Monash 2011 Interviews

[thushan]

[nacho]

I was wondering if they just sent it to everyone or if I still was actually "in contention"?

o i misread what you said
since i got it, i think it is given to everyone

[tea.squaredd]

Im gonna take a stab and guess that email was sent to anyone with a UMAT over 150 because if they get 99.95 then bam, an interview .. so you're still 'in contention'

[Russ]

Congratulations and commiserations to everyone.

If anyone wants to give me a hand with the interview practice thread that will run closer to the date, let me know via PM before November

[LachieEvans]

A friend got the email that said bad luck etc. but you will not be able to apply for alternative pathways. I assume her UMAT was below the 150 (she didnt actually tell me) but I would say that you should have received an email either way.

[parker]

Does anyone know when JCU is notifying interview offers for medicine?

[paulsterio]

So anyone have any opinions regarding interview training and if it actually works?

[Russ]

What effect do you expect it to have, because they are beneficial in some ways.

I'd stay the fuck away from MedEntry though, but that's on personal grounds and I have no experience of their interview training course

[paulsterio]

What effect do you expect it to have, because they are beneficial in some ways.

I'd stay the fuck away from MedEntry though, but that's on personal grounds and I have no experience of their interview training course

I'm not too sure what I expect to be honest, I still think the whole UMAT and Interview training business is really a monopoly and a lot of people end up saying "I passed cause of training courses" whilst some say "It didn't really do much"

Btw, do you have any reasons for hating MedEntry?

[Russ]

I think the biggest strength of an interview training course (non specific to medicine prep) is that it will give you confidence to approach the interview. If you go over some easy ways to work in your strengths or you get used to talking about the challenges in rural healthcare, it invests your interview performance with a natural confidence that is lacking otherwise. Of course, you don't need to attend a course to help with that, they just make it easier.

If you're looking to get some building blocks to practice and to familiarize yourself with the process, then they're pretty good. But most interview questions are repeated year to year, so you generally won't be asked anything surprising or outlandish. Get some general practice in and you won't need to prepare responses specific to questions XYZ

As for MedEntry, they're just a bunch of <edit, mouth soap etc.>. Coming from someone who believes in a laissez-faire free market, that should tell you something.

[4lec]

but yeah 195 is ridiculously high,

195 what? its a legit question

[REBORN]

Unweighted sum of your three section scores.

[Dasher]

Got the email yesterday, 

[Panicmode]

Im gonna take a stab and guess that email was sent to anyone with a UMAT over 150 because if they get 99.95 then bam, an interview .. so you're still 'in contention'

Nope

I got a sum of 175 and still none of that. Ahh well, definitely Biomed for me I suppose

[Russ]

Try not to lock onto biomed without considering all the other alternatives, it's not just a 3 year premed degree.