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How to Manage Time in the GAMSAT Exam

A lot of your success in the GAMSAT exam relies on time management. We've put together these slides to provide you with tips on how to get the most questions covered in the limited time you have. For more information, read our detailed article here: https://gradready.com.au/posts/gamsat-preparation-courses/gamsat-timing

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How to Manage Time in the GAMSAT Exam

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  1. How to Manage Time in the GAMSAT Exam

  2. Tip #1: Understand the concept of GAMSAT timing • You should have a really good understanding of the GAMSAT exam from the get go. • Basically, the GAMSAT exam is in three Sections, and each Section has an allocated timeslot. By knowing how long each Section is you can start to break down how long you have per question, and when you get to doing practice questions, you’ll be able to practise in real exam time. • Section I (Reasoning and Humanities) has 8 minutes reading and 92 minutes writing. This translates to about 1.48 minutes per question. • Section II (Written Communication, aka the essay section) has 5 minutes reading and 60 minutes writing. This leaves 30 minutes per question. • Section III (Reasoning in Biological and Physical Sciences) has 8 minutes reading and 142 writing. That’s about 1.89 minutes per question.

  3. Tip #2 – Do some partial & full practice exams • Starting off by getting familiar with GAMSAT timing and content by doing lots of GAMSAT practice questions is essential, but it would probably be way too overwhelming (and not worth your time) to do a whole exam straight away. • In the beginning, focus on doing partial practice exams. This way you become familiar with the style of the questions and can also identify different areas of study you may need to focus on throughout the weeks or months before exam day. • Then comes the time to sit a full exam. This is really important because the GAMSAT is such a big exam that you’ll feel very tired the first time you try. As you practice, you’ll develop a few strategies to actually keep yourself engaged and awake for the duration of the exam.

  4. Tip #3 – Eat & consume your caffeine strategically • Everyone is different, but not eating enough on exam day can really drain your stamina. Others find that their nervous stomach can’t handle much food at all and so don’t like to eat much on exam day. Whether you’re closer to the always hungry end of the spectrum or way down the other end, having a few snacks prepared just in case is definitely a good idea! • Plus, it’s important you drink an okay amount of caffeine that your body is used to and won’t send you on some sort of rollercoaster ride through hyperactive and somnolent states. • Basically, you need to have practice timing your food and caffeine hits well enough to sustain an almost five hour exam (all considering how the actual exam and breaks are timed).

  5. Tip #4 – Stick to your GAMSAT time management plan on exam day • Imagine arriving to a question with a hefty block of information about a topic you knew that you found particularly mind-boggling. You still have quite a few questions left and you know that if you really knuckle down and figure out this scary question that it would eat into time you could spend on the other remaining ones. We’d recommend either marking it as a reminder to return to it later, or just selecting a random answer (narrowing down the options if possible). • Remember your strategy for how you time and approach GAMSAT questions, and practice sticking to it even in the face of challenging questions.

  6. Further Materials • GAMSAT 2022: Everything You Need to Know • Australian Graduate Medical Schools - Admission Requirements • GAMSAT Biology: How to prepare • GAMSAT Chemistry: How to Prepare • GAMSAT Physics: How to Prepare • Don’t forget to sign up for our GAMSAT Free Trial, which includes 50 MCQs from our Intelligent MCQ Bank, access to our week-by-week study guide for each section, and a wealth of our GAMSAT resources: https://gradready.com.au/gamsat-preparation-courses/free-gamsat-trial

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