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Interview offers & dates 2016-17

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macander said:
Apologies for this late reply but I was concentrating on finishing WACE marathon in style :) , decided to keep low profile :) and remain incommunicado for a while.

Well, first and foremost, I can confirm that I received JMP interview 2nd round offer after all (sent on 02 Nov at 0744) but I only happened :) to discover it when attempting to clean the junk folder. Somehow, this notification (I have Yahoo email) ended up there. Well, better late than never.

So, JMP - yes but no success with UNSW and UAde, my UMAT is 65/66/73 - probably too low since it seems that my predicted ATAR was not taken into consideration. But there may be more to this.

I spoke with a friend of mine (different school, her UMAT is 92ish, do not know the detailed breakdown, predicted ATAR - well above 99.5%).
She received no (interstate) invitations so far but decided to approach and follow up with UNSW to see how things work.
Amazingly (?), she was informed that the admissions office had 'not received her predicted ATAR' and apparently that was (one of ?) the reason she was not considered. But she is very positive (consulted her school few times) that no request for information (from UNSW) had been recorded.
Moreover, and this sounds quite 'alarming', she was informed that the second (and the last (???!!!)) round of interview invitations will be wrapped up 'by December 23'. But in WA, we will be receiving our ATARs only on 28 December so I am not sure how to read this.

Re UAde what A1 writes above makes sense, I know of one candidate (from WA) who had been invited for 2nd round interview last year (98.2/81). She got the offer eventually but decided to pursue her studies at Monash :)
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Was the candidate that had the interview at the University of Adelaide a rural applicant or standard?
 
macander said:
Apologies for this late reply but I was concentrating on finishing WACE marathon in style :) , decided to keep low profile :) and remain incommunicado for a while.

Well, first and foremost, I can confirm that I received JMP interview 2nd round offer after all (sent on 02 Nov at 0744) but I only happened :) to discover it when attempting to clean the junk folder. Somehow, this notification (I have Yahoo email) ended up there. Well, better late than never.

So, JMP - yes but no success with UNSW and UAde, my UMAT is 65/66/73 - probably too low since it seems that my predicted ATAR was not taken into consideration. But there may be more to this.

I spoke with a friend of mine (different school, her UMAT is 92ish, do not know the detailed breakdown, predicted ATAR - well above 99.5%).
She received no (interstate) invitations so far but decided to approach and follow up with UNSW to see how things work.
Amazingly (?), she was informed that the admissions office had 'not received her predicted ATAR' and apparently that was (one of ?) the reason she was not considered. But she is very positive (consulted her school few times) that no request for information (from UNSW) had been recorded.
Moreover, and this sounds quite 'alarming', she was informed that the second (and the last (???!!!)) round of interview invitations will be wrapped up 'by December 23'. But in WA, we will be receiving our ATARs only on 28 December so I am not sure how to read this.

Re UAde what A1 writes above makes sense, I know of one candidate (from WA) who had been invited for 2nd round interview last year (98.2/81). She got the offer eventually but decided to pursue her studies at Monash :)
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Wow...that's very alarming. I would contact UNSW for sure to get this sorted out. But still, what shocks me most is that UAde rejected you when you had a raw score of 204. That is...simply insane.

Also, regarding your friend, did she complete the UNSW medical form and ensure that it was received? I recall we had one who did even know there was an application form for UWS and UNSW.
 
macander said:
Apologies for this late reply but I was concentrating on finishing WACE marathon in style :) , decided to keep low profile :) and remain incommunicado for a while.

Well, first and foremost, I can confirm that I received JMP interview 2nd round offer after all (sent on 02 Nov at 0744) but I only happened :) to discover it when attempting to clean the junk folder. Somehow, this notification (I have Yahoo email) ended up there. Well, better late than never.

So, JMP - yes but no success with UNSW and UAde, my UMAT is 65/66/73 - probably too low since it seems that my predicted ATAR was not taken into consideration. But there may be more to this.

I spoke with a friend of mine (different school, her UMAT is 92ish, do not know the detailed breakdown, predicted ATAR - well above 99.5%).
She received no (interstate) invitations so far but decided to approach and follow up with UNSW to see how things work.
Amazingly (?), she was informed that the admissions office had 'not received her predicted ATAR' and apparently that was (one of ?) the reason she was not considered. But she is very positive (consulted her school few times) that no request for information (from UNSW) had been recorded.
Moreover, and this sounds quite 'alarming', she was informed that the second (and the last (???!!!)) round of interview invitations will be wrapped up 'by December 23'. But in WA, we will be receiving our ATARs only on 28 December so I am not sure how to read this.

