Monash Monash Medicine: General Entry Discussion

[Scope]

Got an offer from Monash today for Biomedical science. Does this mean I did not qualify for the interview for MBBS.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Got an offer from Monash today for Biomedical science. Does this mean I did not qualify for the interview for MBBS.

No, it doesn't. What will be a clearer indication is if you got an interview invite today, as they also went out.

 

[PhuBaothao]

I’ve got the interview invite, 9.59 am yesterday (NSW time)

 

[broken_man]

Asking for a friend:
Say, you know you got a high enough UCAT and ATAR as well believing you did well in the interview to get into at least BMP at Monash but for some reason, you didn't put it down. You don't get an offer for unbonded in first round offers. If people reject offers (like interstate people), if spots in the unbonded course get offered second round, will it go to a BMP student or a student who did better but did not put BMP in the course preferences?

A further question from my friend...
He received a bmp place from UQ with a 98.6 ATAR and 90th percentile UCAT. However, he didn't put an EAS application, and on the Monash calculator, his ATAR goes to 99.7+ based on SEAS. I get that you don't really know how well you did on the interview, but say he did alright, what are the chances he gets an offer from Monash second round. Furthermore, if he puts BMP in his preferences now, will he be considered in the second round?

 

[DrDrLMG!]

A further question from my friend...
He received a bmp place from UQ with a 98.6 ATAR and 90th percentile UCAT. However, he didn't put an EAS application, and on the Monash calculator, his ATAR goes to 99.7+ based on SEAS. I get that you don't really know how well you did on the interview, but say he did alright, what are the chances he gets an offer from Monash second round. Furthermore, if he puts BMP in his preferences now, will he be considered in the second round?

I don't know about Monash specifically, but all other unis prohibit preference additions at this late stage. I'm confused about your comment re. the SEAS. Did he apply for this at Monash or not?

 

[aspiringlol]

I don't know about Monash specifically, but all other unis prohibit preference additions at this late stage. I'm confused about your comment re. the SEAS. Did he apply for this at Monash or not?

LMG is correct, Monash//VTAC prohibit adding med courses now.

 

[broken_man]

I don't know about Monash specifically, but all other unis prohibit preference additions at this late stage. I'm confused about your comment re. the SEAS. Did he apply for this at Monash or not?

Yeh sorry I meant he didn't apply for EAS in QTAC but he applied for SEAS at VTAC. He's already applied for unbonded med at Monash as you were meant to, but wants to add bmp as well.

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Yeh sorry I meant he didn't apply for EAS in QTAC but he applied for SEAS at VTAC. He's already applied for unbonded med at Monash as you were meant to, but wants to add bmp as well.

Okay, if he's applied for SEAS then all he can really do is wait. As aspiringlol has already pointed out, he can't now add BMP to his preferences list.

 

[lucky888]

Thanks for collating the data. Is there any special rule for Monash , such as 50/50/50 for UMAT previously?

 

[Crow]

Thanks for collating the data. Is there any special rule for Monash , such as 50/50/50 for UMAT previously?

If there is, we haven’t come across one yet, I don’t believe.

 

[veeeee]

is there any chance of me getting an inerview for monash with 2980 and 99.3 interstate becuase i want to book holiday tickets

 

[Zhuzhupet]

is there any chance of me getting an inerview for monash with 2980 and 99.3 interstate becuase i want to book holiday tickets

I have just booked my holiday but got interview invite this morning at 8.00am with atar 99.65 and ucat 3090

 

[REGULAR JOE]

What Ucat score would an interstate applicant need to receive a Monash interview invite with a 99.95 ATAR?

 

[ucatboy]

It looks like this year Monash really fked over interstate applicants by increasing the ATAR+UCAT requirements a LOT.

99.6+96%ile, 99.55+98%ile were both unsuccessful in obtaining an interview offer.

If there are any further top-ups, it seems unfortunately that veeeee your chances of getting an interview offer are very slim.

I hope this means that Monash has improved the interview offer to place offer ratio, rather than shrinking the interstate quota.

 

[REGULAR JOE]

It looks like this year Monash really fked over interstate applicants by increasing the ATAR+UCAT requirements a LOT.

99.6+96%ile, 99.55+98%ile were both unsuccessful in obtaining an interview offer.

If there are any further top-ups, it seems unfortunately that veeeee your chances of getting an interview offer are very slim.

I hope this means that Monash has improved the interview offer to place offer ratio, rather than shrinking the interstate quota.

Just adding to this, I called Monash today and they said they had started sending invites progressivly from the 14th, and would continue to send them out till this Sunday

 

[ucatboy]

Just adding to this, I called Monash today and they said they had started sending invites progressivly from the 14th, and would continue to send them out till this Sunday

Fingers crossed to everyone waiting

 

[Princess A]

Uni: Monash (also got invited to UWA, Curtin, Adelaide, UNSW)
Course: Med
UCAT: 3080 (98%)
ATAR: 99.65
No special considerations
State: WA

Monash told me I was offered an interview due to other applicants declining their spot, meaning I wasn't actually initially considered despite my ATAR and UCAT.

You would you gotten an interview in the first round considering your high scores!! Did Monash call or email you? when?

 

[Crow]

I hope this means that Monash has improved the interview offer to place offer ratio, rather than shrinking the interstate quota

Somehow I doubt that this is the case, unfortunately. It’s completely consistent with Monash’s history of heavily prioritising Victorian applicants and leaving minimal places for interstate applicants.

 

[ucatboy]

Uni: Monash, UWA, Curtin, UNSW, USyd, and JCU (JCU with a previous actual ATAR of 99.60)
Course: Med
UCAT: 3070 (98%)
ATAR: 99.95
No special considerations
State: SA

Monash also told me yesterday evening that I was offered an interview due to other applicants declining their spot.

Something fishy is going on for 99.95+98%ile to be given a top-up offer - perhaps Monash is now ranking applicants solely on UCAT with ATAR as some sort of threshold?

 

[Crow]

Something fishy is going on for 99.95+98%ile to be given a top-up offer - perhaps Monash is now ranking applicants solely on UCAT with ATAR as some sort of threshold?

Yeah, I looked at the data that's been shared here so far and that seems to be the case. Nobody has reported an interview with a UCAT lower than 98th, and some of those have been top-ups. Pretty bizarre method!