Research your options, you get the UKCAT score as soon as you've sat it, so if you get a really high score it's wise to use that as the GAMSAT is kept a secret until after you've applied, so if you think you've done badly it's a good idea to go with the UKCAT score. If I were you I'd find 4 UKCAT schools that you like and make sure you like all the GAMSAT ones then you'll be able to tailor your application to how you did on the UKCAT and how well you think you did on the GAMSAT.
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i have a journalism background and the small bit of research i have done on the ukcat makes it seem more suited to someone like me from a non-science background. is that fair to say?
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No. With enough work anyone can take the GAMSAT and apparently stats show that non science Grads actually do better.
The UKCAT isn't a difficult exam and if you approach it logically and with some sense then prep is easy and methodological, just takes a few weeks to prepare. It's much too early to be worrying about it
When you do start there is a book, that isn't that good in itself, but will make you familiar with the concepts that you'll be expected to tackle. The stupidity of the book actually is good to learn from because you read the official instructions off the website and find yourself correcting the book.
The GAMSAT is a different issue though, start getting materials together for that because people will begin to sell them off now as they get offers. However, a lot of the stuff that is out there is pretty rubbish, so do some research into what there is and how good it is. The GAMSAT takes a lot of time (think the whole summer) so you might need to do some long planning for that.
Neither exam is impossible, but especially with the GAMSAT, you need to plan ahead.
Good luck and ask anything else if you like (I took both)
Nik
