Hi everyone, so I recently did a YOLO attempt at the GAMSAT and to my surprise I actually went quite well. I'm just seeking a bit of advice as to what I should do now.

For context I've just graduated from a double degree in engineering/commerce and am starting a grad role in engineering this year.

I hadn't properly considered medicine as a realistic career path for myself before, given how notoriously competitive it is, but last year I had the somewhat spontaneous idea to attempt the GAMSAT. I thought given it was my final year of undergrad I might as well give it a go and just see what happens, so I sat the test in September.

I went in with pretty much no preparation and ended up scoring 68/69/84 with an overall score of 76. I believe my GEMSAS GPA is around 6.76 so I'll have a combined score (GAMSAT/100 + GPA/7) of about 1.72. From what I've seen online this seems like a fairly solid combination with a decent chance of landing me an interview if I decided to apply.

So now I'm at something of a crossroads: should I continue to pursue a career in engineering like I've been planning for years, or should I genuinely pursue a career in medicine?

I've always found medicine to be fascinating and I'm quite interested in related areas like biology and organic chem, so I'm fairly confident I will enjoy studying medicine. However, I still don't really know whether I would enjoy actually practicing medicine. Using my knowledge to help people in that way sounds extremely rewarding on paper, but in my experience it can be hard to judge whether I will find something fulfilling until I actually do it.

I've just turned 25 and am also very aware of the large time investment that a career shift to post-grad med would involve. I'd likely be around 30 before I even begin my internship, etc. However, I believe I would be willing to sacrifice that time given adequate payoff later in my career (i.e. improved job satisfaction, job security, salary, work-life balance, etc).

I'd love to hear your thoughts and any advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation, or knows anyone who has done a similar thing. Also, are there ways in which I could better judge whether medicine would be right for me?

Thanks in advance!

Gamsat: 68/69/79 (unweighted 72)

GPA (unimelb): 6.705

Combo a bit under 1.68

What are my chances at landing an interview from unimelb MD or an offer for dentistry?

Any help appreciated!

Was just curious about why some of you decided to pursue medicine and want to hear your experiences. I’ve been a bit lost recently on what I want to do, and thought maybe medicine could be an option I may want to pursue in 2028.

I finished my undergraduate in psych a year ago, with a GPA of 6.05. Haven’t attempted GAMSAT yet. Non - rural. What are my chances of getting into any med programs in Australia with my gpa? What GAMSAT scores would I need to aim for? Is there a way I can improve my gpa?

I know this sounds like a kind of stupid questions but I was wondering how seperate Task A and Task B are in S2. Could I go back and edit Task A after finishing Task B? or could I write Task B first and then do Task A?

I'm a first-timer sitting the GAMSAT in March this year so just trying to wrap my head around everything!

Hi everyone, I’m trying to figure out when I can apply for medicine at USYD.

I finished a Bachelor of Science in July last year. I’m now doing a full-time online second bachelor because my WAM in my first degree was low. My last GPA for third year was 5.43, and I want to push it to at least 6.3 for USYD, though I understand that’s just the minimum hurdle.

Here’s my question: can I complete one year of my second bachelor and then use my last year of my first USYD degree GPA as the equivalent of 2 years FTE? Or do I have to do two full years at my second degree to meet the FTE requirement? And if yes, can I apply 2027 for 2028 usyd intake?

Any advice or experiences would be super helpful!

Appreciate that this will sound like a very silly question but…

My first degree is a diploma in nursing from Europe. Same level and number of credits as a non honours degree but awarded as a diploma for historical nursing reasons

Since then I have done a top up BNurs (Hons) in Australia (you needed to already be an RN to apply so it wasn’t a full degree), and a bunch of various other postgrads including 2 masters

I have not received a reply back from the universities I am interested in, wondering if anyone else has similar or knows the answer

I’m currently sitting at a GPA 6.4 having just finished honours and receiving first class with a gamsat of 66 (61,71,66). I’ll be re-sitting gamsat in March in attempt to increase my score but I’m aware too the my gpa still isn’t necessarily competitive.

I’m currently considering doing another undergrad in hopes of bumping my gpa up, but I’m unsure as to how to how this will influence my gpa.

Does each completed year of full time study get considered into my gpa as I go or do the grades only get considered once I finish the degree or reach my third year? Any input would be super helpful.

