Interview offers & dates 2016-17

[MedEnt101]

Not too sure if this is the right place to post.... But what is considered a decent/competitive GPA out 7?

 

[umat_star]

Griffith medicine provisional entry: shows decision pending although all the pre-requisite documents and criteria have been met.....has anyone else noticed this?

 

[Annabelle]

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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

Last year I was offered a first round interview in late January (the third batch of interviews) provided I managed to get my predicted ATAR as I was an interstate candidate
I'd only applied to Monash and UNSW as had expected to get a much higher UMAT score (scored just under the 70th percentile as a standard applicant)
I did not meet the 50 cut off in all sections for Monash so had a lot riding on UNSW
After ATAR results were published (delighted to achieve the 99.95 predicted) I received an email with interview times and the chances of gaining a place. It said as long as I received full marks in the interview my chances of receiving an offer for a place were between 30 and 40%
Admission were super helpful when ever I called them to ask about queries such as am I disadvantaged by having a third round offer of interviews and should I swop to the second batch of interviews
They definitely do reserve spots for inter state applicants as they made me an offer. I had expected it to be bonded due to my low UMAT but was happy when it wasn't

 

[B2]

So is there any chance at any universities other than bond and JCU with a umat of 76 and atar of around low 99?

 

[A1]

So is there any chance at any universities other than bond and JCU with a umat of 76 and atar of around low 99?

Not much chance elsewhere unfortunately, unless you can push ATAR to 99.5-99.7 for Adel & Unsw.
Would be a chance at JMP if your Umat S1 score was 60+ but I guess this wasn't the case.

 

[Mana]

Not too sure if this is the right place to post.... But what is considered a decent/competitive GPA out 7?

That depends on what you are applying for and which pathway you are using.

For graduate entry medicine, some universities which use GPA as a cutoff only would only require you to have a 5.5 out of 7 (where a 5 is a credit average and a 6 is a distinction average). However, for most undergraduate medicine courses (and the rest of the graduate entry ones) you would need as close to 7 as you possibly could. In this case a GPA around 6.8-6.9 would be considered a competitive score.

 

[Anirudh]

Anyone gotten a JCU interview offer? I haven't yet gotten one. Do they all come out on the same day, or do they take some time?

 

[Bala]

As per some previous post here, I think it will come out after 15th of November only. I think they will release all the first round offers over 1/2 days

 

[Bala]

Regarding UNSW (1/3, 1/3, 1/3) selection process, I am curious to find out how they bring all three components into a same scale. For example will they take the percentiles of each components (e.g [ATAR:99% + UMT: 97% + Interview: 90%]/3) before ranking ? What is maximum marks one can get for the interview component(are they marked out of 10 or 5 etc).

 

[shadowduke]

Haha people are starting to get stressed about JCU, but I'm thinking about UWA. Do they inform interstate applicants early like UNSW or do they wait like Monash?

 

[MedEnt101]

Haha people are starting to get stressed about JCU, but I'm thinking about UWA. Do they inform interstate applicants early like UNSW or do they wait like Monash?

Don't stress, shadow!
Usually, they are all done within the same week.

Last year, interview invites were sent out on the 20th of November and unsuccessful applicants are notified!

 

[A1]

Regarding UNSW (1/3, 1/3, 1/3) selection process, I am curious to find out how they bring all three components into a same scale. For example will they take the percentiles of each components (e.g [ATAR:99% + UMT: 97% + Interview: 90%]/3) before ranking ?

Caught you not reading every single post in this thread, 2 Likes deducted haha. I posted this earlier:

ATAR & UMAT numbers are different denominations cannot be totaled for comparison. UNSW uses the z-score method ie. [z(ATAR) + z(UMAT)] to rank for interview offers, this link gives a simple explanation > An explanation of z-scores (standardized values) . Basically how far, in terms of its standard deviation, you are above or below the cohort's average for each component.

The same applies to Interview scores so doesn't matter if marked out of 5 or 100. We actually got replies from UNSW + UWA confirming this method.

 

[pills]

Caught you not reading every single post in this thread, 2 Likes deducted haha. I posted this earlier:

ATAR & UMAT numbers are different denominations cannot be totaled for comparison. UNSW uses the z-score method ie. [z(ATAR) + z(UMAT)] to rank for interview offers, this link gives a simple explanation > An explanation of z-scores (standardized values) . Basically how far, in terms of its standard deviation, you are above or below the cohort's average for each component.

The same applies to Interview scores so doesn't matter if marked out of 5 or 100. We actually got replies from UNSW + UWA confirming this method.

This is slightly off topic and probably doesn't have a definite answer but the maths side of me is curious about the populations which they get the z-scores from. Would it be from the population that actually arrives at the interview (so excluding those that didn't make it pass the UMAT cutoffs) or the population that sits the exam (so all those that took the UMAT and everyone in Aus that has an ATAR)? Does it even make a difference?

 

[A1]

the maths side of me is curious about the populations which they get the z-scores from.

Good to have someone curious enough to ask this question

For interview offers population is the eligible applications, it's why UNSW sets preliminary cutoffs of 96.0 and Umat 150 to properly define this population. For place offers it's those who actually attend the interview.

 

[B2]

Hey,

Just wanted to ask whether doing medicine at JCU or Bond affects specialty applications later down the years as they are not considered one of the good universities?

-Thanks

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Hey,

Just wanted to ask whether doing medicine at JCU or Bond affects specialty applications later down the years as they are not considered one of the good universities?

-Thanks

Pretty sure both are considered "good" universities!

 

[eddterrange]

Hey,

Just wanted to ask whether doing medicine at JCU or Bond affects specialty applications later down the years as they are not considered one of the good universities?

-Thanks

All Med schools are "good" because they are all accredited by AMC to train medical students.
Your specialisation training mostly depends on your performance during intern and resident years, as well as any research (if you have any).

I think @Mana or @life of pi can provide more information about specialisation, since they're either graduated or graduating soon.

 

[Mana]

Hey,

Just wanted to ask whether doing medicine at JCU or Bond affects specialty applications later down the years as they are not considered one of the good universities?

-Thanks

Can confirm no one cares. What people do care about is how good you personally are and if you have some good references to back that up.

 

[macander]

Haha people are starting to get stressed about JCU, but I'm thinking about UWA. Do they inform interstate applicants early like UNSW or do they wait like Monash?

There emerged yet another med school in WA - now officially recognised ans accredited by the AMA
Curtin’s medical program receives accreditation - News and Events | Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia

UWA apparently does not seek predicted ATARs from interstate candidates (at this stage) but whether this suggest any particular course of action on their part in terms of interviews administration - I have no idea.

Are UWA's Nov/Dec notifications by e- or snail mail, anyone ?

 

[A1]

There emerged yet another med school in WA - now officially recognised ans accredited by the AMA

If by AMA no new accreditation would be granted and half the current ones would be withdrawn, to cut down med intakes as AMA has been calling for

UWA interview offers are by email. Place offers are by a congratulatory phone call a few days before showing on TISC.