Hello Monash!
I would love to attend Monash next year and al though I have attended career expos I still have some questions. Firstly I am aspiring to become a doctor hence will be applying for the MD course. So here are my queries:
[1] Does getting a 175 for UMAT and 94 ATAR secure a spot for me in the course or even after the interview Monash guarantee scheme doesn't 100% mean that I will get in?
[2] Considering the worst case scenario and let's say that my UMAT is below 175 but my ATAR is in high 90s, will my high ATAR compensate for my low UMAT score?
[3] I am not hell-bent on getting into Monash and would possibly going interstate to study Medicine, are the entry schemes similar and what university would be similar to Monash in terms of the course if I were to study elsewhere?
[4] Is it true that there is no hope for students who score below 50 on a section of the UMAT in regards to undergraduate medicine study? Has there ever been a case of someone getting into medicine who has not met the 50/50/50 requirement?
Thank you and I am keen to hear back from you!
[1] It doesn't guarantee you a place in the course.
According to a Monash
presentation, it will guarantee you an
interview. I'm not sure about the accuracy of this statement, but traditionally it has been thought the students under the Monash Guarantee then follow a different path from regular entry to be admitted to the course. Therefore, you are still competing to get a place through the interview, but not with the main cohort, but rather everyone else that got the Monash Guarantee.
[2] If your UMAT score is below 175 you will not qualify for the Monash Guarantee regardless of your ATAR. Similarly, you must have a minimum of 50th percentile in each of Section 1, 2 and 3 regardless of your UMAT score and ATAR.
The only situation in which a high ATAR compensates for a low UMAT and vice versa, is within the pool of applicants for the interview. E.g. if you have a 96 ATAR and a 100th percentile, you might be in the same 'rank' during the Interviews as someone who got a 98 ATAR and 90th percentile or something.
[3] You can Google that yourself.
[4] Yes, it is true. And no, there hasn't. It is my understanding that any applicant who doesn't meet the 50-50-50 requirement is disqualified from entry.