LaTrobe La Trobe Dentistry: General Discussion

[A1]

how does la trobe select school leavers for medicine

La Trobe Med is for rural applicants only. Selection is 30% ATAR + 70% MMI > Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Medical)

 

[ucatman]

Oh lol I applied but I'm non-rural. better take it out of my preferences then thanks

 

[Lantern123]

Hey guys, I just put Latrobe dentistry into my preferences as I don’t think I will be getting med at Monash my atar was 98.55 but with seas should be around 99.25 according to their website. I was wondering if vic students can still receive offers in the next round or would they most likely be given out already??

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Hey guys, I just put Latrobe dentistry into my preferences as I don’t think I will be getting med at Monash my atar was 98.55 but with seas should be around 99.25 according to their website. I was wondering if vic students can still receive offers in the next round or would they most likely be given out already??

If there wasn’t a specific cut-off date for having LaTrobe Dent in your VTAC preferences by, then I would think you could still receive an offer if you’re eligible.

ETA: I just looked at the VTAC key dates and LaTrobe Dent specific pages and couldn’t find anything, but I’m also not super well versed on VTAC or Dent so... who knows!

 

[Unluckydude]

Admin feel free to delete later to unclog the offers list.

But I'm just confused because I received higher marks in terms of UCAT, ATAR, and GPA, and was wondering why I didn't receive an offer? Pretty sure my application is correct - should I ring up or? Any advice anyone?

Hi, can I PM you? I also applied for dentistry.

 

[DDENT]

Hey First round offers for dentistry had the cut off mark of 99.2. I only attained 99.15. Does this mean I will not make it in later rounds ? What are the chances considering it is only 0.05 away from the December round minimum selection rank?

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Hey First round offers for dentistry had the cut off mark of 99.2. I only attained 99.15. Does this mean I will not make it in later rounds ? What are the chances considering it is only 0.05 away from the December round minimum selection rank?

To be honest, assuming LaTrobe Dent do indeed make top up offers, I’d think you’d be in with a decent shot. There will be a number of early round dent offers that went to applicants who also got (preferred) Med offers (and vice versa) so there will be a bit of movement yet between now and the end of Feb and being so close, you must surely be up there.

Good luck!

 

[DDENT]

To be honest, assuming LaTrobe Dent do indeed make top up offers, I’d think you’d be in with a decent shot. There will be a number of early round dent offers that went to applicants who also got (preferred) Med offers (and vice versa) so there will be a bit of movement yet between now and the end of Feb and being so close, you must surely be up there.

Good luck!

Thank you so much, this is a bit of a relief.
Just to clarify however, VTAC issued their first round offers to Victoria and Queensland ahead of the initial first round for NSW this year and for the first Time. Hence the December offers for VTAC were not really “early offers.” Does this change anything? Thanks again

 

[Crow]

Thank you so much, this is a bit of a relief.
Just to clarify however, VTAC issued their first round offers to Victoria and Queensland ahead of the initial first round for NSW this year and for the first Time. Hence the December offers for VTAC were not really “early offers.” Does this change anything? Thanks again

It possibly does - if there are enough 99.2+ applicants from the other states then I think it would be unjust for them to make further offers to Victorians with ATARs below that cutoff (I.e. they won’t). However, this goes both ways - if there aren’t many 99.2+ applicants and there are additional spots in the course, then maybe they make second round offers to those with lower ATARs from Victoria and QLD. Who knows? I’m sure someone on here does - I don’t really follow LaTrobe dentistry admissions at all myself so just speculation on my part!

 

[DDENT]

Makes sense. Personally I am from NSW. Consequently, given that it doesn’t make sense for LaTrobe to offer spots to NSW applicants at a lower atar than their Victorian counterparts, I am not expecting a first round offer on Jan 15. I was more concerned regarding later rounds and my chances then.

It possibly does - if there are enough 99.2+ applicants from the other states then I think it would be unjust for them to make further offers to Victorians with ATARs below that cutoff (I.e. they won’t). However, this goes both ways - if there aren’t many 99.2+ applicants and there are additional spots in the course, then maybe they make second round offers to those with lower ATARs from Victoria and QLD. Who knows? I’m sure someone on here does - I don’t really follow LaTrobe dentistry admissions at all myself so just speculation on my part!

 

[Mo3ali98]

Hey guys,
I applied to dentistry at la trobe through vtac and also applied to the aspire program.
I'm a third year Biomedicine student at Victoria university, I've sat the UCAT in 2019 but my percentile wasn't good at all (29th), does anyone know if there will be a chance in receiving an offer in later rounds ?

 

[DDENT]

Hey guys, sorry it’s me again ;(
So I got rejected to both JCU and La Trobe Dentistry for the Jan 15 offers. Considering that JCU does not publish cut offs because they also take into account applications, I am only looking at my chances for La Trobe in later rounds. The website says the minimum selection rank for December round offers was 99.2 and considering that I didn’t get an offer today (with a 99.15 atar) I’m assuming it remained the same for this round too. Can anyone tell me if I should be expecting an offer when people decline/defer their offers or should I plan another year from now.
Any input appreciated as I am very desperate.

