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How do u get into monash mbbs?
« on: January 19, 2016, 12:29:30 am »
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Pretty much says it in the question...like what ATAR minimum and umat should one be looking at?   :o
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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2016, 12:32:08 am »
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You'd be wanting 99+ ATAR and 90%ile+ UMAT to be confident-ish (assuming non-rural) of getting an interview.

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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2016, 12:36:16 am »
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You sell your soul to satan :P

On a more serious note:
I would say aim for 99+ atar and 90+ UMAT
I had a few friends who got high 98 ATAR and high 80s UMAT, who got an interview but ultimately missed out on a place.
Each year around 600 interviews are offered, with only around 240 spots (approx 120 CSP, 60 Bonded, 40 rural according to their website but this changes every year). So the chances aren't too slim, but with a high ATAR and UMAT, the interview is not as stressful.

This is quite different if you qualify as a rural or indigenous student.
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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2016, 12:41:34 am »
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You sell your soul to satan :P

On a more serious note:
I would say aim for 99+ atar and 90+ UMAT
I had a few friends who got high 98 ATAR and high 80s UMAT, who got an interview but ultimately missed out on a place.
Each year around 600 interviews are offered, with only around 240 spots (approx 120 CSP, 60 Bonded, 40 rural). So the chances are too slim, but with a high ATAR and UMAT, the interview is not as stressful.

This is quite different if you qualify as a rural or indigenous student.

You must have worked quite hard to be one of those 120 people  :P
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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2016, 12:53:14 am »
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Pretty much says it in the question...like what ATAR minimum and umat should one be looking at?   :o
Thankyou guyz  :)

As everyone else has said, you should aim for a 99+ ATAR and a 90+ UMAT to be pretty confident of at least getting an interview. But people still get interview offers with a lower than 99 ATAR and lower than 90 UMAT, and people still get MBBS offers with lower than 99 ATAR and 90 UMAT! But yeah if you want to remain competitive and have a good shot, you should aim for that, but if you just miss out it's not the end of the world :)
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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2016, 04:42:50 pm »
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You'd be wanting 99+ ATAR and 90%ile+ UMAT to be confident-ish (assuming non-rural) of getting an interview.
And what about rural? 98+ ATAR and 85%ile+ UMAT or something?

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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2016, 04:49:36 pm »
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And what about rural? 98+ ATAR and 85%ile+ UMAT or something?

I'm not 100% sure on this one, but I know people (rural students) who had ~92ATAR/97UMAT or ~99ATAR/80UMAT and got an interview. The number who actually got offers I'm not entirely sure, but there is a MBBS cohort (Extended Rural Cohort which has around 30 people) which is mainly dedicated to rural students.

Splash might know more about this, as he qualified for the Dean's Rural List and got into MBBS.

Besides that, for the UMAT you got to try to get at least 50 in each section. Although Monash says they don't rule people out by this rule, I know several people who did not receive interviews despite decent ATARs and UMATs.
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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2016, 04:50:12 pm »
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A female from my school got into the Monash MBBS with an ATAR of 97.40 (extended rural cohort). Unsure of UMAT.
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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2016, 04:52:02 pm »
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And what about rural? 98+ ATAR and 85%ile+ UMAT or something?

Yeah even less is probably possible, tends to vary year by year.

At the end of the day the advice is: do the best you can and you'll reap the rewards.

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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2016, 04:57:39 pm »
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Does the Monash Guarantee give any real benefit? (especially the disadvantaged school factor)

Anecdotally, not really. SEAS can help with your ATAR requirement (which has helped a few people I know), but doesn't effect your UMAT or Interview scores at all.

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Re: How do u get into monash mbbs?
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2016, 05:10:03 pm »
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Hey AspiringDoc,

I can definitely confirm the lower requirements for country kids- however I can only give advice anecdotally/based on friend's scores.

I remember a 97atar and a high 80s UMAT got into a CSP place (can't remember exact figures sorry :()
However, I know friends with an Atar of 92-93 and UMAT of high 80s that did not receive any place. There's a classmate who got a UMAT of 86, and an Atar of 95.sth, but I haven't asked her if she got in or not. They were all offered interviews though.

Unfortunately while it is significantly lower for rural, we're still fighting over around 25-30ish CSP places (i think); the govt has to provide 25% of places to rural kids.

It's really hard to tell as it can depend on so many things- like the interview, which I have no idea how to tell if you did well in or not.. It's also hard because higher interviews can pick up for lower UMATs, and Higher ATARs and UMATs can compensate for lower interviews..

I wouldn't get too caught up with percentiles (I went into the UMAT without knowing anything about these ranks or scores)- just try your best and apply literally everywhere :)

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