[Undergrad] High School Discussion Thread

[fishymuse]

Is that really the case? Then that bascially means its imposible for us to get into med uni in australia?

Read carefully.
I said it only applies to "UAC", meaning universities like UNSW, UWS (and USyd if you don't ring them up about it).
The other places, as I've said earlier, convert differently, although VTAC does not give you an ATAR, but they do look at your A level results.

And yes, what Trin said, UNSW does require predicted results for interview selection. The other universities don't look at predicted results at all.

[MENTION=8786]Trin[/MENTION], ONE OF OUR FRIENDS GOT IN UNSW. I'LL FB YOU ABOUT IT DDD

 

[Trin]

Wow trin you pretty much just made my day. So the above is only set to UNSW. QTAC, VTAC, SATAC takes in all the results then I'll just ignore applying via the UNSW then. Thanks alot for the info.

You can still apply to UNSW, but CIE students are disadvantaged. It doesn't help that they ask you to do an additional application on their websites!

Yes, QTAC/VTAC/SATAC takes into account of all our results.
I applied for entry for the 2012 school year. I had 2 A levels in 2010. A further one in 2011 mid year. So when I applied they only had 3 of my A level results. But QTAC gave me an OP1, SATAC gave me 99.95 and Monash said they received all my results and all 3 would count towards my final score.

 

[Trin]

Read carefully.
I said it only applies to "UAC", meaning universities like UNSW, UWS (and USyd if you don't ring them up about it).
The other places, as I've said earlier, convert differently, although VTAC does not give you an ATAR, but they do look at your A level results.

And yes, what Trin said, UNSW does require predicted results for interview selection. The other universities don't look at predicted results at all.

@Trin , ONE OF OUR FRIENDS GOT IN UNSW. I'LL FB YOU ABOUT IT DDD

[MENTION=13737]fishymuse[/MENTION], Just to clarify, that friend of ours actually sat 3 A levels in mid year, that's why his ATAR was so high! Otherwise, the rest of us mortals aren't imba enough to sit 3

 

[fishymuse]

@fishymuse , Just to clarify, that friend of ours actually sat 3 A levels in mid year, that's why his ATAR was so high! Otherwise, the rest of us mortals aren't imba enough to sit 3

Yes, so to summarise, if you want a fighting chance for UNSW/UWS, you should sit your A levels midyear, in order for them to count.
Otherwise, if you're like me and Chsal, who sat 3 one year earlier, your results from that sitting will not process, and go to waste.

Good news though, like [MENTION=8786]Trin[/MENTION] said, QTAC, VTAC, and SATAC process all your results

 

[Trin]

Yes, so to summarise, if you want a fighting chance for UNSW/UWS, you should sit your A levels midyear, in order for them to count.
Otherwise, if you're like me and Chsal, who sat 3 one year earlier, your results from that sitting will not process, and go to waste.

Good news though, like @Trin said, QTAC, VTAC, and SATAC process all your results

Don't listen to her. You have NO fighting chance at all at UNSW/UWS whatsoever even if you sit 40 A levels. You want to come to UQ because it is cool and great and fantastic and I am here.

Yup. That is all

 

[fishymuse]

Don't listen to her. You have NO fighting chance at all at UNSW/UWS whatsoever even if you sit 40 A levels. You want to come to UQ because it is cool and great and fantastic and I am here.

Yup. That is all

PSHHH OUR FRIEND MADE IT POSSIBLE OKAYYYY ;P

And don't listen to Trin, he'll keep telling you to go UQUQUQUQUQUQUQUQ ...and next thing you know, you're going to UQ. True story. OTL

 

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Yes, so to summarise, if you want a fighting chance for UNSW/UWS, you should sit your A levels midyear, in order for them to count.
Otherwise, if you're like me and Chsal, who sat 3 one year earlier, your results from that sitting will not process, and go to waste.

Good news though, like @Trin said, QTAC, VTAC, and SATAC process all your results

Yes I am like you guys, as posted on my thread. Chsal said I did almost exaclty the same as him. And yes it is really a good news, I can finally feel slightly more at ease now. Thanks alot to both of you for sharing this information. It will take forever, if ever for me to find these info's online. Thanks again really, I don't know how to express this but, Thanks.

I don't suppose they consider resits of A2 do they? Cause since I like you guys sat 3 one year earlier, can't we just resit it at may/june the following year?

 

[fishymuse]

Yes I am like you guys, as posted on my thread. Chsal said I did almost exaclty the same as him. And yes it is really a good news, I can finally feel slightly more at ease now. Thanks alot to both of you for sharing this information. It will take forever, if ever for me to find these info's online. Thanks again really, I don't know how to express this but, Thanks.

I don't suppose they consider resits of A2 do they? Cause since I like you guys sat 3 one year earlier, can't we just resit it at may/june the following year?

That could work...but I'm not sure if they'll allow resits if you got A/A* results hahahaha. Otherwise, if you're not aiming specifically for UNSW/UWS, don't bother, because you'll have a chance at UQ/Adel/etc. Just make sure you do really well in UMAT. That's more important

 

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That could work...but I'm not sure if they'll allow resits if you got A/A* results hahahaha. Otherwise, if you're not aiming specifically for UNSW/UWS, don't bother, because you'll have a chance at UQ/Adel/etc. Just make sure you do really well in UMAT. That's more important

Yes, I need to work hard on UMAT and hopefully get something over 90 percentile, no way anywhere near Trin's UMAT score though lol. I don' t think i'm aiming specifically for UNSW/UWS therefore I won't resit. And I'm sitting A2 bio this mid year (1st sit) so I don't think I can cope with 3 more A2's anyway, despite already done them.

