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Title: Will this aid me in any way???
Post by: zibb3r on February 01, 2011, 10:21:30 pm
So basically.  I am aiming to get into medicine at Monash and I stumbled across Monash's list of under represented schools and my school is listed there.  What does that mean?? I heard that it lowers your required enter? Is this true??  So  basically how will it affect me????

http://www.adm.monash.edu/admissions/assets/docs/under-represented-schools-list.pdf
Title: Re: Will this aid me in any way???
Post by: Hutchoo on February 01, 2011, 10:23:51 pm
Yeah, my school is on that list too.
What does this mean D:?
Title: Re: Will this aid me in any way???
Post by: werdna on February 01, 2011, 10:25:28 pm
They take it into consideration along with your application forms, but there isn't exactly an explicit deduction of ATAR points (required for a course) for underepresented schools students. (Not 100% sure on this though)
Title: Re: Will this aid me in any way???
Post by: stonecold on February 01, 2011, 10:30:53 pm
It won't mean squat if you don't make the UMAT cut off.
Title: Re: Will this aid me in any way???
Post by: eeps on February 01, 2011, 10:32:56 pm
Universities may give you leeway in terms of ATAR requirements for courses. For example, if your desired course needs 98, and you get 97.XX; you can still get in, granted you go to an under-represented school. I think it's part of the SEAS scheme. This applies for most courses I believe.
Title: Re: Will this aid me in any way???
Post by: taiga on February 02, 2011, 02:09:18 am
There aint much of a ATAR req for med. I'm not sure whether it may help in considering your application for medicine, but it definitely would for say engineering/commerce/law/arts/science.
Title: Re: Will this aid me in any way???
Post by: Dr.Lecter on February 02, 2011, 09:24:39 am
It won't mean squat if you don't make the UMAT cut off.

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