The "Will I get an interview/offer with this UMAT?" query for med and dent

[pi]

i got 51%ile. should i even continue to try for medicine?

Only if medicine is really what you want to do

[Edward21]

Does 73rd percentile = try for JCU?? I got over 50 in each section, if that helps.

[pi]

JCU doesn't use UMAT, so any UMAT score will be fine for JCU Go for it!

[Edward21]

JCU doesn't use UMAT, so any UMAT score will be fine for JCU Go for it!

Haha I know that! I meant is my UMAT so pathetic that JCU is the only option?

[pi]

Haha I know that! I meant is my UMAT so pathetic that JCU is the only option?

Well I wouldn't call any UMAT "pathetic", but JCU is probably your best chance unless you're aiming for around 99.7+ whereby Griffith comes into play

[Edward21]

Well I wouldn't call any UMAT "pathetic", but JCU is probably your best chance unless you're aiming for around 99.7+ whereby Griffith comes into play

I'm going to do my best, but I won't get 99.7!!

[muscle min]

i notice that adelaide gives out actual places based on umat and interview (both equally weighted). does that mean if my umat is mediocre, I dont have much of a chance even  if i do well on the interview? (dentistry)

[datfatcat]

i notice that adelaide gives out actual places based on umat and interview (both equally weighted). does that mean if my umat is mediocre, I dont have much of a chance even  if i do well on the interview? (dentistry)

If i remember it right, UOA will divide candidates into several quartile groups (i think it is 4) according to their interview result and then rank you using your umat.  Say there are 400 kids who did the interview. The first quartile group (1-80 candidates), who did amazingly well in their interview, will definitely get a place no matter how low their umat was (of course it will still be above the cut off).  The next quartile group (81-160) are slightly different because not all of them will end up getting in.  So if you are in this second group, you will be ranked according to your UMAT result.  If you are the highest in this group, you will be the 81st candidate and you will be in.  UOA gives offers to student up to around 105+/-5 (depends on how many people reject their offers). 
Now as you can see, if you are in the third or fourth quartile group (meaning you didn't do well in the interview), no matter how well you went for your UMAT, they won't care.

*This is just my understanding of how the system works. I got a place from them last year

[datfatcat]

so does that mean, given I only got 85%ile, if I do well on the interview I still have a chance? (I'm the very first interview they will be doing)

If they still use this system, then the answer is yes.  But you need to be in the top group (top 75ish students) in the interview.  I know this may sound a bit scary, but good luck and hope you can get in

[Charmz]

so does that mean, given I only got 85%ile, if I do well on the interview I still have a chance? (I'm the very first interview they will be doing)

Dude, I'm fairly sure 85%ile is enough for dent at UoA. I go to UoA and know plenty of people who've gotten into dent with ~85%ile.

[datfatcat]

Dude, I'm fairly sure 85%ile is enough for dent at UoA. I go to UoA and know plenty of people who've gotten into dent with ~85%ile.

Yea interview is the major hurdle 

[ahat]

If it helps anyone (probably only applicable for rural kids), I've got an offer from Newcastle and UNSW with a UMAT of 81%. Saying that, I think my "rural score" according to NSW is pretty high.

[datfatcat]

If it helps anyone (probably only applicable for rural kids), I've got an offer from Newcastle and UNSW with a UMAT of 81%. Saying that, I think my "rural score" according to NSW is pretty high.

Congrats!  For those who are non-rural, here is the table UNSW put up a few years ago (I cannot find a more recent one )

[Shandbagers]

Does anybody know what the entry requirements to bond are?
Thanks 
Oh yeah, 79 UMAT 

[teletubbies_95]

Question for a friend who applied for JCU :
Do interview offers come after or before ATAR?