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Boosting your GPA for medical school applications

How important is your GPA compared to your GAMSAT Exam score? We've put together these slides to provide you with tips to boost your Grade Point Average to increase the chances of a successful admission to medical school. For more information, read our detailed article here: https://gradready.com.au/posts/gamsat-preparation-courses/boosting-your-gpa-for-medical-school-applications

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Boosting your GPA for medical school applications

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  1. Boosting your GPA for medical school applications

  2. How do medical schools treat your GPA? • GAMSAT® Exam only schools • There are 3 schools left who use GAMSAT® Exam alone to rank you for interviews and offers of a place – UQ (no interview), USyd and Monash. • However, you still need to have the minimum required GPA to apply which is usually around a credit average, and your GPA may still be used as a tiebreaker if required. • Also, by virtue of these schools being GAMSAT® Exam only, the cut-off is very high and seems to be creeping up ever year. • Then there are schools such as Flinders, which use GAMSAT® Exam only to offer interviews, but then change to a combination of GPA/GAMSAT® Exam/interview when offering places. • Combo (GPA + GAMSAT schools) • For these schools, if your GPA isn’t competitive (6.3+) then you will probably struggle to secure an interview. There is the option of a portfolio school (Notre Dame and Wollongong) but even then, the average GPA seems to be pretty high because they do expect a variety of achievements (including academic).

  3. How to boost your GPA • For those still completing their degree • The obvious answer is to try and do better in your subjects. But apart from pulling your finger out, it may also be worth thinking about whether you can be a little more strategic with your subject choices for next semester. If you’re not bound to core subjects, what about taking some cruisy ones? • Have a think about what the assessment methods are like – do you do better with mostly assignments or exams? Read carefully through the course descriptions and have a think about what would work best for you and your learning style.

  4. How to boost your GPA • For those who finished their degree • This is a tough one. If your GPA is already locked in and you’re below the minimum required GPA or you know your combination score is well below prior year cut-offs, I would firstly say try to improve your GAMSAT® Exam and portfolio. But unfortunately for some, that still won’t result in an interview. • If that’s the case, and you still want to study graduate medicine, then you will need to boost your GPA, and this means further tertiary study. • For medical schools that consider postgraduate study (UQ, Griffith, ANU and UWA), you could enroll in a masters by coursework. • If carrying out and Honours year continuing on from your bachelor study is an option, then that can be an excellent way of boosting your GPA. • For the rest, you’re looking at another bachelor’s degree. The good news is, lots of institutions offer some great distance options and you can study anything! Most people consider degrees that will allow them to study certain biomedical science subjects but if you love humanities and know that you can excel at an Arts degree, then go with that.

  5. Further Materials • Australian Graduate Medical Schools Guide • GAMSAT Results 2022: The Definitive Guide • GAMSAT Biology: How to prepare • GAMSAT Chemistry: How to Prepare • GAMSAT Physics: How to Prepare • Don’t forget to check out our GAMSAT to Med School Podcast which covers various topics, from GAMSAT to med school application & interviews to life as a medical student: https://gradready.com.au/gamsat-podcast

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