[Killuminati1989]

Hi this goes out to those who have sat the GAMSAT

how did u prep for section II

what elements of sociology did u need to know e.g. social movements

and what structure did u use for the essays.

[select the right name]

You just need life experience for section II, I wouldn't know sociology if it stood in front of me with a flag saying 'hi, I'm sociology'! And my highest score was in section II ( think I got 74).

The first answer is to be written in a more factual, impersonal, debate type of answer, whereas the second question can be answered in a more personal tone, and can be written in 1st person, use personal experiences.

There is the Griffiths method of memorising the starting phrases of paragraphs but personally I don't like that method, in fact I don't like the Griffiths gamsat guide at all, but that's my personal opinion, I know plenty of people swear by it.

[Killuminati1989]

(Original post by select the right name)
You just need life experience for section II, I wouldn't know sociology if it stood in front of me with a flag saying 'hi, I'm sociology'! And my highest score was in section II ( think I got 74).

The first answer is to be written in a more factual, impersonal, debate type of answer, whereas the second question can be answered in a more personal tone, and can be written in 1st person, use personal experiences.

There is the Griffiths method of memorising the starting phrases of paragraphs but personally I don't like that method, in fact I don't like the Griffiths gamsat guide at all, but that's my personal opinion, I know plenty of people swear by it.

WOW 74 for section II, thats awesome... im hoping to get 64 or above total to pass Nott's cutoff...

thanks for the response... out of curiosity what is ur background i.e. degree, final gamsat score, etc

[select the right name]

My degree was biochemistry with genetics but I graduated about a million years ago ( actually 11 years ago) and my overall score was 67.

Ive worked in healthcare for over 10 years, most recently in forensic psychology.

[dances_with_lamposts]

When I was preparing for gamsat, I used a forum called pagingdr. It's an Australian one with lots of helpful stuff, I printed off a list of quotes from there, put them in an envelope and picked one out at random every day for a few weeks, then I practiced writing essays. I didn't time myself until after I'd done the first few as practice. It must have worked, I got 64 in that section (and I'm normally terrible at essay writing, especially under pressure). I'm now 1/4 of my way through my final year at Nottingham. Scary stuff.

Also, Griffiths gamsat review was awesome.

[Pandabär]

I' m not revising much for II. As an arts grad, it's section III I need to worry about.

[Killuminati1989]

(Original post by Pandabär)
I' m not revising much for II. As an arts grad, it's section III I need to worry about.

u got any material e.g. Griffith Gamsat Review, Gold Standard, Medirep

[Pandabär]

(Original post by Killuminati1989)
u got any material e.g. Griffith Gamsat Review, Gold Standard, Medirep

Nope doing it myself.