Re UAde what A1 writes above makes sense, I know of one candidate (from WA) who had been invited for 2nd round interview last year (98.2/81). She got the offer eventually but decided to pursue her studies at Monash :)
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How'd you get rejected from UNSW and Ade with a 99 umat? Maybe because you're interstate the interviews will come your way later down the track.
 
Re UNSW, yes I am absolutely positive that I had submitted their internal application. Not sure though whether they were asking for contact info (predicted ATAR).
I decided to let it go and advised my friend to do likewise for the sole reason of not (possibly) antagonising the Admissions Office. Hopefully, we will hear from them in December (but for the notifications deadline vs ATAR availability contradiction !).
It would be simpler if UNSW just admitted that the chance to be considered at this stage for interstate candidates is 'lower' (but is it the case? Few interstate candidates (correct me if I am wrong, were invited so far).

Re UAde, the person was a standard Year 12 applicant, she got everything going for her only in 2nd round. Very presentable :), opinionated, erudite-type, I am sure that she had excelled during these numerous interviews she had (relatively low ATAR/UMAT combo).
 
macander said:
Moreover, and this sounds quite 'alarming', she was informed that the second (and the last (???!!!)) round of interview invitations will be wrapped up 'by December 23'. But in WA, we will be receiving our ATARs only on 28 December so I am not sure how to read this.
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No cause for alarm. Wrapped up by 23-Dec was intended for NSW applicants only, they will have actual ATAR by then and Unsw will finalise offers to those who didn't have predicted ATAR provided or predicted below but actual higher than cutoff. They attend the 2nd round on interviews early Jan.

Interstate applicants get their offers finalised/re-confirmed early-mid Jan after their actual ATARs are released, they attend the 3rd round of interviews in late Jan.

I posted this info earlier:
"In other unimportant news, I just read on its website Unsw is holding 3 rounds of interviews: the main Nov round for NSW applicants, an early Jan round for NSW applicants whose actual Atar lift them above the calculated cutoff, and a late Jan round for interstate. So any references earlier in this thread to Unsw 2nd round for interstate should be read as 3rd round."
 
Has anyones QTAC's status changed/disappear for JCU, under where it says "Entry Requirements pending"... ?

My "Has met OP/Rank - still pending" has disappeared O_o

What about you guys?
 
the school that contacted UNSW told me " the horse's mouth" informed them UNSW gives preference to locals - they have ~ 3000 applicants this year in total
 
mrc said:
the school that contacted UNSW told me " the horse's mouth" informed them UNSW gives preference to locals - they have ~ 3000 applicants this year in total
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How though? It's shown in print on Unsw website "Applicants are offered interviews on the basis of their combined predicted/actual ATAR and their actual UMAT scores. Interviews are offered to the highest ranking applicants until all interview places have been filled". It would be easy enough for some interstate applicants to do a little digging to find out NSW students with comparable scores get interviews while they don't and take Unsw to court. Don't laugh, parents have sued med schools before.

~3000 applicants this year is not unusual, they often get 4500-5000 applications of which ~3000 are eligible (96.0+ and UMAT >150) then get filtered down to ~450 interviewees.
 
Hi A1,
How many % of students in your cohort(approximately) are from Interstate at UNSW? It seems every state gives preference to the local.
 
Bala said:
How many % of students in your cohort(approximately) are from Interstate at UNSW? It seems every state gives preference to the local.
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Sorry I wasn't there long enough to know how many from interstate. I think it'd be less per population because most of those getting into Unsw tend to be able to get a home-state offer too and choose not to move from home.

There is probably no rule against giving preference to the locals, the unis don't need to do so in secret. By the same token no need for them to say publicly they don't then do.
 
I am not thinking about it any longer but I had a look at my friend's UNSW notification email and it is the same template as mine, there are 3 possible reasons stipulated why the recipient is not invited but the content is so generic ! I can only assume that I have been unsuccessful because of the reasons similar to her ('predicted ATAR not available') but, hey, it was not sourced. I am not even sure (internal UNSW application) whether I was asked to provide school contact details (for UNSW to ask for the predicted ATAR).

I was under the impression (but too lazy to look for references) that earlier there was a candidate from Qld with, probably, 2nd round interview at UNSW who quoted her/his predicted ATAR (I assume that the uni did take it into consideration). It is not state-specific but I met no WA candidate (I know of 2 only :) though) whose school was contacted (by the uni in question) to provide the predicted ATAR.

Is the sourcing of the very relevant (detrimental for some - sometimes not only at this stage) info at the uni's discretion?

