Ellie

Hey! My name is Ellie and I’m currently a final year medical student at Griffith University in Gold Coast. I graduated Biomedical Science from QUT in 2019 with distinction specialising in Human Physiology, during which I did my first GAMSAT in Sep 2019 with a weighted score of 70 (s1: 60, s2: 63, s3: 78). I spent my gap year teaching pharmacology and physiology at QUT when Covid first hit Australia in 2020, in which I did my interview for my first preference – Griffith. After feeling overwhelmed in my first year of med school in 2021, I’ve now figured out what works for me and I can’t wait to help anyone in their journey to medicine.

I’ve always had a passion for teaching since middle school. I tutored Math, English, Physics, and Chemistry in high school; Anatomy, Physiology, and assignment editing/ writing in University; and Physiology and Pharmacology in my gap year before med school. Growing up in Taiwan before moving to Brisbane in grade 9 allows me to relate and help anyone whose English is their second language in assignment writing, grammar editing, and public speaking. I spent two months before the 2019 GAMSAT to revise the prerequisite Physics and Biology, while teaching myself Chemistry (as I didn’t do Chem in high school), as well as learning new vocabs and reading specific news articles to prepare for my least confident areas – section 1 and 2. Because of this experience, I was able to learn ways to master the important concepts, studying strategies, and answering approach for GAMSAT questions in a short period of time, allowing me to also study my uni subjects and maintain a personal life while taking GAMSAT.

Speaking of personal life, I recognise the potential impact med school application can have on anyone’s mental health. Apart from tutoring academic related topics, your mood/ motivation is also significantly important to me, and I’ll try my best to guide you through any of your worries/ concerns/ questions.