hey everyone, need some guidance on postgrad med entry. i’ve been an RN for 5 years and am finally in the right place to pursue medicine.

background: did a 2-yr diploma of nursing which gave me 1 yr credit, so completed a 2-yr bachelor of nursing. my bachelors gpa across those 2 years is 5.38 (gemsas 7-point scale).

I did a-bit of research and I’m now confused. gemsas looks at the last 3 FTE years of study, how will this work when i only have 2 years? also seeing mixed info on whether doing an honours year or a 1-yr masters will boost/replace that gpa, but also read that some unis will not accept honours or masters so i’d have to start a fresh undergrad.
Help a girl out pls i’m super confused

i'm aiming for a high gamsat and willing to move interstate or even rural. before investing into gamsat prep, i just want to know if entry is realistically possible or what academic pathway i should take first to fix my gpa. appreciate any insights. Also i’m a domestic student

Also I’m 26, do you think it’s too late?

Hi everyone,

I'm an international applicant for 2027 entry and have recently been placed on the MD waitlist at both ANU and UQ after interviewing at both universities.

For ANU, I was told that I may be contacted later in the year if a place becomes available due to other students withdrawing.

For UQ, the email stated that they are currently processing offers according to ranking order and that I will be contacted through StudyLink if/when I become eligible for an offer.

I was wondering whether anyone here has previously been waitlisted for ANU or UQ Medicine, particularly as an international applicant, and:

Were you able to ask admissions for your waitlist position/rank, or even an approximate indication of where you were on the list?( is it fine if i sent them an email?)

If you asked, did they actually provide this information?

Did you eventually receive an offer from the waitlist, and approximately how long did it take?

For UQ specifically, does anyone know whether international offers tend to move progressively down the ranking as applicants decline their offers?

I'm still very hopeful and keeping my other options open, but it would be helpful to understand how these waitlists usually work.

Thanks so much, and good luck to everyone still waiting!

Has anyone noticed fearthecow isn’t working?? Does anyone have any other websites/recs for predicting gamsat scores?? I know it’s impossible to truly know but fearthecow was my saving grace!!!!

Hi, I am currently in the first year of my Master’s degree in health. My results from last semester were 85, 80, 78, and 73. According to GEMSAS, my GPA is around 6.625 (I calculated it myself, so I could be wrong).
Ever since I decided to pursue an MD, I’ve been feeling sooo overwhelmed. I can’t stop dwelling on the mistakes I made and worrying that I didn’t perform well enough. I feel incredibly stressed after every assignment, and I’m constantly worried that failing just one exam could ruin my GPA.

I’m a 30-year-old woman from a non-science background (NSB), and English is my second language. I’m really worried that having a lower GPA will mean I need to achieve an exceptionally high GAMSAT score to compensate for it.

I also struggle to fall asleep before and after exams. I’ve tried taking melatonin to help me sleep, but it doesn’t always work.
I’m planning to sit my first GAMSAT in September 2027 or March 2028.

I would really appreciate hearing some positive or encouraging stories from people who have been in a similar situation.

Any advice or personal experiences would mean a lot

Thanks for your time for reading this

Hi all,

As you are all aware, GEMSAS interviews are rolling out and this can be exciting for some but devastating for many. I know first hand what it feels like too pour so much into your dream of chasing medicine only for it to fall short application cycle after application cycle.

Just a reminder that there is so much more to life than just medicine, there is so much more you can do and be! As hard as this is, it is also precious in a way because it allows for so much more doors to open for you.

If anyone wants to talk, vent or just complain feel free to message me.

I love you all!

Hi Everyone,

I am planning to do med sci at unsw next year and I was wondering if there are any dangers doing an exchange to america for like 3 or 6 months.

I understand that the units you do over there are all pass/fail and are not counted towards your WAM or GPA so I am wondering if there is a risk in doing it.

Hello, I am hoping to seek some gentle guidance regarding my situation. I am currently preparing for the GAMSAT with the hope of studying medicine in 2027 or 2028. At 38, as a working mother of two with a mortgage and school-age children, I am feeling a bit anxious about the financial reality of potentially missing out on a CSP and facing full fees. Because I won't be able to work while studying, and I truly want to avoid placing a heavy financial burden on my husband, I am trying to figure out how this might be manageable. I faced a similar financial barrier after my bachelor's degree years ago and couldn't pursue medicine then, so I am deeply passionate about finding a way forward this time. If you have any advice or insights on how someone in my shoes could approach the fees, I would be so grateful to hear them.

Hello everyone. I’m currently in my honours year and if all goes well (and it will) I will get a first class honours making my GEMSAS gpa 6.67. This is good but I feel like it could still be improved, what other ways can I increase my GPA which are cost effective and applicable to as many schools as possible? And would you think this would be enough for Bond or any international schools too? Thanks!

