UQ UQ Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

[greengrass]

The honest answer is nobody can predict the UCAT cutoff for UQ BDSc for 2025 as it varies from year to year depending on the calibres of the applicants. However, you can look at the historical figures as your gauge. A friend of mine got a similar UCAT score as yours last year with a raw ATAR of 99.95 and the person was successfully enrolled into the course.

I see. Thanks for that. Does the ATAR play a more dominant role in determining your chances than the UCAT?

Oh, and also, I don't currently do chemistry and am aware this is a prerequisite for UQ's BDSc. Would completing UQ College's intensive 4-week bridging program suffice?

 

[Freshman]

Oh, and also, I don't currently do chemistry and am aware this is a prerequisite for UQ's BDSc. Would completing UQ College's intensive 4-week bridging program suffice?

The reliable authorities to advise you on this are QTAC and UQ Admission Office. Call them up to find out.

I see. Thanks for that. Does the ATAR play a more dominant role in determining your chances than the UCAT?

If the rules remain the same as last few years, ATAR is the 1st filter. Applicants must attain a raw or adjusted equivalent ATAR of 99 or above to be considered. The offer will then depend on your UCAT result, the higher UCAT score, the better the chance

 

[A1]

Would a combined score of 3889 (3290 + 599 SJT) be enough for an offer at UQ BDSc for 2025?

Apparently the cutoff last year was 3684
> UQ - UQ Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

Your 3889 should be a certainty (if you meet the ATAR hurdle & the Chem prereq).

 

[la pulga]

Might be an annoying question since everyones wondering these things at the moment but what do we reckon the likelihood of a 99+ ATAR and 3684 (3010+674) would be for gaining a griffith dent interview and a UQ dent offer? Thanks and goodluck to all

 

[A1]

Might be an annoying question since everyones wondering these things at the moment but what do we reckon the likelihood of a 99+ ATAR and 3684 (3010+674) would be for gaining a griffith dent interview and a UQ dent offer? Thanks and goodluck to all

3684 is right on the cutoff for UQ Dent last year. Will have to wait & see this year.
Griffith Dent interview - see in the 2024-intake Interview Invites collated data thread.

 

[greengrass]

Apparently the cutoff last year was 3684
> UQ - UQ Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

Your 3889 should be a certainty (if you meet the ATAR hurdle & the Chem prereq).

Thank you! I talked to admissions and they said the chemistry prerequisite would be needed to be met to be considered at all, meaning I would need to do the bridging program before I hear back from UQ. Would my chances be high enough for me to undertake the 4-week intensive bridging course on the assumption that I would be offered a place afterwards thanks to my UCAT score and ATAR (which I can almost guarantee will meet the 99.0 hurdle)?

The reliable authorities to advise you on this are QTAC and UQ Admission Office. Call them up to find out.


If the rules remain the same as last few years, ATAR is the 1st filter. Applicants must attain a raw or adjusted equivalent ATAR of 99 or above to be considered. The offer will then depend on your UCAT result, the higher UCAT score, the better the chance

I see. So an ATAR, raw or adjusted of 99 is the initial hurdle followed by ranking based solely on UCAT? Would the ATAR have no bearing on your chances whatsoever regardless of how much higher than that hurdle it may be? Thanks again!

 

[A1]

Would my chances be high enough for me to undertake the 4-week intensive bridging course on the assumption that I would be offered a place afterwards thanks to my UCAT score

Your 3889 is more than high enough, guaranteed. Make sure you complete the prereq now.

So an ATAR, raw or adjusted of 99 is the initial hurdle followed by ranking based solely on UCAT?

Yes, UQ Dent has re-stated ATAR to a 99 hurdle.
It used to be the First ranking criteria before UMAT, but Qld was then using the OP system in which all 99+ got *the same* OP1 rank, so was effectively 99 hurdle.

 

[smart]

Might be an annoying question since everyones wondering these things at the moment but what do we reckon the likelihood of a 99+ ATAR and 3684 (3010+674) would be for gaining a griffith dent interview and a UQ dent offer? Thanks and goodluck to all

i got 3664 last year and got a third round offer, 3684 was the first round cut off last year though keep it mind it varies by around +/- 50 points these past few years. good luck!!

 

[greengrass]

Your 3889 is more than high enough, guaranteed. Make sure you complete the prereq now.


Yes, UQ Dent has re-stated ATAR to a 99 hurdle.
It used to be the First ranking criteria before UMAT, but Qld was then using the OP system in which all 99+ got *the same* OP1 rank, so was effectively 99 hurdle.

