GOLD STANDARD GAMSAT

Designing a Personal Study Schedule

1. Rankinorderofdifficulty* (1=mostdifficult; 5=easiest) ____Physics ____General Chemistry ____Organic Chemistry ____Biology ____Reasoning in Humanities and Social Sciences (understandingEnglishpassages)

*RefertotheGoldStandardadviceonhowtousethestudyscheduleeffectively.

2. Doyouhavedifficultieswithessay writing? yes no

3. WhenareyouwritingtheGAMSAT?

4. Areyoucramming? (i.e.lessthan6weeksbeforetheexam)

yes no (notrecommended)

5. WhendoIstartstudying?

(i) Students who have taken all thescience sections at the undergrad-uatelevel(orhighschoolphysics)andhaveaverageda-

GradeA: 3months GradeB: add2months GradeCorless: add4months

(ii) Studentswhohavenotyettakenone of the required science cours-esshouldadd2months.

(iii) Add1monthforeachyearsince

youhavetakeneachundergradu-atesciencecourse(MAX=7).

MYIDEALSTUDYTIME:_______months

6. MarkintheboxesanapproximatebutrealisticnumberofhoursavailabledailytostudyfortheGAMSATonanaverageweek.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

N.B. ThePersonalStudyScheduleismeanttoaccommodatetheaveragestudent.Specialcircumstancesmayrequireeithermoreorlesstimeforpreparation.

IfReasoninginHumanitiesandSocialSciencesrankseither1or2and/orifessaywritingpresentsadiffi-culty,youmustreadfromvarioussources(newspapers,magazinesetc.)tobuildunderstanding,grammar,etc.AlwaystimeyourselfwhenyoudoReasoninginHumanitiesandSocialSciencesPracticeItems.AddtheWrittenCommunicationtoyourStudyScheduleandusetheadviceinTheGoldStandard.

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