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UQ UQ Dentistry: Admissions General Discussion

glitch18 said:
Hi all,
Just looking for some advice for applying for UQ undergraduate dentistry 2027 intake. For context, I am a rural applicant (MMR2) and I have just completed a graduate diploma this year from UQ, graduating with a GPA 6.0. I’ve heard this previously, but was unsure if it was true as I couldn’t find much information on this — will UQ only take my most recent GPA (6.0) into consideration for my dent application? As unfortunately the GPA from my previous study (Bachelor of Biomedical Science from UQ) is quite poor, with my overall being a GPA of 4.2, hence the completion of this GradDip.
Would love to get some knowledge on this, and perhaps if this applies to other unis like JCU and Griffith for their dent degrees? Or will they also factor in the last 2 years of my biomed degree, like a GEMSAS calculation? I’m also not too sure what a competitive GPA for rural students is, if anyone has any intel on if my 6.0 will be competitive alongside a good UCAT score — Cheers!
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Adding to tdnii's reply, if you have done two or more separate study programs Griffith uses the GPA that's best for you.

JCU like UQ uses your most recent GPA, but they say they also look at your previous achievements. Though not sure I interpret this to mean if your latest GPA just misses a set threshold but you have better previous GPA/achievements they would take that into consideration and let you pass the threshold.
 
hi all,

i saw that someone had posted about their qtac application for uq dent showing not satisfied even though when clicking into the details it shows all the requirements are satisfied. i am currently experiencing the same problem and have emailed qtac about it but the only explaination that they have given me is that "UQ have determined that you do not meet the minimum threshold to be considered for an offer in their Dental Science course, based on a consideration of both your UCAT and Selection rank. Therefore, you are not eligible to receive an offer in this course." i'm quite certain that the scores that I got should make me eligible to be considered (not neccesarily offered but at least considered) as i got a 43IB which converts to an ATAR of 99.25 (i do not qualify for IBAS scoring as I am domestic but studied high school outside of australia). fyi my ucat score was 2430+672.

would love to have some advice if anyone else has experienced something similar in the past as I am slightly worried that I will not be considered for the first round of offers and that there will be no more offers made if I do not sort this out in time. I have emailed uq about this but i am yet to hear back

thanks
 
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