June is deadline month - particularly for graduate medicine applications
/May interviews
Macquarie commence their graduate interviews for international applicants in May and these extend through to October.
Important tests taking place in May
The GAMSAT exam planned for 21st March will now take place between 28th May and 2nd June by remote proctoring. Candidates can sit the online exam either at home or at your chosen location.
If you are an international direct entry applicant you need to have sat ISAT to apply for Monash University medicine. Importantly Monash advise, applicants need to have completed ISAT by 24th May. ISAT will now be provided by remote proctoring.
May deadlines
There are a number of deadlines in May - with this month being the time when graduates in particular need to get their applications submitted for some postgraduate medical schools.
ANU have implemented a single combined admission, scholarships and accommodation application process. For students wanting to commence undergraduate studies at ANU as a precursor to postgraduate medicine the deadline for admission, scholarships and accommodation closes on 25th May.
The end of May represents the deadline for applications to postgraduate medicine for a number of universities - including ANU and UWA. It is important you check which specific students cohorts these end of May application deadlines apply, as dates are changing. You can obtain detailed deadline information by subscribing to Study Medicine. For example, Griffith’s close date for their Doctor of Medicine is now 21st August. Macquarie’s domestic close date is now 11th June.
GAMSAT results
The March GAMSAT sitting did not take place due to COVID-19 and therefore the late May result release will not occur.
June deadlines
June is filled with a range of deadlines. These include:
4th June - QAS applications for USYD and close of applications for undergrads wanting to apply for Offer Round 1 to UTAS
5th June - Last possible CASPer test date for University of Wollongong
7th June - Deakin Round 1 for international students
11th June - GEMSAS close for postgraduate medicine applications (including guaranteed, Indigenous and Graduate Access applications for University of Melbourne). It is important to check whether these deadlines apply for all students or just specific cohorts at each postgraduate university (see detailed information available by subscribing to Study Medicine). Note different postgraduate medicine universities also have different times on 11th June when their applications close (see detailed Study Medicine information). USYD require supporting documents to be received by the following day. GEMSAS advise supporting documents need to be provided by 17th.
22nd June - Monash close applications for certain international cohorts
26th June - Flinders, Charles Darwin and University of Melbourne international applications close
30th June - University of Adelaide close for international applicants.
Other things happening in June
University of Queensland offers for Indigenous applicants are released on 4th June. International direct pathway applicants to UWA and international applicants (Round 1) for Deakin are notified at the end of June if they have been successful in receiving an invitation for interview.
What Next and where to from here?
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