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Given it’s a new test in Australia we don’t have much information on it yet, unfortunately. Check out our UCAT sub-forum for some discussion about UCAT preparation and resources: UCATThanks very much! Crow. I went through the information of JMP-Newcastle. It is the best choice for me. Thanks again for your time. Could you please give me some advice to prepare the UCAT test?
I am new here. I have finished my Honours about a year ago in 2017. Using GEMSAS my GPA came out to be 6.12 (weighted) and 5.96 (unweighted). I have done the gamsat last year but only got a 50. I will be doing the GAMSAT in march again. I was just wondering if someone could give any suggestion on whether having a gpa of 6.12 (weighted) is competitive enough? If GAMSAT isn't viable for me, would a UCAT be more viable? (with ATAR 79).
If its gonna be impossible to get in med my results i would rather not do another undergrad. I would most likely try to get into dentistry/optom if dent/optom would be easier to get into, any suggestion would help a lot guys, thanks!
Welcome to MSO! Have you calculated what your GEMSAS GPA will come out as if you achieve a first class honours? Have you sat GAMSAT before? To be honest, I can’t see graduate entry being a particularly viable option for you even if you do receive a first class (assuming you’re a non-rural candidate) - you’d need to either have an outstanding GAMSAT and aim for UQ or USyd (which both only consider GPA as a hurdle) or possibly aim for a portfolio school if you have a strong background.hi there. I’ve just graduated from Curtin University with a biomedical science and I had planned to do honours to boost my GPA from 5.9, with the hopes of getting a first class honours and getting bumped up to 7 GPA as the gemsas hand book states. But I don’t know if that would be a wise choice. I’m planning on doing GAMSAT September and July UMAT for Curtin.
I’m really open to any other options that would help me get there.
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But I’m thinking of transferring to a different University in semester 2 2019 second year as I heard from someone that postgraduate medicine courses discriminate between what University you are coming from. For example it’s more likely for a Monash or Deakin Biomedical Science student to get into Medicine compared to a student from a University that is not very “distinguished” or “popular”. Can someone please tell me if this is true or not.
First, I recommend you read this thread (specifically pitfall #2): Common pitfalls to avoid for year 12 school leavers and other medicine applicants.Hi Everyone,
I have successfully finished my first year of Biomedical Science (gpa 6.125) and this year I’m doing my second year. But I’m thinking of transferring to a different University in semester 2 2019 second year as I heard from someone that postgraduate medicine courses discriminate between what University you are coming from. For example it’s more likely for a Monash or Deakin Biomedical Science student to get into Medicine compared to a student from a University that is not very “distinguished” or “popular”. Can someone please tell me if this is true or not.
P.S I know my gpa (6.125) is not competitive enough for Medicine but I have two years of my degree left which I can work on to push my gpa to a 6.7 and hopefully I’ll be sitting the GAMSAT in September 2019. Lastly, what is a competitive gpa and GAMSAT score for a good chance at getting into Medicine? Thank you in advance for your replies!
Hi Everyone,
I have successfully finished my first year of Biomedical Science (gpa 6.125) and this year I’m doing my second year. But I’m thinking of transferring to a different University in semester 2 2019 second year as I heard from someone that postgraduate medicine courses discriminate between what University you are coming from. For example it’s more likely for a Monash or Deakin Biomedical Science student to get into Medicine compared to a student from a University that is not very “distinguished” or “popular”. Can someone please tell me if this is true or not.
P.S I know my gpa (6.125) is not competitive enough for Medicine but I have two years of my degree left which I can work on to push my gpa to a 6.7 and hopefully I’ll be sitting the GAMSAT in September 2019. Lastly, what is a competitive gpa and GAMSAT score for a good chance at getting into Medicine? Thank you in advance for your replies!
Well, there’s also Flinders - the GAMSAT cutoff to receive an interview for non-Flinders grads in the past two years has been 76 and there’s been 0 place offers made to people in that category - it’s basically only an option for 1%> of applicants who aren’t graduating from there.As per mentioned above the only University which outrighhtly accepts only their own graduates is Monash.
Well, there’s also Flinders - the GAMSAT cutoff to receive an interview for non-Flinders grads in the past two years has been 76 and there’s been 0 place offers made to people in that category - it’s basically only an option for 1%> of applicants who aren’t graduating from there.
I’d contact GEMSAS directly for this one. I believe they’d incorporate the failed units in your final year -2 GPA but definitely best to check with them (and please report back here when they reply!).Hi All,
Just a quick question regarding GPA calculations. I have just received my official transcript for my completed undergraduate degree and was trying to work out my GPA according to GEMSAS. I have two fails (level 2) from my first year of study. The units were then repeated in my second year of study. Do I include the fails into my GPA calculations as I will then have 26 units instead of 24? Also do I start grouping units into GPA years starting from last completed or first completed? Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Thank you Nicole.
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I’d contact GEMSAS directly for this one. I believe they’d incorporate the failed units in your final year -2 GPA but definitely best to check with them (and please report back here when they reply!).
GPA years aren’t grouped as 1-3, rather they’re grouped as final year, final year -1 and final year -2.
Great news! Thanks for passing that onHi thanks for your advice, I contacted GEMSAS this is the reply I got..
Dear Nicole,
We generally will use the most recent 3 years of full-time equivalent study. So if you've overloaded, as a general principle we'll drop the lowest-scoring subjects from the first semester of study - if these happen to be your failed subjects then they will be dropped.
Great news! Thanks for passing that on
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