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UCAT Results Discussion 2020

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requiem said:
Applying for: Med
Application Type: School Leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: Low to Mid 99 (Self-prediction)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 96
VR: 760
DM: 860
QR: 800
AR: 650
Total: 3070
SJ: 649
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 757
Current State: VIC
Applying to: All
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: No
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: I do Specialist Maths which gives bonus points at UQ I believe
Specific Question: I was just wondering whether you guys have any thoughts on what the required UCAT would be for a first round interview at Monash this year and if my UCAT would be sufficient (even blind speculation is fine by me :))
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As a local, I'd think you'll be in luck for an interview, yep! The 'required' UCAT will vary a fair bit depending on SEAS, MG, interstate/local, rural, etc, but you are in a good position :)
 
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Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School Leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: `~97.5 (With SEAS ~`99.25)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 95
VR: 610
DM: 750
QR: 780
AR: 900
Total: 3040
SJ: 612
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 699.4
Current State: VIC
Applying to: All Uni's
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: SEAS, Bonus for Maths & Chem
Specific Question: n/a
 
MATT452 said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School Leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: `~97.5 (With SEAS ~`99.25)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 95
VR: 610
DM: 750
QR: 780
AR: 900
Total: 3040
SJ: 612
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 699.4
Current State: VIC
Applying to: All Uni's
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: SEAS, Bonus for Maths & Chem
Specific Question: n/a
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UQ: Interview
Griffith: No
Bond: Psychometric test invite
JCU: depends on written application
UNSW: Depends what EAS does to your 97.5 (you'll likely need it to push you to ~99.25/99.30)
JMP: Interview
JPM: No
Monash: Likely with SEAS/local
UTAS: No
UAdel: Yes, make sure you apply for UES
Flinders: UES would need to boost you to 99.95
Curtin: No
UWA: No

Best of luck!
 
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Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: School doesn’t do predicted atar :(
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 630
DM: 750
QR: 870
AR: 730
Total: 2980
SJ: 670
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 691.2
Current State: NSW
Applying to: UNSW, USYD, WSU
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: yes
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: EAS (not sure if these will do much tho?)
Specific Question: not a question, but thanks so much for taking the time to do this! (finally plucked up the courage to post)
 
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oreooreo said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: School doesn’t do predicted atar :(
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 630
DM: 750
QR: 870
AR: 730
Total: 2980
SJ: 670
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 691.2
Current State: NSW
Applying to: UNSW, USYD, WSU
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: yes
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: I have EAS for low SES + job seeker (not sure if these will do much tho?)
Specific Question: not a question, but thanks so much for taking the time to do this! (finally plucked up the courage to post)
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Hard to say without your ATAR, but you should land WSU and likely JMP and Adel interviews. The rest depend on your ATAR. Good luck :)
 
oreooreo said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: School doesn’t do predicted atar :(
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 630
DM: 750
QR: 870
AR: 730
Total: 2980
SJ: 670
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 691.2
Current State: NSW
Applying to: UNSW, USYD, WSU
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: yes
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: I have EAS for low SES + job seeker (not sure if these will do much tho?)
Specific Question: not a question, but thanks so much for taking the time to do this! (finally plucked up the courage to post)
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Without a predicted ATAR we really can't say. Do you have a gut feeling?

Given they don't use ATAR for interviews, you'll get invites for JMP and JPM to start with.
 
oreooreo said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: School doesn’t do predicted atar :(
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 630
DM: 750
QR: 870
AR: 730
Total: 2980
SJ: 670
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 691.2
Current State: NSW
Applying to: UNSW, USYD, WSU
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: yes
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: I have EAS for low SES + job seeker (not sure if these will do much tho?)
Specific Question: not a question, but thanks so much for taking the time to do this! (finally plucked up the courage to post)
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UNSW's gonna need a raw ATAR (adjusted selection rank in your case) of 99.20-99.25+, regardless of your UCAT score (yours should be sufficient).
USYD: 99.95 ATAR or 99.50+ ATAR if you qualify for their E12 scheme (not sure about the specifics, sorry).
WSU: if WSU maintains their extremely high VR weighting, your weighted score may just be enough for an interview :)

Are you considering applying to any interstate unis to increase your chances of studying medicine? I'm acutely aware of the financial disadvantage you're experiencing though, so best of luck either way!
 
ucatboy said:
UNSW's gonna need a raw ATAR (adjusted selection rank in your case) of 99.20-99.25+, regardless of your UCAT score (yours should be sufficient).
USYD: 99.95 ATAR or 99.50+ ATAR if you qualify for their E12 scheme (not sure about the specifics, sorry).
WSU: if WSU maintains their extremely high VR weighting, your weighted score may just be enough for an interview :)

Are you considering applying to any interstate unis to increase your chances of studying medicine? I'm acutely aware of the financial disadvantage you're experiencing though, so best of luck either way!
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OP is a GWS resident so maaaayyyyy hopefully get lucky on the JPM front, fingers crossed.
 
