Thank you phytoplankton for the response, I am looking forward to the content that I am awaiting to learn.
As you said you did the same subject combination, how was it? Was the workload too much at some point and what was your daily study schedule like? As for the subjectivity of these questions, i just want your perspective on it 
Happy to help! Like you, I would be that person who was called the "maths and science student". So, I did very much enjoy the subject combination I had throughout Grade 11 and 12. However, I would be lying if I didn't say that it was very very very stressful in the month/last few weeks before the external exams. With the UCAT on top of that, it made it more difficult to schedule the necessary study in. Ideally, my daily schedule should have looked like a consistent studying and reviewing of each subject equally but of course, I wasn't that ideal, perfect student. Same with the UCAT prep and school, I studied the a few days/weeks before the exams so it became very stressful and I had to do like 2-3 exams every day and then review them for hours on end. It certainly wasn't a great time. What I would suggest to anyone in Grade 11 is that take every assessment very seriously as it is a "first chance" at ATAR and what I would recommend after that is to consistently keep up with the work.
In terms of the ATAR I received, I got a 99.85, my best subject was, naturally, Physics (100%) and my worst subject was English (also naturally). Medicine is certainly a pathway to pursue and a difficult one but luckily, in Australia, there are countless pathways to go through so don't get too bogged down on UCAT to the extent that you compromise ATAR. That being said, doing UCAT the best you can is VITAL as it makes your life much much easier. Despite my lack of UCAT prep, the enjoyment of doing it got the better of me at the end which probably is the reason for my performance on the test.
Anyways, I hope this helped and feel free to ask any more questions.
- PP
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