At GradReady, we understand that the medical school application process is long and complicated. We've put together these slides to provide you with a rough idea of a timeline to the year as well as presenting past GAMSAT® and GPA requirements for different Graduate Medical Schools around Australia. For more information, read our detailed guide here: https://gradready.com.au/medical-school-entry-requirements

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Australian Graduate Medical
Schools - Admission
Requirements

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Australian Graduate Entry Medical Schools
● As of 2020, there are currently 13 Medical Schools that
provide a Graduate Entry Medical Program, 12 of which
require the GAMSAT ® exam.
● Of these 12, ten are members of the GAMSAT ® Consortium
and their medical courses are participants in GEMSAS
(Graduate Entry Medical Schools Admissions System).
GEMSAS acts as a single hub for applications to the ten
medical schools that make up its members.
● Two Medical Schools, the University of Sydney and Flinders
University, are not part of GEMSAS, but still require the
GAMSAT ® exam as well as separate, direct applications.

3. Medical Admissions Timeline 2020

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Medical Applications Timeline 2020

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GAMSAT ® Score Cutoffs

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GAMSAT ® Score Calculation
● Overall Score = (1 x Section I + 1 x Section II + 2 x
Section III) / 4
● *This formula means that your Overall GAMSAT ® score is 50% Science and 50%
Non-science. Note that the University of Melbourne , University of Queensland and
UNDF/UNDS weight all three sections equally
● Overall Score = (1 x Section I + 1 x Section II + 1 x
Section III) / 3

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Australian Graduate Medical Schools - Admission
Requirements
● The Admissions Requirements for the
majority of universities falls under one
of the following categories:
 GAMSAT ® & Interview
 GAMSAT ® , GPA & Interview
 GAMSAT ® , GPA, Portfolio & Interview

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GAMSAT ® Only Medical Schools
● These are the medical schools that
use only your GAMSAT ® Score to
rank applicants for an interview.
 USYD
 Flinders University
 UQ

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GAMSAT ® and GPA Medical Schools
● The majority of schools use what is known as a combination score
to rank applicants for an interview that is calculated using an
applicant’s GPA and GAMSAT ® Score.
● The calculation may differ between medical schools depending on
what GPA scale they use, but it can be essentially summed up as
below:

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GAMSAT ® , GPA & Portfolio Schools
● There are currently 3 medical schools in
Australia that include a portfolio in the
assessment process:
 University of Wollongong
 University of Notre Dame Sydney
 University of Notre Dame Fremantle

11. Australian Graduate Medical Schools – Criteria and Weightings

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Place Types at Australian Graduate Medical Schools

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Medical School - What Does it Involve?
● Whilst each graduate medical school in Australia is different, there are a few aspects
about medical training that you can expect to experience if you become a medical
student.
● Firstly, medical school can generally be split up into ‘pre-clinical’ and ‘clinical’ phases,
referring to when learning is primarily university-based versus clinical placement-
based.
● In the pre-clinical phase, tutorials are often structured as problem-based learning.
This means that classes will be guided and presented around an example of a patient
scenario.
● In the next phase, transitioning from learning in tutorials and lectures to the clinical
environment can be challenging, but is nonetheless rewarding and develops
important knowledge and skills.
● Universities time their rotations differently, however generally students will spend the
most time placed in the main specialties (general medicine, surgery, general practice
etc.) and less in the more niche specialties.

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How to Order your Preferences
● Rank all medical schools on a blank piece of
paper based on where you actually want to
live/attend/thrive/survive
● If you do not want to live somewhere, do not
preference it
● If you end up with more than 6 preferences on
that page, cut out the ones for which you would
be least competitive

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Useful Resources
1. What is the GAMSAT ® ?
2. How to Prepare for the GAMSAT ®
3. GradReady GAMSAT ® Preparation Courses
4. InterviewReady Courses
• Not sure what your GAMSAT ® results mean for your
medical school application? Check out the Definitive
Guide to GAMSAT Results 2020 here:
https://gradready.com.au/gamsat-scores