LazyGAMSAThigh yield only

The least work that
actually moves your score.

Most GAMSAT preparation is sold by the kilogram: a thousand questions, a shelf of textbooks, a course priced like a holiday. Very little of it raises a score. What follows is the part that does.

The exam

What you are sitting

A minority of schools weight all three equally, so check the ones you are applying to. For most people the doubling should decide how the hours get spent.

Section I62 Q · 100 minHumanities and social sciences
Section II2 essays · 30 minWritten communication, remote-proctored
Section III75 Q · 150 minBiology 40% · chemistry 40% · physics 20%
Usual weighting1 : 1 : 2Section III counts double at most schools

Where to start

Three sections, three different games


Method

What “lazy” means here

It means refusing work that does not pay. Four ideas run through everything on this site.

  1. 1

    Reps beat reading

    You cannot revise your way to a Section I score, and memorising will not carry you through Section III. Both reward a small set of moves performed quickly under pressure.

  2. 2

    Timed from the start

    Every question here runs against a clock: about 1 min 37 s for Section I, 2 min for Section III. Working slower rehearses a pace you will not have on the day.

  3. 3

    Read your errors

    A percentage tells you nothing you can act on. The reason a particular wrong answer tempted you does, so every item explains all four options rather than just the key.

  4. 4

    Save the full papers

    Real ACER papers are the best resource in existence and there are very few of them. Spending one in week one, before you have any technique, wastes it.

The plan

Six weeks, a few hours a week

Built around the weighting rather than the calendar. Week by week, what to do and what to leave out.