How to Prepare for Class
Gold Standard GAMSAT Courses
Every year, we do have students attending our classes with no preparation. Although all students will learn in class because of the interactive way we teach, preparing for class will help you optimise your in-class experience. If the real GAMSAT is the Olympics, Gold Standard courses represent your coach and training, and what you do at home is similar to going to the gym to work out before you come for training.
We will spell out the ideal pre-class preparation below. However, if the ideal is not possible, no matter what your background, please review our online Gold Standard videos. As an example, you can learn all of the high-yield Physics for the GAMSAT, from the very beginning right up to what we do in class, in only 5 hours. So at least by spending time reviewing each of the sciences in the Videos section of gamsat-prep.com while taking very brief notes, you would greatly improve your long term advantage of attending class. If you don’t want to access our videos, you can try Khan Academy or YouTube searches.
Our aim is to help you optimise your score in the most efficient way possible.
There are some fun things that we suggest for Section 1 and 2, like spending a few minutes on TED.com at least twice per week. If you see a video that you really like, take down just a couple of sentences (notes). You may find it perfect for an essay.
Do the exercises in the Gold Standard book for Sections 1 and 2. If you don't have the book, consider getting GAMSAT University which has an online version of the book: GAMSAT University.
FREE Gold Standard GAMSAT Resources:
- You can find a Study Plan that you can download and more advice here: FREE GAMSAT Advice.
- Online webinars: Dr Ferdinand has free one-hour live online monthly seminars: FREE GAMSAT Webinars.
- We have placed worked solutions to all ACER's practice problems on YouTube for FREE: Gold Standard GAMSAT YouTube
- GAMSAT Physics Formulas
- GAMSAT Organic Chemistry
- Free GAMSAT Maths Tips and Formulas
If you have particular difficulty in some area, just let us know how you are preparing and we'll see if we can give you some advice or guidance. You can use the Live Chat feature on our website or our GAMSAT forum or email us directly at learn@gamsat-prep.com.
Of course, we do recommend that you do some reading before the course begins. As you know, your options include The Gold Standard Textbook or The Complete GAMSAT Home Study Package or, for ESL students or those who have sat the GAMSAT and have had problems in a particular section, we have specific online programs for Sections 1, 2 or 3 (these programs are automatically included in our comprehensive course packages).
Because the GAMSAT has been increasingly focused on graphs and tables, please consider the following:
- One of the initial steps to understand graphs and tables is to review the GAMSAT Math chapters of the GS GAMSAT book. Math is the basis of graphs and tables and must be understood before moving on to GAMSAT-level practice.
- Only after a GAMSAT Math review, you can consider the section Dr. Ferdinand created on GAMSAT-prep.com dedicated to science GAMSAT-level graphs and tables, in Biology Lessons, Chapter 0: GAMSAT Biology Graph Analysis Practice Questions. Although science graphs can be very complex, it will make Section 1 tables and graph interpretation much easier. As mentioned earlier, it all begins with GAMSAT Math.
