How we research and check these guides

Official sources first, always

Every factual claim in these guides traces back to a first-party source: a university's own admissions page, an official admissions guide or PDF, GEMSAS documentation, or an official university announcement. We read the source itself rather than repeating what another preparation company has written about it.

We deliberately do not treat other tutoring or preparation websites as authorities on admissions facts. Those pages are often written once and left up for years, so they are a common way for a retired format or a superseded date to keep circulating. If we cannot find an official statement for something, we say so in the article instead of filling the gap.

Every fact carries a cycle and a date

Admissions rules apply to a specific entry year. A format that was accurate for 2026 entry may not be accurate for 2027 entry, and universities frequently change station counts, weightings and delivery methods between cycles.

So each guide shows the admission cycle it applies to, a published date, a genuine last-modified date, and a last checked date recording when we most recently opened the official sources and confirmed the page still says what we quoted. Each source in the reference list carries its own cycle and check date too.

• Confirmed means the institution has published it for the cycle we name.
• Indicative window means the institution describes a period rather than a fixed date, or the detail comes from an earlier cycle and has not yet been restated.
• Not published means the institution has not released it for that cycle yet. We would rather show an honest gap than an invented date.

What we do when sources disagree

Universities sometimes leave an older page online after publishing a newer admissions guide. When two official sources conflict, we say so in the article, link both, and follow the newest admissions guide. We do not quietly pick one and hide the disagreement, because knowing that a detail is in flux is useful information when you are planning.

The review cycle

Guides covering a specific admissions round are re-checked before and during that round, because that is when universities publish and revise their dates. Outside those periods we re-check each guide at least once per admissions cycle.

When we re-check a guide and nothing has changed, we update the last checked date only. When something has changed, we update the content, the modified date and the affected sources together. If an article names a reviewer, that person reviewed that specific version. We do not list reviewers who have not read the article.

Tell us when we are wrong

If you spot something out of date or incorrect, email hello@medcoach.au with the guide name and, where you can, a link to the official page that contradicts us. Corrections to factual errors are made as a priority, and the modified date on the article changes when we make one.