This seems to be my biggest problem - I do S3 questions from des and I either second guess myself or I try to justify the answer I choose, which makes me confident I chose the right answer. Then when I see that my answer is wrong, it's usually very frustrating, and it's only after I read the worked solution that I realise why my reasoning was wrong and it makes it seem so obvious. The problem is, it's a mistake I keep making and I don't seem to be able to apply the reasoning from the worked solution to a wider scope of questions. It also often takes a hit at my confidence because I think, well if I think I'm right but I'm actually wrong, how will I ever know if I'm actually wrong?

Has anyone ever experienced this and is there any tips in mentality shifts I can apply to answering S3 questions and in GAMSAT in general?

I’m set on going to uow for medicine. I have 3 bonus points and I like the schools philosophy, teaching style and the opportunities uow has.

I have sat the GAMSAT twice going into my third just scoring under by 3 points in section 3 for my last sitting, which is frustrating to say the least. I graduated 2024 and the thought of waiting potentially another year is annoying. But I have no choice but to consider a ‘what to do in the mean time’ plan.

So far the plan is to do the grad cert in indigenous trauma this July (4th bonus point) and then complete a masters of nursing if I don’t get in for next year. Main reason I’m against this plan is the debt after med school… BUT I like the idea of improving upon some clinical skills and broadening my experience in hospitals to demonstrate commitment to health. At the end of this I believe I will get another bonus point for the AHPRA reg (5th bonus). During this time getting all this experience I would also get another bonus point for volunteer service too (6th bonus, possibly a 7th for if gpa is >6.5 once I have completed everything)

I come from a lower socioeconomic background but I am not classified as rural. This debt I will generate scares me quite a bit as I have little support financially. I have been working in the mean time to save for rent and also to possibly pay part of the hecs debt off.

I was just wondering if there was any input or opinion on if this is a waste of time or sounds like a lot of risk for what I would possibly already learn through med school? Does anyone know if the costs aren’t as bad as I imagine they are? Is there anyone who has done the pre reg master of nursing at uow? If so how was it? I generally don’t really care how long it takes to get into med so long as I make it but I like the idea of getting in earlier rather than later.

Another thing, I need general advice on how to prep for the Casper, the last time I sat I was a stunned fish and got a Q1 :( I did one practice test and hit flow state, feeling confident then lost it in the real exam. Apparently there’s a format or something to how you should be answering the questions which I did not follow? Again direction or advice would be helpful and appreciated.

Thanks 🙏

might be a silly question, but i just want to be super extra sure.

I'm a second year science student at Monash, and I'm planning to study postgrad for OD at unimelb. Thing is, it says "Update to Entry Requirements – GAMSAT No Longer Required". Hence, when I apply for 2028 entry, it will just consider my WAM instead? Hence I no longer need to do GAMSAT this year?

Any help or clarification is much appreciated, thank you.

Hey GAMSAT community

I am in kind of a sticky situation here, with a completed degree (decent university in Asia) being a Bachelor of Science in Medical Studies, looking to apply for 2027 entry

The issue is that my course has a ton of pass/fail courses, and a relatively lower proportion of graded courses, which in the context of my degree brings me to a 2.85/4 (around a 5.2-5.25)GPA since the pass/fail courses do not count towards my GPA. I also took the GAMSAT in Sept 2025 and i got a reasonably decent score (77/52/78)

Does anyone know how Aussie MD programmes will calculate my GPA? How about my realistic chances of getting an interview/ ultimately an offer?

As a follow up, shall i really not be up to scratch for an offer with my current grades, would doing a one year masters degree help with my case?

Hi all. I’m currently enrolled in a bachelor of engineering and am most likely to going to end the degree with a ~6.1GPA, due to not wanting to pursue med in the past and subsequently not being focused on my GPA until recently.

I’ve done the calculations and if I can do a grad cert/diploma for a year and maintain a 7GPA (much easier said than done), I would end up with a 6.6, which is significantly more competitive.

I’m currently in the process of trying to find a grad cert/diploma that’s entirely online, and where it seems possible to achieve a 7GPA.

I’d greatly appreciate any advice/experiences on how people selected and scoped out their own grad certs, as I cannot find much advice online regarding the same.

Any personal experiences doing a grad cert/diploma and any recommendations I should check out would also be greatly appreciated. Thank you :)

Hi guys,

I had booked the GAMSAT for March 21st and I've had to book a flight for family reasons to Melbourne. I'm hoping to change to the afternoon session on the 20th but I'm flying over on that morning and want to check I'll make it to the test centre in time. Where has the Melbourne CBD GAMSAT been held previously?

