OK, if you want actual med students to answer these questions go to
www.medstudentsonline.com
First of all, you KNOW you will get over 200 raw score on your UMAT? Good luck because only like 1% of people get that. Considering English is not your strongest point, how do you plan to do well on section 1?
You need to practice practice practice until the day of your exam. You will NOT breeze through it, the UMAT is a biatch and you have to prepare. (I'm not speaking for MSO when I say this) but I recommend a prep course (
www.medentry.com.au was good for me) because they will provide you with many practice questions that will help you to really guage how you're doing with it. If you can get over 180 you should do OK. Just trust me, you won't get over 200 just because you want to. Just like most smart people won't get 100 UAI just because they want to (have to actually prepare and work for it).
Re: UAI where did you get the idea that Melb was easy to get into?!?! Melbourne is the hardest uni to get into marks wise because they're very prestigious and have no interview.
http://www.medstudentsonline.com/forums/how-to-get-into-different-schools-topic1806.html
That will tell you what you need for each undergrad med school in Aus and has a file on there you can use to get the contact details of all the med school.
It doesn't specifically mention rural but you could ask around.
Best rule of thumb: don't be content with a 92, aim as high as you can. And if you do get a UAI with low 90s, and don't get into med, study like a science degree or something and aim to get distinction average... then u should be able to get into some med schools, especially since you're rural (I think a D average at univ. is equivalent to a 96 or 97 UAI or something).
