As someone else mention, if one already worries about getting in Monash, you should be worrying about whether you can survive in Monash. I know a many people that were getting pretty good results in other local private uni. So they used their results and manage to get into Monash but few of them drop out cause they couldn't cope up or something.

Getting into Monash is pretty easy I would say. I did AUSMAT and had no problem getting in at all. All the friends that I know who did MUFY had no problem as well. MUFY is definitely more expensive the last time I checked.

As for courses intake and stuff, it's best you go there and talk to their course consultant personally. They'll know what fits you best.

That's what many people say. And a lot say Melbourne Uni is hard to get in but easy to get out.

AUSMAT = Australian Matriculation Program
SAM = South Australian Matriculation

As Hikari0307 said, it's basically the same thing just different papers.
In the end, the final score that you get and which is required to enter Monash is the same thing.

When I did Ausmat in Sunway, the prices were cheaper than Taylor's SAM. My whole reason to do Ausmat was because Taylor college (SAM) was in SS15 that time and parking would be horrible while I have a unit in Lagoon View which is directly next to Sunway. Course fee was around 14k if not mistaken.