I would contact jcu med admission directly, but I'm not getting my hope up any more((
I've tried calling but can't get through
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I've tried calling but can't get through
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Any luck?I've tried calling but can't get through
Nope, you?
Id also like to know....I mean considering the interviews are this Thursday and Friday, surely for those of us that are interstate they would give some warning so flights and accommodation can be booked!
Has anyone from WA received an interview offer first or second round?
They usually give 2 days worth of notice, so check your emails tomorrow and the day after.
Is this the same for local/QLD based?? Or have they all been given out?
I'm not sure about that but I do know a person from Brisbane who studies medicine at JCU and got an OP 1 and later got a second round interview email 2 days before his interview on the 5/6 Jan.
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Thanks Batman. Well the office does reopen tomorrow so hopefully there is still a chance... although it would be very strange to do just a portion just before the new year close and do the rest after they reopen...but hey no one really knows with this secret squirrel business...
PS Hope everyone has a great 2017!
PS Hope everyone has a great 2017!
I called up JCU and the lady on the phone said that as far as she knows, all the second round interview offers have been sent out they wouldn't give any feedback on the application like why we didn't get an offer or what we lacked. I am a non-standard student, with a GPA of 6.625 and my application was pretty strong. I had many volunteering experiences during the past 5 years, and I volunteered overseas as well. It sucks! Hope you guys have better luck.
they wouldn't give any feedback on the application like why we didn't get an offer or what we lacked. I am a non-standard student, with a GPA of 6.625 and my application was pretty strong. I had many volunteering experiences during the past 5 years, and I volunteered overseas as well. It sucks! Hope you guys have better luck.
Clearly not.
Harsh... I was just saying I felt like I had a strong application. I understand it may not have been good enough. I am sure most people on this forum feel somewhat the same way.
Most people on the forum leave the judging of whether applications are strong to the admissions faculties.
Mana, I understand the process really well. I am sorry if what I said offended you, because it feels a little like you are annoyed about my comment(s). I was only stating what I felt at the time. It's upsetting for most of us to not get in when we want to. So please don't kick someone when they are already down. A little empathy would help most of us who have lost the opportunity.
Don't worry, I'm in the same boat. Rural 6.5 GPA, must just come down to our written applications- unfortunately we weren't good enough this time. There's always next year, keep your head up and don't let the condescending insensitivity of others get you down x
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Mana your response is extremely rude to this person. You should consider apologising as even the best of applicants get left out as there aren't enough places.
No, the best of applicants get in each year. Those who missed out performed worse in whatever selection criteria is set by the university (and are therefore not the best.)
Every year there are applicants who don't get places and having been on the other side of admissions there are many, many students who call up after interviews/offers go out claiming that they should have received a place/interview due to how strong their application was. Generally the reason that they didn't get one is because their application wasn't, in fact, strong, and the student is just expressing their self-entitlement.
Rissa11 - I don't mean to kick you while you're down, but if you want some honest advice - volunteering experience counts for only a very small proportion of any university's selection criteria for medicine, including JCU, so even if you've spent twenty years doing it, it probably won't count for any more than someone who has done a week of it - which may explain why your application wasn't as strong as you thought it was.
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