The WSU interview, and how to prepare for it.

When will I hear back from WSU?

Offers for 2027 entry: 8 January 2027, in UAC’s January Round 1. The offer is the answer. WSU publishes no date for telling you how the interview went, so hearing nothing in between is normal.

Every school's offer dates, and why the wait is so long.

My note on WSU

This is my own school, and most of the students I coach are preparing for this interview. The invitation comes by the end of October and the interview is in late November, so plan on as little as four weeks between the two. That is enough for a plan, weekly stations and a full mock, if you start the week the email arrives. WSU offers no other date if you cannot make yours, so keep late November free.

Preparing for an MMI

Each station is marked on its own, so the two skills that matter most are reading the prompt for what it is really asking and leaving a bad station behind in its room. Both can be practised, and both are what the stations on this site are for.

• The MMI, and how to prepare for one What it is, how it is marked, and how I prepare a student for it.
• Timeline planner Put in the interview date and get a week by week order of work.

What to work on

WSU does not publish a list of qualities. These are the marking domains its stations most often turn on.

• Ethical reasoning Can you see both sides of a dilemma, name the principle at stake, and reach a decision you can defend?
• Motivation for medicine Is your reason yours, is it specific, and does it survive the follow-up question?

Expect to be asked why WSU in particular. How to answer “why do you want to study here?”

Stations to run first

These cover the areas WSU says it marks, or the areas its stations most often turn on. Thirty seconds to read each question, two minutes to answer it out loud.

• Understanding the medical profession, and the personal attributes that matter in it Mostly motivation for medicine. Four questions on a clock.
• Ethics and resource allocation Mostly ethical reasoning. Four questions on a clock.

Other schools that interview as an MMI

• Charles Sturt University MMI. Late November.
• University of Newcastle – UNE Joint Medical Program MMI. Late in the year, in person at Newcastle or Armidale.
• Monash University MMI. Rounds in December and January, on Zoom.
• University of Queensland MMI. Mid to late November.
• University of Adelaide MMI. Late in the year, after UCAT results.
• University of Western Australia MMI. Late November to mid December.
• Curtin University MMI. Early December, then two rounds in January.
• Bond University MMI. March, after the psychometric round.

Every school on one page.

Other guides

• Start here What the interview is testing, and how the cycle runs.
• Timeline planner Put in your interview date and get a week by week plan.
• Pathway planner The whole road from school to consultant, drawn around your choices.
• Practice stations Real MMI stations with a two minute reading phase and a station clock.
• By university The interview at every undergraduate-entry school: format, timing, and what is marked.
• What is marked The six things every station marks, and how to practise each one.
• How to answer The questions every panel asks, what each is testing, and the follow-ups to expect.
• Question themes The subjects questions come from, from rural health to the profession, with prompts.
• Interview dates When each school sends invitations, holds interviews and makes offers this cycle.
• When you hear back Every school’s offer dates, and why the wait after the interview is so long.
• Formats What an MMI and a panel interview each are, and how to prepare for each.
• Interview soon? Days to go? What you can still book at short notice, and the prices.
• For parents Who your child is working with, and what I will not promise.

If you want a session

Thirty minutes, $40, online, and it comes off any package you go on to book. Tell me where you are applying and when the interviews are.

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