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Hi Crow,If you’re a NZ citizen this makes you ineligible for BMP places which unfortunately excludes you from a significant portion of places that other applicants have access to; this means that you’ll need to perform higher than the average Australian applicant needs to to have a reasonable chance at admission
Department of Health | Bonded Medical Places commonly asked questionsHi Crow,
is it not possible for me to apply for BMP spots if I get an Australian Permanent Resident Visa?
I'm not too sure how it works exactly but I've heard it's possible.
Yes, if you're a permanent resident then you are also eligible.The BMP Scheme is open to Australian citizens, permanent residents of Australia and New Zealand citizens who held a New Zealand Special Category Visa on or before 26 February 2001.
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Hi welcome to MSO. According to this webpage > Australian Graduate Medical Schools - Admission Requirements | 2019-2020Hi guys just wanting some advice. I am a Nursing student about to graduate and recently sat the gamsat with a score of 51 (not impressive i know). I have a GPA of about 6.1 and have 4 year experience in working with adults with disabilities. Although i don't have an impressive Gamsat score or GPA, i wonder if my portfolio may be enough to be possibly considered for UNDS or whether to just save my money? I am not rural student but i have a parent with a disability, along with my now nursing career i thought maybe this may help. If not, i was considering sitting the UCAT.
Congrats on your great GPA.I feel that it’s pretty likely that I get an interview so I was wondering do I preference the unis as I actually want them (just like undergrad where you choose which uni you like best first) or is there a game you have to play with preferences depending on your scores & portfolio strength etc.
As A1 alludes to above the only past “gaming” the system may have been with UQ but that’s irrelevant now that they are doing interviews like the rest of the schools.I feel that it’s pretty likely that I get an interview so I was wondering do I preference the unis as I actually want them (just like undergrad where you choose which uni you like best first) or is there a game you have to play with preferences depending on your scores & portfolio strength etc.
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Entirely contingent on your GPA, the calibre of your classmates, and whether you qualify for consideration as an Indigenous student (as well as how many places they decide to allocate to that pathway in that year). That pathway still stipulates you only skip GAMSAT - the interview is still required, so I imagine your performance in the same would factor in too.Hi, I'm a non rural student. If I enroll in the ANU Bachelor of Health Science, what are my chances of entering ANU Medicine directly(without interview and gamsat)? Thanks in advance.
Lots of info in this pdf > https://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/files/bachelor-health-science-mchd-pathway-guidelines.pdfHi, I'm a non rural student. If I enroll in the ANU Bachelor of Health Science, what are my chances of entering ANU Medicine directly(without interview and gamsat)? Thanks in advance.
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The weighting put on portfolios is not public knowledge and the marking criteria of portfolios aren’t known. I’ve seen people on pagingdr.net get interviews at Wollongong, Notre dame Sydney & freo with low 6 GPAs and high 50/low 60 gamsat scores. This means that the portfolio makes up a really significant part of the selection criteria of any portfolio school. Having a perfect GPA & very high gamsat doesn’t guarantee you an interview (as was the case for 2 of my friends this year). Sometimes it’s not even that your experiences aren’t good but perhaps the way it was written might’ve not been perceived well by the marker. Who knows?Hey there,
I need some advice. So I applied for a bunch of med schools this year. My GPA is 6.8 and my GAMSAT is 64. Not the best GAMSAT score but I was hoping to get into Notre Dame - freo. However, I didn't even get an interview. I was a little confused as my GPA and GAMSAT are both above their average entry score. I'm assuming I did something wrong in my portfolio. Does anyone know much about the Notre Dame portfolio scoring?
Welcome to MSO! Sorry to hear about your EOD. It’s a tough thing to take.Hey there,
I need some advice. So I applied for a bunch of med schools this year. My GPA is 6.8 and my GAMSAT is 64. Not the best GAMSAT score but I was hoping to get into Notre Dame - freo. However, I didn't even get an interview. I was a little confused as my GPA and GAMSAT are both above their average entry score. I'm assuming I did something wrong in my portfolio. Does anyone know much about the Notre Dame portfolio scoring?
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I don't have personal experience, but worth noting that out of the 60 places, only 20 are reserved for non-rural applicants, and a health science degree has very limited career opportunities by itself. Make sure you consider the potential (and in fact, most likely) outcome of not gaining entry into medicine and then needing to pursue further study / pursue a non-vocational career path at the end of it.Does anyone have any experience with ANU's Pathway to Med via the Bachelor of Health Science? If so, would love to know more about it, because I'm considering applying as a backup (and not having to sit the GAMSAT sounds great ngl). Thanks in advance!
Hey there,Welcome to MSO! Sorry to hear about your EOD. It’s a tough thing to take.
I’d definitely check out the portfolio threads on PD if you haven’t already done so - you’ll find lots of advice from those who gained interviews with (relatively) very low GPA/GAMSAT score combos (I.e. those with excellent portfolios).
Not saying you didn’t do either of these things, but I think two things that stand out with the portfolio advice are a) Always focus on what you gained from an experience rather than the experience itself (I.e. how your experience has made you more suitable for medicine or has inspired you to pursue medicine) and b) ND has a very big focus on social justice so this should be worked into your portfolio wherever possible (particularly in the personal statement).
As per SB, the applicants at Notre Dame are ridiculous - so many incredibly accomplished people apply there. I’m sure there’s nothing that you’ve done wrong per se - it’s simply that they can only offer so many interviews and the number of quality applicants outweighs this number.
I’m not sure what you have planned for the coming year, but having experienced an EOD myself, it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Use the year as an opportunity to build yourself, strengthen your application, save up money, travel, start following a back-up career path, etc etc - whatever you feel is best for you. Remember that you shouldn’t put your life on hold to get into medicine, as it isn’t going anywhere.
Best of luck
No, the only routes that I’m aware of for Med at USyd are as a school leaver into the double degree program with a 99.95 + successful interview, or into graduate entry via GAMSAT + interview, the latter of which requires a completed degree.Hi,
I have two questions!
1. I'm aware that for some universities, once you start a postgraduate medical degree at another uni, you are no longer eligible to apply for the medical degree at the former uni anymore. I know this is the case for USYD, are there any other universities with this same rule?
2. To clarify for USYD, it states that:
"You are ineligible to apply if:
You have previously applied unsuccessfully for admission to the MD at the University of Sydney and have commenced studies in postgraduate medicine at another University."
So if you don't apply to USYD and commence medicine at another university, would you still be able to apply for USYD during 1st year study at the other university?
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