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Quick Questions 2021/2022

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Fumeina said:
I am a non-standard pathway student who has completed a degree and is rural.
I completed my interview 2 days ago.
My question is would I be versing the rural graduates + rural course switchers or be competing with all the graduated + course switchers?
I am very surprised I got the interview in the first place and was wondering how it works.
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I know others have replied suggesting you are lumped in with all other rural applicants (inc. school leavers), but I’m not actually sure if this is the case for Curtin specifically. I believe there is a quota for non-school leaver applicants, and there has been mention made previously that school leavers and non-standards are not directly compared to one another with regard to CWA and ATAR. Perhaps matchalatte may be able to comment.
 
Deboza said:
No - anyone invited to an interview has a chance at gaining a spot for medicine. Universities wouldn't waste their time interviewing someone just to give an applicant "learning experience".

I saw from your other post that you questioned how you got an interview. Don't question it dude, just accept it haha.
EDIT: rural students generally receive interview offers with lower UCAT scores, for what it's worth.
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This is MOSTLY correct,

in the past some people applying to I believe Adelaide med had no chance of securing entry however secured an interview. IIRC this was due to the minimum ATAR of 90 being used as a hurdle in the interview stage and then being ranked for the final offer stage. The result of this was students with a subpar ATAR/Average UCATS having no chance at securing entry because even with stellar interviews they wouldn’t be anywhere close to competitive.

From memory this is the only university where this specific issue was relevant.
 
Nonstandard983 said:
This is MOSTLY correct,

in the past some people applying to I believe Adelaide med had no chance of securing entry however secured an interview. IIRC this was due to the minimum ATAR of 90 being used as a hurdle in the interview stage and then being ranked for the final offer stage. The result of this was students with a subpar ATAR/Average UCATS having no chance at securing entry because even with stellar interviews they wouldn’t be anywhere close to competitive.
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Yep this is one of the exceptions. In general, unis that do interviews BEFORE ATARs are released can't guarantee you an offer because how would they - they have no idea what your ATAR is gonna look like. This includes unis such as WSU/CSU, JMP and Adelaide. At least with the first two they're pretty explicit about what ATAR you need so there's no confusion. Adelaide, on the other hand, is the biggest bait with their "minimum 90 ATAR" statement. You would be surprised by the number of people who think they have a chance with a ~90 ATAR, only to be in for a rude awakening on offers day.

Unis that give out interviews on the basis of ATAR and UCAT ensure that every applicant has a chance at a final place offer, otherwise they wouldn't have invited you in the first place.
 
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Nonstandard983 said:
This is MOSTLY correct,

in the past some people applying to I believe Adelaide med had no chance of securing entry however secured an interview. IIRC this was due to the minimum ATAR of 90 being used as a hurdle in the interview stage and then being ranked for the final offer stage. The result of this was students with a subpar ATAR/Average UCATS having no chance at securing entry because even with stellar interviews they wouldn’t be anywhere close to competitive.

From memory this is the only university where this specific issue was relevant.
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I'm more familiar with post-graduate entry into medicine than undergraduate entry. So thanks for clarifying that!
 
ucatboy said:
Yep this is one of the exceptions. In general, unis that do interviews BEFORE ATARs are released can't guarantee you an offer because how would they - they have no idea what your ATAR is gonna look like. This includes unis such as WSU/CSU, JMP and Adelaide. At least with the first two they're pretty explicit about what ATAR you need so there's no confusion. Adelaide, on the other hand, is the biggest bait with their "minimum 90 ATAR" statement. You would be surprised by the number of people who think they have a chance with a ~90 ATAR, only to be in for a rude awakening on offers day.

Unis that give out interviews on the basis of ATAR and UCAT ensure that every applicant has a chance at a final place offer, otherwise they wouldn't have invited you in the first place.
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How does UQ go with this for their undergrad pathway? Would it be similar to what you said about Adelaide? Afaik they only use UCAT for interviews but ATAR comes into the calculations for offers. Would they likely have people interviewing who have no chance? Or can the 50% interview weighting fix it, providing the threshold is met in the other areas?
 
ucatboy said:
Yep this is one of the exceptions. In general, unis that do interviews BEFORE ATARs are released can't guarantee you an offer because how would they - they have no idea what your ATAR is gonna look like. This includes unis such as WSU/CSU, JMP and Adelaide. At least with the first two they're pretty explicit about what ATAR you need so there's no confusion. Adelaide, on the other hand, is the biggest bait with their "minimum 90 ATAR" statement. You would be surprised by the number of people who think they have a chance with a ~90 ATAR, only to be in for a rude awakening on offers day.

Unis that give out interviews on the basis of ATAR and UCAT ensure that every applicant has a chance at a final place offer, otherwise they wouldn't have invited you in the first place.
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Okay thanks for your response.
In your opinion people they pick for an interview who have done a degree and UCAT they are thinking about accepting though?

What you are saying makes sense because I was talking to some leavers and they said they only had their predicted ATAR and was waiting for their results.
 
Fumeina said:
In your opinion people they pick for an interview who have done a degree and UCAT they are thinking about accepting though?
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Your question is a bit difficult to understand. If an individual who has a completed degree receives an interview, then yes they should be in with a reasonable chance (pending interview performance) because their GPA won’t be subject to changing / dropping with another semester’s release of results like those who are applying in their 1st/2nd years of tertiary study.
 
Crow said:
Your question is a bit difficult to understand. If an individual who has a completed degree receives an interview, then yes they should be in with a reasonable chance (pending interview performance) because their GPA won’t be subject to changing / dropping with another semester’s release of results like those who are applying in their 1st/2nd years of tertiary study.
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Do you know if non standard rural offers come out December or January?
 
Fumeina said:
Do you know if non standard rural offers come out December or January?
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Depends which university and which course… from memory the WSU rural place offers were released in December a couple of years back but this may have changed with COVID and I admit I haven’t kept up to date with the timeline of interviews and offer releases this year. I imagine the WSU website would have the dates listed though?
 
Crow said:
Depends which university and which course… from memory the WSU rural place offers were released in December a couple of years back but this may have changed with COVID and I admit I haven’t kept up to date with the timeline of interviews and offer releases this year. I imagine the WSU website would have the dates listed though?
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Wsu rural for non standard came out the same time as the rural school leavers
 
If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicant they can come before, if not it's all in January
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Deboza you sure??? you gotta get into the student mindset !
 
Hi guys, just to clarify UAC preferences won't affect if I get an offer or not for either JMP or JPM? I could have either first or second but if I were to do enough to get into either one I would get an offer either way?
 
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