 

[Crow]

Hey guys, sorry it’s me again ;(
So I got rejected to both JCU and La Trobe Dentistry for the Jan 15 offers. Considering that JCU does not publish cut offs because they also take into account applications, I am only looking at my chances for La Trobe in later rounds. The website says the minimum selection rank for December round offers was 99.2 and considering that I didn’t get an offer today (with a 99.15 atar) I’m assuming it remained the same for this round too. Can anyone tell me if I should be expecting an offer when people decline/defer their offers or should I plan another year from now.
Any input appreciated as I am very desperate.

Sorry to hear that I’d recommend you contact the admissions team at LaTrobe to see if they plan to make any further round offers (and if the cutoff could potentially drop if they do). Regardless, you should definitely plan for your back up plan now - it’s never a good idea to rely on further round offers as you can’t guarantee they’ll go the way you want them to.

 

[DDENT]

Sorry to hear that I’d recommend you contact the admissions team at LaTrobe to see if they plan to make any further round offers (and if the cutoff could potentially drop if they do). Regardless, you should definitely plan for your back up plan now - it’s never a good idea to rely on further round offers as you can’t guarantee they’ll go the way you want them to.

Thank you very much for your reply. Update: the la trobe website have now announced that the lowest selection rank (including adjustment factors) was 99.00. Now I am very confused as to why I hadn't received an offer considering I attained 99.15. Any ideas why this would be and what I should do next?

 

[Crow]

Thank you very much for your reply. Update: the la trobe website have now announced that the lowest selection rank (including adjustment factors) was 99.00. Now I am very confused as to why I hadn't received an offer considering I attained 99.15. Any ideas why this would be and what I should do next?

I’m not familiar with LaTrobe enough to comment - do they separate rural and non-rural applicants into separate pools? You should contact the admissions team and ask for clarification. Good luck with it!

 

[Unluckydude]

Thank you very much for your reply. Update: the la trobe website have now announced that the lowest selection rank (including adjustment factors) was 99.00. Now I am very confused as to why I hadn't received an offer considering I attained 99.15. Any ideas why this would be and what I should do next?

Hi, I think Latrobe does separate applicants into rural and non-rural pools:
2100211491 (CSP)
2100211501 (Regional Entry) (CSP)

CourseSearch

delta.vtac.edu.au

 

[DDENT]

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Hi, I think Latrobe does separate applicants into rural and non-rural pools:
2100211491 (CSP)
2100211501 (Regional Entry) (CSP)

CourseSearch

delta.vtac.edu.au

Hi I understand that regional students get bonus points so there would be no point in a different cut of for each course code. Besides, it makes more sense for the cut off to apply to the majority of students applying (I.e non-rural) or at the very least have two different cut offs on the website.

 

[Unluckydude]

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Hi I understand that regional students get bonus points so there would be no point in a different cut of for each course code. Besides, it makes more sense for the cut off to apply to the majority of students applying (I.e non-rural) or at the very least have two different cut offs on the website.

I've being paying attention to Latrobe dentistry for a while. They used to just give rural applicants bonus marks and mix them with non-rural applicants. But they decided to separate them this year after they restructured the course.

I agree that what you said makes more sense, but sometimes Latrobe just does things in their own way. They only updated the website today so it's possible that they made a mistake and forgot to post the atar cut-off for non-rural applicants.

VTAC has separate pages for those two entries. I think they'll release the ATAR profile for both entry pretty soon.

CourseSearch

delta.vtac.edu.au

CourseSearch

delta.vtac.edu.au

What I said is just my personal speculation. You should definitely double check with the uni. Good luck.

 

[DDENT]

I've being paying attention to Latrobe dentistry for a while. They used to just give rural applicants bonus marks and mix them with non-rural applicants. But they decided to separate them this year after they restructured the course.

I agree that what you said makes more sense, but sometimes Latrobe just does things in their own way. They only updated the website today so it's possible that they made a mistake and forgot to post the atar cut-off for non-rural applicants.

VTAC has separate pages for those two entries. I think they'll release the ATAR profile for both entry pretty soon.

CourseSearch

delta.vtac.edu.au

CourseSearch

delta.vtac.edu.au

What I said is just my personal speculation. You should definitely double check with the uni. Good luck.

Ok thank you for the reply
What you are saying makes sense however this would mean that the regional intake jumped from the 85 guaranteed threshold to 99 which seems unrealistic.
I will check anyway and get back

 

[Unluckydude]

Ok thank you for the reply
What you are saying makes sense however this would mean that the regional intake jumped from the 85 guaranteed threshold to 99 which seems unrealistic.
I will check anyway and get back

85 might be the unadjusted rank and 99 might be the adjusted rank.