Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Guide 2022
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Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Guide 2022 Application Dates: Applications for domestic students open on 30 April 2021 and close on 31 May 2021 at 5pm AEST / 3pm AWST NO LATE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED – Please note the closing time is 5pm AEST / 3pm AWST GAMSAT Consortium Medical Schools Australian National University Deakin University Griffith University Macquarie University The University of Melbourne The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney The University of Queensland The University of Western Australia University of Wollongong Contents Timeline .................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Please read this entire guide carefully ................................................................................................................................... 4 How GEMSAS will contact you ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Contact details for further enquiries ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Admission policies .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Application Process ................................................................................................................................................................ 7 There are three components of the application process: ..................................................................................................... 7 GAMSAT (www.gamsat.acer.edu.au) ............................................................................................................................ 7 Application ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Supporting documentation ........................................................................................................................................... 8 Bachelor degree ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Grade Point Average (GPA) .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Interviews ............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Offers ................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Quotas .................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 BMP – Bonded Medical Program ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Applicants in special categories ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Rurality ................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 How to Apply ........................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Complete the online application form ........................................................................................................................ 24 Upload/Email your supporting documentation .......................................................................................................... 24 Entry requirements – All applicants ..................................................................................................................................... 27 How can you assist GEMSAS? .............................................................................................................................................. 76 FAQs about the application process .................................................................................................................................... 78 FAQs about completing your application ............................................................................................................................ 88 How to calculate your GPA .................................................................................................................................................. 92 International Applications .................................................................................................................................................... 92 Appendix A: Institutions Participating in ARTS (Automated Results Transfer System) ....................................................... 93 Appendix B: Grading System Conversion Table ................................................................................................................... 95 Institutional contacts ........................................................................................................................................................... 97 GEMSAS Version 1.4 31 March 2021 Page 2 of 97 Timeline MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE 30 April – Medicine 1 May – University of 16 June – Supporting Applications open. Queensland timely documents to be prerequisite provided, if required: assessment – Deadline to upload Ensure you have submissions due. official transcripts from official academic non-ARTS institutions transcripts if you to GEMSAS, if you have attended (at any time) 31 May – Medicine already completed your an institution NOT Applications close at degree. participating in ARTS. 5pm AEST/3pm AWST. – ELC documentation to This includes overseas be uploaded. and exchange transcripts. – School-specific supporting documents to be emailed. – Rurality supporting documents to be emailed. JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 16 July – Deadline to Early September - Early October upload official Offers of interviews for *Interviews held. transcripts from non- Medicine are released. ARTS institutions (including 1st Semester results and 2nd Griffith Interview Semester enrolled (GUMSAA) will be held subjects) to GEMSAS, if on Wednesday 22nd you will be completing your undergraduate studies in 2021. Late September *Interviews held. NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY 2022 FEBRUARY 2022 Early November - Additional offers made Additional offers made Offers of places for to fill vacancies. to fill vacancies. Medicine are released. *Interview dates and information sessions/open days may be subject to change GEMSAS Version 1.4 31 March 2021 Page 3 of 97 Please read this entire guide carefully The following information is provided as general guidance to applicants to graduate entry medicine in Australia. However, all applicants should routinely check the websites of their chosen institutions and the GEMSAS website for admission updates. How GEMSAS will contact you Email will be the primary means of contact between GEMSAS and applicants and there may also be a need to send you letters by mail to your nominated postal address. It is essential that you provide a current email address which will be valid from April 2021 to February 2022 and that you regularly check your emails, including your junk or spam folders. Expect emails from GEMSAS at any time during the process but especially around the time of interview offers. Some of the participating universities will only communicate with applicants via email. Some email messages may not be accepted or may be flagged as spam by some email providers (e.g. Hotmail or Yahoo). Applicants are advised to provide an email address other than their current university address (unless it will be available until February 2022), Hotmail or Yahoo email addresses. Neither GEMSAS nor the universities will be held responsible for undeliverable or unread email communication. Should you need to change your email or postal address, please do so in your GEMSAS user account. Please save the following email addresses to your safe sender list: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Contact details for further enquiries If you have further queries regarding the general application process, please contact GEMSAS: [email protected]. Please check the GEMSAS website and FAQs for details before submitting your query. For detailed information on the GAMSAT Consortium graduate entry* courses, as well as university specific entry requirements, you should first check the Medicine Admissions Guide and the GEMSAS and school websites. Links to the school websites can be found at www.gemsas.edu.au/medical- schools. All GPA queries should be addressed to GEMSAS. Please check the GEMSAS website GPA FAQs and try the on-line GPA calculator before submitting your query - https://applygemsas.edu.au/gemsas/#/gpa-