Rural Clinical SchoolRural Student Entry Scheme

What is the Rural Student Entry Scheme (RSES)?

The RSES is an alternative pathway for students from rural areas to enter UNSW’s Medicine program.

Medicine Application Form available on UNSW Medicine website emed.med.unsw.edu.au/ProspectiveStudents.nsf

Last day to register for the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) with ACER umat.acer.edu.au

Sit UMAT

Last day to lodge on time application with Universities Admissions Centre (UAC)

Last day to lodge Medicine Application Form with UNSW Medicine

UNSW Medicine contacts schools for pre-dicted HSC results

Selection based on predicted scores and interview invitations sent

Main round Interviews

1 April 2015

5 June 2015

29 July 2015

30 Sep 2015

Oct 2015

Early Nov 2015

26 Nov - 2 Dec 2015

Late Dec 2015

4-5 Jan 2016

20 Jan 2016 (TBC)

21 Jan 2016 (TBC)

March 2016

30 Sep 2015

Selection based on actual ATARs and inter-view invitations sent

Second round Interviews

Date of Main Round offers released via UAC

Calendar of Important Dates*

For more info contact Jessica Monoja at the Rural Clinical School at j.monoja@unsw.edu.au or on 9385 3677 or visit rcs.med.unsw.edu.au/future-students

Photo credit: Ben Cumming, UNSW medical student from Albury campus.

*Anticipated dates

UNSW Medicine has one of the world’s best medicine programs. It was Top 30 in the prestigious 2014 QS World University Rankings, with a ranking of 29.

Commencement of Year One

Final round interviews

The Rural Student Entry Scheme (RSES) gives applicants from rural New South Wales and Australia the opportunity to enter UNSW’s Medicine program through an alternative pathway.

Established in 1997 by UNSW Rural Medicine, the RSES is open to candidates with a significant rural background. 25% of UNSW’s yearly Medicine intake are students who apply through the scheme.

The RSES is designed for Year 12 high school students or students who are currently studying at university or post-graduate students. Applicants must have lived in a defined rural area for at least five years, either consecutive-ly or cumulatively.

Overview

• The rural rating (RRMA) of the family home and school (from age five)

• ATAR or ATAR and university results• Performance in UMAT exam

To find out more about applying for the Rural Student Entry Scheme, check out the ‘Future Students’ section of the RCS website at rcs.med.unsw.edu.au where you can apply online. Interested applicants can also see a list of important dates outlined in this brochure.

How are students selected for a RSES interview?

How do you apply?

Students are selected for a RSES interview based on a com-bination of the following three criteria:

Achieving the minimum criteria for interview does not guarantee selection for interview. The minimum score for UMAT to be considered for interview is 150 (when you combine the 3 raw scores not percentile). Applicants whose combined score is less than 150 will not be con-sidered for an interview. Applicants whose ATAR and/or university marks are lower than 91.00 will not be con-sidered for interview.

Please note:

What is the UMAT exam?

The UMAT exam assesses general attributes and skills gained through prior experience and learning. It consists of three sections that evaluate the applicant’s skills in critical thinking and problem solving, interactions with others, and abstract non-verbal reasoning. Each section is equally weighted. For more information about UMAT and to register for the test, please visit the Australian Council for Educational Research’s (ACER) website at www.acer.edu.au.

� Applicants must choose to apply through the Rural Student Entry Scheme OR through General Entry. You cannot apply through both.

� Applicants do not have to re-apply to be considered for the second round of interviews in January.

• For applicants completing high school, a minimum ATAR of 91.00 in the NSW HSC, or equivalent in other states.

• For applicants who have partially completed or com-pleted a university degree, a minimum of the equivalent ATAR of 91.00 when the ATAR and tertiary results are combined (ATAR and tertiary results are combined in the ratio of 50:50). If more than one degree has been com-pleted/attempted (at least 0.75 FTE of the first year of any degree), UAC will determine which degree has the higher results and use ONLY the results of that degree.

• Applicants are required to have resided in a defined Australian rural area, RRMA 3-7 for a minimum of five consecutive or cumulative years, commencing from the age of five. Please visit www.aihw.gov.au/rural-health-rr-ma-classification to learn more.

• Applicants sit UMAT exam in 2015.

• Australian citizenship/Australian permanent residency (Please note that New Zealand citizens are ineligible).

Please note:

Selection Criteria in more detail “Getting into medicine at UNSW through the Rural Entry Scheme - which sets aside places for people from rural backgrounds - gave me a great oppor-tunity to pursue my dreams, which I wouldn’t have otherwise had.”

— Dr Guy Sanson, Griffith Base Hospital and UNSW RCS graduate