I applied with the exact same GPA, it is now just a wait and see game.

 

[AbbyDent28]

Hey Everyone,

I'm new to the forum world.

I've applied with a 7.0 from Griffith from a year FTE in my most recent degree. Given how much assessment was online this year I wouldn't be surprised if they had a lot more people applying with 7.0/ atar equivalent. Any thoughts? The waiting game is killing me.

 

[Cal]

Hey Everyone,

I'm new to the forum world.

I've applied with a 7.0 from Griffith from a year FTE in my most recent degree. Given how much assessment was online this year I wouldn't be surprised if they had a lot more people applying with 7.0/ atar equivalent. Any thoughts? The waiting game is killing me.

Look, the Gpa cutoff has never been 7 before. Also, as much as it might benefit many people, the online learning would have also hindered many people, so I don't envision the cutoff changing too much. But again we can't predict anything, but you are in the best possible position, so just keep positive and try to take your mind off it. Good luck!

 

[A1]

Given how much assessment was online this year I wouldn't be surprised if they had a lot more people applying with 7.0/ atar equivalent.

It's not online assessment but a different cause. I've read quite a few students saying they have the option of choosing ungraded pass for their sub-HD units, which then won't get factored into their GPA. I anticipate a rise in GPA 7s.

EtA: I want to clarify that, because some students can selectively omit their lower marks from calculation, I anticipate a rise in the overall number of GPA 7s. Whether this will cause a rise in Griffith Dent's cutoff is beyond my guess.

 

[AmyHec]

It's not online assessment but a different cause. I've read quite a few students saying they have the option of choosing ungraded pass for their sub-HD units, which then won't get factored into their GPA. I anticipate a rise in GPA 7s.

I think all this predicting is stupid. Someone like myself has worked so extremely hard this year and I have only 6.75 Gpa. In the pst students have gotten an offer with this GPA so I hope I do too. But to sit here and predict things is dumb. It all depends on the application pool. Covid19 affected so many students in many ways. Just because certain people were able to obtain a 7 it does not mean the pandemic made almost everyone obtain this.

 

[Unluckydude]

Hey Everyone,

I'm new to the forum world.

I've applied with a 7.0 from Griffith from a year FTE in my most recent degree. Given how much assessment was online this year I wouldn't be surprised if they had a lot more people applying with 7.0/ atar equivalent. Any thoughts? The waiting game is killing me.

According to our subject coordinators, the averages marks for dent subjects have increased significantly this year. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more GPA 7s.

 

[dotwingz]

I think all this predicting is stupid. Someone like myself has worked so extremely hard this year and I have only 6.75 Gpa. In the pst students have gotten an offer with this GPA so I hope I do too. But to sit here and predict things is dumb. It all depends on the application pool. Covid19 affected so many students in many ways. Just because certain people were able to obtain a 7 it does not mean the pandemic made almost everyone obtain this.

If you think predicting things that make no difference in outcome is dumb, then you’re on the wrong website

 

[Crow]

God forbid we help someone prepare for an unexpected outcome than be caught off guard in January with no back up plan if the cut off is higher than they expected.

 

[ucatboy]

In the pst students have gotten an offer with this GPA so I hope I do too.

Is this not a prediction in itself?

 

[Jnh]

the averages marks for dent subjects have increased significantly this year.

It will have been similar in a lot of other subject areas as well. Online, unproctored exams were ripe for cheating if you were that way inclined.

 

[Unluckydude]

It will have been similar in a lot of other subject areas as well. Online, unproctored exams were ripe for cheating if you were that way inclined.

Online exams are also much easier for subjects that require a lot of memorisation such as anatomy.

 

[boss112020]

Are the majority of students with 7 gpa's first years?

 

[Cal]

Are the majority of students with 7 gpa's first years?

I would assume this is the case -> but there are a fair few honours/postgrad students which get given the equivalent of a 7 gpa as well. Although it is almost impossible to know without the data in front of us.