Gamsat Notes

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Test date: 23/3/13. Dublin/Cork/Limerick Registration on ACER website by 1/2/13 ( 300 euro)

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CAO application (online at CAO.ie) by 1/2/13 ( 40 euro)

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Four universities: Cork/Limerick/UCD/RCSI

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Loans offered by the four main banks for 25k each year.

3 sections. 1. Reasoning in humanities and social sci ences. a.

90mins plus ten minutes reading time.

b. 75Q-roughly 80s per question. c.

Multiple choice.

d. Poetry/literature/plays/ethics/cartoons/philosophy/diagrams ranging from restaurant schematics, business plans, tribe culture etc. All about understanding, applying and extrapolating information 2. Written communication. a.

One hour for two essay questions plus 5 minute reading time.

b. One essay is argumentative in nature based usually on political/social/philosophical themes. I.e. 2012 was on Government and Nanny states c.

The other is more personal, based around your own experiences and perspectives. This year was based on perceptions o f Love

d. You’ll get a list of 5/6 5/6 quotes to base your essays upon, you don’t have to use all of  them though. 3. Reasoning in the biological and social sciences. a.

3 hours long with ten minutes reading time. 110Q- roughly 90s per question (this will be after an hour long break)

b. Multiple choice. Its broken into 40% biology, 40% chemistry and 20% physics. c.

No calculator anymore. Cause it just wasn’t hard enough without it apparently…Hmm

d. Timing for this and the other sections are really critical. I ended up having to fill in a lot of blanks on my sheet at the last minute, so so bad.. Fairly decent revision list for the science section: http://www.gamsat-prep.com/index.php?main_page=coursesyllabus