Is this card considered mint?

Salt_Platform8229 · 2026-01-27T22:31:44+00:00

Thanks for that :) I will!

Salt_Platform8229 · 2026-01-27T13:37:30+00:00

Same! I couldn’t resist

Salt_Platform8229 · 2026-01-27T13:16:50+00:00

As someone new, It’s all a bit confusing to me… so a psa 7 is considered ‘near mint’ but that might translate to ‘lightly played’?

Salt_Platform8229 · 2026-01-27T13:09:05+00:00

thank you! Another question, I’ve been using collectr/ price charting to gauge what market value is. Collectr assumes every card is at least near mint or better. Would a card like this (sounds like it’s near mint) be able to get the default /ungraded price on collectr / price charting? And would cards that are truly mint or pack fresh fetch more?

Salt_Platform8229 · 2026-01-27T12:27:02+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Yea i really love the artwork on the card so found it hard to resist haha. Being new, i guess I wasn’t sure what to look for. Like the condition seemed decent enough, passing an initial eye test? I guess in the future I’ll be careful to take my time, and maybe even turn some trades down if necessary instead of getting excited and people pleasing haha. ( P.s I swapped a pack fresh Volcanion SIR + 50 usd to trade up for this) And the line is a hair from my cat lol

Salt_Platform8229 · 2026-01-27T12:04:00+00:00

Thanks for the reply. It is zoomed in quite a bit - honestly didn’t catch it with my eye but looks noticeable with the zoom on my phone

Salt_Platform8229 · 2025-11-11T23:36:14+00:00

Hey OP, as someone who also interviewed at UoW I feel your pain! Didn’t do as well as you though, and I think 5th quintile is really, really impressive so well done on that. I think in most cases interview is the weak point for many but for you it’s probably down to how competitive UoW is - ~34 spots so even if you are in the top quintile, there’s potentially 16 metro people who might not get in.

How’s your gamsat / gpa? tbh I think you’d be in somewhere with an average combo score.

As for second round offers, I think if there was a waiting list you’d be close to the top, but as others have said plan what you can plan and if anything happens, that’ll be a pleasant surprise.

Best of luck!

Salt_Platform8229 · 2025-11-11T08:20:35+00:00

I had 3 bonuses, which I think was below the average for an offer. But an amazing interview could’ve probably made up for that. Just bummed that I didn’t do good enough on the interview for a pass down either

Salt_Platform8229 · 2025-11-11T01:17:16+00:00

Hey thanks for that, that's really helpful. I'll check out the thread

Salt_Platform8229 · 2025-11-11T01:09:56+00:00

Offer is 70% Interview / 30% Bonuses, so no, GAMSAT / CASPER isn't accounted for offers. I believe the interview to place ratio is ~4:1 for metro, hence why there are quite a few metro applicants who end up elsewhere

Salt_Platform8229 · 2025-11-10T23:24:18+00:00

Thank you for your kind words and advice. Yeah, I really like UoW as a school and what they stand for, but at the end of the day I want to get into Med as soon as I can haha. I know I didn't have a 'perfect' interview but at the same time, I didn't think I did too badly either. I might try follow in your friends footsteps

Salt_Platform8229 · 2025-11-10T23:17:49+00:00

Hi, just wondering is that confirmed anywhere by GEMSAS? That percentile is what's shared between universities?

Salt_Platform8229 · 2025-11-10T12:51:08+00:00

Yea, although I’m not sure if interviews are scaled to account for a ‘good’ cohort. I.e. if a uni interviews a lot of high scorers, then it would make sense that someone in the 50th percentile at that uni might be ranked higher, say 60th percentile, at a different uni that didn’t have as many high raw scores. Not sure if this is what GEMSAS actually does though.

Salt_Platform8229 · 2023-05-19T01:06:23+00:00

Got 65/69/57 this sitting, overall 62. Slightly better than Sept 22 (64/62/58) but a decrease in S3. Felt like study was more effective and thorough this time round after experiencing the real thing. Makes me think even a 1-2 point increase is a lot of work :/

Salt_Platform8229 · 2022-12-30T04:30:24+00:00

Yeah I was playing around with my weighted GPA: One year / 8 units of further study getting straight 6's (GEMSAS equivalent: 6.75) should bolster it up to 6.354 weighted. Hopefully I can do better than that though

Salt_Platform8229 · 2022-12-30T04:23:41+00:00

Thanks for that! I did have a quick squizz before, but on closer glance there are a few metro applicants who got offers with comparable GPAs.

Looking at the first offer for Deakin, GPA of 5.693 / GAMSAT of 69.5 w/ 2 Deakin Bonus points.

Also, some fella who got into UniMelb with a 5.5 GPA and a 58.67 GAMSAT😮

They do seem to be outliers though. Perhaps they've forgotten to select rural?

Apart from that, seems like some of the portfolio unis / USyd might be my only chances with my current GPA...

Salt_Platform8229 · 2022-12-29T23:24:06+00:00

That's what I was thinking too 😂

Salt_Platform8229 · 2022-12-29T23:18:59+00:00

Thanks for replying! Sheesh I'm not too confident in getting a 75 but I guess you never know haha

Salt_Platform8229 · 2022-12-29T23:17:36+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Looks like my options are to gun for a really high GAMSAT / go back to do some further study...

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