UMAT Discussion Thread 2016

[pi]

Hello,

Do you think I have a chance of getting into med/dent in Australia with a predicted atar of 97 and 42 percentile for umat?

Thanks

Can't speak for dent, but your only hope for med is really JCU. Written applications are due later this month, so make sure you're on top of it!

[EmileeSmith]

when are the written applications due?

[Maz]

when are the written applications due?

30th September
I linked the application form:
https://www.jcu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/272769/2017_Application-Form-Top4.pdf

[karenc.]

Can't speak for dent, but your only hope for med is really JCU. Written applications are due later this month, so make sure you're on top of it!

Hi Pi,
I applied to JCU. What about Bond med?

[The Usual Student]

Hey guys
according to my tutor, Monash is getting rid of 50-50-50 rule?
They just look for a score 65+? Is that true?

[mtse]

Hey guys
according to my tutor, Monash is getting rid of 50-50-50 rule?
They just look for a score 65+? Is that true?

They've been saying they'd get rid of it for years and yet they still adhere to the 50-50-50 rule... so honestly no one knows....

(woooo 100 posts lol)

[pi]

Hi Pi,
I applied to JCU. What about Bond med?

I don't know much about Bond's entrance requirements, but apply for it if you can afford it

Hey guys
according to my tutor, Monash is getting rid of 50-50-50 rule?
They just look for a score 65+? Is that true?

Wouldn't bank on rumours!

[karenc.]

I don't know much about Bond's entrance requirements, but apply for it if you can afford it

Wouldn't bank on rumours!

What about Monash? Is my umat score too low?

[pi]

What about Monash? Is my umat score too low?

Much too low unfortunately :/

[karenc.]

Much too low unfortunately :/

oh ok. Should i do medical science degree then if i don't get in?

[pi]

Out of curiosity, what kind of ATAR do you generally need for a place in JCU med?

Varies, 97+ from people I know who got in.

oh ok. Should i do medical science degree then if i don't get in?

Really up to you! Important to think about plans if you don't get into graduate med, can you get a job with a medical science degree?

[The Usual Student]

Sorry guys I am a bit confused,
Do all Unis have the 50-50-50 rule or just monash?
I got 89, but 48 in S1.
So Monash is out but Adelaide? UNSW? ect?

[mia58]

Any chance at an interview with UMAT 88%ile (52, 57, 68), GPA 7.0 and ATAR 99.5?
Thanks

[mtse]

Any chance at an interview with UMAT 88%ile (52, 57, 68), GPA 7.0 and ATAR 99.5?
Thanks

This really depends on where you are applying....it looks like you have a relatively good chance but really need more details :/
the fact that you have a GPA, I assume you are a uni student? If that's the case, then no chance for an interview at Monash university as they only take direct school-leavers in their undergraduate course. Other unis interstate I'm not so sure.

[HughMungus]

Out of curiosity, what kind of ATAR do you generally need for a place in JCU med?

JCU has a lower cutoff of OP 6 which equates to around a 90 ATAR but most of the people that get in have at least an OP3 (95 ATAR). I know a person who got in with an OP6 and a person who was rejected with an OP1 (99+) so your mileage may vary.