[Undergrad] UMAT 2017 Results Discussion

[Syntax]

Rurality is definitely in your favour though. You are very likely to get an interview at JMP. I'd need to know your ATAR to gauge your UNSW chances (regardless of how long ago you did it), and you're probably just below the rural cut off for UWS, unfortunately.

Well that's good to know that JMP has potential. I think my ATAR equivalent back in 2013 was only a 93, in reference to UNSW. Cheers for the response!

 

[DrDrLMG!]

Well that's good to know that JMP has potential. I think my ATAR equivalent back in 2013 was only a 93, in reference to UNSW. Cheers for the response!

Have you checked if you're classed as rural at UNSW? I am at JMP/UWS but not UNSW. If you are, then you might be a chance of a UNSW interview, too.

Best of luck

 

[BethMark25]

I'm a rural applicant (RRA2)
Umat:
Overall 197
1: 66
2: 67
3: 64
Percentile: 98th

No predicted ATAR as I'm non standard, GPA is 6.0

Universities: UoN/UNE OR WSU

 

[jelli]

I can't recall the exact number but most unis interview with a success ratio of 1 in 3 or 4. JCU offers 170 places so number interviewed would be around 500 to 700.

The JCU Medicine FAQs say that they interview around 500 people for med

LINK:

 

[JohnDoe]

Overall UMAT Score: 159
Section One: 50
Section Two: 48
Section Three: 61
Overall Percentile Rank: 66
Estimated ATAR/GPA: 99.70+
Preferred University: Monash (but open to any)
Course Type: Medicine
Application type: school leaver
State: VIC
Rural: NO
ATSI: NO
GWS: NO
Other Bonuses: NO

Question/s: what are my chances of getting an interview?

 

[Sooah]

Overall UMAT Score: 176
Section One: 63
Section Two: 51
Section Three:62
Overall Percentile Rank: 88
Estimated ATAR/GPA: 98 +
Preferred University: JMP /UQ
Course Type: Medicine
Application type: school leaver
State: NSW
Rural: no
ATSI: no
Other Bonuses: (no)
I hope to get an offer from JMP or Uni of Adelaide or UQ. My Umat result is not good enough for UQ but I guess thete is a hope as my friend's sister got in UQ with Umat 84% & Atar 99(added Maths bonus) in 2016. Is there any info to get UMAT & ATAR cut offs from those Unis ? Thanks

 

[Draculez13]

Hey!
I was just on Facebook where some candidates have posted their umat results (screenshot of it without their umat ID). One received a higher percentile than me, despite scoring worse than me in terms of the overall score, (I received 116, yes I know very bad and I'm very shameful of it, whereas he scored 68). The other candidate had scored a 233 and only received an 85 percentile. Why is it like that?

 

[Demima]

Overall UMAT Score: 190
Section One: 63
Section Two: 55
Section Three: 72
Overall Percentile Rank: 96
Estimated ATAR/GPA: 99.75
Preferred University: UNSW, JMP, UWS, Monash
Course Type: Medicine first preference (then Dentistry)
Application type: school leaver
State: NSW
Rural: no
ATSI: no
GWS: yes
Other Bonuses: not sure (sorry)

Question/s: What are my chances for the above uni? Can you also recommend others that are suitable, preferably in NSW, VIC, QLD? Thanks

 

[B2]

Overall UMAT Score: 159
Section One: 50
Section Two: 48
Section Three: 61
Overall Percentile Rank: 66
Estimated ATAR/GPA: 99.70+
Preferred University: Monash (but open to any)
Course Type: Medicine
Application type: school leaver
State: VIC
Rural: NO
ATSI: NO
GWS: NO
Other Bonuses: NO

Question/s: what are my chances of getting an interview?

Unfortunately your UMAT is too low to receive interviews at any university. Have you considered JCU and Bond ( no umat )? . With your ATAR, you have a solid chance at Griffith Medicine. If you can push it to 99.95, then unisyd and university of Melbourne can also be on the cards

 

[B2]

Overall UMAT Score: 176
Section One: 63
Section Two: 51
Section Three:62
Overall Percentile Rank: 88
Estimated ATAR/GPA: 98 +
Preferred University: JMP /UQ
Course Type: Medicine
Application type: school leaver
State: NSW
Rural: no
ATSI: no
Other Bonuses: (no)
I hope to get an offer from JMP or Uni of Adelaide or UQ. My Umat result is not good enough for UQ but I guess thete is a hope as my friend's sister got in UQ with Umat 84% & Atar 99(added Maths bonus) in 2016. Is there any info to get UMAT & ATAR cut offs from those Unis ? Thanks

You should get an interview at JMP. For UQ, your ATAR may not be enough as 99 is the threshold. Even then, the UMAT is extremely borderline as previous cutoffs have been around 181 overall score. You can also consider an applicant for JCU medicine.

 

[B2]

Hey!
I was just on Facebook where some candidates have posted their umat results (screenshot of it without their umat ID). One received a higher percentile than me, despite scoring worse than me in terms of the overall score, (I received 116, yes I know very bad and I'm very shameful of it, whereas he scored 68). The other candidate had scored a 233 and only received an 85 percentile. Why is it like that?

