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UCAT Results Discussion 2020

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vivian999 said:
would that be because of my low ucat or atar, would pushing up atar increase chances?
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Your ucat is the thing limiting you in this scenario, your ATAR is high enough for pretty much all dent schools apart from usyd, unimelb and Griffith. Just having that 87 is a bit borderline. Also you should apply to uadel you have a borderline shot at an interview there as well; where ucat is not much of a factor
 
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Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.7+
UCAT Percentile Rank: 89
VR: 700
DM: 730
QR: 760
AR: 720
Total: 2910
SJ: 620
Current State: NSW
Applying to: all universities
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other:
 
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strawberry1061 said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.7+
UCAT Percentile Rank: 89
VR: 700
DM: 730
QR: 760
AR: 720
Total: 2910
SJ: 620
Current State: NSW
Applying to: all universities
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other:
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Griffith: offer (USC is most certain, but possibly the other campuses too)
UQ: interview (hopefully, it's the first year so we can't be 100% sure, but I'd say so)
Bond: psychometric test invite
JCU: depends on written application
UNSW: Oof, close. Your UCAT may be the downfall here.
JPM: can't say as you didn't provide your calculation (and I can't be bothered doing it for you ;), but I'd say not just eye-balling it
JMP: unlikely due to UCAT
Monash: no
UTAS: no
UAdel: no
Flinders: no
Curtin: maybe an interview (we don't get much data)
UWA: maybe an interview (we don't get much data)

Summary: the non-UCAT unis are your best bet.
 
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Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: gap year
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.3
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 670
DM: 720
QR: 880
AR: 720
Total: 2990
SJ: 690
Current State: NSW
Applying to: all universities - besides UQ
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other:
 
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platypus2704 said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: gap year
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.3
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 670
DM: 720
QR: 880
AR: 720
Total: 2990
SJ: 690
Current State: NSW
Applying to: all universities - besides UQ
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other:
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Griffith: no
Bond: psychometric test
JCU: depends on written application
UNSW: hopefully (cut off last year was 99.25)
JMP: interview
JPM: don’t know because you didn’t calculate
Monash: no
UTAS: no
UAdel: hopefully
Flinders: no
UWA: interview
Curtin: interview
 
I’ve noticed people aren’t using the 2020 template, so reposting here as a reminder and for ease of copy/paste.


Applying for: (Medicine and/or Dentistry)
Application Type: (School leaver, gap year, non-standard)
Predicted ATAR/GPA: (actual if gap year or uni grad, BOTH ATAR and GPA if non-standard and applying to UNSW)
UCAT Percentile Rank:
VR:
DM:
QR:
AR:
Total:
SJ:
Possible WSU/JPM Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR):
Current State:
Applying to: (all universities, or name specific universities)
Rural Applicant: (yes/no)
GWS Applicant: (yes/no)
Indigenous Applicant: (yes/no)
Other: (SEAS, Broadway, Monash guarantee)
Specific Question: (if you have an additional specific question, please add it here providing as much detail/clarity as possible)
 
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Applying for: Dentistry
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: Alevel A*A*AA converted to 15
UCAT Percentile Rank:70
VR:570
DM:680
QR:690
AR:720
Total:2660
SJ:680
Current State:-
Applying to: UQ
Rural Applicant:-
GWS Applicant: -
Indigenous Applicant: -
Other: -
Specific Question: Im an international applicant. Is it possible to predict for international applicants?
 
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Clover13 said:
Applying for: Dentistry
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: Alevel A*A*AA converted to 15
UCAT Percentile Rank:70
VR:570
DM:680
QR:690
AR:720
Total:2660
SJ:680
Current State:-
Applying to: UQ
Rural Applicant:-
GWS Applicant: -
Indigenous Applicant: -
Other: -
Specific Question: Im an international applicant. Is it possible to predict for international applicants?
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I highly doubt we could give you anything even mildly accurate as an international. There just isn't enough data, and we haven't got a clue about the competition and the competitive grades required to get in. All I can say is a maybe? But also if you were a domestic applicant, you would not qualify to UQ at all. Your best bet is just to wait it out unfortunately :(
EDIT: talking out of my ass, read the message below hahaha
 
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Clover13 said:
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Applying for: Dentistry
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: Alevel A*A*AA converted to 15
UCAT Percentile Rank:70
VR:570
DM:680
QR:690
AR:720
Total:2660
SJ:680
Current State:-
Applying to: UQ
Rural Applicant:-
GWS Applicant: -
Indigenous Applicant: -
Other: -
Specific Question: Im an international applicant. Is it possible to predict for international applicants?
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For UQ dent international students, you don't need ucat, so you just need your score; that being 15, which is high enough, given you tick the prerequisites, you should snag an international spot.
 
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Applying for: (Medicine only)
Application Type: (School leaver)
Predicted ATAR/GPA: Conservative estimate 99.20 | Best case 99.60 (Could I please know how much of a difference that makes?)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 89th (Top score of 89th tho)
VR: 670
DM: 720
QR: 800
AR: 720
Total: 2910
SJ: 670
Possible WSU/JPM Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 700.6
Current State: NSW
Applying to: (all universities)
Rural Applicant: (no)
GWS Applicant: (no)
Indigenous Applicant: (no)
Other: (no)
Specific Question: N/A

Much appreciated :)
 
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heaDonCollusion said:
Applying for: (Medicine only)
Application Type: (School leaver)
Predicted ATAR/GPA: Conservative estimate 99.20 | Best case 99.60 (Could I please know how much of a difference that makes?)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 89th (Top score of 89th tho)
VR: 670
DM: 720
QR: 800
AR: 720
Total: 2910
SJ: 670
Possible WSU/JPM Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 700.6
Current State: NSW
Applying to: (all universities)
Rural Applicant: (no)
GWS Applicant: (no)
Indigenous Applicant: (no)
Other: (no)
Specific Question: N/A

