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UNSW UNSW Medicine: General Entry Questions and Discussion

Eleanor Rigby said:
Yes, I didn't write my question well enough. I'm wondering if the personal statement written by the applicant has to be verified.
For example, let say an applicant's performance in the HSC was affected by the bushfires and there are reports of the bushfires in the media with the locations specified and applicant resides in these locations.
Does this occurrence in the personal statement requires verification? Should it even be included in the statement?
Applicant did not submit a claim for bushfire through Centrelink out of principle. ''Social security is not an infinite pot of resource & it should go to the most needy." BTW applicant did not apply for med after reading the UCAT scores in October, he is pretty decent. From, Rigby.
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Firstly, SCATS is for students who have a history of tertiary study, it doesn’t include disadvantage during your HSC studies- it’s only for disadvantage that you experienced during your university studies.
As for your question, the personal statement does not need to be verified in the sense that you’re talking about- but it has to be backed up with some sort of evidence, for example if I’m claiming financial disadvantage I would provide a Centrelink statement supporting my personal statement or else it doesn’t have much credibility.
It would be best to contact UNSW about this specific circumstance, I would recommend checking out the UNSW SCATS application portal which describes the types of supporting documentation needed/accepted.
 
hazell said:
Firstly, SCATS is for students who have a history of tertiary study, it doesn’t include disadvantage during your HSC studies- it’s only for disadvantage that you experienced during your university studies.
As for your question, the personal statement does not need to be verified in the sense that you’re talking about- but it has to be backed up with some sort of evidence, for example if I’m claiming financial disadvantage I would provide a Centrelink statement supporting my personal statement or else it doesn’t have much credibility.
It would be best to contact UNSW about this specific circumstance, I would recommend checking out the UNSW SCATS application portal which describes the types of supporting documentation needed/accepted.
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Thank you. It's all making sense now. Righto, 👌 will keep this in mind and pass this on.
 
zebrastripez said:
How long will an offer take to accept? I want to make sure I don't leave it to the last minute only to realise the process takes hours.
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If you have the time, just accept it and enroll in your classes. The whole process shouldn't take more than 20 minutes (for any uni, not sure about UNSW in particular) but involves putting in your TFN if you're applying for HECS, among other things (potentially arranging for student ID).
 
Is there a reason why Non-Standards now need to get both a 96 atar+ and a 70 WAM+ before they chose ''the best out of the two''? I thought I saw someone here get an interview offer with an ATAR of 95 which is below the 96 cut-off but their WAM/GPA was above the 70+ (or GPA equivalent needed).
 
Just expanding 'ThunderDragon's' post if I may, if you apply under the UNSW 'Rural Entry Scheme' does this means a 91.45 atar + and a 70 WAM for undergrad (non-standards) applicants? And I also heard ''the best out of the two'' too. Could a MSO member shed some light on this? 👀
 
If I wanted to try my hand at UNSW again this year, would they consider both of my ATAR and GPA or the higher of the two? And what if I'm studying a degree in which it is harder to obtain a high GPA?
 
parmesan_12345 said:
If I wanted to try my hand at UNSW again this year, would they consider both of my ATAR and GPA or the higher of the two? And what if I'm studying a degree in which it is harder to obtain a high GPA?
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How do you determine what degree is ‘harder’ to obtain a high GPA in than another? The degree you’re doing is irrelevant to UNSW (and all non-standard and graduate entry Unis).
 
To be honest, just do your best guys. Apply for it anyway and who knows !!
Might get in too with a lower than 96 ATAR :)
 
Apologies, not familiar with GPAs and how they're calculated to be honest. But still, would UNSW consider both my ATAR and performance in the first year of university if deciding to give me an interview in 2021?
 
ucatboy said:
They only go off of ATAR+UCAT combo, with the UCAT scores of 99.95 ATAR applicants ranked. I don't see many people in the country with a 99.95 ATAR AND 3400+ UCAT score.
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okay yeah that makes more sense, turns out the IB Psychology retake was worth it then to get the 45

ucatboy said:
2 per UNSW med cohort ;)
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Oh one last thing, where does UNSW say how many receive it per cohort, i looked on the scholarship website but I couldn't find anything
 
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