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Navigating the GAMSAT: March vs. September Sittings – A Strategy Guide The Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) stands between you and your dreams of pursuing a career in Medicine. With sittings offered in both March and September, picking the optimal timing requires careful analysis of various factors. Let’s delve deeper into the differences and… Continue reading Navigating the GAMSAT: March vs. September Sittings – A Strategy Guide

Mastering Section 1 of the GAMSAT Becoming a medical professional can be a fulfilling yet demanding endeavor. It requires a great deal of hard work and perseverance, and the journey is studded with numerous challenges that you must overcome. One of the first major hurdles in this journey is the Graduate Medical School Admissions Test… Continue reading Mastering Section 1 of the GAMSAT

Preparing for Section II of the GAMSAT The GAMSAT Section II: Writing is a critical component of the GAMSAT, assessing test-takers’ ability to communicate effectively and persuasively in written form. To excel in this section, candidates must develop a comprehensive understanding of the various essay formats and the essential elements that each format entails. The… Continue reading Mastering Section 1 of the GAMSAT #2

GAMSAT Preparation Section II Approaching Section II How do we optimise our score in Section II? The answer, more often than not, is an individual one: there isn’t merely one so-called ‘optimal’ approach to studying for this section of the GAMSAT, but rather a whole host of different strategies that we might want to employ in our preparation.… Continue reading GAMSAT Preparation Section II

GAMSAT Preparation Finding a Plan It’s no mystery that the GAMSAT is a daunting exam. The overwhelming amount of content to memorise, the unexpected nature of its questions, the gruelling duration – these factors are all, more or less, a cause for concern. To truly succeed in preparing for this examination, most will often tell… Continue reading GAMSAT Preparation

My Experience with the GAMSAT I began my journey toward a medical career in February 2022, enrolling in the Bachelor of Medicine program at the University of Sydney. Prior to this, I completed a degree in Medical Sciences in November 2020. Recognizing the importance of the GAMSAT for securing a medical school place, I began… Continue reading My Experience with the GAMSAT

Mathematics for Section III of GAMSAT Concepts from Physical Chemistry and Physics are required for a number of questions in Section III of the GAMSAT. A number of thesequestions require some mathematical calculations. These questions test your skills at mathematics. The GAMSAT is not a test of your accuracy at mathematics but rather the GAMSAT… Continue reading Mathematics for Section III of GAMSAT

Section III for Non Science Students There is a common misconception among students that having very little Science or prior knowledge of concepts of science puts a student at a disadvantage compared to a student who has done Science as a part of their undergraduate degree. This section of the GAMSAT, may seem to be… Continue reading Section III for Non Science Students

Writing Task B of the GAMSAT Section II Section Two Task B typically centres on personal themes and thus lends itself to a reflective piece of writing. For those of us who are used to academic writing this may be a style of writing you haven’t had much experience with.  But don’t worry with the… Continue reading Writing Task (Section II )

Poetry for Section 1 Section one of the GAMSAT frequently includes several questions which require you to analyse poetry. For those who aren’t familiar with poetry analysis this can be daunting as it requires you to quickly grasp the meaning of a poem under time pressure. This blog will give you some simple tips and… Continue reading Poetry for Section 1