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Also, anyone know if they are saving places for NSW applicants? Hopefully 99.75 gets me an offer next round.
Damn a 0.75 jump from last year??? Hopefully, it gets lower for the 2023 entry as that's when I am applying. Got any reasons for the massive jump?
the minimum atar for the 1st offer round was 99.55 as shown here https://www.vtac.edu.au/files/pdf/reports/ATAR_Profiles_Report_2022.pdf
Yes, I took IB, HL chem, HL bio and SL lang and lit which satisfies the prerequisites.
that is quite odd. have you contacted La Trobe directly?
Yes by phone, they said that the atar requirement was 99.80.
when I asked, they wouldn't tell me
but don't rural students apply through the regional stream?
Yeah that's what I thought. In my opinion if u got over 99.55 you should have got an offer according to the VTAC report. I will probably call Latrobe on Monday and see what is going on.
What’s the difference between regional and rural?
Rural entry is if you live in a Rural area (where it may be harder to get in), thus the minimum ATAR is lower.
i think the 99.55 must be for rural applicants as latrobe said that 99.80 was the cutoff for non-rural applicants. but if this is the case they need to make it explicit! why are we left guessing and with no real indication of what sort of chance we have for getting an offer? same goes for last year's atar profile - it said 99.05 was the lowest selection rank (including adjustment factors) to which an offer was made (after all offer rounds). looking at that i thought surely anything above a 99.5ish would be safe in the first round. but apparently not. it's just ridiculously competitive.
That's very strange. As you posted, VTAC states that the cut-off is 99.55. Thus 99.55 should land you an offer.I got a 99.55 ATAR and no offer. According to the VTAC report the minimum adjusted was 99.55 (so i'm right on the brink of getting in). What are the chances I get a 2nd, 3rd or 4th round offer?
That's very unfortunate. As I alluded to earlier in this thread, Latrobe is also one of those dental schools which have a reputation of being not well organised. You should definitely follow up with them about this. Universities (and all bureaucratic agencies in general) are unlikely to rectify their mistakes or even admit they made a mistake if you just let things go.
The scores you talked about are from previous years. This year only regional students reported on MSO that they received tertiary transfer offers for Latrobe. I know the collated data thread mentioned that someone with 3000 UCAT received an offer, but it was likely to be a typo because the person actually mentioned that she didn't receive an offer.
I think a long time ago it once got to the mid 99s. I'm not 100% sure though.Crazy that it went up 0.5. I was almost certain I would get an offer after seeing my ATAR. Now just hoping for one in future rounds.
Reports and Statistics
www.vtac.edu.au
This was the highest minimum entry I have seen, previous highest was 99.2 I think.
It was in the following document:
The UCAT cut off for UQ dent also jumped significantly in the last two years from high 80s to around 95ish this year. Maybe it has something to do with the pandemic.
It doesn't make sense. The file said the atar cut-offs for urban and regional applicants were 99.55 and 99.00 respectively. Since the link for the atar profile is dead now, it's possible that they published the cut-offs wrong?
No difference, they mean the same thing.
I don't believe it. It sounds like they just pulled a CSU move. CSU made all sorts of excuses to cover up their mistakes.
It contradicts the atar profile published by VTAC.
The cut-off either 99.55 or 99.80 depending on who made a mistake (either VTAC or Latrobe).
With the CSU move excuse, how should I approach the team then? I will follow up today but is there any advice/hope for getting 2nd round offers?
I was told by Latrobe that the ATAR Profile Report for VTAC January 2022 Domestic Offer Round (https://www.vtac.edu.au/files/pdf/reports/ATAR_Profiles_Report_2022v2.pdf where the minimum ATAR was 99.55) includes offers to recent secondary graduates in the November 2021 offer round where the required ATAR was slightly lower than that for 2021 year 12 graduates. Therefore, I assume the minimum ATAR for a January offer was ~99.7-99.8, however I was also told they decided to hand out less first round offer places this year due to HSC results coming out later, thus I assume the minimum ATAR will likely drop for future rounds. My advice for everyone would be not to panic and just hope for a future round offer (my guess is there are at least 15-20 places left).
Oh, ok. This explanation sounds logical. The only issue is that they told someone on this forum that the offers released in November were meant for applicants who had extremely competitive stats, but ironically it turned out that the cut off was actually a bit lower. They probably underestimated how competitive it will be this year. Also in the new atar report you linked, there is a footnote:
You are a non-standard external student, correct?
Those are the exact same conclusions I made, things starting to make more sense. Hoping the minimum drops to around 99.4-99.5