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Quotes from candidates who recently commenced post-graduate medicine or dentistry

UQ
Great news, I made it into medicine at UQ! I can’t thank you and the team enough for putting together such great courses. They were truly invaluable in my preparation!

Just a short email to let you know that I got into Medicine at UQ. I am thrilled and excited. Thanks again for your great preparation course.

Just a quick email to say I’m in at UQ. Thank you for your courses and your help throughout the year. It’s been a very long road and I’m happy that I’m in finally. Thank you once more.

I recently accepted the offer of a place in the University of Queensland graduate entry medical program. Coming from an Arts background, I found your science course an invaluable tool in preparing for Gamsat. Thank you for the role you played in helping me realise my goal.

Thanks for your excellent and affordable courses. Lots to organise in the move from West to East. Been mentally preparing myself for the poor student role again.

Short, very late, note to let you know I was accepted into the MBBS at UQ. Thanks a million for all your help. The essay course was great, the science helpful, although at times overwhelming, and the tips on how to approach the exam absolutely essential.

I have been offered a CSS place at UQ and believe that you have played a great part in that achievement. Thank you so much. Your course and teaching style is refreshingly upfront and to the point and I have recommended you to many of my friends. If I can be of any service to you in the future please let me know.

I received a Commonwealth supported conditional offer from the University of Queensland last Thursday. I am very grateful for the guidance and confidence you and your team gave me through the fantastic GAMSAT course (especially my section 2 score — I would have never been able to get 66 on the first attempt with my stale English writing skills!). Thank you so much for everything.

I just wanted to let you know that I have been offered an un-bonded Commonwealth supported place in the MBBS programme at UQ. Thanks for all your help (and that of the rest of your team) along the way. I’ve no doubt that my attendance at your courses significantly improved my performance in all areas of the selection process.

Just to let you know that I got my offer of a CSP on late Wednesday; I am obviously very stoked. Thank you for your contribution to this success. The best thing is never having to do GAMSAT again... I am really excited to start medicine and will work hard but enjoy all the social events, too!

Just to let you know that I got into a CSP spot at UQ. It is indeed a surprise especially since my GAMSAT score was not as high as I had hoped. Thank you again for your course. It was the best investment I’ve made in my journey to getting into medicine esp since this is my first go at the GAMSAT. Your course definitely helped me hone my studies in the various areas which would have overwhelmed me otherwise.

UK
Thank you very much for your help in my preparation for the UK GAMSAT. My overall looks to be in the 97th percentile. I am delighted with this result and I know your course helped a lot, particularly with section 2.

Latest news is official word that I have interviews at all three schools applied for, Peninsular, Notts and St Georges (joint interview). Of course I am overjoyed. I’d like to take this opportunity to give you some praise Des, to tell you that I think that you offer a really good product which is value for money; and that it helps that you really seem to care a lot even from this distance.

Just to let you know that I scored in the top 10% for my essay writing and I am very pleased and am sure that your invaluable tuition helped me with the essays which I quite enjoyed writing at the time. So thank you again for your time and diligence. I shall certainly recommend your course.

This is to let you know that following my interviews I have now accepted a place at Nottingham University Medical School and will be starting my course in September. I know that your courses helped a lot as it allowed me to prepare for the GAMSAT. Thank you for all your help and guidance.

I thought that I would let you know that I received an offer to study medicine. Des, thank you so much. The dream has come true. May you have a long and fulfilling life! In appreciation from a lady in her forties with three kids!

I would just like to thank you. Your course from way out in Australia has been thought-provoking, stimulating and a fascinating learning process. I have never been taught the fundamentals of good writing before and as a result hated doing essays and would just write anything that came into my head. In your course, I was forced to really deconstruct my writing as I attempted each time to follow the advice you gave. I was so relieved to finally understand that I could develop my own style and be successful. I obviously started the essay course in order to hopefully pass the Gamsat but have also had the opportunity to consider topics from the social to the personal, in ways I have never done before. Thank you again.

Griffith
Thank you, not only for your insightful and highly effective preparatory courses, but also for your advice in terms of the big picture when decisions were required in applying to the universities. I received an offer to Griffith which I have accepted.

