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GPA isn’t weighted particularly heavily and with that UCAT/GPA combination you’re in a very good position for an Adelaide place offer. Just focus on the interview from here and provided you have a reasonable performance, you should definitely be in with a shot!
Solid chances at getting inteviews at curtin and UWA. Note that UWA and curtin don't have EAS schemes for interstate people to my knowledge. If you 99.60 includes EAS then you would need to consider your real ATAR. If 99.60 is your raw predicted ATAR you have a good shot
Unfortunately with that UCAT an interview at Adelaide is very unlikely, though as a tertiary transfer applicant we have limited (possibly none?) data for rural applicants so it’s worth an application as a long shot.Applying for: Med
Application Type: Non Standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA: ATAR 92 GPA 6.3
UCAT Percentile Rank: 34th
Current State: SA
Applying to: Adelaide Uni
Rural Applicant: Yes
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other:
Specific Question: My ATAR was garbage by med standards but my GPA is mildly better and Ive lived as rural as you get for my whole life, and taking into account that Adelaide only weights the UCAT at 20%, what do y'all think my chances are for an interview? If I get to interview I'm so sure I can secure a spot but leaning hard on my intentions to go rural afterwards.
Hi! does this mean that the ucat and 95 atar is essentially a threshold, and passing this, you will then be ranked on your atar only (no interview as well?) if so, do you know the minimum atar required after passing the threshold from previous years? Thanks!
Correct. This is the first year (at least for a while, by my understanding) that the criteria is solely ATAR after the hurdles are met. For this reason it’s difficult to give you a solid answer here. You can be assured the interstate applicant cutoff will be very high (my guess: 99.7+ at the very least) in comparison to Tasmanian school leavers.
You should also gain interviews at UNSW (with the EAS), JMP, Adelaide and Monash (if last year is anything to go by, you should just scrape an interview as an interstate applicant but then be in a great position for a place offer). WSU will be borderline for an interview. You’ll get a USYD interview if you qualify for E12 and your ATAR is at least 99.5.
Hello my dear friend, congrats on your success last year. Thanks so much for being such an angel & writing this. You have successfully made my head grow to twice its size hahaha ❤❤
)so JMP require a year of study in one program.....i would've preferred that because I would have been able to defer and save up some money. Good to know a 6.75 is competitive enough for adelaide. Any tips for the interview?
sorry thought you said JMP, yes I have applied to JCU
Hello,You should also gain interviews at UNSW (with the EAS), JMP, Adelaide and Monash (if last year is anything to go by, you should just scrape an interview as an interstate applicant but then be in a great position for a place offer). WSU will be borderline for an interview. You’ll get a USYD interview if you qualify for E12 and your ATAR is at least 99.5.
Good luck!
Yes, it should - my post took into account your Monash guarantee. 99.6/93rd wouldn’t have gained an interstate applicant an interview there last year (if my memory serves me correctly), but 99.95/93rd was enough. Whether they will choose to interview more or less interstate candidates this year, I am not sure, but this could have an impact on the cutoff too.
If last year is anything to go by I think your UCAT would unfortunately be too low. I believe you’d need ~91st or better to go with that ATAR. Hopefully they drop the ridiculously high requirements for interstate students in the upcoming admissions cycle.
I haven't got a clue to your EAS questions specifically, but you will be able to get a UQ unbonded position easy if you can bump up that ATAR to a 99 (you can add 2 for either language or maths c/maths spec).
Smelly Boy mentioned previously that attending a disadvantaged school used to give +3 at UNSW, not sure how much low SES would be, but if you contact the Med faculty they might be able to help.
For medicine: as GWS you’ll get a WSU interview, and you’ll also get a JMP interview too. Your GPA is on the lower side for a non-rural applicant at JCU but with a quality written application it’s definitely not impossible. Bond is the only other uni that you’re currently eligible for.
Don't forget about the 6.5 gpa cutoff tho for uqFor medicine: as GWS you’ll get a WSU interview, and you’ll also get a JMP interview too. Your GPA is on the lower side for a non-rural applicant at JCU but with a quality written application it’s definitely not impossible. Bond is the only other uni that you’re currently eligible for.
For dentistry: You’ll get interviews at CSU and Adelaide (if you choose to apply), a place offer at UQ and most likely a place offer at LaTrobe. JCU again would depend on the written application.
Good luck
Whoops, I had the 5.8 figure in my head when I posted. Thank you
I'll amend that post.