Curtin vs Wollongong

UCAT-ANZ cut-offs. Curtin — No official Curtin-published cut-off. Curtin ranks total UCAT score, not a fixed threshold. Aggregator-derived competitive score ~2970 for local WA applicants (2024-2026 entry, old /3600 scale)… Wollongong — no published cut-off.

GAMSAT cut-offs. Curtin — not used or not published. Wollongong — Minimum 50 overall, no section below 50. From 2027 entry, GAMSAT becomes a pure qualifying hurdle — not used to rank after threshold met.

Timing shapes the choice as much as the score. GAMSAT is graduate-only and sits in March and September; UCAT-ANZ is mostly undergraduate and sits in July. A few schools run their own selection model with no national test at all.

Curtin requires ATAR 95.00 (WA-domiciled) / 92.00 (non-WA), plus UCAT-ANZ + CASPer; 35:35:30 shortlist ratio (ATAR : CASPer : UCAT-ANZ).

Wollongong requires Bachelor degree with minimum GPA 5.0/7.0; GAMSAT overall 50+ (international applicants may submit MCAT or GAMSAT); MMI. Four distinct entry pathways: General Entry (most Australian/NZ students), Rural Entry (domestic applicants from a rural or regional background), International Entry, and an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathway. Every domestic student completes Phase 3 in a regional or rural location.

ATAR. Curtin — Minimum ATAR (WA applicants) 95.00 (inclusive of bonus points); minimum ATAR (non-WA applicants) 92.00. TISC 2025 (Dec 2024 round) for CUMBS: min rank n/a, lowest n/a — selection is NOT solely on… Wollongong — no published cut-off.

Graduate-entry GPA. Curtin — not applicable or not published. Wollongong — Minimum 5.5/7.0 at time of interview selection. GPA functions as a hurdle only — not used in offer ranking.

Read every ATAR figure as a selection rank, not a raw score. Educational access bonuses, rural-origin uplift and Indigenous pathways all adjust it, so the published number is rarely the one that decides your application.

Both Curtin and Wollongong use MMI interviews, so the underlying prep approach is the same — practise ethics frameworks, Australian health-system topics (Medicare, rural workforce, Indigenous health) and (for MMI) structured station responses against a timer.

That said, the specifics differ slightly: Curtin runs multi-mini interview (8 stations); Wollongong runs multi-mini interview (~8 stations). Mock practice tailored to each school's exact format is the highest-leverage prep.

Interview windows: Curtin interviews in October-November; Wollongong in August-September.

Both schools deliver a Integrated-style curriculum, so day-to-day study habits will feel similar across years 1-3.

Specifics: 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). Years 1-2 foundations and clinical skills at Bentley with early community place 4-year graduate MD. Years 1-2 foundational and clinical skills at Wollongong campus; year 3 longitudinal integrated clerkship in a regional or rural c

Intake size: Curtin — 2024 intake ~110 places (CSP + BMP combined). Curtin 2024 Domestic Admissions Guide.; Wollongong — 2027 cycle: 37 Unbonded CSP + 30 CSP Rural End-to-End + 27 BMP + 15 International = ~109 total (GEMSAS UOW).. A larger cohort means more peer breadth; a smaller cohort means more tutor contact.

Curtin: Not publicly disclosed. Wollongong: ~35% interview-to-offer.

Post-interview odds give you the clearest signal of how competitive each school is at the final stage — a school with a 60% post-interview success rate is structurally easier to convert than one at 25%, even if the interview thresholds look identical on paper.

Curtin: Curtin is one of the newest Australian medical schools (first intake 2017) and runs a 5-year undergraduate MBBS for outer-metropolitan Perth, rural WA, and Indigenous workforce service. CASPer required alongside UCAT-ANZ and ATAR — one of only 2 AU med schools using CASPer (other: Notre Dame Fremantle/Sydney).

Pre-interview ratio 35 (ATAR) : 35 (CASPer) : 30 (UCAT) per MedEntry/Curtin official. ATSI applicants exempt from CASPer.

Wollongong: Wollongong was established with an explicit rural and regional workforce mission. At least ~55 of ~109 places (~50%) carry Rural Entry Pathway eligibility — Combined Track 54 (min 32 REP), End-to-End 30 (min 17 REP), Health Access Stream 10 (min 6 REP) — not the often-quoted 25%. Year 3 includes a longitudinal integrated clerkship in a regional/rural community.