Thanks again for all the help with Gamsat prep. It proved effective...I’m in! Received a letter offering a place at Griffith Uni Med School...I’m wrapped!

Just wanted to let you know that I have received a Commonwealth Supported Place in Medicine at Griffith. I am extremely happy about this and would once again like to thank you sincerely for all your help.

USyd Med
This is definitely one of those emails that will contribute greatly, I hope, to enhancing your job satisfaction. I received my offer from Sydney Uni today and I’m absolutely over the moon with excitement! It has been a long-established passion of mine to study medicine and you have done far more than just help me with my preparation. Your workshops, advice, encouragement, reassurance and generosity with your time were invaluable and I thank you with all of my heart. I think the fact that you were educated on a legacy scholarship has left you with a wonderful legacy yourself.

I just wanted to write and tell you that I have been offered a standard CSS place in the University of Sydney GMP. I’d like to thank you very much for your assistance in getting me through this year. It has been a long process and I feel that your continued support has been invaluable. I met the same people in the various courses separated by several months and we discussed our performance. Because none of my friends are heading for medicine, it has been great to have other people to bounce off ideas and experiences.

I just wanted to say thanks for helping me prepare for Gamsat and my med interview this year. I just received my offer letter yesterday and I will be starting med at Sydney Uni next year. Thanks heaps for your courses and advice.

So busy at the moment finishing my thesis I almost forgot to write! Heard last week that I’m going to be heading to USyd in Feb to start the med program — as you might imagine I couldn’t be happier. Thanks for all your help, couldn’t have done it without you.

I just wanted to thank you for your help in preparing me for both Gamsat and the interview. I’ve been offered a place for Sydney next year, much to my surprise.

I undertook all of your prep courses this year and am delighted to say that, despite having an Arts degree background, with your help, I received a firm offer from USyd.

I applied for Sydney. I was offered a first round place. Take care Des, thanks for your help.

I just wanted to inform you that I have been offered a Commonwealth supported place for the Graduate Medical Program at Sydney University, and wanted to thank you for all your help throughout the application process. I really found it helpful that your Gamsat preparation materials were very succinct and to the point and your interview preparation course addressed scenario questions that were similar to the ones I got. I also personally want to thank you for being so approachable both during and after the course had finished and answering any questions I had.

Just thought I would let you know that I was offered a local commonwealth supported place in medicine at Sydney university. I honestly believe that your courses helped me get there and I wanted to thank you for the time and effort you put into these courses each year.

I would like to thank you and your team for the help that your courses have provided me this year. I have also just been offered a provisional CSS place for the University of Sydney Graduate Medical Program. I feel that the interview course was particularly helpful in helping me to gain this wonderful opportunity.

USyd Dent
Well, what a long process! This time last year I was spending most evenings after work and most of my weekends studying for GAMSAT and I am pleased to say that the effort has paid off. I will be starting Dentistry at U. Syd. in February. Thanks for all your help.

Just a brief email to both inform you of my acceptance and thank you once again for your efforts and guidance into the BDent course. Best of luck for the future, have a safe and happy festive season and rest assured that any future GAMSAT applicants who cross my path will have your services highly recommended to them.

I just wanted to let you know that I was accepted into Dentistry at Sydney Uni. Your workshop was a great help and really helped me in the interview. I honestly believe without the workshop I would not have been offered a place. I just thought you might like to know. Keep up the great work and thank you.

Wollongong
Just letting you know that I received a place at Wollongong University GSM. Thanks for all your material it was invaluable.

I’m thrilled to report that I have been offered a CSP place at the University of Wollongong (my first preference). I attempted GAMSAT for the first time this year.

ANU
I received an email on Friday afternoon giving me unofficial notification that I have been offered a bonded place at the ANU med school. I cannot express how grateful I am for all of your help and guidance throughout the application process.

Just to let you know that I have received my letter with an offer of a place for medicine at ANU. Thanks again for all your help and it seems that all the hard work has been rewarded!

I wanted to let you know that I have been accepted into Medicine at the ANU in Canberra. It was my first attempt at the GAMSAT and the interview process this year and I am very happy to have made it. I don’t think I would have been as successful without your preparation courses. Thank you very much for all your help.

