No. Aussie medical schools are not competitive if you're international.
Yes it's competitive for domestics, because their government subsidizes their education.
If you don't meet the cut off for UQ you get turned away. That's fairly simple.
But if you meet the cut off minimum, I'm serious, they rarely turn students away. some years they don't meet quota. Occasionally they do and have to turn away a few because they applied so late in the year.
Bottomline is, the schools need money or want money (take your pick). It nets them full-fee paying international students footing $300k in fees for degrees each. UQ in particular takes the largest number of internationals each year (by far). They will take in..just about anyone to fill their quota.
There are no job guarantees after grad for internationals.
You have to think really hard about what happens after you gets your degree (if you get that far).
If you're from HK.. It's hard to apply for residency in HK if you're not HK medical school trained (I know it's very competitive to get into an HK school). Have you applied for med school in HK at all? If you're intending to come to Australia, I gather you need/want internship and residency training in Australia afterwards? The job process is not an easy journey. It's becoming increasingly hard for people to find jobs, not just after internship, but every year after that. There's
a predicted oversupply of doctors in Australia by 7000 by 2030. It probably won't affect how they recruit med students (again $$$) but it will affect how you get a job if you want one in Australia. That would be the fine print that everyone kinda takes for granted. Irony is that so many premeds just enrol anyway and go I'll worry about it later..except that later is after you've dropped a quarter of a million and put in a lot of effort in studying etc.
If you really want to get into an Australian school with your scores..I'll repeat, you won't have any issues if that's what you're wanting. If you want to go back to HK after graduation, and/or you want job security, I would suggest that you stick to a medical school at home. Whether or not it's grad or undergrad, doesn't make any difference. Everyone comes out as a doctor. The real issue is how feasible it is to apply and obtain residency. You don't automatically become a consultant or attending after graduating from medical school, you still have to apply for further training afterwards. That training is heavily reliant on public hospitals and governments paying for you and universally, they tend to be stingy.
The one exception is Singapore. Singapore has a massive shortage of doctors and love Australian med graduates. That's like..the one place where I can confidently tell premeds from that country, that it'll be okay. You'll have a job after grad and probably even a scholarship.
The rolling application. It's exactly how I explained and what is described on the Oztrekk website. You put in an online application sometime before November. Their school year starts in February. Earlier the better because it's first come first serve basis. Then you wait for your acceptance letter. Done. (Also thanks mcat_taker for clarifying) - apparently no interview. There's no June or July deadline that most other Aussie schools have. If you're really not sure, phone them directly. Phone or email an adviser or UQ international student officer for prospective students.
There was one year they did interviews. I don't know if they'll bring it back. Even when they did them..they were 5 mins long, they aren't like the challenging interviews where you spend a half day in live interviews or something.
Try this webpage that an Aussie med grad made for premeds:
https://forums.studentdoctor.net/th...ool-search-engine-for-aussie-schools.1242379/.
It's very well done and *free/independent.
That will tell you all the Aussie medical schools you can apply to, their admission requirements and fees.
