UCAT Results Discussion 2021

[A1]

Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Non-Standard (Graduated)
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 95.9 ATAR, 5.26 GPA (meet threshold for JPM and JMP)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 88
VR: 680
DM: 710
QR: 669
AR: 870
Total: 2920
SJ: 670
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 715.4
Current State: NSW
Applying to: UNSW, JMP, JPM, JCU
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: Yes
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: No
Specific Question:
What are my chances for JMP, JPM, JCU and UNSW invites?
Any other unis I can apply to as a graduate?

I think JPM is your only realistic chance for an interview.
Can also apply to Curtin but again GPA+UCAT doesn't look promising, you can try though.

 

[A1]

Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: ~98
UCAT Percentile Rank: unsure
VR: 740
DM: 840
QR: 730
AR: 690
Total: 3000
SJ: 639
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 741.8
Current State: NSW
Applying to: JMP, JPM, UNSW, UTAS, Curtin, UWA, Adelaide, South Australia
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: No
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: Applied for EAS
Specific Question: Should I bother preparing for interviews? Not hopeful after seeing the preliminary percentiles

Don't give up hope yet. If JMP cutoff drops back to its usual ~90%ile your 3000/92%ile can get an interview there.
Also if EAS boosts your ATAR rank to high 99s UNSW is possible. Good luck.

 

[A1]

Applying for: med
Application Type: non standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 7.0
UCAT Percentile Rank: 95
VR: 700
DM: 880
QR: 800
AR: 690
Total: 3070
SJ: 649
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 731.8
Current State: nsw
Applying to: jpm and jmp
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: nope
Specific Question: not entertaining much hope for western sydney, but is there a reasonable chance for newcastle? (thank you so much for doing this for all of us by the way!!)

You have more than reasonable chance for JMP interview, so start practising.
You didn't mention UNSW, is it because of your ATAR?

 

[marie104]

Mod Note: Answered

Applying for: medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: unknown
UCAT Percentile Rank:
VR: 740
DM: 770
QR: 740
AR: 680
Total: 2930
SJ: 673
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 731.54
Current State: QLD
Applying to: all universities except bond
Rural Applicant: yes
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other:
Specific Question: just general chances

 

[A1]

Applying for: medicine
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: unknown
UCAT Percentile Rank:
VR: 740
DM: 770
QR: 740
AR: 680
Total: 2930
SJ: 673
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 731.54
Current State: QLD
Applying to: all universities except bond
Rural Applicant: yes
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other:
Specific Question: just general chances

Depending on your unknown ATAR but I predict 88%ile rural you'll get more interviews than you can handle

(For general info, 60ish %ile rural used to walk straight into a UQ offer let alone interview).

 

[melbourne101]

You should get both JPM & JMP interviews.
If you have graduated Curtin is a possibility, GPA on the low side but hopefully UCAT 96th balances it up.

But for Curtin don’t I need to meet the chemistry prerequisites? I didn’t do science or biomed or even chemistry for VCE…

 

[Caffeine]

But for Curtin don’t I need to meet the chemistry prerequisites? I didn’t do science or biomed or even chemistry for VCE…

If you don't meet pre-reqs you won't be able to receive an interview. This is regardless of Selection Rank/UCAT. In saying this you can do bridging courses to meet these requirements. What course/when differs from uni requirements. In QLD you can also take an external exam though I'm not sure if that's the case in other states

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Would you know the cutoff for SA school leavers or uni transfers for uAdel interviews? Do transfers and school leavers get in that much more easily than interstate applicants?

Just on my way out but if you have a look at the collated offers and collated interviews threads for last year there are heaps of locals and some tertiary transfers for you to get a rough idea from.

From memory, it was around 87th for school leavers.

 

[arianagrande]

i would’ve loved unsw since i’m a student there atm, but my atar was absolutely tragic (92 rip). thank you for your response though, it’s bringing up my hopes a little after seeing all these crazy high marks (good work everyone!!)

unsw now takes the 'best of' for their selection rank so will consider EITHER your atar or gpa, not both! with your gpa 7, that'll trump your atar so you should apply

 

[Caffeine]

unsw now takes the 'best of' for their selection rank so will consider EITHER your atar or gpa, not both! with your gpa 7, that'll trump your atar so you should apply

That's only if your ATAR is above 96 without adjustments

 

[DrDrLMG!]

unsw now takes the 'best of' for their selection rank so will consider EITHER your atar or gpa, not both! with your gpa 7, that'll trump your atar so you should apply

The ‘best of’ only kicks in once you’ve met the hurdles. If you’re a non-standard applicant, that’s 96.00 ATAR AND 70 WAM.

 

[superoo]

Mod Note: Answered
Thanks in advance, just want to know what chances i've got;

Applying for: Medicine and Dentistry 2022 entry
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.2-99.5
UCAT Percentile Rank: 94th
VR: 740
DM: 880
QR: 780
AR: 640
Total: 3040
SJ: 659
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 743.6
Current State: NSW
Applying to: all universities, all states
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: No
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: Jobkeeper EAS (not very significant really)
Specific Question: What interviews could I be able to get? Would it be possible for me to be selected for Flinders medicine, UQ dentistry or La Trobe dentistry with these results based off past data?