Crow said:
Hard to say without your ATAR, but you should land WSU and likely JMP and Adel interviews. The rest depend on your ATAR. Good luck :)
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Thanks Crow!! :)
LMG! said:
Without a predicted ATAR we really can't say. Do you have a gut feeling?
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If I work hard enough, I’m confident I can achieve maybe a 99.0-99.5?
Will a 98 cut it given the EAS?
ucatboy said:
UNSW's gonna need a raw ATAR (adjusted selection rank in your case) of 99.20-99.25+, regardless of your UCAT score (yours should be sufficient).
USYD: 99.95 ATAR or 99.50+ ATAR if you qualify for their E12 scheme (not sure about the specifics, sorry).
WSU: if WSU maintains their extremely high VR weighting, your weighted score may not be enough for an interview, sorry :(

Are you considering applying to any interstate unis to increase your chances of studying medicine? I'm acutely aware of the financial disadvantage you're experiencing though, so best of luck either way!
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Thank you :) haha I have accepted my fate for that low VR score. Hopefully living in GWS will help? I’ve thought about it but I don’t think applying to interstate unis is viable for me at the moment :(
 
Mod Note; Answered

Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Non-standard/graduate
ATAR/GPA: ATAR 94.55, GPA ~6.68(final semester)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 87th
VR: 720
DM: 710
QR: 780
AR: 670
Total: 2880
SJ: 560
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 717
Current State: NSW
Applying to: WSU, JMP,
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: yes
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: no
 
oreooreo said:
Will a 98 cut it given the EAS?
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This will be more than enough for JPM, assuming your GWS status scrapes you through on the UCAT side of things. EAS for UNSW is a little harder to predict as the amount your ATAR gets boosted by varies depending on your application. But I think it can be as many as 4, so if you max out the EAS, 98 would be fine. E12 I'm less familiar with, unfortunately.
 
oreooreo said:
Thank you :) haha I have accepted my fate for that low VR score. Hopefully living in GWS will help? I’ve thought about it but I don’t think applying to interstate unis is viable for me at the moment :(
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Apologies for the initial misinformation, I didn't realise you lived in GWS. I have edited my post accordingly, your weighted score exceeds the minimum last year, so there's hope :D
 
Nik451 said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Non-standard/graduate
ATAR/GPA: ATAR 94.55, GPA ~6.68(final semester)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 87th
VR: 720
DM: 710
QR: 780
AR: 670
Total: 2880
SJ: 560
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 717
Current State: NSW
Applying to: WSU, JMP,
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: yes
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: no
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Yes, for JPM interview, probably not for JMP (based on UCAT).

Best of luck!!
 
Mod note: Answered
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99+ (no official one because im QLD, but this is what my careers counsellor gave me for my scholarship/JCU application)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 99th
VR: 820
DM: 830
QR: 830
AR: 770
Total: 3250
SJ: 707
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 813.4
Current State: QLD
Applying to: all unis
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: No
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: got the prereqs of methods, chem + english. also do french so could be bonus for UQ?
Specific Question: what are my chances at unsw in particular? also, i know this isn't relevant to this thread but is there somewhere on mso i can ask about atar predictions, my school doesn't give us any and im nervous that im going to be giving myself false hope :(
 
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flower16157 said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99+ (no official one because im QLD, but this is what my careers counsellor gave me for my scholarship/JCU application)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 99th
VR: 820
DM: 830
QR: 830
AR: 770
Total: 3250
SJ: 707
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 813.4
Current State: QLD
Applying to: all unis
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: No
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: got the prereqs of methods, chem + english. also do french so could be bonus for UQ?
Specific Question: what are my chances at unsw in particular? also, i know this isn't relevant to this thread but is there somewhere on mso i can ask about atar predictions, my school doesn't give us any and im nervous that im going to be giving myself false hope :(
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Noone on MSO can give you ATAR predicitions because QLD is only implementing the ATAR system now. Marking systems vary wildly from state to state. Just have a look at the median scores for HSC vs. WACE. There like a 15% difference so no other state can be reflective of what you guys will go through unfortunately. Perhaps someone who knows the QCE system well but I can't imagine OP knowledge is particularly helpful either. Our local QLDers might be able to help with that.

As far as your ATAR is concerned assuming it is a stock standard 99 at the least, then Curtin and UWA are on the cards, as is Adelaide (probs not Flinders unless you are getting a 99.9). WSU, JMP, JCU (pending good application) and UQ are good. Monash is likely outside of your reach without an extremely high ATAR as well, and it's hard to predict how you'd go for Griffith unless your 99 is a 99.7+. Unfortunately your ATAR prediction is really not specific enough at this point in time.

EDIT: ucatboy gave good predictions for UNSW
 
flower16157 said:
what are my chances at unsw in particular? also, i know this isn't relevant to this thread but is there somewhere on mso i can ask about atar predictions, my school doesn't give us any and im nervous that im going to be giving myself false hope :(
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You must get 99.20-99.25 or above (it's actually a hurdle implemented by UNSW), from there you'll have a fighting chance with that UCAT score :)
 
N182 said:
Mod note: answered
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Gap Year
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.80 (actual)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 98
VR: 650
DM: 750
QR: 900
AR: 880
Total: 3180
SJ: 587
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 733.4
Current State: NSW
Applying to: All undergrad except UQ/USYD/Melb
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: yes
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: none

Thank You
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Very late addition to your post, but I'm reasonably confident that you'll scrape an interstate Monash interview offer. 99.80 + 98%ile should be sufficient, and taking Victoria's COVID situation into account, there *should* be less demand for interstate Monash this year and increased preference for home state unis. Best of luck!
 
I stuffed my calculation up in my earlier post for the WSU formula. Could someone tell my chances for WSU with 742.6? (non rural interstate)?
 
ucatboy said:
Very late addition to your post, but I'm reasonably confident that you'll scrape an interstate Monash interview offer. 99.80 + 98%ile should be sufficient, and taking Victoria's COVID situation into account, there *should* be less demand for interstate Monash this year and increased preference for home state unis. Best of luck!
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This is assuming SJT doesn't really count right?
 
dano said:
I stuffed my calculation up in my earlier post for the WSU formula. Could someone tell my chances for WSU with 742.6? (non rural interstate)?
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That sounds pretty good to me unless there's a big jump this year. You should be confident. Good luck :)
 
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