We've put together these slides to provide a summary of the different components and key deadlines of the graduate medicine application process to help make the journey less confusing for you. For more information, read our detailed article here: https://gradready.com.au/posts/gamsat-preparation-courses/full-gamsat-and-gemsas-timeline

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GAMSAT Timeline: All You
Need to Know

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The Exam
• The admissions process begins with you sitting the Australian
GAMSAT® Exam.
• GEMSAS applications should open in late April/early May and
close late May.
• For those who aren’t familiar, GEMSAS stands for ‘Graduate
Entry Medical School Admissions System’, and is the
organisation that manages applications for the 10 participating
schools.
• The GEMSAS Guide, which is released every year on their
website, will be your one-stop shop for all the details of when
and how to apply to the GEMSAS medical schools.

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How to Order Your Preferences
• There are 10 schools in the GEMSAS® consortium and you
may preference up to 6 in your application.
• Keep in mind that USyd and Flinders require their own
completely separate applications and do not count towards
these 6 preferences.
• There is no trick to choosing your preferences – put your most
preferred schools first. Remember, if you don’t want to live
somewhere or go to a particular medical school, it’s probably
best not to preference it. Also, if you end up completing an
interview, remember that your application may still be
considered for any schools lower on your preference school
than that which you interviewed at.

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Supporting Documentation
• A variety of documents may be required for the different graduate
medical schools (e.g. proof of rural status, transcripts from non-
ARTS universities), and these will need to be delivered to
GEMSAS or the individual university you’re applying to by certain
deadlines.
• You should consult the GEMSAS guide and the individual
university guides early on to make sure that you can arrange to
have all the documentation organised in time.
• It’s also important to note that USyd require you to have your
GPA calculated by UAC, so it is recommended you do this as
soon as you have received your GAMSAT® Exam marks and
decided to apply to USyd. This also incurs a fee of $128, and
usually must be submitted by late May.

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The Interview
• In early September you will receive your interview offer from the
highest school on your GEMSAS preference list that you were
eligible and competitive for.
• It may be possible that you do not receive an offer from your first
preference, in which case that school is then off the table (you
cannot be considered for an offer of a place at a school which is a
higher preference than the school at which you were interviewed).
• The majority of interviews are held between late September and
October, however for USyd they are usually held in late July/early
August (with offers being sent out in early July).
• If you do not qualify for an interview at any of your preferences, you
will receive a letter from GEMSAS advising you of this around the
same time that interview offers are released.

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The Offer
• This brings us to the moment you have all been waiting
for: offers are usually received in early November!
• While it’s possible that some candidates who don’t
receive an initial offer will receive a second round offer
any time up until the course starts (literally, you can
receive an offer the week before the course
commences), it’s important to know that if you have been
offered a place, you cannot reject that place and drop
down to a lower preference – any candidate who rejects
their offer completely withdraws their application for that
year.

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Further Materials
• GAMSAT Results Guide
• GradReady GAMSAT Podcast
• GAMSAT Section 1: How to prepare
• GAMSAT Section 2 Essays: How to Prepare
• GAMSAT Section 3 Essays: How to Prepare
• We’ve also prepared a guide that will provide you with a rough idea
of the medical school entry requirements for different Graduate
Medical Schools around Australia:
https://gradready.com.au/medical-school-entry-requirements