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A medical student’s guide to writing in the GAMSAT

Section 2 of the GAMSAT can often be the most difficult section for students with a science background. It may have been years since you last wrote an essay, especially under time pressure. We've put together these slides to provide tips and trick to write smoothly and convey your points effectively: https://gradready.com.au/posts/gamsat-preparation-courses/a-medical-student-s-guide-to-writing-in-the-gamsat

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A medical student’s guide to writing in the GAMSAT

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  1. A medical student’s guide to writing in the GAMSAT

  2. GAMSAT Section 2 Tip #1: Plan • Understand the theme. The GAMSAT® Exam preparation involves nutting out the main theme of the quotes in addition to related ideas. There’s rarely just one theme in the quotes provided, and this raises the point of the brainstorm. • Brainstorm ideas. By whatever means most accessible to you (mind maps, lists or drawings), flesh out the main theme of the quotes into related information and sub-themes and sub-ideas. • Create a thesis. This is a statement that should be maintained or proved in your writing. The thesis, or main message, must be communicated regularly, explicitly and implicitly throughout your writing.

  3. GAMSAT Section 2 Tip #1: Plan • Choose a structure. Select a medium to write in that is most appropriate for the theme of the quotes. The most common form to write in for the GAMSAT® Exam examination, one you may have learnt from a GAMSAT® Exam tutor, is the essay. • Plan body paragraphs thematically. Using those ideas that you came up with in brainstorm, plan a number of ‘topic sentences’ that form the main idea for each paragraph, or chunk of writing, in your piece. Each paragraph should address one idea only and should be directly related to the thesis. Each idea should continue to build and extend the thesis, convincing and compelling the reader of your overall contention (opinion) on the issue.

  4. GAMSAT Section 2 Tip #2: Write • Be clear and succinct. Keep it simple. Write within your own capacity and limits. Don’t use words you don’t know the meaning of. But if you do have a rather large literary armory under your figurative writer’s cap, use more complex vocabulary and phrasing judiciously. • Support what you write. Each topic sentence needs to have some form of ‘evidence’ or reasoning to support what you contend. Depending on the form you have chosen to write in (e.g. essay, short story), this may occur in the style of real-life events, personal narrative, creative narrative, experience, or logical reasoning that is theoretical. • Always come back to the thesis. If in doubt, word your paragraph in such a way that the ‘supporting evidence’ demonstrates the topic sentence AND the thesis. Your aim is to persuade the reader such that they truly believe what you have written.

  5. GAMSAT Section 2 Tip #3: Review • Review what you have written and ensure it makes sense. There’s not much time to do this, so it’s a quick fly-by of your writing to ensure it is logical and communicates what you are actually thinking. • And you’re done. Well, basically. Now that you’ve completed one of the writing tasks (either A or B), it’s time to rinse and repeat for the second task.

  6. Further Materials • Free GAMSAT Study Syllabus • Free GAMSAT Preparation Materials • GAMSAT Biology: How to prepare • GAMSAT Chemistry: How to Prepare • GAMSAT Physics: How to Prepare • Don’t forget to sign up for our GAMSAT Free Trial, which includes 50 MCQs from our intelligent MCQ Bank, access to our week-by-week study guide for each section, and a wealth of our GAMSAT resources: https://gradready.com.au/gamsat-preparation-courses/free-gamsat-trial

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