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I think it's been covered in bits but to answer the original question: St. Georges, Nottingham (at Derby), Swansea, Peninsula Dental, Peninsula (5 yr), and most recently for 2008 entry, Keele.
You need to check other criteria with individual universities but for graduate entry all require that you are a UK resident, have a UK 2:1 or 1st class degree, and that you have some (eg 2yrs for Notts/Derby) relevant experience - this has been more or less loosly defined from place to place and from time to time, so again you need to check.
The point about graduate entry via GAMSAT is that it gives those of us who lack a science degree the chance to enter medical school without one, which is not to exclude those who do.
As for the dreaded GAMSAT itself I think both Angel and Cheney are right - it is an assesment of both knowledge and problem solving skills. It seems to me that in order to pass the third (science) paper you need a combination of the two. You can answer the majority of the questions with very little science knowledge since most of what you need in order to answer the questions is supplied. However withbout the science knowledge you can't do it quick enough to get through the paper. Thus the more science you know the easy you'll find the material to manage and the more likely you'll be able to apply whatever problem solving skills you have within the time constraints.
Greater scientific knowledge will doubtless improve your score on this paper and since the matriculation of the combined scores is skewed towards this paper getting your head in Bio/Phys/Chem. textbooks has to be a must. It's also common sense to get hold of a practice test to familiarise your self with the format. Like any test, to some extent it's your ability to pass the test that is being assessed rather the what the test purports to be asessing.
To all those taking the test on the 21st - sincerely, good luck.
Oh and Le Pom: reflexology?
CJ
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OMG. I'm seriously having second thoughts about applying to the GAMSAT schools...
