Post-UCAT Discussion 2025

[Med ANZ]

Monash MED Interview Places : http://www.facebook.com/share/p/17GM7K5kQ3/

 

[Darkmist]

hi dont have a good ucat but have a good chance at 99.95 atar realised i put down only sunshine coast griffith instead of just the bachelor of medical science for griffith (this is the medicine pathway right it doesnt say provisional pathway on qtac like the rest), wondering which uni i should remove from my list, unisq or unicsq how are their ucat cutoffs/chance of acceptence for each?

depends if you are local, interstate, rural. UniSQ and UniCSQ are high 99% ucat for interstate non rural and they mainly accept rural anyway.

 

[A1]

All schools together only interview 350-450 non-rural applicants? How many non-rural seats are there?

Sorry that my statement wasn't clear. It meant to say 350-450 each school.
The point was there's a good amount of duplicates among these interview groups. For example a 98%ile could get up to 4-6 interviews from UQ, JMP, Adelaide, WSU (unless their VR is poor), and UNSW + Monash if they have 99.6+ ATAR. Whereas a 96%ile will be lucky to get one.

In total there are about 1500 spots (including the provisionals). But after deducting the ATAR-based places for 99.85-99.95 (USyd, Flinders, JCU, Griffith, USC), deducting rural, EAS, in-state allocations ... it's very tough competition for the non-rural non-EAS sub-99.85 ATAR.

 

[A1]

Looks like Monash round 1 is out. Missed it by 10 points. Does that mean there's a good chance for round 2? Also would round 1 and round 2 VIC non rural candidates be considered together before a final offer is made?

Monash round1 is UCAT based, round2 is ATAR+UCAT. Just missing round1 doesn't mean you will be good for round2. It depends on your ATAR.

If you get 99.90 it's virtually certain you'll get round 2 (since the ones who can beat you were already in round1). But if you get 98.80 it's not so sure.

Yes round1 + round2 interviewees are considered together in the round1 offers mid-January.

Hi anyone know international (on shore) UCAT cut off for JMP >?
is there any difference with domestic students ?

Domestic & international applicants are in separate pools with different cutoffs.
Int'l is generally quite lower since there aren't 3000-4000 applicants like for domestic. But we don't know what the cutoffs are.

 

[buzyb33]

Monash round1 is UCAT based, round2 is ATAR+UCAT. Just missing round1 doesn't mean you will be good for round2. It depends on your ATAR.

If you get 99.90 it's virtually certain you'll get round 2 (since the ones who can beat you were already in round1). But if you get 98.80 it's not so sure.

Yes round1 + round2 interviewees are considered together in the round1 offers mid-January.

Thanks A1 . I was assuming since I missed it by 10 points , as long as my ATAR would be decent 99.5+ I might be in a good chance in the running for round 2 as UCAT wise , I would have been in the hight end for round 2. Didn't realise I need to aim for 99.9 to be certain

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A1 replies: I only used 99.90 as a sure example (since another 99.90 with 10pts higher UCAT would already be in round1, not there to beat you in round2). 99.50 + your UCAT should make round2 though.

 

[DavidDuffy]

Hi A1
Totally different question, medicine via GAMSAT pathway also have preference to rural area students. If yes it may be advisable to do dental in CSU and in that case they consider students as rural as student end up doing dental for 5 years there ?

 

[MjM91]

Hi A1
Totally different question, medicine via GAMSAT pathway also have preference to rural area students. If yes it may be advisable to do dental in CSU and in that case they consider students as rural as student end up doing dental for 5 years there ?

That seems like an unnecessarily difficult backup plan for med entry. For starters, you need a competitive GPA (6.5+) to even have a chance of post-grad med. It would logically then follow that the best option is to then choose a degree that you will enjoy studying, and is most likely to be easy to get good grades in. Additionally, it should be a degree that will give you employment options post-grad if you fail to make it into med. While dentistry does give you this option, you would be able to achieve it 2 years quicker by doing nursing, or paramedicine for example. You would then be able to apply for med two times before a dental student has even finished studying. After two years, you would then be able to apply through the rural pathway if you are still unsuccessful. Additionally, qualifying in an area that gives you AHPRA registration will also open up post-grad application quotas you can't access otherwise. UOW and Newcastle uni have these, and the QUT program still under development proposes to as well.