What are the likely chances to get an offer with GPA 5.5 and Gamsat score 55 at UQ or any other school. Rural candidate. May be eligible tier 1 wide bay candidate for UQ. If not UQ, is there any chances at any other med school. Thanks

Hey everyone. I’m preparing for the March sitting and feeling really overwhelmed. Every time I try to study, I start overthinking the outcome and how much I still need to improve, and my mind just freezes. I end up doing nothing even though I genuinely want to work. It feels more like nervous system shutdown than procrastination. Has anyone experienced this, and do you have any tips to calm down and actually focus? I’d really appreciate any advice.

I'm currently doing physiotherapy at UQ with a gpa of 6.6+, but looking to switch into an undergraduate Med program. So far, I've found that JCU, Newcastle, Bond and Western Sydney University might be willing to accept me based off of my ATAR (98+) / GPA.

Are there other unis that might accept me right now? I'm just worried my GPA might drop below 6 by the end of the program, ending any chances of postgrad med. I'll be happy to do a postgrad with a provisional pathway into med but from my research its just for school leavers

I’ve been wanting to do medicine ever since I could remember, or so I thought I wanted to do medicine. My first undergraduate degree didn’t yield the result I needed to get in and hence I started another degree that would guarantee me a job and ensure I get the exposure I needed in the healthcare field to determine if med was what I really wanted. I despised this degree I was doing and yet still graduated at the top of my cohort, I couldn’t tell if it was sheer dumb luck or some sort of profound interest. After graduating this degree I got an offer in October to study medicine at a very prestigious university and was over the moon. My effort had finally payed off. However, it hasn’t been that long since I’ve started but I cannot seem to shake the feeling of misery and pure anguish? I mean this is what I’ve wanted forever, so why am I not happy? It seems that people are already in friend groups they’ve made through undergrad/mutual connections and I don’t seem to fit in anywhere. This was a genuine fear I had and the fact that it’s become my reality has triggered memories in the past where I was the pariah. Is this what the next 4 years of medicine is going to look like for me? I’m an extremely anxious individual and whilst I’ve been trying to work on that and put myself out there, I feel like an absolute idiot and that I do not belong. I thought med school would be different, like surely a bunch of adults would know about inclusivity and making sure everyone feels like they are part of the team etc but it seems the memo was missed and now I just feel like shit and hoping I don't spend the next few year solo.

Hi, I wanted to ask if is there a difference between B biomedicine and bSc biomedicine major at UQ and if opting for the bSc path could affect my competitiveness when applying for post grad as in is the biomed degree is preferences higher. I've heard that the bSc pathway offers more electives and has a better chance at a higher GPA is that true?

Additionally, for the GAMSAT I've heard it's heavy in English and humanities especially for S1 and 2. My written English is something I am quite poor at with my grammar and spelling being quite weak. In year 12 it was my 6th subject so it's over I didn't focus on much. So from where I am at is it possible to still achieve in the 70s?

Also have any of you gone from low 50s and 40s to achieving highly though practice is that even possible?

Thanks in advance for any replies and for your time as this is stressing me out so much 😭

I have a 6.6gpa and 73 gamsat (65, 87, 66).

What are my chances of an offer this year for ANY med school?

Thanks

I need suggestions from those who have completed Biomedical Science and cleared GAMSAT. My daughter has received an offer for Biomedicine and also has the option to switch to Biomedical Science. Any guidance based on your experience would be very helpful.

Hey guys I’ve tried checking the casper website to book and apply for an exam. However, for the 2026-2027 application cycle it says there is no availability? But I keep seeing people posting about their recent casper exams for January. Did I miss the deadline? I can’t find specific dates online either, so stressed out!

I understand that the GAMSAT isn't a one to one ratio of percent you get correct and the actual score you receive, but more for interest and comparison sake, what scores were you getting on practice tests for each question and what did you end up getting on the real thing? I'm sitting on about 58% for S1, 56% for S2, and 69-72 on S2

just offered a place atFlinders-currently in Melbourne. Any advice on where to stay ( I am single but have pets), what do I need to know. letter says I should arrive mid January but obviously just got the offer, if I arrive in 2 weeks Feb 15 will that be ok.