Much appreciated :)
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Griffith: the 99.60 could (maybe very just) get you a USC offer, the 99.20 would rule you out of all
UQ: fingers crossed for interview (first year, so hard to say for sure with a sub-90th)
Bond: psychometric invite
JCU: depends on written application
JPM: no
JMP: no (unlikely, you'd need the UCAT requirement to drop a bit)
UNSW: definitely not with 99.20 (hard cut off of 99.25 last year), unlikely with 99.60+89th as well, though
Monash: no
UTAS: no
UAdel: no
Flinders: no
UWA: maybe (we don't get much data, if you got an interview 99.60 would make you more competitive for offer)
Curtin: maybe (we don't get much data, if you got an interview, 99.60 would make you more competitive for offer)
 
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Applying for: Med
Application Type: School Leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.6
UCAT Percentile Rank: 77
VR: 680
DM: 690
QR: 660
AR: 720
Total: 2750
SJ: 701
Current State: WA
Applying to: all unis (except for bond, JCU + preferably WA uni or NSW)
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: n/a
Specific Question: help 😭 do I have any chance at all?
 
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canola32 said:
Applying for: Med
Application Type: School Leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.6
UCAT Percentile Rank: 77
VR: 680
DM: 690
QR: 660
AR: 720
Total: 2750
SJ: 701
Current State: WA
Applying to: all unis (except for bond, JCU + preferably WA uni or NSW)
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: n/a
Specific Question: help 😭 do I have any chance at all?
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Best Bets
JCU: will depend on your written application
Griffith: maybe USC (unlikely Nathan or Gold Coast)

To answer your specific preferences
UNSW: no
JPM: no
JMP: no
UWA: I have heard of people with UCATs/UMATs lower than yours getting interviews, but I have no idea if that was because they're Broadway. TKAO will know more
Curtin: I wouldn't think so

Others
Your UCAT will rule you out of all UCAT-reliant unis (see UWA note above though)
 
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Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Non Standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 96.85, 7.0
UCAT Percentile Rank: 91st
VR: 730
DM: 740
QR: 830
AR: 640
Total: 2940
SJ: 681
Possible WSU/JPM Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 727
Current State: NSW
Applying to: JMP, WSU, UNSW
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: No
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: No
Specific Question: UNSW chances?
 
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doober said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Non Standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 96.85, 7.0
UCAT Percentile Rank: 91st
VR: 730
DM: 740
QR: 830
AR: 640
Total: 2940
SJ: 681
Possible WSU/JPM Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 727
Current State: NSW
Applying to: JMP, WSU, UNSW
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: No
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: No
Specific Question: UNSW chances?
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Without rurality, your ATAR is just too low for UNSW, unfortunately. You will have to hope you scrape a WSU or JMP interview, but both will be borderline I think. Good luck regardless :)
 
heaDonCollusion said:
Mod Note: Answered
Applying for: (Medicine only)
Application Type: (School leaver)
Predicted ATAR/GPA: Conservative estimate 99.20 | Best case 99.60 (Could I please know how much of a difference that makes?)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 89th (Top score of 89th tho)
VR: 670
DM: 720
QR: 800
AR: 720
Total: 2910
SJ: 670
Possible WSU/JPM Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 700.6
Current State: NSW
Applying to: (all universities)
Rural Applicant: (no)
GWS Applicant: (no)
Indigenous Applicant: (no)
Other: (no)
Specific Question: N/A

Much appreciated :)
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On the Curtin and UWA front, I think you could probably get an interview at Curtin, but UWA is a bit of an unknown as far as I am aware.
 
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Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School Leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.75
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 620 :(
DM: 740
QR: 800
AR: 820
Total: 2980
SJ: 598
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 692 (no expecting this one to be good enough)
Current State: NSW
Applying to: all universities
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
 
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Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: non-standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA: ATAR--> 93.7 and GPA--> 6.8 ish but might go down this sem
UCAT Percentile Rank: 85th
VR:590
DM:710
QR:670
AR:870
Total: 2840
SJ: 555
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 664.4
Current State: NSW
Applying to: WSU, UNSW, JMP UNE/UN and JCU
Rural Applicant: NO
GWS Applicant: YES
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: None
Specific Question: What are the chances of getting an interview, if the chances are low should I resist the UCAT.
 
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maxcat said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School Leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.75
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 620 :(
DM: 740
QR: 800
AR: 820
Total: 2980
SJ: 598
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 692 (no expecting this one to be good enough)
Current State: NSW
Applying to: all universities
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
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Expect interviews at: Adelaide, JMP, UNSW (these first three are probably borderline this year and could go either way), UQ, Curtin, UWA. Place offers at any Griffith campus are likely. JCU depends on written application.

Monash, Flinders, UTAS, WSU are probably all out.

Good luck :)
 
Lulucat said:
Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: non-standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA: ATAR--> 93.7 and GPA--> 6.8 ish but might go down this sem
UCAT Percentile Rank: 85th
VR:590
DM:710
QR:670
AR:870
Total: 2840
SJ: 555
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 664.4
Current State: NSW
Applying to: WSU, UNSW, JMP UNE/UN and JCU
Rural Applicant: NO
GWS Applicant: YES
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: None
Specific Question: What are the chances of getting an interview, if the chances are low should I resist the UCAT.
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I’d say JCU is your only chance, unfortunately (and Bond if financially feasible). Your ATAR means you’ll never be competitive for UNSW, and your ATAR isn’t enough for JMP or JPM.

You should definitely re-sit UCAT next year for JMP and JPM if you can. And also think about GAMSAT and graduate entry and keeping your GPA as close to 6.8 as you can.

Good luck!
 
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