UMAT Results Discussion Thread

[thushan]

And yet another question to further JDogs stats, are we of any benefit actually getting an early interview and being in the UMAT stream? Or are we ranked against those from the atar UMAT stream - and hence, are there X number of positions available for each stream?

I asked about this too, they said they decide after every interview has been conducted, and rank them overall, so there are no allocated spots. That makes sense becuase a person with 95 % shouldn't ahve a better chance than a person with 94% if we assume 95% is the cutoff.

I have to nail enter and umat,

Did you ask them about any predictions regarding the cutoffs for ATAR/UMAT interviews? If the cutoff is say ~195 (for pure UMAT interviews) do you reckon 190 and 99.5ish would have a chance?

You should be fine for that.

[Jdog]

And yet another question to further JDogs stats, are we of any benefit actually getting an early interview and being in the UMAT stream? Or are we ranked against those from the atar UMAT stream - and hence, are there X number of positions available for each stream?

I asked about this too, they said they decide after every interview has been conducted, and rank them overall, so there are no allocated spots. That makes sense becuase a person with 95 % shouldn't ahve a better chance than a person with 94% if we assume 95% is the cutoff.

I have to nail enter and umat,

Did you ask them about any predictions regarding the cutoffs for ATAR/UMAT interviews? If the cutoff is say ~195 (for pure UMAT interviews) do you reckon 190 and 99.5ish would have a chance?

all they said was" high enter (99+)"

im hoping you would have a chance in that situation, im pretty much the same.

[luken93]

Hey everybody, just to let you all know know I've updated this post with everyone's scores from the threads. If anyone isn't on there/doesn't want to be on there, just let me know

[Jdog]

from some wise heads of medicine ; i was told with my umat score of 92, I would need roughly 99.8 for enter to get an interview.

[jane1234]

from some wise heads of medicine ; i was told with my umat score of 92, I would need roughly 99.8 for enter to get an interview.

Are you serious?? That's so high....

[pi]

I highly doubt that. Only like 100 people in the sate get that or above, and less than 50% want to do med...

[jane1234]

I highly doubt that. Only like 100 people in the sate get that or above, and less than 50% want to do med...

And surely not all of those 100 would have gotten 190 combined score, or even done the UMAT... well I sure hope not!

If they're having 200 interviews then it would have to be lower... hopefully...

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[Jdog]

yeah the estimate this bloke gave was indeed rough, but he is a MBBS student, who is well respected. he is the head lecturer of that connect ed program,.

and i asked a mate at school who has a friend on the admissions board and he quoted "high 99's" s

its always good to strive high, getting a 99.8 will hold you in better stead than a 99.5
 

[jane1234]

yeah the estimate this bloke gave was indeed rough, but he is a MBBS student, who is well respected. he is the head lecturer of that connect ed program,.

and i asked a mate at school who has a friend on the admissions board and he quoted "high 99's" s

its always good to strive high, getting a 99.8 will hold you in better stead than a 99.5
 

Yes well "striving" and "getting" are two very different things...

[pi]

Yes well "striving" and "getting" are two very different things...

+1

[Jdog]

I agree, but what I think I will do is just work as hard as I can and see what happens. I won't specifically say I am aiming for a 99.7 so that i will get an interview, but rather just bust my gut to get the highest i can. if thats not good enough so be it; but not going to get to the end of the year saying if i had spent more time shit coulda been differnet.

[ariawuu]

I agree, but what I think I will do is just work as hard as I can and see what happens. I won't specifically say I am aiming for a 99.7 so that i will get an interview, but rather just bust my gut to get the highest i can. if thats not good enough so be it; but not going to get to the end of the year saying if i had spent more time shit coulda been differnet.

thats the spirit!

[thushan]

yeah the estimate this bloke gave was indeed rough, but he is a MBBS student, who is well respected. he is the head lecturer of that connect ed program,.

and i asked a mate at school who has a friend on the admissions board and he quoted "high 99's" s

its always good to strive high, getting a 99.8 will hold you in better stead than a 99.5
 

LOL JDog - the head lecturer of connect education is on ATARnotes - scocliffe09

[thushan]

I highly doubt that. Only like 100 people in the sate get that or above, and less than 50% want to do med...

And surely not all of those 100 would have gotten 190 combined score, or even done the UMAT... well I sure hope not!

If they're having 200 interviews then it would have to be lower... hopefully...

I don't think JDog meant 99.8+ as an ATAR floor. That's with a UMAT percentile of 92; suppose your UMAT percentile is 95 and 96 was the cut (hypothetically) you might only need a 99 - again they simply take people who don't already have an interview, get their ATARs and UMATs, mash them together to get a combined total, then take the top ~200.

Having said that 99.8+ with a 92nd percentile UMAT I think is a tad high - I'd think closer to 99.6 (remember this is for interviews, NOT admission).

This information may help; of the CSP metro students in first year med this year (excluding bonded):

ATAR (median) = 99.30
UMAT (median) = 62 (I think this was 95th percentile last year)
Interview (median) = 86 (presumably out of 100)

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[Jdog]

for a competitive chance at admission with my umat score id think id need 99.8 and 93-94 on the interview. what do you reckon tushan?