Hi. Can we just have a little space to talk about how unattainable medicine can feel, particularly for women who have had or want to have a baby during this process? If you want to have a family, there is a biological timeline that men simply don’t have in the same way. You can’t always just put having children on hold until you’re finished with your degree, internship, training, etc. For many women, these timelines collide. And even if you do well in the GAMSAT and have a high GPA, that’s only the beginning. Then comes the competition for an offer, followed by years of study and clinical training, with enormous financial and time demands. The clinical hours can be brutal and, from what I can see, are in no way designed around having a family.

Then there’s rural placement. Months away from your family, or potentially expecting your partner and children to uproot their lives and move with you. I understand USYD now has a part-time clinical placement option for parents and carers, which is fantastic….but as far as I understand, that’s only available in third year????

So how on earth are women, particularly mothers, meant to do this? It genuinely feels like I’m being asked to choose between being present for my son’s childhood and pursuing a career in medicine.
I don’t want to put my family through four years of me being an absent mother and wife, while also placing an enormous financial burden on my husband. And honestly, it makes me incredibly frustrated because I know I’m not the only woman who feels this way. I am absolutely in awe of the mothers and wives who have made enormous sacrifices to earn their MD. I have so much respect for them. But my gosh!!! Can we please make this profession more accessible to people who have families?

And WTF is up with medicine not being properly supported under government placement/payment schemes? Seriously. Every single step feels like another barrier. Medicine is an incredibly valuable profession, but the pathway to becoming a doctor feels unnecessarily hostile to people trying to have a career and a family. I don’t want special treatment. I just want a pathway that doesn’t make me feel like I have to sacrifice one of the most important parts of my life to pursue the other.

Man that feels good! If yall made it this far…thanks for listening.

Started the Enrolled Nurse Pathway - Bacholor of Nursing at La Trobe, finish in 2027. So only have 2 years that can be weighed for my GPA.

Looking to apply for Doctor of Medicine 2028 intake.

Live in a MM2 catchment, albury-wodonga.

Semester 1- 6.5 GPA

Semester 2- Aiming for 6.75 GPA awaiting results.

Applying for my perfered option is in May (Rural pathway Shepperton - University of Melbourne). So only they will only have 3 semesters worth to weigh for interview consideration.

How delusional am I being? If I look at other options I need to do my GAMSAT and UCAT.

What kinda targets do I need to be aiming for? What else do I need to be thinking about instead of day dreaming?

thankyou♡

I'm currently in my second semester of my second year of Bachelor of Biomedical sciences at UWA. I have been pretty set on going into medicine, but I have a GPA of just over 5 as I had a pretty terrible first year and a half. I had major issues in my first year, and after moving I have struggled with OCD and anxiety, I am only just starting to get back on track. I love my degree/major (path and lab med), but I am unsure if there is a way to somewhat "start again" to get a GPA high enough to study med. I know am very much capable, I just dont want my experience in my first year of uni to let me down. My backup is paramed, probably at ND, but I would love some advice if anyone has been through anything similar.

I also just wanted to add that I am regional (MM4), but really hoping to stay here in Perth to study.

Hello everyone, I am currently interested in medicine and I live in America. I am currently working in surgery robotics and want to be able to make a direct impact in people's lives. I was wondering if Australian medical school would be an option for me because I heard that they won't factor in my previous attempt at a 1.9gpa? Honestly, when I found this out I was in disbelief because everyone I know had told me medicine wasn't an option for me. Will Australian medical school only use the 3.9 I had achieved at a separate institution in a separate degree for calculation (4 years of additional schooling).

Heya, I need some advice on what to do with my life. I am finishing my bachelors of Biomedical science with (hopefully) a weighted 6.44 GPA this year. There is two scenarios:

1. My gamsat this Sept. is crap, and I get below a competitive score. What do I do next year? Is it worth doing a 2 year masters? WHAT DO I DO MY MASTERS IN

2. The angels are on my side and i get a 70++++ gamsat, competitive enough for my GPA. Do I continue with a post grad, even though it is around $15k on my HECs debt, for potentially one year, granted interview goes well. That being said, can someone advise what gamsat I WOULD need for a combines competitive score?

I am learning towards doing a postgrad, but I am so unsure in what. I was going to do it at Deakin, because of flexibility (online). I do not qualify for any bonuses anywhere. I keep thinking that I may have wasted three years of my life doing a bachelor of biomed, because I really do not want to do research. Any insight would be appreciated!

I’ve just done Practice Test A (not the online one), and I felt so bad about it.

My main problems are:

1.I still had 8 questions left unanswered when time was up.

2.There were so many words that I didn’t understand.

For context, English is not my native language, but I got an 8.5 in the Reading section of IELTS Academic. It would be helpful if there’s any suggestion🙏

Thanks for reading this post😭

I have some questions about the entrance scores for USYD DMD entry scores:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14AnegLhkPNzWdOgPCzhn8uykIYKNLhkjOVOf8AYrWDk/edit?pli=1&gid=81674352#gid=81674352

These are the scores that I found on this subreddit and they seem fairly low. Considering that the GPA is a relatively low hurdle of 5.0 and that the interviews are apparently less weighted than somewhere like UniMelb. Are these scores for FFPs only or are they CSP as well?

