The tutor that the admins of r/GAMSAT personally use.
Current Doctor of Medicine student at UoM, CSP, first round - first preference, but I did also receive a USyd Metro CSP offer.
2024 Transparency / Record:
In 2024, all 7 of my international students received multiple offers. I had an additional 22 domestic students, with 20 receiving offers, most at their top preference. Lastly, I had 6 undergraduate school-leaver applicants, with 5 getting in, and one never updated me.
CASPer: I had 14 students, 12 received Q4, 3 of which scored Q1 the year prior.
I tutor CASPer, Section II GAMSAT, and MMI preparation for medical school interviews. I'm a former Psychology lecturer/tutor at Griffith University who has moved to Melbourne and is now doing the Doctor of Medicine. Psychology is obviously fundamental in understanding how to approach humanities type situations (CASPer/MMI/S2) so I am well positioned to help you achieve your best. I scored 75/83/79 in GAMSAT, with a 4th Quartile CASPer - and have helped many students get offers after their MMI, and drastically improve their scores in S2 and CASPer. For MMIs, try a few tutors, then try me - that way you'll understand why I charge more, and you'll agree I'm worth it. I'm always shocked by some of the things other tutors say that are just scarily wrong... I encourage all students to evaluate your tutor carefully, are they simply a 1.75 combo student who walked through their interview due to their amazing combo and now tutor because they saw a few YouTube videos? Shoot me a message asking for testimonials if you'd like :) I don't find it offensive, and am always happy to brag about my students' success!
In terms of what you'll get from me, you'll receive a comprehensive tutoring program. I won't just show you the mistakes you've made - I'll show you how to approach questions for both CASPer and MMI. Don't fall into the echo chamber of MMI prep with your friends who aren't any more experienced than you, get advice from a tutor from the beginning so you aren't building bad habits. My interest in Psychology was scale validation, which is pivotal in understanding the innerworkings of CASPer / MMI criteria marking. I won't be wasting your time talking about your presentation, your stuttering, or um's and ahs, they're the basics that you can review yourself, you don't need to waste your money on me with that. Happy to do it, but would get better yield if we focused on your content, where your actual marks come from.
Happy to do a half hour session @ half the normal rate if you want to taste test your tutors before diving in.
As a quick tidbit, if you're mentioning the 4 pillars of ethics in your MMI, you need me ASAP :P
Whilst in my tutoring role at Griffith, multiple students asked if I was willing to privately tutor them, which was forbidden by Griffith while working for them. Now that I've moved and left the role, it is open season. You'll see real quick that I'm worth the $120/h. I also offer group sessions at $75 per person.
Discounts: 5% off 5 lessons - 10% off 10 lessons, 15% off 15 lessons.
I now have three Bachelor's Degrees, in Med, Economics, and Psych. Why? Idk, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do in life, so I tried a bit of everything. This does mean however, I bring a wide lens to my teaching which helps you develop lateral thinking in complex scenarios presented in CASPer/MMIs.
A fun aside, I was also a lecturer at Sichuan University in China, but admittedly this was just for English.. nonetheless international students should feel comfortable selecting me as their tutor, with all English levels catered to (IELTS 6+ ideally).
Talk to you soon!
