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UQ UQ Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

bigmac74 said:
Hi. After my daughter applied for UQ dent, she got email from UQ regarding UQ link program for EAS. Email said, she will get 5 adjusted factor for selection rank. If my daughter has 99.55 ATAR, her ATAR will be boosted to 99.95?
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I got this email too. Do you know if this applies to Year 12 retakers?
 
Hi, as an international student, will a UCAT score of 3876 (3210+666) be sufficient to secure an offer? Was wondering how many international places are available each year as well.
 
ui0273 said:
Hi, as an international student, will a UCAT score of 3876 (3210+666) be sufficient to secure an offer? Was wondering how many international places are available each year as well.
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I don't think there is enough data from this forum and UQ website to advise you on this question. It is best that you give UQ Admission Office a call to ask. I had found them very helpful when I had any enquiry previously
 
dr23 said:
Hi, not too sure if this question has been answered before, but does UQ dent consider EAS points?
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I think it depends which EAS category you fall into. I got an email 2 weeks ago from UQ saying I'm eligible for 5 adjustment points due to financial difficuty.
 
Are high school leavers and non-standards put in a separate pool? On the website 22 were school leavers and only 12 were non-standards. Thanks!
 
cfk said:
Are high school leavers and non-standards put in a separate pool? On the website 22 were school leavers and only 12 were non-standards. Thanks!
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I'm not 100% sure, I believe they are in the same pool. Have not seen UQ Dent say anywhere they are separate.

The 22 SLs vs 12 NSLs is likely due to more SLs sitting the UCAT.
 
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Hi guys, I am a NSW student with a combined UCAT score of 3845 (3230 + 615 sjt). My predicted atar is in the 98ish range but I have EAS for 3 categories of personal hardship and take maths adv, chem and bio so I should get at least 3 adjustment factors. Would this be competitive enough for UQ dent and how many spots are usually up for their program? Is it also true that how fast you accept the offer determines if you secure the spot for UQ dent? (referring to this discussion here ). Thanks guys :))
 
For first round offers thats totally incorrect. They come out in a single round.

Towards the beginning of the school year if they still have a couple spots open, schools have been known to call up the very borderline students asking if they can immediately start and in those cases, the students that say yes would get accepted.

However this only applies to a very small handful of students, and only a very small number of circumstances. I'm not sure if ive heard of UQ doing this, in my time at UQ it also doesn't sound very UQ-esque. They're more of a twenty-people-email-chain-and-subcommittees-fustratingly-slow-administration type.

UQ IIRC last year was 3686 total score. I think it's not super likely to rise overly dramatically, so as long as you can get yourself over that 99 rank (including bonus points) then you will get in. The 99 is a hurdle, so a 99.05 has the same chance as a 99.95

*unless theres a tie-breaker, in which case UQ's tie-breaker algorithm is published somewhere on their website.

Congratulations on the fantastic UCAT, and good luck.
 
If my ucat is 99th percentile, and my atar is 97.00 but I receive a band 5 in extension 2 maths (NSW), would that be enough to basically guarantee an offer?
 
Yep, if you have an appropriate UCAT score... 97.00 + 2 bonus points for extension maths will be enough to get you in
 
Hi Everyone,

Just noticed on A1s post on the JCU threads that ‘not satisfied’ on qtac means that you have failed one of the selection criteria and clicking on the details part of your preference should show you what you failed. My UQ dental says ‘not satisfied’ but all my selection criteria things say yes. Does anyone know what’s going on?


[MedStudentsOnline.com.au] UQ Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion
 
RainRainGoAway said:
My UQ dental says ‘not satisfied’ but all my selection criteria things say yes. Does anyone know what’s going on?
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The likely cause I think is your gap-year 98.9 doesn't meet UQ Dent 99.0 threshold.

The ATAR/Selection Rank shows Satified probably coz it includes adjustment points, but the algorithm behind wasn't programmed to recognise gap yearers thus the inconsistency. Just my guess.
 
A1 said:
The likely cause I think is your gap-year 98.9 doesn't meet UQ Dent 99.0 threshold.

The ATAR/Selection Rank shows Satified probably coz it includes adjustment points, but the algorithm behind wasn't programmed to recognise gap yearers thus the inconsistency. Just my guess.
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Hmm yes that’s what i thinking too!!

just curious and not wanting to waste my QTAC free switching preferences 😅.

Was also wondering whether it meant that my EAS points did infact go through or maybe not we will see!

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A1 adds: Not to worry. If you get UES as indicated I'm 99% sure you'll get Flinders place offer. Better start looking for accommodation there 🤑
 
A1 said:
The likely cause I think is your gap-year 98.9 doesn't meet UQ Dent 99.0 threshold.

The ATAR/Selection Rank shows Satified probably coz it includes adjustment points, but the algorithm behind wasn't programmed to recognise gap yearers thus the inconsistency. Just my guess.
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Hi. I think it's not adjusted points issue. My daughter had 98.9 in 2023. She is currently trying to re-attempt SACE this year. The predicted ATAR in 2024 is 99.4~99.5. She got EAS (received email from UQ that she will get 5 points.). But, her current QTAC application shows all are 'Yes' and 'satisfied' for UQ dent.
 
A1 said:
The likely cause I think is your gap-year 98.9 doesn't meet UQ Dent 99.0 threshold.

The ATAR/Selection Rank shows Satified probably coz it includes adjustment points, but the algorithm behind wasn't programmed to recognise gap yearers thus the inconsistency. Just my guess.
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bigmac74 said:
Hi. I think it's not adjusted points issue. My daughter had 98.9 in 2023. She is currently trying to re-attempt SACE this year. The predicted ATAR in 2024 is 99.4~99.5. She got EAS (received email from UQ that she will get 5 points.). But, her current QTAC application shows all are 'Yes' and 'satisfied' for UQ dent.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 'adjustment point' we're talking about is the subject incentive scheme for UQ right? I vaguely remember RainRainGoAway mentioning they were made ineligible for the EAS through QTAC. Since the subject incentive scheme does not apply to gap year students, it is showing as 'not satisfied,' and their final selection rank of 98.9 does not meet the 99 cutoff. Just my guess tho
 
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