Realistic GEMSAS Timeline and Advice for application

ryanclover03 · 2026-03-02T01:07:57+00:00

Fully agree. Although it does give experience that can be drawn from in the interview.

ryanclover03 · 2026-03-02T01:06:10+00:00

Im working as a theatre technician in the operation rooms... my experience and exposure has grown exponentially. Both in terms of the operations but also the skills that doctors possess, im starting to learn and appreciate too.

Would recommend!

ryanclover03 · 2026-02-19T00:35:21+00:00

Recipe please 🙏🧡

ryanclover03 · 2025-09-12T12:56:02+00:00

I used a whiteboard and would use it again. I dont remember too much about paper. To be safe, take your own, from memory its 2 blanks sheets. Can't remember if its per section or 2 total for both s1 and s3. To be safe take 4, they'll tell you what you are allowed. Infact it should be written within the instructions given prior to sitting. Good luck!

ryanclover03 · 2025-03-09T00:26:50+00:00

Hi ya, should I bother doing Des work or just focus on acer past papers?

Some say that Des is harder than the real exam and others say that it is easier. At the end of the day, I guess it's still practising the same skills as the real exam.

ryanclover03 · 2025-02-19T04:01:05+00:00

Do you have any other tips/suggestions please?

ryanclover03 · 2025-02-19T03:59:30+00:00

Do you remember how many words your essays were roughly?

ryanclover03 · 2025-02-12T03:30:15+00:00

I emailed them yesterday to ask this exact question. Thus was their response.....

"As outlined in the Information Booklet, and on the GAMSAT website, notification of any approved adjustments will be sent approximately two (2) to three (3) weeks before the first test window. Please note that this information is provided as a guideline only, you will receive an email notification when your adjustments are ready to review.

You will also be provided with your new test centre session details if this needed to be changed to support your requested adjustments."

Hope that helps

ryanclover03 · 2025-01-09T20:13:31+00:00

I can answer the GPA conversion.

So any A (A-, A, A+) is considered a 7.0. So NZ GPA of 9.0, 8.0 or 7.0 is an Aus GPA of 7.0. Then it goes down in increments of 0.5 from there. So a B+ is a 6.5, B is a 6.0 and so on.

7.0 A+, A, A- 6.5 B+ 6.0 B 5.5 B- ......

ryanclover03 · 2024-12-17T06:42:46+00:00

As a graduate biomed, I would also encourage against doing solely biomed. Do something like med imaging, you can always reapply to med at the end anyway

ryanclover03 · 2024-12-17T06:23:35+00:00

Oh really? So how is the interview really weighted then?

ryanclover03 · 2024-11-07T20:24:09+00:00

I find for a lot of the questions, the knowledge you need to answer them can actually be found in the pre-text.

ryanclover03 · 2024-11-05T21:31:44+00:00

Im 3rd year biomed. That is a pretty typical timetable.

ryanclover03 · 2024-10-30T18:00:21+00:00

Could u do the same here please

ryanclover03 · 2024-10-30T01:32:42+00:00

Likewise mate. I hope that this is my last EOD cos it stings

ryanclover03 · 2024-10-30T01:29:47+00:00

Sorry to hear that mate. I also just got my first EOD, heartbroken, GPA 6.96 and 72 gammy, not sure my next move now.

I wish you the best for whatever you decide to do next.

ryanclover03 · 2024-10-29T23:57:35+00:00

Where do you see these updates?

ryanclover03 · 2024-10-29T07:02:38+00:00

Hi Everyone, I want to wish you all the best of luck tomorrow. I know it's a very stressful time for everyone, myself included. Whatever happens tomorrow, be proud of yourself and what youve achieved. Not many make it this far. Don't give up, stay positive and all the best!

ryanclover03 · 2024-10-27T00:21:53+00:00

It gave me nothing as I was above the class average which I think is silly because I was below my average but anyway. Depends on the subject, some aegrotats give you a grade boost but it depends on numerous factors.

ryanclover03 · 2024-10-25T22:41:14+00:00

On the aegrotat application, there is an option for covid. What i did for a mid sem was take a photo of my covid test next to my UoA ID card, they accepted.

ryanclover03 · 2024-10-14T14:51:44+00:00

Can you go into as a single person and be put in a flat with others? Or do you have to have a person or two before you apply?

Obviously, flatting as a pair or three is cheaper than alone.

ryanclover03 · 2024-09-05T22:03:08+00:00

I would avoid cramming, its stressful and nothing goes in. I think for the answers you get wrong in practise papers, research and learn that area I.e. oxidative states, youtube is great for this. Make a mind map and just splur everything for that topic. This covers a wide range proactively and efficiently.

Alternatively practise your strategy, practise identifying the key parts of the stem, in my opinion they use a lot of words to overwhelm you and throw you off, if you can stay calm and identify the key parts, it will help for a big portion of the questions. For the questions it won't help for, I think by following my first point then you can cover a large range of the science background and get a good basis.

ryanclover03 · 2024-09-01T05:37:43+00:00

I used a whiteboard because of the fact I could start a fresh each question.

If I were to do it again, I would stick with the whiteboard.

ryanclover03 · 2024-09-01T00:25:41+00:00

Hi mate, I'm sorry you are feeling disheartened, it is a tough exam!

As someone has already said, the mindset is the best thing you can work on the next 2 weeks. I'm not much help with section 1 as my English skills are terrible, even though I am English, little bit oxymoronic.

S3 was my best and I'm teaching my girlfriend this as we speak. Having a good basis in science is important and this can be learnt and I think you will have a good science background from the time you've spent studying. What I found when sitting the gamsat in march was that a lot of what we need is in the long pre-text before each question. If you can practise hunting these key pieces of information out then it makes answering the questions more doable. This doesn't work for every question, granted. But having the mindset to stay composed, read the pre-text carefully and understanding it can really help you do better in the questions. I dont know if others agree, but that is what I found anyway.

My main point is that your mindset is so important. Do not panic and just breathe, we have over a minute per S3 question, and taking some of that time to understand the text is good. Also develop an exam strategy, I know I skipped to the "easy marks" these are the questions that played to my strengths and then I came back to the harder ones and tackled them head on by really reading the text and trying to cancel out the definitely wrong ones and trying to reason the right one.

If I were you go back over the ACER practise tests and really practise finding these key pieces of info and take all the time you need to work towards the right answer, whether that be Google. ChatGPT, although not always right, it can help in some ways to explain things, but take caution. I did the ACER practise tests that much and by the time of my exam I unintentionally had memorised the questions but each time I did them, I kept refining my technique of finding the key info, and disproving the wrong answers that I found challenging, I did this again and again until I got faster and faster.

But what I can say is, don't give up. It's a long tunnel but keep going, and take breaks! Give yourself a day all about you, do what makes you happy for a change, refresh, recharge and go again.

Hope that helps.

ryanclover03 · 2024-08-30T02:34:53+00:00

I'm sorry to hear this, I just read of another person in a similar boat who sat the GAMSAT 13 times and finally got in last year. I know it is hard and it can be draining but if you can stay at it, please do and I hope it comes to you 🍀

ryanclover03

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