Admission Process

So you've made it through your undergraduate degree (or almost) and you've done the GAMSAT. But will your score be good enough?

Requirements for interview invitations

Interview invitations are issued based on the following:

University	Interview invitations based on performance in	Must also meet other criteria
		Mimimum GPA	Minimum GAMSAT section score
ANU	Overall GAMSAT (50%) + Weighted GPA (50%)	Weighted 5.0	50
Flinders	Overall GAMSAT score but also special entry for high GPA or exceptional performance in GAMSAT sections I/II or III	N/A	50
Griffith	Overall GAMSAT score	5.0	Set annually but expected to be 50
Melbourne	Overall GAMSAT (50%) + Weighted GPA (50%)	Weighted 5.5	Set annually (tends to be 50)
Notre Dame	Overall GAMSAT score + GPA	5.0	50
Queensland	Overall GAMSAT score	4.5	50
Sydney	Overall GAMSAT score	5.5	50
Western Australia	Overall GAMSAT score	Weighted 5.5	Set annually (unlikely to be lower than 55)
Wollongong	Overall GAMSAT score (30%) + Weighted GPA (30%) + Portfolio score (40%)	Weighted 5.0	50

This is what was needed in previous years to get an interview (the year denotes year of admission):

* Sydney University has changed criteria from 2005 admission - The overall GAMSAT score is now used as the cutoff rather than a minimum section score. The table lists the min section scores in previous years and cannot be used for comparison for 2005 and onwards.

Note that ANU and Melbourne invite to interviews based on combined GAMSAT (50%) and GPA (50%) scores so the GAMSAT score listed above is the lowest at which invitations were issued (but it was possible to have a higher score and not get an interview offer because of lower GPA score).

These scores refer to general quota, lower scores may apply for rural and Aboriginal admissions at Uni's which have separate quotas for special admissions.

Can anyone fill me in on the other years?

General admission requirements 

Check out the general admission requirements of each Uni by following this link

You must apply by 30 June through GMAC at ACER.

Interviews

If you're selected - next is the interview in September (usually in the mid-semester break - around the end of September - beginning of October).

The Uni's will invite to the interviews about 1.5 times the number of places available.

According to the ACER Admission Guide: applicants are ranked by their first preference school based on GAMSAT overall and/or section scores (and GPA in the case of applicants to Melbourne). If you do not reach the cut-offs established by the first preference school you will be passed on to your second preference school where you will be considered for inclusion on the interview list. If you don't qualify for your second preference you are passed on to your third preference. All schools will consider second and third preference applicants for interview. Each school will conduct only one round of interviews and no applicant will be invited to interview by more than one school.

Offers

It is possible to be interviewed at one university and receive an offer of admission from another. If unsuccessful in gaining an offer from the university where interviewed - details of the application with interview remarks are passed onto the other universities in the preference list.

Quotas

The following number of places will be on offer (may change from year to year):

 

University	General quota	Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme (MRBS)	International students
ANU	35	25	12
Flinders	58	9	30
Melbourne	60	1	10
Queensland	230	8	20
Sydney	182	4	40
Wollongong	72	?	8