Honestly, that made no sense. Could you please explain this clearer ? Also, many people on facebooks are trolls that edit their actual scores lol

 

[B2]

Overall UMAT Score: 190
Section One: 63
Section Two: 55
Section Three: 72
Overall Percentile Rank: 96
Estimated ATAR/GPA: 99.75
Preferred University: UNSW, JMP, UWS, Monash
Course Type: Medicine first preference (then Dentistry)
Application type: school leaver
State: NSW
Rural: no
ATSI: no
GWS: yes
Other Bonuses: not sure (sorry)

Question/s: What are my chances for the above uni? Can you also recommend others that are suitable, preferably in NSW, VIC, QLD? Thanks

Welcome to UQ and Griffith medicine ( so you should definitely apply to these two) . you will pretty much receive an interview at any university. Well done !

 

[A1]

Asking regarding WSU again. Is it safe to assume that of the 300 people getting interviewed, about 150 would've been called up for interview at UNSW or somewhere else, and like 100 would have put other unis 1st preference and got offers from there?

The success rate is commonly 1 in 3 or 4. Of these 150 probably around 50 will get & pick an offer elsewhere but that still leaves 250 vying for 110 WSU places.

 

[A1]

And you're right - it does, and it's my top preference for UAC at the moment. However, since the conditional offers come out on December the 7th, I'm thinking that if I get it I can think further, if I don't I can just change my first preference to Med at UNSW.

Sorry I missed this bit earlier. That looks like a sound strategy, provided.... there won't be a pref-change lockout period between the Dec 7th and the Med offer rounds (I know these lockouts exist for certain periods). If you get Co-op on Dec 7th and it's what you want first, no problem. However if you then prefer Med make sure you can swap the prefs around in time.

 

[A1]

Hi, Adelaide's 2018 admission guide says they will interview approximately 800 applicants. Do you think this could bring the cutoff down to mid-80s?

There are close to 3,000 students with UMAT mid-80s or better. If less than a third of them apply to Adel then interview cutoff can come down to mid-80s. Would someone propose an estimate for this?

 

[Demima]

Welcome to UQ and Griffith medicine ( so you should definitely apply to these two) . you will pretty much receive an interview at any university. Well done !

Thanks B2 for your information
Additional question: I was a bit unclear about UWS. I understand their invite for interview is S1+S2 > 128, while mine is 63+55 only. So if it is predicted that I will get the invite, is this because additional from S3 & GWS status?

 

[Siddy]

Hey!
I was just on Facebook where some candidates have posted their umat results (screenshot of it without their umat ID). One received a higher percentile than me, despite scoring worse than me in terms of the overall score, (I received 116, yes I know very bad and I'm very shameful of it, whereas he scored 68). The other candidate had scored a 233 and only received an 85 percentile. Why is it like that?

Honestly, that made no sense. Could you please explain this clearer ? Also, many people on facebooks are trolls that edit their actual scores lol

LOL, they're all trolls. I know the posts your talking about on the HSC discussion group, but they are all fake. Look at the comments and most of the time they admit it. ACER is too good with their numbers to make any mistakes so don't worry. The percentile you got is correct for whatever score you got. Although, your score could be incorrect but that can only be checked by remarking. Ff you believe you genuinely did far better than the score you received could spend the $ and get it remarked.

 

[B2]

Thanks B2 for your information
Additional question: I was a bit unclear about UWS. I understand their invite for interview is S1+S2 > 128, while mine is 63+55 only. So if it is predicted that I will get the invite, is this because additional from S3 & GWS status?

I was not completely sure on the UWS one, I assume you are cutting it pretty close so extremely borderline due to your GWS status

 

[Mana]

There are close to 3,000 students with UMAT mid-80s or better. If less than a third of them apply to Adel then interview cutoff can come down to mid-80s. Would someone propose an estimate for this?

From memory, from BEFORE the era of SA students getting a small bonus for interview offers, the first cohort offers were 27% South Australian year 12 leavers. This obviously increased in later rounds as pretty much no one from SA declined their offer.

Assuming that South Australians perform the same ATAR wise as their interstate peers (which they must because ATARs are a rank based on your performance compared to your own state), this would mean approximately 1/4 of interviews were South Australian. Assuming a similar trend again, 200 of those 800 interviews will be South Australian.

Now SA graduates around 15000 students from year 12 each year. Using a conservative estimate of 5% of them feasibly thinking they will achieve a reasonable ATAR above the cutoff required (knowing that ATAR is scaled up because its a rank compared to your year 10 cohort, not year 12 so more than this number would get it), 750 students from South Australia would think they have a reasonable chance at medicine (whether or not they have an interview). Of this its rather unknown what proportion would actually apply :/ but I will say that in my experience high scoring ATAR students will more likely apply for medicine than not - this may of course differ in your own experience.

If we take the assumption that those 750 people sit the UMAT and apply (a rather generous proposition, so it would be less), approximately 4 times this number would be applying so we get around 3000 people actually applying to medicine at Adelaide per year (consistent with A1's estimation).

 

[Demima]

I was not completely sure on the UWS one, I assume you are cutting it pretty close so extremely borderline due to your GWS status

Noted and thanks again