Monash cut-off info and predictions?

[REBORN]

I thought there was a rest station for 10minutes?

[D27RII]

What the hell were Monash doing that their MMI took 90 minutes to sit?

Yep, as snake put it quite aptly himself - there are 9 stations which take 10 minutes each - Mind you, that in 90 minutes they can interview 9 students, but still, the overall process requires a lot of time, staff and arrangement - hell they had to practically re-arrange the second floor of John monash science building when I went there - hence they choose less peoole for ease and convenience.

Another point to note is that in previous interviews - monash could have BOTH qualified university briefed itnerviews AND members of the community interview side by side on a panel - NOW however, with stations only having one interviewer, monash have cut down on the number of community interviews they have taken to ensure that all their interviewers are either from the uni or are community members with great experience in having interviewed during previous years - therefore the number of interviewers monash has, has decreased leading to an inevitable decrease in interviewees last year.

[Russ]

Yeah, I'm just surprised they opted for 10 minute stations, since 5-7 minutes are apparently optimal. Although USyd ran 9 minute stations, so I guess it's a matter of convenience

[Jdog]

I think the reason are saying the cutoff will increase drastically is because, they are offering around 400 straight UMAT interviews ans 200 Atar/UMAT combined interviews,


so essentially from 650 its going to become 400, hence the cutoff should be around 95 96

[luken93]

Just on this, when do they actually release these stats? Even though we have enough People on here go work out the cutoff, I'd be interested to find out...

[D27RII]

I think the reason are saying the cutoff will increase drastically is because, they are offering around 400 straight UMAT interviews ans 200 Atar/UMAT combined interviews,


so essentially from 650 its going to become 400, hence the cutoff should be around 95 96

Wow - I was unaware of this, then yeah you are definitely correct

96 is too high, but I am now revising my previous opinion to 93-94. I still think students with 95 should get an offer comfortably

[paulsterio]

You've also got to consider that the number of people sitting the UMAT increases every year!

[REBORN]

Just on this, when do they actually release these stats? Even though we have enough People on here go work out the cutoff, I'd be interested to find out...

I'd be [extremely] interested for myself next year!

[Nokiacharger]

HI, I would appreciate some help, I received a UMAT score of 60%ile, which would obviously not make me competitive for Monash MBBS degree, however, I qualify for:

http://www.monash.edu.au/access/vc-scheme.html

and after contacting the university, they told me I would DEFINITELY receive an interview as I receive youth allowance and will qualify for ^^.

I'm a bit skeptical of this though as it seems too good to be true and I don't want to get my hopes up just yet, could somebody verify this/dash my dreams!

All help appreciated!

[paulsterio]

You should call them rather than speculate, just give them a ring and they should tell you!

It's better than just speculating!

[Nokiacharger]

You should call them rather than speculate, just give them a ring and they should tell you!

It's better than just speculating!

Hey man, I did call them and the lady said I would DEFINITELY receive an interview so long as I broke 150 combined in my UMAT and 90 in my ATAR. But it seems too good to be true and I would like confirmation from a reliable source within the MBBS admissions/thushan/shinny seeing as they seem to have contacts everywhere!

[thushan]

Hmm. Given that you fall under this VC category, I presume that the minimum UMAT you need is simply 150 - and that the normal UMAT cutoff (which I'm predicting to be between 190 and 200) will not apply to you. I can't confirm though but I presume that to be the case

[Nokiacharger]

It does seem too good to be true but...

I think that a member from last year received an interview and offer because of VC but I cant remember the username to ask her/him to comfirm... Drats!

[Russ]

If you called the university and spoke to someone in the med admissions faculty, I'd put much more faith in what they said than what you hear on the internet.

[Nokiacharger]

If you called the university and spoke to someone in the med admissions faculty, I'd put much more faith in what they said than what you hear on the internet.
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I dont have an idea who I talked to though, I just called the number on their website for enquiry. She could of just been in the ceebs with this random asian, Ill say yes mood.

Do you have a contact number for admissions faculty?