GAMSAT Preparation/ "Guaranteed position" Questions

[dooyeon1998]

Hello I am going in to Biomedicine at UoM this year and I had some questions regarding the GAMSAT.
I am aiming to get into either Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Dental Surgery and I am aware that I must complete the GAMSAT.
I was wondering if Biomedicine will prepare me for the GAMSAT, such as  bio,chem and physics sections, and if not. are there specific electives that I have to choose to ensure that I am prepared?

I have another question that is a bit unrelated. Since I got an ATAR above 99, I think I have so called a Full Australian fee 'guaranteed' position, which means that I dont have to complete the GAMSAT with an average over 75. Do many people choose this pathway or is it financially too demanding?

Thank you

[heart]

FFP at Melb cost $282,606 so yes it is very financially demanding https://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/2060195/2017-tuition-fees_Australian-fee-paying-students_TuitionFeeTables_20_December_2016.pdf  . Also you have to keep a 75+ WAM for the guaranteed FFP

In regards to GAMSAT preparation I recommend to check out pagingdr as it has some good tips and guidelines there. Also I recommend to take the test at least twice if financially possible as I think the experience from the first sitting can tremendously help for the next one. At the end of the day though for Melbourne entry each section is weighted equally so that means the science portion is weighted 1/3 rather then 1/2 of your score so best to work on sections 1 and 2 which cannot really be done through any uni courses in my opinion.

[Russ]

Most people with the FFP guarantee attempt to obtain a non-FFP spot for the obvious financial reasons.
Biomedicine will prepare you for the GAMSAT, the compulsory subjects in first year cover all the bases for the exam. You can't take electives until your second year but you don't need to do anything specific for GAMSAT purposes.

It depends on your personal strengths, but I agree with above that working on S1/S2 is important because it's difficult to study explicitly for those sections.