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How Will Medical Schools Use UCAT? Here's a Summary

9 months ago by Rob

A common question asked by medicine hopefuls is how UCAT will be used to select applicants into medical school.

Most universities use a combination of three factors when selecting students into medicine or dentistry. These include:

UCAT ANZ scores (either cognitive subtests* only, or all UCAT subtests)
Medical interview performance
Secondary school performance (ATAR / IB) or GPA

*UCAT cognitive subtests include UCAT Verbal Reasoning, UCAT Decision Making, UCAT Quantitative Reasoning and UCAT Abstract Reasoning

Each university is different, and some universities change their medical entry requirements at short notice. Further, they are often not transparent about the weightings of various subtests of UCAT, UCAT/ATAR weighting for interview selection, and UCAT/ATAR/Interview score weighting for final offers.

Here’s a summary:

Course	How is UCAT used?	How is UCAT weighted?	How are students selected for interview?	How are students selected for a place?
Adelaide University Medicine	Cognitive subtests only (SJ used in the case of ties)	20% UCAT	Based on UCAT	20% UCAT 40% interview 40% ATAR
Auckland University Medicine	All five subtests combined	15% UCAT	Based on GPA/CST	15% UCAT 25% interview 60% GPA/CST
Charles Darwin University Bachelor of Clinical Sciences	Cognitive subtests only	10% UCAT	No interview	10% UCAT 90% ATAR
Curtin University Medicine	Approx 90^th+ percentile for standard applicants	40% UCAT 60% ATAR (To select for interview)	Based on UCAT + ATAR	20% UCAT 40% interview 40% ATAR
Flinders University Medicine	Cognitive subtests only, equally weighted	10% UCAT	No interview	10% UCAT 90% ATAR
Griffith University Dental Science	Approx 90th+ percentile for standard applicants	20% UCAT	Based on UCAT	20% UCAT 40% interview score 40% ATAR/GPA
Monash University Medicine	Approx 90^th+ percentile for standard applicants	33% UCAT	December round: Based on UCAT only January round: Based on UCAT + ATAR	33% UCAT 33% Interview 33% ATAR
Newcastle University Medicine	Cognitive subtests only	100% UCAT (to select for interview)	100% UCAT	Interview + PQA
University of New South Wales Medicine	Overall cognitive subtest score; at least 50^th centile required (in reality 90^th+ percentile needed for standard applicants)	33% UCAT	Based on UCAT + ATAR	33% UCAT 33% Interview 33% ATAR
Otago University Medicine	Minimum score in each subtest required	Threshold only	No interview	GPA
University of Queensland Medicine	Cognitive subtest score, SJ and VR used as secondary and tertiary selectors, respectively	25% UCAT	UCAT (2990 in 2021)	ATAR/UCAT: 25% each Interview: 50%
University of Tasmania Medicine	Cognitive subtests only (cut off 50^th percentile)	Threshold only	No interview	ATAR
University of Western Australia Medicine	Approx 90^th+ percentile for standard applicants	33% UCAT	UCAT and predicted/actual ATAR	33% UCAT 33% Interview 33% ATAR
Western Sydney University / Charles Sturt University Medicine	Approx 90^th+ percentile (lower for rural and GWS students)	100% UCAT (to select for interview)	100% UCAT (once academic threshold met)	UCAT + Interview (greater emphasis on interview)

Note: Please ensure you check the relevant university website for the latest information, as changes can occur frequently and without notice.

Comprehensive admissions information relating to all courses (including dentistry and postgraduate medicine) can be found at https://www.medentry.edu.au/universities/university-admissions-guide

The Medical Entry Handbook has additional information.

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