UNSW UNSW Medicine: General Entry Questions and Discussion

[Destinygirl8]

I’m not sure about situational judgment, but I don’t think preference matters since I had UNSW as my third preference and got an invite.

Do you think UNSW looks at VR and SJT as well and not only the total score considering people with high UCAT have received rejections?

 

[Micky1234]

So have interstate kids heard anything from UNSW???

My email just stated I wasn't being considered this round as I was interstate

 

[Sir]

someone plz call unsw just to confirm all this stuff

 

[hazell]

Do you think UNSW looks at VR and SJT as well and not only the total score considering people with high UCAT have received rejections?

I honestly have no clue sorry, although I feel like they may have taken SJT into account

 

[someday]

someone plz call unsw just to confirm all this stuff

go for it mate, might as well do it now seeing as this is their last working day of the year i think

 

[incorrectpanda]

I got 99.45 atar and 96 UCAT and a rejection ;-;

 

[haruhi66]

My email just stated I wasn't being considered this round as I was interstate

So it doesn’t say your application has not been successful?

 

[Micky1234]

So it doesn’t say your application has not been successful?

This is what I had in my email.

As you can see Reason 4 states that interstate applicants will be considered for the 28 January interview round.

 

[haruhi66]

This is what I had in my email.
View attachment 4231
As you can see Reason 4 states that interstate applicants will be considered for the 28 January interview round.

Oh what’s your ucat+ ATAR combo if u don’t mind?

 

[iamnotlegendary]

I have a friend who recieved a 99.8/3120 who did not recieve an offer but another one who got 99.35/3120 did recieve one.

 

[hazell]

I have a friend who recieved a 99.8/3120 who did not recieve an offer but another one who got 99.35/3120 did recieve one.

Damn, there must be some sort of section weighting going on (unless one of them had eas/scats)

 

[A1]

To avoid further confusion can we please confirm all the "rejection" posts above were the "You have not been considered for this round, wait till next round" type? Has any NSW applicant received a rejection?

Btw UNSW says here > Selection For Interview | Medicine - UNSW Sydney
"The Situational Judgement mark from the UCAT ANZ will not be considered."

 

[GrannyMaths]

To avoid further confusion can we please confirm all the "rejection" posts above were the "You have not been considered for this round, wait till next round" type? Has any NSW applicant received a rejection?

Btw UNSW says here > Selection For Interview | Medicine - UNSW Sydney
"The Situational Judgement mark from the UCAT ANZ will not be considered."

Just reconfirmed with a friend, straight up rejection with no reconsideration.

 

[iamnotlegendary]

Looking at the interview invite thread, there are some non-rural non-eas candidates who recieved lower ucats. Along with the other data could it be possible that some interviews were sent out incorrectly?

 

[incorrectpanda]

Mine was " application not successful "

 

[Unluckydude]

University: UNSW
Course: (Med or Dent): Med
Percentile rank: 92
VR: 670
DM: 710
QR: 870
AR: 720
Total: 2970
SJ: 637
JPM/WSU formula (58%VR + 12%DM + 12%QR + 18%AR):
Predicted ATAR/GPA: 97.3 (IB 39) GPA: 6.8
Number of completed university semesters: (non-standard applicants only): Honours Degree
Rural: (yes or no): no
State: NSW
Other Special Considerations: (inc. GWS, EAS, indigenous pathway, Broadway, Monash Guarantee, etc): no

Are you sure you didn't get any special considerations?

 

[duck-duck-goose]

To avoid further confusion can we please confirm all the "rejection" posts above were the "You have not been considered for this round, wait till next round" type? Has any NSW applicant received a rejection?

Btw UNSW says here > Selection For Interview | Medicine - UNSW Sydney
"The Situational Judgement mark from the UCAT ANZ will not be considered."

I recieved this email with a 99.85 and 3060 ucat (nsw applicant)
"On this occasion, we regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.

We want to thank you for your application, we know how competitive the selection process is for securing an interview. Selection is based on a combination of your academic results and your UCAT ANZ result (overall percentile). You can find more information on how we select applicants for interview on our website. "

so yeah its a no reconsideration type

 

[A1]

Currently we have these two non-rural non-EAS invites:

- 95.60 / 7 = Equiv ATAR rank 97.8 / 96%ile (3070)
- 97.3 (IB 39) / 6.8 = Equiv ATAR rank 98.5 / 92%ile (2970)

In these equivalents I used 7=99.95, 6.8=99.8 to be on the safe side. So if your combo is better than these but no invite we need to take up with UNSW.

 

[Eleanor Rigby]

Is there a way where we can have a section with 'Non-standard', GPA/WAM, Rural or Metropolitan, EAS or other considerations with a result of 'Interview offered'? & hopefully one with 'School leaver', Rural or Metro, EAS or other considerations with result of 'Interview offered'? I'm confused as I'm seeing all these great scores and a unsuccessful application?

 

[sevun]

Currently we have these two non-rural non-EAS invites:

- 95.60 / 7 = Equiv ATAR rank 97.8 / 96%ile (3070)
- 97.3 (IB 39) / 6.8 = Equiv ATAR rank 98.5 / 92%ile (2970)

In these equivalents I used 7=99.95, 6.8=99.8 to be on the safe side. So if your combo is better than these but no invite we need to take up with UNSW.

Could it be because they might be non-standard applicants? The first invite mentioned in the quote has the exact same UCAT percentile as mine but lower ATAR, and had completed two semesters of uni. Could they have done well at uni, which meant they were selected in preference over others with a higher UCAT+ATAR combo?