Format
GAMSAT is held only once a year: in late March / early April in Ireland and Australia, and around the middle/end of September in the UK. It is administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and requires timely registration, usually by late January for Ireland and Australia or August for the UK.
There is no prescribed synopsis of the test, but it does require the following levels of knowledge:
- Biology and Chemistry - 1st year university level
- Physics - Australian Year 12 level
- English - HSC Standard English level
The test takes a full day, i.e. from 8 am until about 4 pm.
- Section I comprises 75 questions in 100 minutes from the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Section II - 2 essays assessing written communication (1 hour)
- Section III - 110 physical science questions in 170 minutes after 1-hour lunch
A score is calculated based on performance in all three sections, with double weighting applied to section III. This overall score is then used by medical schools to determine which candidates shall be invited to interview.
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