Ok, thanks for that. The median unadjusted ATAR of 99.5 as listed on UQ's website was quite surprising seeing as ATAR was simply a hurdle but I suppose that's just due to the caliber of applicants to the program? Also, just curious as to if you would know or could guess why only 22 domestic undergraduate students were accepted into the program last year out of 81 total? It might just be because of the course's size but this also came as as a surprise to me considering a lot of people do apply to this program. Thanks again!

 

[xolipm]

Does the ucat cutoff vary for local and interstate?

 

[A1]

Does the ucat cutoff vary for local and interstate?

We have not seen UQ Dent doing that^.

 

[la pulga]

I emailed UQ habs department and they informed me that the cutoffs for 2022, 2023 and 2024 entry into dent was 3645, 3596, 3684 respectively.

They added that for some years the scores may drop with subsequent offer rounds but for 2024 the cutoff didn’t change.

Is this true? I was reading the aus 2024 offers page and saw some people get in with slightly lower scores than 3684 first round cutoff (later in feb etc)

 

[A1]

Is this true? I was reading the aus 2024 offers page and saw some people get in with slightly lower scores than 3684 first round cutoff (later in feb etc)

This can be true. Though smart wrote they got a third-round offer with 3664 it was more like a last-minute topup offer, not in a formal offer round. So UQ likely didn't bother to update the formal round's cutoff.

 

[la pulga]

This can be true. Though smart wrote they got a third-round offer with 3664 it was more like a last-minute topup offer, not in a formal offer round. So UQ likely didn't bother to update the formal round's cutoff.

True yeah, those top ups are super rare and unexpected anyways. Cus we know for a fact it did go lower than 3684 but they just won’t mention it for just a few people (like smart) who got offered it afterwards

 

[laerla]

Ok, thanks for that. The median unadjusted ATAR of 99.5 as listed on UQ's website was quite surprising seeing as ATAR was simply a hurdle but I suppose that's just due to the caliber of applicants to the program? Also, just curious as to if you would know or could guess why only 22 domestic undergraduate students were accepted into the program last year out of 81 total? It might just be because of the course's size but this also came as as a surprise to me considering a lot of people do apply to this program. Thanks again!

UQ lose less money having more international students as they pay a lot more in fees than domestic students, and given the faculty is always going under

 

[dr23]

Hi, just wondering if anyone knows whether every section is scaled the same for UQ dentistry including SJT? So like scoring better in SJT than VR wouldn't matter at all, it just boosts one's score?

 

[A1]

Hi, just wondering if anyone knows whether every section is scaled the same for UQ dentistry including SJT? So like scoring better in SJT than VR wouldn't matter at all, it just boosts one's score?

From what I've read it's the simple sum of the five sections, thus unweighted.

 

[Tangerine._.]

Hi there!

I was wondering if there's anyone who has applied for UQ dent in the past as a first-year NZ uni student and how that process worked for you? For example, how did the GPA transferring work, and was there anything extra on top of the QTAC application that was needed? I will contact the admissions office for the logistics details. Still, I would hugely appreciate any personal tips & advice on this while I try to work out how everything works hahaha.

Thanks heaps in advance!

 

[A1]

I was wondering if there's anyone who has applied for UQ dent in the past as a first-year NZ uni student and how that process worked for you? For example, how did the GPA transferring work, and was there anything extra on top of the QTAC application that was needed? I will contact the admissions office for the logistics details. Still, I would hugely appreciate any personal tips & advice on this while I try to work out how everything works hahaha.

There are two differences for NZ-student applicants.

- QTAC will calculate from your NZ uni records the Aus GPA out of 7
- QTAC has direct access to Aus uni academic records but probably not to NZ unis. So you need to provide your academic records to QTAC by end of year (or early January latest).

Make sure you meet the Chem prereq. Nothing else extra on top afaik.

 

[Tangerine._.]

There are two differences for NZ-student applicants.

- QTAC will calculate from your NZ uni records the Aus GPA out of 7
- QTAC has direct access to Aus uni academic records but probably not to NZ unis. So you need to provide your academic records to QTAC by end of year (or early January latest).

Make sure you meet the Chem prereq. Nothing else extra on top afaik.

Ah okay! Thanks heaps!

One more thing, does UQ dent look at work experience? Or do they only look at UCAT + Selection Rank, I saw that there's a work experience section on QTAC from the website's demo video (haven't made an account yet because they said it opens in August), was wondering if UQ requires any written submissions, thank you!