Hi! I was wondering with the Monash Guarantee interview threshold of 80% UMAT last year (and I think it was a 95.00 ATAR), would that UMAT/UCAT threshold change if the ATAR was higher? Like would a 72% but a 99.95 ATAR get an interview? (For an applicant with the Monash Guarantee/SEAS)
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UCAT Results Discussion 2019
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would there be a chance for UQ bonded medicine for UCAT 89.
Based on past offers, it seems quite unlikely unless you are rural.
I would do it anyway. There is a minute chance that it drops a little further this year because of the smaller cohort in QLD this year. I would not bank on it though. An 89 might be able to get you dent though.
I'm pretty sure the Monash Guarantee requires ATAR & UCAT to be both above the thresholds. However 99.95+72%ile may get you an interview in the regular pathway.
Definitely the ATAR rank after SEAS adjustment is added to
(but when they publish data like lowest entrance ATAR etc they use raw).
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fingers crossed.
I have an EAS bonus for living in one of the lowest socio-economic area's. does that improve my chances?
I think EAS will boost your ATAR, but it won’t change your UCAT unfortunately, which may still be on the low side. Smelly Boy will know more.
JMP and WSU don’t use EAS so, in NSW, that leaves UNSW. Smelly Boy, the combo is 95.00 & 55th%ile for reference.
Exactly what LMG said - EAS just boosts ATAR & not UCAT marks. JMP would probably need at least 85%ile for an interview (maybe more) & WSU would need much more than a 55%ile mark for an interview. If you’re indigenous then I guess you might have a chance but if not then I think your ATAR is on the low side for admission this year.
If you’re planning to apply next year then work hard for a 6.1+ GPA & for the ucat, understand what your weak points are & how to improve them for next year’s ucat to get to a score around 90%ile. That should give you a chance at JMP & maybe WSU. If you can push your GPA even higher, then JCU would also be on the cards & they don’t look at UCAT scores at all.
Doing this will also would put you a year closer to graduate entry medicine too. Maybe the GAMSAT might be your thing?
Good luck
Yes, for the universities that do interview, the latter is unique to JMP (and WSU, but they consider 75% interview and 25% UCAT score). Criteria for each school can be viewed here: [Undergrad] - (2019 Updated) Med schools Selection Criteria Y12s & Non-standards
Is there a link to the UMAT 2018 percentiles? Can't find it - thanks so much for your help!
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Adding to Crow's reply here's quick summary of ATAR/UCAT/Interview weightings for place offer.
Griffith, Melb : 100 / 0 / 0 (Melb requires to pass an interview in 3rd year)
Flinders : 90 / 10 / 0
UQ : 0 / 100 / 0
JMP, USyd : 0 / 0 / 100
WSU : 0 / 25 / 75
Adelaide, Curtin : 40 / 20 / 40
Monash, UWA : 33 / 33 / 33
UNSW : 33 / 33 / 33 stated previously, has now changed to (unspecified) combination of the three.
My hunch is it is still so, except UNSW reserves the rights to reject those with ultra high ATAR+UCAT but a miserable interview. Using 33/33/33 these applicants would qualify for top third overall on their ATAR+UCAT's strength alone, thus UNSW avoids stating it explicitly.
UTas is too complicated to summarise. JCU is *probably* 33/33/33 ATAR/Interview/Rurality (this rurality rating also applies to non-rurals, they just get a near zero rating I guess).
Wow thanks - I wonder if you can get a decent Rurality score for JCU if you live in metro but have an afffinity with the country - my parents were both raised on farms but moved to acreage on the city outskirts so we had better access to education - I'd rather live country and would be estatic with a bonded spot.
UWA section is wrong, it should be 40/20/40 according to : High Academic Achievement Direct Pathway to MD and DMD > Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences: The University of Western Australia
using a ratio of 1:2:2. I would think this is more correct because a. thats what they told us, b. they have to compete with curtin, c. this comes directly from the meddent section of uwa's website.
I guess you have not seen this (under Final ranking) > Direct Pathway entry to Medicine and Dentistry for domestic applicants
When AgentWin pointed that out two weeks ago I called UWA, they confirmed it'll be equally weighted
> Quick Questions Thread 2019/2020
According to Ben the rurality score is derived from a combination of a) Rurality index (i.e. RA 1-5 - which you can't change) and b) Rurality score (i.e. a "how likely is this person to go rural" based on your interview responses). Naturally rural-background students have an advantage but if you demonstrate a genuine desire to pursue a career rurally in the interview then you could still obtain a sufficient "rurality score" as a metro applicant.
Remember that current JCU cohorts are made up of over 50% RA-1 students, so you certainly can still obtain the score you need for a place offer as a metro applicant.
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