Do universities care about school involvement like school captaincy? (1 Viewer)

[The Savior]

Hey all. I am a school captain and SRC member at a country school with about 600 kids all up, and I really want to do medicine. Just wondering if universities even care about school captaincy? Please note I didn't become a school captain for the sake of university entry. But I would like to know if this sort of school participation would appeal to the unis, and maybe give me a better chance of receiving interview offers, since not many kids applying for medicine tend to take on too many leadership roles. (Too busy studying lol) Also, I have been doing volunteer work at an aged care facility and I also played for my school's volleyball team for 2 years. Would any of these things matter? Thanks for any reply

 

[atcha]

Yes, when a UNSW came to my school they said that with school captaincy you get bonus points for most courses.

 

[BLIT2014]

Yes, when a UNSW came to my school they said that with school captaincy you get bonus points for most courses.

Except med.

You may be eligible under rural medicine access scheme;

for example https://rcs.med.unsw.edu.au/rural-student-entry-scheme#.VTLaua2qqko

 

[BLIT2014]

http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/customer-service/factsheets/2015_UG fact sheet 4-Medicine.pdf

 

[iStudent]

It will definitely help with your actual interview but I don't think it will help with receiving interview offers. All they look at is a combination of ATAR and/or UMAT score.

 

[isildurrrr1]

Not for anything I know of unless you're going to US uni's.