Thanks again for all the infos fishymuse and trin.

 

[fishymuse]

Yes, I need to work hard on UMAT and hopefully get something over 90 percentile, no way anywhere near Trin's UMAT score though lol. I don' t think i'm aiming specifically for UNSW/UWS therefore I won't resit. And I'm sitting A2 bio this mid year (1st sit) so I don't think I can cope with 3 more A2's anyway, despite already done them.

Thanks again for all the infos fishymuse and trin.

We're happy to help. It's quite confusing when you're sitting CIE and no one understands what you mean with all the 'A-level' talk haha.

Anyway, actually, do aim for high 90s! I wasn't expecting a score like Trin's, but if you make the effort and really work at it, you might surprise yourself
Because, realistically, for most unis in Australia, the interview cut-offs for my year was around 93-94%ile for first round interviews.

Do your research though, some unis don't require such a high UMAT score because of different weighting (i.e. more weighting on ATAR and/or interview)
Even if you stay in Auckland, the UMAT requirement is much lower in comparison, and that is because there is more emphasis on GPA and interview scores.

 

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We're happy to help. It's quite confusing when you're sitting CIE and no one understands what you mean with all the 'A-level' talk haha.

Anyway, actually, do aim for high 90s! I wasn't expecting a score like Trin's, but if you make the effort and really work at it, you might surprise yourself
Because, realistically, for most unis in Australia, the interview cut-offs for my year was around 93-94%ile for first round interviews.

Do your research though, some unis don't require such a high UMAT score because of different weighting (i.e. more weighting on ATAR and/or interview)
Even if you stay in Auckland, the UMAT requirement is much lower in comparison, and that is because there is more emphasis on GPA and interview scores.

Yes, however I believe I have a higher chance to do better in UMAT than to do well in an interview. So far I am aware that Griffith looks at neither UMAT nor interviews and I will put it as my backup option I guess, though I am also aware it only has 25 places available and may also be hard.

I suck at interviews btw.

 

[Trin]

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They do accept resits. I resat my maths at the end of 2011 to boost my chances at UAC unis.

While Griffith doesn't have UMAT nor Interviews, the ATAR threshold is ridiculously high. It's something like 99.8 if I am not mistaken. Also note that the bottom performing students (25%) will be bonded once MBBS starts. Then and again, this is not applicable to NZ students as NZ students cannot received bonded offers/spots.

And I suck at interviews too. It's okay. Chances are, you will probably end up doing much better than you thought you would. Faith you should have my padawan.

 

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They do accept resits. I resat my maths at the end of 2011 to boost my chances at UAC unis.

While Griffith doesn't have UMAT nor Interviews, the ATAR threshold is ridiculously high. It's something like 99.8 if I am not mistaken. Also note that the bottom performing students (25%) will be bonded once MBBS starts. Then and again, this is not applicable to NZ students as NZ students cannot received bonded offers/spots.

And I suck at interviews too. It's okay. Chances are, you will probably end up doing much better than you thought you would. Faith you should have my padawan.

Ya, if i can do well in UMAT then I will have a chance to maybe see you at UQ. Just have to do lots and lots of practice i guess. Further more, Griffith comes under VTAC aye? So they do look at previous results I might be able to squeeze out 4 A* and 2 predicted A*s and maybe i can get the required ATAR. Though I doubt they'd even consider my predicted A*s. Maybe a conditional offer?

 

[Trin]

QTAC and UAC. I don't think Griffith accepts predicted results.
I am unfamiliar with griffith sorry

 

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QTAC and UAC. I don't think Griffith accepts predicted results.
I am unfamiliar with griffith sorry

No worry. What do you mean by QTAC and UAC?

 

[Trin]

You can apply for med at Griffith through both QTAC and UAC.

 

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Because this restriction, many of us NZers turn to other unis such as UQ/Adel/Monash, since QTAC/VTAC/SATAC take into account all of your results, regardless of when.

As for predicted results, I know UNSW does use it for interview offer purposes. You will need to pester your principal/deputy principal to send them to UNSW for you though.

Do QTAC/VTAC/SATAC and others look at predicted results on top of attained results? Or do they only consider attained results for 1st round offers? Further more do they look at your actual % in A levels? Or only the grade.

 

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You can apply for med at Griffith through both QTAC and UAC.

Yea I heard about overlapping in admission centres. In this case, should I apply for Griffith via both? Or choose one, like QTAC as they do accept all our results where as UAC clearly doesn't. If I apply for Griffith from both centres is that allowed?

 

[lordgarlic]

Do QTAC/VTAC/SATAC and others look at predicted results on top of attained results? Or do they only consider attained results for 1st round offers? Further more do they look at your actual % in A levels? Or only the grade.

If you don't have the result proper you don't get a place it's as simple as that. They won't even consider your application till formal results are out and you forward them your official results. Hence you can never really be considered for a first round offer unless you have taken a gap year

 

[Trin]

Do QTAC/VTAC/SATAC and others look at predicted results on top of attained results? Or do they only consider attained results for 1st round offers? Further more do they look at your actual % in A levels? Or only the grade.

No, they don't look at predicted results at all. In fact, I received an email from one of them explicitly saying don't send them predicted results lol.
Only grades in SATAC and QTAC. I was told by Monash that my grades weren't good enough,so I am not sure how that works, considering I got 3 A* (VTAC looks at top 3 A levels APPARENTLY).

And yes, you can apply through both. Just go through QTAC imo.