I am currently doing a bachelor of biomedicine at UniMelb I easily have above a 5.0 gpa and am very confident I could get above the 67-68ish scores shown in the document above. I am very keen to do DMD at either UniMelb or USYD and it seems like it is FAR easier to get into USYD. Is this the case or am I misunderstanding something?

Hello, everyone! I was wondering how everyone is practicing interviews. I heard people do mock interviews with each other in discords but I did not see a lot going on. I am quite new to dental school application process and I would like to have many practices as possible. Could anyone please recommend me where they practice interviews with people? Also any tips are appreciated! Thank you in advance!

If anyone is interested in practicing together, please feel free to message me!

Hi everyone, just looking for some advice about rural eligibility/evidence for medical or dental school applications.

I’ve been living in an MM4 area for the past 4 years, and by next year I should have completed 5 consecutive years of rural residence, so I’m hoping to apply as a rural applicant.

During this time, I’ve been attending university in MM1 area and also working at another MM1 area. Even though my uni and workplace are outside the rural area, my MM4 address has genuinely been my home. I commute from there to uni/work whenever required and return home afterwards.

I’m currently living with my uncle, who owns the house and lets me stay rent-free, so I don’t have a rental agreement, rent receipts or utility bills in my name.

For evidence, I currently have:

Bank statements showing my name and MM4 residential address for the relevant years, although I mostly use cash so there are very few transactions on some statements.
My driver’s licence showing my MM4 residential address.
University records showing the MM4 address as my residential address.
I can get a letter from my workplace confirming that my MM4 address has been recorded as my residential address during my employment.
My GP is also happy to provide a supporting letter confirming that their records show me living at the MM4 address for the relevant period.

For anyone who has successfully applied through a rural pathway, does this sound like enough evidence to prove 5 consecutive years of rural residence? Is there anything else you think I should have?

I’m particularly wondering whether the bank statements would still be considered good evidence even though they have very few transactions because I mostly use cash.

Also does studying or working outside the rural area cause any issues when proving your rural residence?

Just trying to make sure the evidence I have will be enough when I reach the 5-year mark next year. Thanks!

Hello!

Was wondering if anyone has recieved any interview offers for Flinders yet? My application is saying under assessment but have recieved no corrospondence as of yet. Would be great to hear if anyone has had any information

guys, i am so stress right now. i was supposed to take the test last sunday at 11am but i cant connect to the chat window. then i called the hotline and it took me an hour and a half waiting and solving the problem. then i was waiting for another 30m to connect to my proctor just for her to tell me my test was expired and i had to seek for reschedule or sth. then i quickly called the hotline right away and left a message cause it was outside callig hours. i also sent a mail and also received my appointment was cancelled. it has been 2 days and i havent receive any response and i am so stress right now. this was my first time

Hey guys ,
First time gamsat sitter here and I was just wondering when do we find out where the in person sections are sat? I selected Dublin and when I log in it just says test centre Dublin. Was expecting to know where it is a bit sooner as I would like to know about parking etc. For those who sat it before in Dublin where was it and when do we find out ?
TIA

Hi everyone, i have a funeral that i really need to attend which ends up being on the 11th of Sep when my exam takes place. I emailed acer about this today, do you think there is a chance theyd have any compassion and reschedule it to either 12/13th? Im stressing out so much like im about to have a panick attack

Hi guys, I hv been super nervous during the long period of waiting, finally there will be some news this week!! There is not much data on international applicants.... Has anyone here applied as intl for usyd md/dmd? For DMD, how are international seats distributed among applicants taking DAT/cDAT and GAMSAT? 

Update:

Hope everyone is going on well! Just checked that the subreddit moderator has created a megathread for MD/DMD confirmation page for applicants with GAMSAT. Feel free to take a look as reference~
https://www.reddit.com/r/GAMSAT/comments/1vf6v2p/2027_usyd_mddmd_confirmation_page_results/

Hi everyone,

This is my first Reddit post, but I’m extremely upset and wanted to hear from others who are also on this GAMSAT journey.

After completing my Section 2 exam, I went on TikTok and discovered that someone who had sat the exam earlier had posted publicly about the themes they received. The video had been available for several hours while other candidates were still waiting to sit their exams.

I will not repeat or hint at the themes, share the video, or identify the person, as I do not want to spread confidential test content further. However, I received the same material in my sitting, so I’m concerned that anyone who saw the video beforehand may have had an unfair advantage by being able to prepare ideas or examples in advance.

ACER makes it clear that candidates must not disclose test content. I have reported the incident directly to ACER and provided evidence, including the video and its posting time.

How do other candidates feel ACER should address this to protect the fairness of the sitting? Please do not disclose any test themes or quotations in the comments.

Has this happened before ?

Edit: please someone engage as I’m so upset I feel like I’ve put so much effort into my section 2 prep and when I sat it I felt really deflated knowing other people have seen it makes me so sad because it’s just not fair man