 

[A1]

Thanks in advance, just want to know what chances i've got;

Applying for: Medicine and Dentistry 2022 entry
Application Type: School leaver
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.2-99.5
UCAT Percentile Rank: 94th
VR: 740
DM: 880
QR: 780
AR: 640
Total: 3040
SJ: 659
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 743.6
Current State: NSW
Applying to: all universities, all states
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: No
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: Jobkeeper EAS (not very significant really)
Specific Question: What interviews could I be able to get? Would it be possible for me to be selected for Flinders medicine, UQ dentistry or La Trobe dentistry with these results based off past data?

- If you have the LOTE/Maths C bonus for UQ you'd be very well placed for UQ Dent. Same for Flinders if SATAC gives you the UES adjustment, otherwise Flinders is unlikely.
- I don't know much about LaTrobe to comment.
- For the other med schools, WSU Griffith Monash Adelaide are likely out, JMP UQ are highly probable, UNSW UWA Curtin dependent on your actual ATAR (99.4-99.5 should be yes i think).

 

[christhekid]

Mod Note: Answered (for Med part)

Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Non-Standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 97.6 ATAR, 85 WAM or 6.57 GPA (meet threshold for JPM and JMP)
UCAT Percentile Rank: 2970 91st
VR: 640
DM: 790
QR: 830
AR: 710
Total: 2970
SJ: 643
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 693.4
Current State: NSW
Applying to: UNSW, JMP, JPM, JCU
Rural Applicant: No
GWS Applicant: Yes
Indigenous Applicant: No
Other: EAS
Specific Question:
What are my chances for JMP, JPM, JCU and UNSW invites? Any Dentistry schools you'd recommend?
Any other unis I can apply to as non standard?

 

[ucatboy]

Just on my way out but if you have a look at the collated offers and collated interviews threads for last year there are heaps of locals and some tertiary transfers for you to get a rough idea from.

From memory, it was around 87th for school leavers.

Qwerty124 it was actually 71st for SA school leavers, 77th for tertiary transfers and 96th for interstate school leavers

 

[superoo]

- If you have the LOTE/Maths C bonus for UQ you'd be very well placed for UQ Dent. Same for Flinders if SATAC gives you the UES adjustment, otherwise Flinders is unlikely.
- I don't know much about LaTrobe to comment.
- For the other med schools, WSU Griffith Monash Adelaide are likely out, JMP is highly probable, UNSW UWA Curtin dependent on your actual ATAR (99.4-99.5 should be yes i think).

hey, thanks for the reply,
What UCAT is usually required to be selected for UQ dentistry (minimum or median), as I have the LOTE/Maths adjustment factors and therefore would be placed only behind raw unadjusted 99.95 achievers?

 

[elloev]

Mod Note: Answered

Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Non-standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 99.45, 6.5+
UCAT Percentile Rank: ~98
VR: 680
DM: 790
QR: 870
AR: 870
Total: 3210
SJ: 659
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 750.2
Current State: QLD
Applying to: UNSW, JMP, WSU
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: no
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: no
Specific Question: What are my chances for each of these unis? (Especially UNSW kensington)

 

[lolz_1234]

It's always worth applying if you have a space in your preferences and/or can afford to add another TAC into your application plan. But realistically, interstate applicants tend to require almost perfect results for Monash. You'll definitely get interviews at JMP and JPM. UNSW is harder to say on the basis of your UCAT. That said, there was a UCAT 94th ATAR 99.75 who interviewed last year, so fingers crossed

Thank you so much!
And, yep - fingers crossed!

 

[letsjusthope]

Mod Note: Answered

Applying for: Medicine
Application Type: Non-standard
Predicted ATAR/GPA:
UCAT Percentile Rank: 93
VR: 640
DM: 760
QR: 740
AR: 870
Total: 3010
SJ: 610
Possible WSU Formula Total (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR): 707.8
Current State: NSW
Applying to: JMP, WSU
Rural Applicant: no
GWS Applicant: Yes
Indigenous Applicant: no
Other: no
Specific Question: What are my chances for each of these unis? Any other place I should apply to?

 

[A1]

hey, thanks for the reply,
What UCAT is usually required to be selected for UQ dentistry (minimum or median), as I have the LOTE/Maths adjustment factors and therefore would be placed only behind raw unadjusted 99.95 achievers?

In previous years when UQ Dent's cutoff was 99.0 to advance to UMAT ranking, the UMAT cutoff for a place offer was around 88th to 91st %ile. Now the ATAR cutoff is 99.95 meaning a lot fewer into the UCAT differentiating round, I can't imagine it will rise higher than your 94%ile.

Btw you'd only fall behind a raw 99.95 if they & you are equal on UCAT and compete for the last few places. Otherwise a higher UCAT still ranks higher than a raw 99.95 + lower UCAT (that's my understanding anyway).