GAMSAT Guide/Introduction
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The GAMSAT is a tough exam - a lot is required from the student and preparing for it can be quite a nightmare. In this text, we hope to draw together various sources already available within wikipedia and adapt them so they can fit in with the needs of the worried student actively trying to remember the difference between methane and ethanol.
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[edit] UK
The exam in the UK takes place only once a year, usually around September. If you're ill or miss your train or sleep in, you’ll need to wait for the next year, or look into taking it in Ireland. The grade for the GAMSAT tends to be valid for 2 years so that you can sit in advance of the year you want to enter.
[edit] Exam structure
The exam is subdivided into three distinct sections:
[edit] Section I Reasoning in Humanities and Social Sciences
This comprises of 75 Questions that must be answered over 1 hour 40 minutes.
[edit] Section II Written Communication
One hour to write two essays based on series of quotes - the quotes usually focus on a given theme (such as morality, crime and punishment etc).
[edit] Section III Science
The important part - this spans Biology, Physics but mostly Chemistry (with an emphasis on Organic chemistry). You get 2 hours 50 minutes to complete 110 questions - that's a little like one a half minutes per question - not easy, so I think the best option is to use the reading time to flick through the exam and see what there is that you can easily do and what you really can't do. Start with the easiest stuff then as your time runs out, head for the harder stuff. As wrong answers are not downgraded, be sure to answer every question (even if you have to guess some) - there's a 25% chance of you getting it right!
[edit] Courses using the GAMSAT
Currently there are three universities (St George's, Nottingham and Swansea) using the GAMSAT for entry onto the Graduate Course (4 years) and one (Penninsula) using it for the Graduate entry onto the 5 year course (i.e. standard undergraduate course).
