Medicine with a 97-98 atar? (1 Viewer)

[SFG111]

Hi,

I may be trying for med and I would like to know which unis offer places for potentially lower atars (relative to medicine) like 97s. I am currently aiming for a 98 but based off of how things are going, I am not rlly sure if I will actually do super well.

 

[rh_06]

Western Sydney Uni

 

[v.tex]

If u can get a good UCAT then u should be able to get into WSU with a high 97-98- You also need to master the interview

 

[SFG111]

Are there any other unis? and with the consideration of a low 97 atar, would WSU still accept?

 

[iloveeggs]

and with the consideration of a low 97 atar, would WSU still accept?

yeah maybe but you need a high ucat. percentile wise maybe 95+.

also if you live in greater western sydney you will get adjustement factors so even with a lower atar than 97 you can get in if you have a high atar

 

[SFG111]

ok ty!

 

[Mango__]

Hey! Just letting you know that even for medicine, ATAR is simply the quickest way in not the only way. Anything over 95 will get you into medicine, unless you want to go to like ADFA or smthn. However id recommend if you dont get a 98 ATAR while you might make it into med school, its smarter to do a science degree and stuff and transition into Med as itll make your life 100 times easier if you can deal-with/pay-for the extra year or 3 of uni.

 

[nsw..wollongong]

Anything over 95 will get you into medicine

nope.
and doing a bach. science before postgrad med doesn't make entry into med any easier.

 

[SFG111]

So if I chose to do psych at uni, would I still be able to transition since unis consider it to be part of the Sci faculty?

 

[Mango__]

nope.
and doing a bach. science before postgrad med doesn't make entry into med any easier.

Aye if this is true id love some source cos I might be giving out the wrong advice, can you elaborate why? As it was my understanding that this is a huge misinterpretation of how uni's work and while a high ATAR makes everything easier. Knowing a Medical lecturer at WSU for 17 odd years has made me understand the various pathways to get into med that people like to glaze over out of fear that the hard work they put in in year 12 wasn't as important as they thought. But also that lecturer is jit just my mum so she may be straight lying to me lmao.

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What google says (may not be reliable but) :
Minimum competitive ATAR ~99.55. Graduate applicants are ranked for interviews by 50:50 weighting of GPA and ATAR. 95 is the minimum ATAR, not the minimum competitive ATAR.28 Nov 2024
]

This being said, If you do end up [OP] struggling to get into medicine, you might wanna re evaluate if its the right job for you, Med school isn't something that gets easier and unless you specialise the work and uni fees are not worth the salary.

 

[Mango__]

So if I chose to do psych at uni, would I still be able to transition since unis consider it to be part of the Sci faculty?

It might make it slightly easier but would not be worth it and is not recommended. I meant a Bach of science in Medical science, because you want to do med school. It also will teach you all the things that Med students struggle with so extra years but easier studying. Either way even if you have a solid ATAR i'd do med science and then swap over cos it'll let you become a normal functioning person instead of being the dead husks of souls that pure med school produces lmaoo.

 

[SFG111]

Haha I see. But for entry via med Sci do u need gamsat? And would doing psych be safer since you don't get accepted into some med school?

 

[nsw..wollongong]

Aye if this is true id love some source cos I might be giving out the wrong advice, can you elaborate why? As it was my understanding that this is a huge misinterpretation of how uni's work and while a high ATAR makes everything easier. Knowing a Medical lecturer at WSU for 17 odd years has made me understand the various pathways to get into med that people like to glaze over out of fear that the hard work they put in in year 12 wasn't as important as they thought. But also that lecturer is jit just my mum so she may be straight lying to me lmao.

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What google says (may not be reliable but) :
Minimum competitive ATAR ~99.55. Graduate applicants are ranked for interviews by 50:50 weighting of GPA and ATAR. 95 is the minimum ATAR, not the minimum competitive ATAR.28 Nov 2024
]

This being said, If you do end up [OP] struggling to get into medicine, you might wanna re evaluate if its the right job for you, Med school isn't something that gets easier and unless you specialise the work and uni fees are not worth the salary.

with a 95, ur not competitive. rather you're an outlier, not saying that others haven't gotten in before with this score, but this is not the norm.
ur mum is right in that a lot ppl think that performing well in yr 12 is the only way of getting into med. but getting a 95 wont guarantee u many interview offers at all. unfortunately that's just the reality of med/dent. there's ppl with 97+ who didn't get any offers, despite performing well in ucat.

It might make it slightly easier but would not be worth it and is not recommended. I meant a Bach of science in Medical science, because you want to do med school. It also will teach you all the things that Med students struggle with so extra years but easier studying. Either way even if you have a solid ATAR i'd do med science and then swap over cos it'll let you become a normal functioning person instead of being the dead husks of souls that pure med school produces lmaoo.

again, psych doesn't make any transition or entry into med easy, and there's no such thing as "swapping over". doing med science for a lot of ppl is a trap, most of the cohort is gonna be sweats gunning for med just like u/OP.

there's some other threads on bos here regarding this exact sm topic, feel free to have a look!

 

[SFG111]

Tysm, appreciate the help!