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Hi guys
Its a bit hazy now but I remember only finding out about the GEP/GAMSAT process in June and almost immediately booked on to the intensives coming up in August/Sept (exam was 21st Sept). I got the reading lists from them in advance so I could go and buy some key texts and this is when I started studying (whilst working full-time and 3 kids so not huge amounts of time available!). I went to the maths day, both chemistry days and one of the biology days- the rest I was on holiday during, so, with gradmed permission, I saw the physics tutor at home for a couple of 3 hour sessions and had a 3 hour lesson with the biology tutor. I found all of the tutors helpful but others may have had different tutors on their weekends. I actually found I enjoyed the physics which I never did at school so he must have been good! Being a psychology graduate though I wouldn't know about the accuracy or level of any of the science lessons, but they did help with getting you to think about the types of themes likely to come up in GAMSAT(eg biological systems, intepreting data, plus shortcuts) not just content (there were biochem grads there for example who would obviously know a lot of the subject matter already).
After the intensives I did have two weeks at home to study but this was cutting it really fine and I was pretty stressed by the end.
Perhaps as I approached this very naively and with so little science I felt more positive thean others who had higher expectations? I was so grateful for the help I might have had a less critical eye.
Sarah
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