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UNSW UNSW Medicine: General Entry Questions and Discussion

Instead of posting similar to the above and cluttering up the thread, please post interview invites to the interview data thread. You can indicate there that you received the invite late after a technical error.
 
iamnotlegendary said:
So, do the people who were incorrectly invited get their offers retracted?
Or will UNSW interview them anyways?
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Who says anyone was incorrectly invited? Isn’t it possible that a technical error meant all invites didn’t go out, not necessarily that incorrect invites went out. Unless there’s something that says people were incorrectly invited that I’ve missed?
 
LMG! said:
Who says anyone was incorrectly invited? Isn’t it possible that a technical error meant all invites didn’t go out, not necessarily that incorrect invites went out. Unless there’s something that says people were incorrectly invited that I’ve missed?
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My friend was invited with an ATAR much lower than the previous cutoff of 99.25 (no eas, school leaver) [3210 UCAT, 96.85 ATAR] so i assumed that they were incorrectly invited.
It could be an incorrect assumption so i shouldn't have made it sorry.
 
LMG! said:
Who says anyone was incorrectly invited? Isn’t it possible that a technical error meant all invites didn’t go out, not necessarily that incorrect invites went out. Unless there’s something that says people were incorrectly invited that I’ve missed?
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I just called up and they said there aren’t any incorrect invites- so everyone who received an invite yesterday was correctly invited. They just had a technical error so not all invites went out.
 
iamnotlegendary said:
My friend was invited with an ATAR much lower than the previous cutoff of 99.25 (no eas, school leaver) [3210 UCAT, 96.85 ATAR] so i assumed that they were incorrectly invited.
It could be an incorrect assumption so i shouldn't have made it sorry.
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Automatic EAS was added to some applications, even those who didn’t formally submit anything themselves. It’s possible (likely) this occurred for your friend.
 
LeSpicyGinger said:
Did it explicitly say you were rejected? I got an email saying I would not be considered for this round as I am an interstate applicant.
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below is email I received

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.

You still have plenty of options at your disposal, particularly if you have a passion for becoming a doctor, working within a clinical setting, and making an impact on the future of health.
 
hazell said:
I just called up and they said ... They just had a technical error so not all invites went out.
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Either the technical error is a convenient cover-up, or this UNSW person was telling us fibs yesterday :)

> UNSW General Entry Questions and Discussion
"The person on the phone said they had so many special considerations all considered 99.95 .. normal atars of 99.90 didn’t get invites."
 
Does anyone know how UNSW converts the tertiary rank into a selection rank? Also does UNSW use WAM or GPA because on their site they said you must reach a hurdle "Tertiary study component must reach WAM 70 or equivalent" so I am assuming they convert the WAM?
 
DootDoolaDoot said:
Does anyone know how UNSW converts the tertiary rank into a selection rank? Also does UNSW use WAM or GPA because on their site they said you must reach a hurdle "Tertiary study component must reach WAM 70 or equivalent" so I am assuming they convert the WAM?
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UNSW is a WAM uni so the med school specifies WAM in the criteria. Otoh conversion for admissions is done by UAC who use GPA. We believe UAC use the conversion table in this post (or very close to it)

> Non-standard Medicine Entry
 
neverthoughti said:
Hi could someone please help me, I'm a little confused on how to order my preferences. Initially I only expected a WSU and JMP interview as I am a first year uni student + my atar was no where near high enough for UNSW. My preferences were therefore, WSU, JMP and then UNSW. I did not get a WSU interview (low VR, my ucat was 3070) , only a JMP and definitely did NOT expect a UNSW interview. However, somehow, today I was sent an email saying I do have an interview for UNSW and they accidentally sent me a rejection yesterday. (I genuinely don't know how my atar was around 95, gpa 6.5, ucat 3070). I still don't quite believe it, but being from sydney I would obviously rather be in Sydney than outside, so should I change my preferences to UNSW first and then JMP even though I feel a lot more confident with the JMP interview and my chances of getting in due to my low atar etc?
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Hi - I'm in the same boat, and didn't place UNSW on my preferences due to that belief. If you didn't get any bonus points (EAS, etc.) I'm interested in hearing if your invitation is valid.
 
threefivetwo said:
Hi - I'm in the same boat, and didn't place UNSW on my preferences due to that belief. If you didn't get any bonus points (EAS, etc.) I'm interested in hearing if your invitation is valid.
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could you explain that a little more, about the valid part? I have a feeling that due to coronavirus they changed it up this year, and maybe for uni students, take gpa rather than atar
 
neverthoughti said:
could you explain that a little more, about the valid part? I have a feeling that due to coronavirus they changed it up this year, and maybe for uni students, take gpa rather than atar
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"Once the applicant has met the minimum requirement, the "BEST OF" algorithm would apply and the qualification with a higher selection rank would be used as a final selection rank for medicine admissions purposes."- Selection For Interview | Medicine - UNSW Sydney

"Applicants with EAS points still need to meet the minimum selection criteria before an EAS application is considered."

If you got an atar above 96 then it seems fine but I don't know how you can get an invite without passing the minimum atar requirement :oops:
 
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