GAMSAT Test Preparation

What is the GAMSAT?

The GAMSAT (Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test), developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research determines whether a student with at least a Bachelors degree can advance their studies in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science.

Ace the GAMSAT!

All you need is 3 things to ace this exam: Time, a solid GAMSAT Review, and realistic GAMSAT Exams

Time

How much time do you need? Pretty easy. First get your review and exams together and start working. Reassess after one week. Because there is only a limited amount of review books and exams (good ones at least), you'll know after one week how much more time you'll need to complete your review. On average: 3 to 6 months.

GAMSAT Review

There are no perfect and specific review books available universally in academic bookstores. However, most students find that the MCAT is a harder exam than the GAMSAT. The best MCAT books includes The Gold Standard MCAT, Examkrackers and Kaplan MCAT. An excellent MCAT program with clear teaching and which also reviews all of the topics that you require for the GAMSAT (science, verbal and written) can be found at the following link: GAMSAT Complete Course on eBay

GAMSAT Exams

There are 3 very useful practice MCAT exams in The Gold Standard MCAT and 1 in the Kaplan MCAT text. The absolute best source of practice material specific for the GAMSAT (and there is not much so only use them when you have finished your review) comes from ACER, the Australian Council for Education Research. You can order here.

• Section 1 – 75 Reasoning Humanities questions (100 minutes).
• Section 2 – 2 Written Communication essays (60 minutes).
• Section 3 – 110 Reasoning in Biology questions (170 minutes).