There is one assumption that the interstaters 'speculate' with their out-of-state applications but at least some of them do it for a reason (different uni, plan to move to the other part of the country). It seems that they may not be given due (after all) consideration - probably.

On the other hand, the JMP communique is positively explicit and informative.
Decision based on UMAT and UMAT alone and because of the interstate application it is the 2nd round interview offering (but it is still possible to bring it forward if valid reasons exist), date clearly specified - thank you very much. No more questions, no grey areas.
 
macander said:
It is not state-specific but I met no WA candidate (I know of 2 only :) though) whose school was contacted (by the uni in question) to provide the predicted ATAR.
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I'm from WA, last year Unsw contacted my school for predicted ATAR and I got a Nov offer for Jan interview. Don't know why it's different this year.

I can only assume that I have been unsuccessful
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You have NOT been unsuccessful terminally. Being interstate you fall into one of 3 cases: either no email at all if you didn't submit the follow-up application, or you get a provisional offer subject to re-confirmation in Jan after actual ATAR is known, or no offer now but still possible after actual ATAR is known. So provisional offer or no offer now you still have to wait for actual ATAR to be sure of an interview.
 
I do know that I am not 'terminally' unsuccessful but


This:

A1. said:
How though? It's shown in print on Unsw website "Applicants are offered interviews on the basis of their combined predicted/actual ATAR and their actual UMAT scores. Interviews are offered to the highest ranking applicants until all interview places have been filled".
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and this:

A1. said:
You have NOT been unsuccessful terminally. Being interstate you fall into one of 3 cases: either no email at all if you didn't submit the follow-up application, or you get a provisional offer subject to re-confirmation in Jan after actual ATAR is known, or no offer now but still possible after actual ATAR is known
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I qualify for so-called 3rd category (2 other eliminated ) but (the above) does not add up ('combined predicted/actual ATAR AND their actual UMAT scores').

For the first round of invitations invited I was not but since (your first quotation) the interview is based on BOTH benchmarks I see a contradiction here.
Even more so, I see that most NSW (and not only) applicants were approached for their predicted ATARs to qualify for Nov/Dec interviews (and Round 1 offers) but I was excluded (I mean on 'some' merit here, not generally, no sour grapes, looking for the rationale).
Different criteria, uni's discretion ? A is asked for his ATAR but B no? Why, actually? They applied for the same thing (which is regulated - the top quote - by the same set of criteria for all)

The info you quote has an 'AND' (it is NOT an 'OR') between ATAR and UMAT and it refers to 'interviews' so I assume that the Nov/Dec interviews are covered by it as well.

Anyway, no point splitting hair now but it this whole issues seems a bit (?) 'controversial'.

At least UWA is completely honest and states that it is not sourcing predicted ATARs from interstate candidates (for 1st round of interviews).
One is made aware and 'forewarned' :)
 
macander said:
I qualify for so-called 3rd category (2 other eliminated ) but (the above) does not add up ('combined predicted/actual ATAR AND their actual UMAT scores').
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The statements you re-quoted apply when Unsw has your predicted ATAR, in your case it seems they don't so it boils down to why they don't. Could be a number of reasons: did you give Unsw your school's name & email address unmistakeably, the Unsw person may have mistyped it (don't forget they do for 3000+ applicants), does your school have someone check emails everyday/week, could it have gone into Spam box, etc.

What's happened has happened, it may not be your fault but I'm trying to say in the end it will not affect your chance. If your scores either predicted or actual qualify you for an interview you will get an offer in good time.
 
Just to throw in something irrelevant: it's probably better if you're doing a 2nd round interview rather than 1st round interview anyway. You get more time to prepare and last minute build up your extra-curriculars if you don't have any :) (so don't feel like you're missing out if you didnt get a 1st round interview!)
 
iStudent said:
Just to throw in something irrelevant: it's probably better if you're doing a 2nd round interview rather than 1st round interview anyway. You get more time to prepare and last minute build up your extra-curriculars if you don't have any :) (so don't feel like you're missing out if you didnt get a 1st round interview!)
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To clarify, being interstate to Unsw, with a proper predicted ATAR he would be notified in Nov but would NOT have been invited to the Nov 1st round interviews, not even 2nd round in early Jan. Gonna be the 3rd round in late Jan.
 
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A1. said:
To clarify, being interstate to Unsw, with a proper predicted ATAR he would be notified in Nov but would NOT have been invited to the Nov 1st round interviews, not even 2nd round in early Jan. Gonna be the 3rd round in late Jan.
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They have 3rd round interviews?
I'm aware of 3rd round offers (which are given when uni starts its first week, lol) but didn't realise 3rd round interviews were a thing. Interesting :)
 
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