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How is the GAMSAT overall score calculated? ACER adds Section 1, Section 2 and twice Section 3, then divides by four.

See the Section 3 score it needs with your other two sections.

Use the three section scores from one sitting.

GAMSAT overall score

Enter your three section scores

Your result

Your statement wins. ACER calculates from unrounded sections, so this can differ from your official overall by up to half a mark. Melbourne, Queensland, Notre Dame Fremantle/Broome, Notre Dame Sydney, ScotGEM rank on the plain average.

Questions people ask

How is the GAMSAT overall score calculated?

ACER adds Section 1, Section 2 and twice Section 3, then divides by four. Section 3 therefore counts for half the overall.

Why is my GAMSAT overall different from my own calculation?

ACER calculates the overall before rounding the section scores, so working from the rounded sections on your statement can be out by up to half a mark. The overall on your statement is the official one.

Which universities do not weight Section 3?

GEMSAS lists Melbourne, Queensland and Notre Dame (Fremantle, Broome and Sydney) as equal-weight schools. Wollongong uses GAMSAT only as a hurdle.

What is the minimum GAMSAT score?

Most GEMSAS schools ask for at least 50 in each section and 50 overall. Notre Dame asks for a 52 average and Western Australia for 55 overall. These are minimums to apply, not cut-offs.

How we work this out

What it does

Enter your three section scores for your GAMSAT overall, the plain average and the Section 3 score a target needs.

GAMSAT section scores from 0 to 100 for Section 1 (reasoning in humanities and social sciences), Section 2 (written communication) and Section 3 (reasoning in biological and physical sciences), all from the same sitting.

Method

  1. ACER's overall score is (Section 1 + Section 2 + 2 x Section 3) / 4, so Section 3 counts twice. Example: 60, 70 and 50 give (60 + 70 + 100) / 4 = 57.5.
  2. The plain average is (Section 1 + Section 2 + Section 3) / 3. GEMSAS lists Melbourne, Queensland and Notre Dame as using it: 60, 70 and 50 give 60.0.
  3. For a target overall T, Section 3 needs (4 x T - Section 1 - Section 2) / 2. With 60 and 70, a weighted 65 needs 65 in Section 3.
  4. Each extra Section 3 point adds 0.5 to the weighted overall; a Section 1 or 2 point adds 0.25.

Published figures

How each school uses your GAMSAT sections

From GEMSAS, CAO and each school’s own page. A minimum lets you be considered; it is not a cut-off.

Checked 26 September 2026
SchoolEntryUsesSection minimumsOverall minimum
Australian National University2027Weighted overall50 / 50 / 5050
Deakin2027Weighted overall50 / 50 / 5050
Griffith2027Weighted overall50 / 50 / 5050
Macquarie2027Weighted overall50 / 50 / 5050
Melbourne2027Plain average50 / 50 / 50–
Queensland2027Plain average50 / 50 / 50–
Notre Dame Fremantle/Broome2027Plain average50 / 50 / 5052
Notre Dame Sydney2027Plain average50 / 50 / 5052
Western Australia2027Weighted overall50 / 50 / 5055
Wollongong2027Hurdle only50 / 50 / 5050
Flinders2027Weighted overall50 / 50 / 50–
Sydney2027Formula not published50 / 50 / 50–
City St George's2026Weighted overall50 / 50 / 5056
Swansea2026Weighted overall– / – / 5050
Ulster2027Weighted overall50 / 50 / 50–
Nottingham2027Uses UCAT, not GAMSAT––
ScotGEM2025Plain average42 / 42 / 4250
Surrey2027No number published––
Plymouth BMBS A1002025Weighted overall––
Chester2027No number published––
Worcester2027No number published––
Brunel MBBS A1002027No number published––
Liverpool A100 graduate applicants2027Weighted overall50 / 50 / 5050
Liverpool A1012027No number published––
Exeter BMBS A1002027Weighted overall––
University of Limerick2026Weighted overall––
University College Cork2026Weighted overall––
University College Dublin2026Weighted overall––
RCSI2026Weighted overall––

Sources

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