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UQ UQ Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

1) Anyone know by what date I can add UQ dentistry as a preference on QTAC?

2) Also since UQ dent uses all 5 sections of UCAT, does this mean their total score will be out of 4500?
 
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orangeuser said:
1) Anyone know by what date I can add UQ dentistry as a preference on QTAC?
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Since UQ Dent is not on the fixed-closing-dates list this general table applies
> Key Dates - QTAC

10th Dec closing for 13th & 21st Jan offer rounds
20th Jan or later for the later offer rounds, if UQ Dent still has vacant places.

orangeuser said:
2) Also since UQ dent uses all 5 sections of UCAT, does this mean their total score will be out of 4500?
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Yes, but I don't see how it matters what out of?
 
orangeuser said:
1) Anyone know by what date I can add UQ dentistry as a preference on QTAC?

2) Also since UQ dent uses all 5 sections of UCAT, does this mean their total score will be out of 4500?
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1) the deadline was yesterday, so hopefully you already had it in your preference list.
( you can change the rankings(?) in your preference list even after the deadline (30th Sep) but you can't add new courses into your preference list.

2) Yes
 
hopefuldentist said:
1) the deadline was yesterday, so hopefully you already had it in your preference list.
( you can change the rankings(?) in your preference list even after the deadline (30th Sep) but you can't add new courses into your preference list.

2) Yes
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UQ Dent doesn't appear to be included in the date deadline of Sept 30th (like Med is). It is not listed in QTAC as one of the courses with a separate deadline. Where did you get the info that the cut off was yesterday? These are the only courses listed under UQ in QTAC.

[MedStudentsOnline.com.au] UQ Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion
 
UQ dentistry uses the aggregate score from all 5 sections of UCAT, is it something new for this year?
  • for entry into the Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours), the aggregate score from all 5 sections of the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). Applicants with the same aggregate score are ranked by their UCAT ANZ section 5 score. If this score is also the same, the UCAT ANZ section 1 score is used
 
tdnii said:
UQ dentistry uses the aggregate score from all 5 sections of UCAT, is it something new for this year?
  • for entry into the Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours), the aggregate score from all 5 sections of the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). Applicants with the same aggregate score are ranked by their UCAT ANZ section 5 score. If this score is also the same, the UCAT ANZ section 1 score is used
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Incidentally, what is considered ‘section 1’ of UCAT? UMAT was clear on their ‘sectioning’, just wondering if UCAT is too.
 
tdnii said:
UQ dentistry uses the aggregate score from all 5 sections of UCAT, is it something new for this year?
  • for entry into the Bachelor of Dental Science (Honours), the aggregate score from all 5 sections of the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). Applicants with the same aggregate score are ranked by their UCAT ANZ section 5 score. If this score is also the same, the UCAT ANZ section 1 score is used
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Yes, it is new for this year. UQ Dent did not look at SJT last year.
 
kiwi_rose said:
Also anyone know why it’s a 99.95 selection rank?
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UQ Dent's selection procedure is by Selection Rank *first*, then UCAT. Since there were more 99.95s (raw & boosted) than places on offer only 99.95s got into the UCAT-selecting stage. Adding SJT would not alter this, but...

Apparently UQ Dent has announced this year they are making 99.0 the threshold to go into UCAT selecting (threshold instead of a competitive cutoff which would make it 99.95 again).
 
A1 said:
UQ Dent's selection procedure is by Selection Rank *first*, then UCAT. Since there were more 99.95s (raw & boosted) than places on offer only 99.95s got into the UCAT-selecting stage. Adding SJT would not alter this, but...

Apparently UQ Dent has announced this year they are making 99.0 the threshold to go into UCAT selecting (threshold instead of a competitive cutoff which would make it 99.95 again).
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So then if you meet the 99 threshold and your ucat is pretty decent you can essentially get an offer ?
 
kiwi_rose said:
So then if you meet the 99 threshold and your ucat is pretty decent you can essentially get an offer ?
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Yes that's correct, provided UQ Dent will do what they said about the 99.0 threshold.
(Btw it was like this^ earlier since highest Selection Rank in Qld used to be 99, not 99.95)
 
jampa123 said:
Would this 99.0 threshold hold true for rural applicants as-well? Would a 68% be sufficient for rural? Thanks guys
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I'm not sure with UQ Dent. Going by UQ Med when its selection method was similar, rural gets 2 bonus rank points plus 2 for maybe Maths C so they needed ATAR 95+ to make Rank 99, then UMAT %ile even in the 50-60s would get a place offer. I hope 68th is sufficient for Dent.

Last year there was a 76th Dent offer posted on MSO, there could be lower offers that we didn't hear of.
 
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