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Quick Questions 2021/2022

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Best : Monash interstate interview, up to 75-80% who attend the interview get an offer (but the caveat is you need superhigh ATAR+UCAT to get invited).
Next :
- USyd roughly 60-70%
- Monash local/rural : 210 offers to ~500 interviewees
- UNSW, WSU, UWA, Curtin & probably UQ are around 1 in 3
- JMP, JCU around 1 in 4 (170 offers to ~700 interviewees)
Worst : Adelaide my year was 1 in 6 (130 offers to ~800 interviewees), but places have increased to 140 and I hear they're cutting back interviewees to 600 so maybe similar ratio to JMP/JCU now.
It's worth noting Edwak that none of these figures really mean anything to you specifically unless you factor in your own ATAR and UCAT. For example, if your ATAR was 95 (no bonuses/pathways) and your UCAT was borderline for JMP, your chances there may only be 25% but your chances everywhere else would be a fat zero.

WIth your provisional scores in the results discussion thread, I anticipate you'll have the strongest chances at JMP and WSU.
 
It's worth noting Edwak that none of these figures really mean anything to you specifically unless you factor in your own ATAR and UCAT. For example, if your ATAR was 95 (no bonuses/pathways) and your UCAT was borderline for JMP, your chances there may only be 25% but your chances everywhere else would be a fat zero.

WIth your provisional scores in the results discussion thread, I anticipate you'll have the strongest chances at JMP and WSU.
thank you ucatboy and A1!!
 
Hi just wanted to know where I can find previously collated data of GPA's for students that got into after writing the gamsat?
 
Posting in here because I couldn't figure out where else to post it...I'm in NZ and after getting rejected from UoA last year I'm beginning to widen my options to Australia. I have a BSc in Biomed, and by the end of this year I will have two PGDips (one in Biomed and one in Health Sciences). Something I've been struggling to find out is if any Aussie universities will even look at my postgrad diplomas, or if they will all just be looking at my BSc. If anyone can give me a bit of guidance on this that would be great! :)
 
Posting in here because I couldn't figure out where else to post it...I'm in NZ and after getting rejected from UoA last year I'm beginning to widen my options to Australia. I have a BSc in Biomed, and by the end of this year I will have two PGDips (one in Biomed and one in Health Sciences). Something I've been struggling to find out is if any Aussie universities will even look at my postgrad diplomas, or if they will all just be looking at my BSc. If anyone can give me a bit of guidance on this that would be great! :)
For graduate-entry schools (the ones you'd sit GAMSAT for) UQ will use the GPA of your most recent GDip. The others you can read the How GPA is calculated for each school in this pdf - some use mostly your BSc, some calculate on most recent 3yrs of study so may include 1-2yrs of the BSc
> https://gemsas.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2021-Medicine-GEMSAS-Admissions-Guide-v1.7.pdf

For undergrad med schools you can sit UCAT and apply to five schools UNSW WSU JMP JCU Curtin (I omit full-fee Bond from our poor NZ neighbours ;) ). JMP JCU use your most recent study program i.e. your 2nd GDip, WSU uses the best of between BSc/GDips, UNSW apparently combine them all, not sure about Curtin.
 
Best : Monash interstate interview, up to 75-80% who attend the interview get an offer (but the caveat is you need superhigh ATAR+UCAT to get invited).
Next :
- USyd roughly 60-70%
- Monash local/rural : 210 offers to ~500 interviewees
- UNSW, WSU, UWA, Curtin & probably UQ are around 1 in 3
- JMP, JCU around 1 in 4 (170 offers to ~700 interviewees)
Worst : Adelaide my year was 1 in 6 (130 offers to ~800 interviewees), but places have increased to 140 and I hear they're cutting back interviewees to 600 so maybe similar ratio to JMP/JCU now.
Are these percentages the same for rural applicants?
 
Are these percentages the same for rural applicants?
Going by UNSW published data the percentage is the same for rural. I remember one year they received ~220 rural applications, invited 150 to interview for 50 places so same 1 in 3.

I can only guess the other schools are similar.
 
Going by UNSW published data the percentage is the same for rural. I remember one year they received ~220 rural applications, invited 150 to interview for 50 places so same 1 in 3.

I can only guess the other schools are similar.
Also keep in mind that a lot of rural interviews (unsw, Monash, jmp etc) occur before atars come out and I reckon a few people (including me last year😭😭) didnt reach the minimum atar thresholds so I’m guessing that the odds might be slightly better than 1/3 lols 😀
 
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Anyone know when the ucat scores will be released? Also anyone know when the testing cycle finished?
The percentile calculator based on 90% of all test sitters has already been released, it's basically finalised at this point. You'd be lucky to even see a +/- 10 point shift for any given percentile. I believe the testing cycle is still ongoing.
 
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