Are you pursuing or considering graduate entry medicine, dentistry, optometry, or pharmacy? You're most likely already aware that the majority of graduate entry courses require you to sit a dental/medical school admissions test known as the GAMSAT. 

You can sit the GAMSAT upon successful completion of an undergraduate degree, or if you’re in the second to last year or final year of university when you take the test. Did you know that your GAMSAT score will be used differently in the admissions process depending on the university you apply to?

For example:

• Some universities use the GAMSAT just for interview selection

• Some universities use the GAMSAT for both interview and final selection

• Most universities have strict cut-off scores, however these may vary annually depending on the quality and number of applications

Take a look at the specific GAMSAT requirements for dentistry, medicine, and other healthcare programmes below and apply strategically. For example, if you sit the GAMSAT and achieve a high score, then look for courses that highly value the GAMSAT to boost your chances of being accepted. If you don’t get a high score, look for courses which don’t use the GAMSAT as the only criteria for interview selection. 

Medicine

Australian National University

You must achieve a minimum overall score of 50 in the GAMSAT, with a minimum score of 50 in each section. Interview selection is based on your GPA (50%) and overall GAMSAT score (50%). Final selection is based on a final weighted score – your interview score (50%) and the GPA/GAMSAT score used for the interview ranking (50%).

Deakin University

You must achieve a minimum score of 50 in each GAMSAT section, and an overall score of at least 50. Applicants are ranked for interview selection based on an equal weighting of GPA and GAMSAT score, and any adjustment factors as specified in GEMSAS. 

For final selection, you’ll be ranked by your final aggregate score, which is calculated as follows: equal weighting of GPA + GAMSAT + applicable adjustments (50%) + MMI interview score (50%). In 2024, the student intake had an average GPA of 6.67 and an average GAMSAT score of 67.5.

Flinders University

You will need to achieve a minimum of 50 in each GAMSAT section. Applicants who meet this criteria are ranked for interview according to the overall score. Final selection is based on combining the scores for the GAMSAT, weighted GPA from the most recent undergraduate degree, and interview score. 

For 2024 graduate medical entry, the overall score cut-offs for interview were:

• Flinders graduate reserved places – 64

• Flinders graduate – 67

• MDRS (rural background applicants) – 57

• Rural – 64

• Humanitarian visa holders – 62

• Non-Flinders graduates/non-rural/non-humanitarian visa – 76

Griffith University

You will need a minimum score of 50 in each GAMSAT section. Selection is based on GAMSAT performance, GPA, and performance in the Griffith University Multi Station Admissions Assessment (GUMSAA). You’ll be ranked for interview based on a 50/50 combination of an unweighted GPA and the overall GAMSAT score. This means a lower GAMSAT score could be offset by a higher GPA, and vice versa.

Macquarie University

You must achieve a minimum overall score of 50 with at least 50 in each section of the GAMSAT. Interview selection and ranking is based on:

• 50% GPA

• 50% GAMSAT

• Satisfactory completion of Supplementary Form

Final selection is based on 50% GPA/WAM and 50% MMI.

University of Melbourne

You must achieve a minimum of 50 in each GAMSAT section to be considered for selection. To determine who’s invited to interview, equal weighting is applied to the GPA and overall GAMSAT score. For final selection, applicants are re-ranked based on the combined GAMSAT, GPA, and MMI results as follows:

• 25% GAMSAT

• 25% GPA

• 50% MMI

University of Notre Dame (Fremantle and Sydney)

You’ll be ranked for interview based on the results of four components, weighted 30:30:30:10, as follows:

• Unweighted average GAMSAT score – Notre Dame will take an average of the three sections of the GAMSAT. Eligibility to apply is based on achieving a total score of at least 52, with a minimum of 50 in each section.

• GPA – Applicants must achieve a weighted GPA of at least 5.2

• CASPER score

• Bonus points for rurality, WA residency, and HDR completion

For final selection, applicants are ranked according to a combination of:

• GAMSAT, GPA, CASPER, and bonus points (50%)

• Interview (50%)

University of Queensland

You must achieve a minimum score of 50 in each GAMSAT section. Interview selection is based on a 50:50 combination of the unweighted average GAMSAT score and GPA. If required, the GPA will be used as a tiebreaker.

University of Sydney

You must achieve a minimum of 50 in each section. Please note that overall scores and average scores will not be used in the assessment and ranking of applications. Applicants who fulfil the minimum requirements (GAMSAT and GPA) will be ranked on the basis of admissions test results to determine who receives an offer.

University of Western Australia

You must achieve an overall score of at least 55, with a minimum of 50 in each GAMSAT section. Applicants are ranked according to GPA and GAMSAT for interview selection, and GPA, GAMSAT, and interview score for final selection. The highest ranking applicants will receive an offer.

University of Wollongong

To be considered, you must achieve a minimum overall score of 50, with at least 50 in each section of the GAMSAT. For 2025 entry, your GAMSAT score will be used as a ‘qualifying hurdle’ for interview selection. Your score won’t be used in ranking for interview or final selection once the hurdle has been met.

Dentistry

University of Melbourne

Applications are ranked according to academic and GAMSAT performance, however cut-off scores are not provided. Offers are made on the basis of a combined ranked list where GPA and GAMSAT are given equal weighting.

University of Queensland

You must have taken the GAMSAT to be eligible for entry. The overall average score will be used as a differentiator for applicants with the same GPA.

University of Sydney

You must achieve a minimum of 50 in each section. Note that overall scores and average scores will not be used in the assessment and ranking of applications. Applicants who fulfil the minimum requirements (GAMSAT and GPA) will be ranked on the basis of admissions test results to determine who receives an offer.

University of Western Australia

You must achieve an overall score of at least 55, with a minimum of 50 in each GAMSAT section. Applicants are ranked according to GPA and GAMSAT for interview selection, and GPA, GAMSAT, and interview score for final selection. The highest ranking applicants will receive an offer.

Optometry

University of Melbourne

Your academic performance and GAMSAT will be used for selection as follows:

• Performance in previous studies using a Weighted Average Mark (WAM)

• GAMSAT results – all sections will be weighted equally to determine the GAMSAT score

Offers are made on the basis of the ranked list – WAM and the GAMSAT score – where the WAM is weighted ⅔ and the GAMSAT is weighted ⅓. 

Pharmacy

University of Sydney

You must achieve an overall score of 55, with a minimum score of 50 in each section, to be eligible for graduate entry.

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