Melbourne
I am most happy to tell you that I have been offered a place for MBBS at Melbourne, provided I get good grades at the end of the year. So I must thank you for giving me the chance to do what I have always wanted to do but have not been able to achieve beforehand. Without your help and confidence in me, I may not have been able to do it.

Thank you for your assistance this year. I have been fortunate enough to be offered a place at Melbourne University.

I attended your Melbourne courses and the interview workshop earlier this year and am pleased to inform you that I have been offered a place at Melbourne University to study Medicine next year! Let me thank you most sincerely for all your help and support. I attended your preparation courses and they were invaluable. I found that the courses were really well tailored to how the Gamsat test was set and I was fully prepared for the gruelling exam.

Tell Des that I got in even from a economics and finance background.

Just wanted to let you know that I am thrilled to have received an offer for a CSP place at Melbourne Uni. I am ecstatic that it has worked out and I want to thank you for the effort that you have put into your course, especially in identifying and focussing on the key areas of the exam. I did not come across any questions in the GAMSAT, particularly in section 3, that were not at least partly covered in the course notes. I have no doubt that this course played a significant role in my success.

I can’t thank you enough for your excellent courses and materials! I applied for Graduate entry medicine at Melbourne university and guess what I got a CSP place!

I’d just like to thank you for all the help you gave me with both your GAMSAT preparation and your interview preparation courses. Today I was offered a CSP at Melbourne Uni, and I highly doubt I would have been able to get this far without your help. I will definitely be recommending upcoming med-hopefuls to take your courses — they were well worth it.

I wanted to thank you and your team, as I was offered a place for Medicine at Melbourne Uni today, which was my first preference. I don’t think I could have been so successful without your courses! I will definitely recommend your courses to anyone interested in graduate entry medicine.

I received an offer yesterday for a CSP place at Melbourne Uni. I am totally elated with the news and am just writing to tell you that I know I wouldn’t have done as well in the GAMSAT and Interview without your fantastic workshops. If I was to give any advice to aspiring graduate medical students it would be this:
• Know why you want to study medicine, believe in yourself and work towards an excellent GPA.
• In the essay section of GAMSAT and in the interview: be honest and true to your beliefs. Your best, most cohesive writing and your most inspiring presentations emerge when you genuinely express yourself, not when you try to second guess the personal opinions of assessors.
• Attend Des O'Neill's science revision and exam preparation workshops. They will thoroughly prepare you for the format of the GAMSAT. I found the practice sessions and tests in the workshops really useful in learning how to pace myself for the exam.

Flinders
It all came together! I received my offer from Flinders this week. There is no doubt that my pathway in would not have gone so smoothly without the huge advantage your courses and insight provided. Thanks to you, at every point I felt well prepared and knew what to expect. Thanks Des — I’m a fan!

I got an offer letter yesterday from Flinders University! I am really excited about it. Without attending your courses, I think that I would not have been able to make it. Thank you so much, Des!

Thought you might like to know that my offer of a place in the Flinders graduate medical programme came on Thursday! First and foremost I send my sincere thanks to your team for their help in realising this dream.

Just to inform you that I have received an offer from Flinders med school and to thank you for the high standards of professionalism in conducting your courses and the effort that you put into everything you do.

Just wanted to let you know that I got an offer for a place at Flinders on Monday. Thanks for all of your help with the selection process.

Just letting you know I received an offer for a CSP place at Flinders last week. Thanks for all your help, your course unquestionably helped me and motivated me to achieving my goal first time round.

This is just a quick note to let you know that I have been accepted at Flinders University and offered a non-bonded, government-supported place. I am, naturally, very excited about this outcome.

UNDA
It gives me great pleasure to inform you that I have been successful in gaining entry into the Notre Dame MBBS course. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your team for the sound advice and encouragement throughout the application process.

I got an interview at Notre Dame and have been offered a Commonwealth Supported Place. Thanks to you and your team and best wishes for your (and your students’) continued success.

I thought I’d drop you a line to let you know that I will be accepting an offer from Notre Dame, WA. Thanks for your support, inspiration and well-tuned and carefully crafted courses.

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