Medical school interviews and offers for 2020 in full spring bloom
/Late October action
Late October signals offers for postgraduates from Flinders, University of Melbourne and ANU. There are also a range of hard deadlines from 28th October through to the 31st. Monash has deadlines on 28th for international students to have sat ISAT and application deadlines for international students from a range of countries/application types. The 28th signals the deadline for UQ applications from Indigenous students. By the 31st the University of Newcastle/New England also close their Indigenous applications and the University of Sydney close applications for undergraduate study that leads to medicine.
October interview advice from Adelaide
Applicants can check with the University of Adelaide from the 29th October to determine their interview eligibility.
Postgraduate November offers
November is the time for postgraduate offers, with this month starting with a bang with offers issued by Notre Dame, ANU (with offers continuing through to January), Wollongong, Macquarie and GEMSAS postgraduate universities (also through to January). The University of Melbourne issues postgraduate offers during early to mid November but only for domestic applicants.
Early November deadlines
Early November heralds a range of deadlines commencing with Curtin’s requirement for predicted ATAR information from schools to be provided by the 1st, and Monash’s registrations for the Dean’s Rural List close on the 8th. International postgraduate students need to have accepted their offers from Melbourne by the 11th.
Late November deadlines
Undergraduate deadlines take place for Curtin on the 28th for Special Consideration and at the end of November for international student to have sat ISAT for UNSW. Students who want to apply for the Bachelor of Philosophy as a pathway to medicine at ANU need to submit application forms by the end of November.
Undergraduate Interviews
Western Sydney have undergraduate interviews for Indigenous students in early November and for domestic students on 25th - 29th. James Cook’s are on the 15th and University of Adelaide commence their undergraduate interviews in late November and these continue into December. Monash interviews for international students take place on the 22nd and 25th. UNSW have their rural interviews between 25th and the 29th. The Joint Program at Newcastle/New England undertake their rural applicant interviews at the end of November and these continue through to early December.
Good luck
Good luck to postgrad medicine aspirants for GAMSAT results that will be issued in mid November and also for ISAT students sitting in Brisbane on 13 - 14 November.
What Next and where to from here?
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Medical Schools in Australia Deadlines for late October and November 2019
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