Oh that’s strange, did you complete year 11 and 12 in a rural area?
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Rural Eligibility and General Discussion
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Wolverine
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Hm, that's very bizarre then as they don't seem to say anywhere that addresses after high school don't count (though I haven't applied for years, it doesn't seem to have changed at least on the website). I'd consider contacting them and asking them to identify where such a condition was stated.
Are you an Australian citizen or resident?
cowgirl_med
Member
Yes Australian citizen, completed all of my schooling in a metropolitan area (yr 12 in 2013) and have been rural ever since.
It doesn’t make sense to me as JMP said the time (during schooling or post schooling) in which I lived rurally for 5 consecutive years doesn’t matter.
I’ll give UNSW a call tomorrow. Thank you!
Eleanor Rigby
Regular Member
This is news to me, I am interested to learn the outcome of your inquiry.
cowgirl_med
Member
They confirmed today that they only consider residential addresses during schooling for entry via the rural pathway. I said it was not clearly outlined on the website, which states:
“To apply via the RES applicants must have lived in a defined Australian rural area, RRMA 3-7 (Rural, Remote, Metropolitan Areas classification system) for at least five consecutive or ten cumulative years since the age of 5.”
Quite disappointed really. Thankfully JMP look at rural living beyond schooling.
Eleanor Rigby
Regular Member
I see. This is news to me.
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They probably think the “since the age of five” part of the explanation is enough, but this obviously doesn’t factor in non-standard applicants who’ve lived rurally as adults (the only applicant population who would be affected, as far as I can tell).
Eleanor Rigby
Regular Member
Hey, the UNSW Rural Entry page added this "you may be able to apply through the RES if you have resided in a rural area for a period of at least five (5) consecutive years or a period of ten (10) years cumulative, since the age of 5 and through your primary and secondary school years."
What are the best options for a mature age (non-standard entry) rural undergraduate application?
Partially completed engineering degree with a good GPA. Plenty of professional work experience. Terrible ATAR (but that was in 2007
).
Sat UCAT last year and applied only to CSU (made it to interviews), but looking to expand my options.
Partially completed engineering degree with a good GPA. Plenty of professional work experience. Terrible ATAR (but that was in 2007
).Sat UCAT last year and applied only to CSU (made it to interviews), but looking to expand my options.
What are the best options for a mature age (non-standard entry) rural undergraduate application?
Partially completed engineering degree with a good GPA. Plenty of professional work experience. Terrible ATAR (but that was in 2007
Sat UCAT last year and applied only to CSU (made it to interviews), but looking to expand my options.
The best options for a rural non-standard applicant are all the same unis that are available to non-rural non-standard applicants. The key is to apply widely. Your "terrible" ATAR likely rules you out of UNSW, and incomplete degree rules you out of Curtin, but everything else would be fair game.
JCU would consider your rurality, however most other universities require 5 years minimum for rural pathway eligibility. We’re you metro prior to year 10?
7,8,9 from Kooyong college Melbourne. I want to go to Monash.
"To be eligible, the applicant must have resided (according to their principal home address) for at least 5 years consecutively or 10 years cumulatively in areas classified as RA 2-5 (ASGS-RA: Australian Statistical Geography Standard - Remoteness Areas)."
Dean’s Rural List (DRL)
cocodreams
Regular Member
Sorry if this isn't the right thread but out of curiosity, how do I use the Health Workforce Locator website to determine rurality of a place. If I put an address in, it doesn't give a proper number e.g. RA2 etc
What do you mean by “proper number”? There are several ways to categorise rurality depending on the context of your question, ie: RA, MMM, RRMA, etc etc. They are often not directly interchangeable.
cocodreams
Regular Member
Number would probably the wrong word to use, but yeah the category I am looking for RRAS or RA and the website doesn't indicate it anywhere
Sorry, I’m still not 100% following. As far as I know, RRAS isn’t a category of rural status, it’s the acronym for the rural and remote access scheme at, amongst other unis, JMP. Is this what you’re referring to? Or if I’m misunderstanding, can you provide a little more context for your question?
cocodreams
Regular Member
Sorry for the confusion! Yes, I am referring to the JMP program and they gave a link to the website where you can see if you're eligible for the rural scheme and I wanted to know where I fit (although highly unlikely that I'm rural)
