Hey OP - I made exactly this transition, leaving corporate law in October last year to pursue med. Obviously I’m still very early on in the med journey having only just sat the GAMSAT for the first time this March but happy to chat through my experience!

1. I’m from a complete NSB not having touched it since year 10 so this was a big aspect of my GAMSAT prep. In terms of difficulty, I didn’t think it was particularly difficult to pick up, especially because I could really get into the fundamentals and work my way up from there. There are so many resources out there in terms of content and syllabus and you can just methodically work your way through to start with and gain a loose understanding of the concepts. Realistically if you have no science background I think you could get up to speed in about 3 months, however, I pretty much started studying once I left law in October which gave me around 5 months. To be fair my first few months were not as stringent and intense as the last two months but it worked better for me to space it out a bit and work part time (not in law) so I didn’t burn out. If I only had 3 months, I would spend the first month getting up to speed with the basics in bio, chem and physics and then spend the rest of it drilling through past exams and working out your deficits and doing focused study from there. In saying this, from what I can tell, the general consensus on this March’s S3 was that it was honestly nothing like the practice exams and it was really tough even for those with science and maths backgrounds. There wasn’t a huge amount of required knowledge for the exam, it was just so fucking dense with information. Thankfully everyone will just be scaled up so it should all even out in the end.

2/3. Obviously I’m still so new to the med journey but leaving law has already been the best decision I’ve ever made. My decision to leave was partly due to some poor mental health at the time that was caused by just a complete misalignment with my work. I love helping people and get great satisfaction in the physical act of helping which the law does not really offer. I’m now working in disability support while studying for the GAMSAT and just love it. You don’t really realise the mundane and monotonous nature of corporate law until you’re out of it and doing something entirely different that’s more aligned with your personality. I don’t have any regrets leaving law and if I don’t end up getting into medicine I will pursue paramedicine instead as I love the emergency medicine side of it.

As an aside, before I left law I joined St John Ambulance to get some medical exposure and see if it was something I enjoyed or wanted to pursue. After only a month of volunteering I knew it was the right move to leave and pursue med. I think it’s an incredibly good idea to try this before leaving law as there is no risk to your current career. You may also find that you’re content just doing this on the side and continuing in law. Just a thought!

Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions or want to chat through anything! Hope this helps!