 

[A1]

Hi A1
Totally different question, medicine via GAMSAT pathway also have preference to rural area students. If yes it may be advisable to do dental in CSU and in that case they consider students as rural as student end up doing dental for 5 years there?

For me if I had the stomach for 5 years of dentistry I'd start work as a dentist. Rather than starting graduate med to 4 years later earn half as much. Not to mention the extra $50K HECS debt.

 

[RainRainGoAway]

Hi A1
Totally different question, medicine via GAMSAT pathway also have preference to rural area students. If yes it may be advisable to do dental in CSU and in that case they consider students as rural as student end up doing dental for 5 years there ?

And also, to get into CSU dental as a non-rural, non-csu student is about the same as getting into med? I think you need 97-8% historically to get an interview.

 

[Knightmare_not]

For me if I had the stomach for 5 years of dentistry I'd start work as a dentist. Rather than starting graduate med to 4 years later earn half as much. Not to mention the extra $50K HECS debt.

I mean Max-fax is pretty lucrative with pay from what Ive heard

 

[RainRainGoAway]

I mean Max-fax is pretty lucrative with pay from what Ive heard

But are you willing to make the time trade off? You have to do dental and then medicine and then get on to a program, its quite the process

 

[AnubisHorus&Ra]

That seems like an unnecessarily difficult backup plan for med entry. For starters, you need a competitive GPA (6.5+) to even have a chance of post-grad med. It would logically then follow that the best option is to then choose a degree that you will enjoy studying, and is most likely to be easy to get good grades in. Additionally, it should be a degree that will give you employment options post-grad if you fail to make it into med. While dentistry does give you this option, you would be able to achieve it 2 years quicker by doing nursing, or paramedicine for example. You would then be able to apply for med two times before a dental student has even finished studying. After two years, you would then be able to apply through the rural pathway if you are still unsuccessful. Additionally, qualifying in an area that gives you AHPRA registration will also open up post-grad application quotas you can't access otherwise. UOW and Newcastle uni have these, and the QUT program still under development proposes to as well.

Can confirm. I know of 2 people (and only 2) who transferred from med sci --> dentistry --> medicine, but only in their first or second year into CSU med. They were rural and scored very highly in the theoretical portion of the course. Make no mistake, the practical portion is extremely difficult to score well in, the highest grade usually being between 60-70%. That exam is essentially the biggest exam of the year on top of the lab work that you'd need to do. Which means you'd need to have rural backing and good hands to get in w/ a lower GPA

Also, CSU doesn't really have a preference for CSU student for medical entry. Only dentistry. Its really not a good idea to do dentistry hoping for med unless you're equally happy to become a dentist.

 

[Med ANZ]

2025-26 Medical & Dental Interview Schedule​

 

[Med ANZ]

Hi,
Notre Dame Med 2026 – outcomes?
UCAT 2380 (94th%) – I haven’t received a rejection or interview invite yet.
Anyone else around this score range heard back from Notre Dame? Please share your status

 

[legendofzelda]

Hi,
Notre Dame Med 2026 – outcomes?
UCAT 2380 (94th%) – I haven’t received a rejection or interview invite yet.
Anyone else around this score range heard back from Notre Dame? Please share your status

People with higher ucats received rejection emails on October 13

 

[Med ANZ]

People with higher ucats received rejection emails on October 13

The last date to lodge the application was 6 October, and many students received interview invites on 10 October. I thought the rejection emails were also sent around 10 October.

 

[legendofzelda]

The last date to lodge the application was 6 October, and many students received interview invites on 10 October. I thought the rejection emails were also sent around 10 October.

yeah sorry i meant october 10th

 

[Med ANZ]

People with higher ucats received rejection emails on October 13

Thanks for the reply, I didn't get the rejection yet.

 

[Darkmist]

Thanks for the reply, I didn't get the rejection yet.

they want you bro

 

[Med ANZ]

Thanks for the reply, I didn't get the rejection yet.

they want you bro

I can't see anything on UAC How do I check?