Griffith vs Tasmania

UCAT-ANZ cut-offs. Griffith — no published cut-off. Tasmania — No fixed domestic threshold; 2025 indicative cut-off ~2530/2700 (5th decile; Matrix Education). Competitive range observed 70th-85th percentile UCAT total. International applicants need ≥50th…

GAMSAT cut-offs. Griffith — Minimum 50 in each section AND 50 overall. Interview shortlist rank: 50:50 unweighted GPA (as %) + overall GAMSAT (out of 100). Final offer rank: 50% interview-selection rank + 50% GUMSAA interview… Tasmania — Graduate stream only: minimum 50 in each section.

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.

Griffith requires Bachelor degree with minimum GPA 5.0/7.0; GAMSAT overall 50+ with section minima 50; MMI.

Tasmania requires School-leaver ATAR minimum 95 (typical competitive non-rural 99.95; rural / Tasmanian 99.45) + UCAT-ANZ (no fixed threshold for domestic; international applicants need ≥50th percentile cognitive). Graduate stream: GAMSAT minimum 50 in each section + unweighted GPA ≥ 6.5. English and Chemistry prerequisites; no interview.

ATAR. Griffith — no published cut-off. Tasmania — Non-rural / non-Tasmanian: minimum 95, typical competitive 99.95. Rural or Tasmanian: minimum 95, typical competitive 99.45 (some sources 99.44). Flat since at least 2022.

Graduate-entry GPA. Griffith — Minimum 5.0/7.0. Griffith explicitly states "a GPA required for interview selection is likely to be significantly higher than 5.0". 2025 intake average GPA 6.68. Tasmania — Graduate stream only: unweighted minimum 6.5.

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.

Griffith uses MMI (Multi-Mini Interview (typically 8-10 stations; exact count varies cycle to cycle per GUMSAA framework)); Tasmania uses Interview (No interview — ATAR-first ranking with UCAT-ANZ tiebreaker). These two formats reward different skills — MMI emphasises breadth, station-recovery and structured answers under time pressure, while Interview rewards malleability and intellectual honesty.

If your strengths lie in conversational depth, either may suit you more. If you prefer discrete capsule answers under time pressure, Griffith is the better fit.

Interview windows: Griffith interviews in September-October; Tasmania in No interview.

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

Specifics: 4-year graduate MD. Years 1-2 hospital-integrated foundations at the Gold Coast (Southport) campus and Gold Coast University Hospital. Years 3-4 clini 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Medical Science / Doctor of Medicine (course code H3X; legacy MBBS M3N). Years 1-3 foundations and clinical skills at

Intake size: Griffith — 2027 cycle: 148 CSP + 60 BMP + 80 BMedSci pathway + up to 35 international = ~323 total (GEMSAS Griffith).; Tasmania — Total not publicly aggregated; estimated ~110-135 domestic (school-leaver) + 25 graduate. TRTS 20 places; Medical Research Stream ~12-13 within graduate intake..

A larger cohort means more peer breadth; a smaller cohort means more tutor contact.

Griffith: ~38% interview-to-offer. Tasmania: N/A — no interview.

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.

Griffith: Griffith's 4-year graduate MD is co-located with Gold Coast University Hospital, giving students hospital-integrated training from year 1. Strong rural and Indigenous pathways with bespoke MMI streams. Pre-interview ranking weights GAMSAT and GPA broadly equally; the MMI then carries substantial weight in the final composite.

Tasmania: Tasmania is the only medical school in the state. ATAR thresholds 99.95 (non-rural) / 99.45 (rural or Tasmanian) have held flat since at least 2022 — UCAT serves only as a tiebreaker. Aboriginal Entry Pathway (palawa) waives UCAT and the clinical aptitude test. Graduate Entry stream of 25 places/year includes the Medical Research Stream (~50% of grad places).