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Preparing students for the GAMSAT is unique in both the level of knowledge required and the extensive reasoning skills that must be developed in a highly time pressured environment. Since 2002 GradMed has provided extensive preparation at Imperial College, London, and during this time over 7000 students have completed our live courses.

We start before courses begin with an in depth consultation to determine strengths and weaknesses and to produce a full study plan. This is followed by extensive pre course reading and advice and the analysis of a full diagnostic exam.

Courses run for three months from January to March and from June to September, teaching both the required level of knowledge and the reasoning skills which the exam demands. The courses are intense and designed to emulate the style and demands of teaching you will encounter on a graduate programme at medical school. Working with like-minded individuals in a focused environment means rapid acquirement of knowledge and a true appreciation of the varied skills needed both at this level and at medical school itself.

In addition to our extensive course materials and bank of over 8000 simulated questions and fifteen full mock examinations you will also have access to the most sophisticated online learning portal available for GAMSAT (see below for more details).

Full Preparation Courses Weekends from Saturday January 4th to Sunday March 16th 2025

Running for three months we teach all of the core material and develop the extensive reasoning skills the exam requires. Students are provided with extensive pre-course reading and guidance, and have full access to the Course Director and Head Tutors at all times after enrollment. The aim is to provide a full holistic preparation where help is always available and questions never go unanswered.

Although GAMSAT is not a knowledge test ACER are clear that a core understanding of the principles of the sciences is a prerequisite to success in the examination. As they state, ‘The level of subject knowledge required for the Reasoning in Biological and Physical Sciences section of the test generally corresponds to the first year of university studies in biology and chemistry, and A-level/Leaving Certificate/Year 12 in physics.’

On our full preparation course, we focus on teaching the core knowledge and principles required across all of the sciences, including all of the skills content listed below on our Intensive skills programme. We have built our syllabus and topic areas based on direct experience of the examination over the past 23 years. The emphasis is understanding core concepts and at the same time applying this to past questions and understanding the skills and intellectual traits they are examining. Often the topic areas used on GAMSAT are obscure and almost impossible to rationalise by studying alone and we aim to show you not just the style but the type of source material the examination makes use of.

The course runs on Weekends from Saturday January 4th to Sunday March 16th 2025

It is composed of the following live teaching components and content:

25 Core Science content sessions (75 hours total)
13 Intensive Science Skills based sessions (40 hours total)
4 Science Strategy Sessions deconstructing the GAMSAT (12 hours total)
4 Mathematics for Science Sessions (12 hours total)
7 Section 1+2 Sessions (21 hours total)
15 marked essays with detailed feedback by our head of Written Communication
10 Weekly Tutorials every Wednesday evening (30 hours total)
15 Full Mock exams in the exact ACER format with full live reviews
8000+ Past GAMSAT Questions developed from the real exam
Over 30 additional GAMSAT Papers on our Online Platform
High quality animated videos for all topics
6 Professionaly printed books covering all sections and subjects
Over 1000 Sample essays with detailed analysis
Personal guidance from our academic and student mentors
All teaching sessions are recorded and uploaded to your personal video account

Written Communication - Saturday January 4th to Sunday March 16th 2025

Many people lose sight of the fact that 50% of your GAMSAT score comes from your language abilities in the form of Verbal Reasoning for Section 1 and your essays for Section 2.

On this course we will take you through the core component forms of sources used to test skills on Section 1 - Poetry, Cartoons, Archaic language, Literature, Interpreting Scientific studies and many others. In addition, we will produce a personalised approach to responding to any GASMAT essay topics, which have in recent years become more obscure and so less easily pre-preparable.Our head of section 2 (a 97 scorer in this section) will also provide personalised and detailed feedback on 15 of your essays during the course.

Full printed study guide

21 hours live teaching for S1 and S2

15 marked essays with detailed feedback by our head of Section 2 (last GAMSAT Score 97)

20 Mock S1 and S2 papers

Over 1000+ sample essays with detailed analysis

High quality animated videos for all topics

Personal guidance and mentoring from our head of S1and S2

All lessons recorded to your own video account andmore.

Online Learning Centre

Building on our twenty years of GAMSAT experience and extensive materials and question banks, all students attending the Full Preparation and Intensive courses receive full access to our unique online learning centre. Written specifically for GAMSAT and developed over a period of many years, the centre provides access to thousands of additional questions across all sections of the examination, as well as unique learning resources, video lessons and techniques.

Our unique examination centres for sections 1 and 3 allow you to tailor our entire question bank of over eight thousand questions to your specific study needs, including mini tests on topics, GAMSAT style mock examinations in particular subject areas and full mock examinations. All of this is collated within our intelligent dashboard, allowing you to analyse your performance over time, as well as comparatively with the entire student body studying with us. Highlights include

Bespoke and developed specifically for GAMSAT and no other examination
Take our unique diagnostic test and receive full feedback on your strengths and weaknesses
Intelligent learning system with unique customisable dashboard
High quality animated videos for all sections of the exam
Over eight thousand simulated and customisable GAMSAT questions
All questions with full worked explanations
Analyse your performance over time and against other students
Take fifteen full mock exams or build your own using our unique GAMSAT builder
Mark and read over a thousand real marked essays written by past GAMSAT students with full analysis

Mathematics for Science- January 2025

Many Section III questions rely on good numerical skills and the application of these to a range of theory across all of the sciences. Although the level of mathematics required is not necessarily advanced, it is crucial that you can deal quickly with standard form, logs, straight-line graphs, logarithmic graphs, linearising equations and many other such techniques.

Here we spend 2 full days analysing all of the common mathematical techniques you will encounter on the GAMSAT Examination. The focus is the application to simulated questions from our extensive question banks. We will show you how to use Mathematics as a tool to boost your overall score. Whilst mathematics itself is not tested in the exam, the course and accompanying 57 page book will equip you with an invaluable tool set moving your score in the right direction.

Mock Examination - March 2025

Students sit a full and extensively tested simulated mock GAMSAT examination in all sections in the exact format of the online GAMSAT exam. This mock is unique, and along with all GRADMED materials has undergone years of standardisation, allowing you to understand fully your preparedness for the exam itself. We will also provide a full analysis of your performance and comparative performance to the cohort as a whole, including of course your GAMSAT score.

Your essays are marked by our Head of Written Communication and returned with extensive comments and suggestions for improvement. Full worked solutions are provided for Section III to act as learning tools in themselves.