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GAMSAT 2014?

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    #332
    Ballet17
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭Ballet17


    Johnnybriggs wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Just a quick word of advise before the big day tomorrow.

    Remember to concentrate on questions you're strong on (especially section III) and MAKE SURE you go through every possible answer and see if it fits the question. GAMSAT testers are notorious for constructing questions where what seems obvious is incorrect. It's a way of ascertaining your observation and reasoning skills under pressure. This method may take more time than expected, but your chances of selecting the correct answer is dramatically increased.

    I used this method personally last year and got 82 in Section III - Im now happily doing medicine in the UK! I remember that Id about 30-35 random guess questions with 10 mins to go. However, the 75-80 preceding that were done exceptionally well.

    Best of luck tomorrow!!

    JohnnyBeiggs you said previously you were already happy doing medicine in the uk? and you get results now when no one else does.. what's that about!


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    #333
    Mecci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Mecci


    Johnnybriggs wrote: »
    No, Im Irish! Has anyone else got results yet?

    Yeah you already got your results...last year. You're cruel


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    #334
    RD/ID
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭RD/ID


    Needlessly cruel and blatantly dishonest.


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    #335
    Mecci
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭Mecci


    It's 9pm in Sydney, looks like they're going to keep us waiting until Monday.


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    #336
    RD/ID
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭RD/ID


    Mecci wrote: »
    It's 9pm in Sydney, looks like they're going to keep us waiting until Monday.
    It's going to be another sleepless night on Sunday then.


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    #337
    beardedmaster
    Registered Users Posts: 614 ✭✭✭beardedmaster


    Just for comparison -

    Ireland 2013
    percentile-curve-ireland-2013.png

    UK 2013
    EjUQmEK.png

    Ireland 2014
    percentile-curve-ireland-2014.png


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    #338
    federerisbetter
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭federerisbetter


    Yikes - so looking at that points are lower this year. Does this mean cut off will probably drop this year? Does not favour those who are likely to defer until next year.


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    #339
    Paddy_mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭Paddy_mac


    federerisbetter wrote: »
    Yikes - so looking at that points are lower this year. Does this mean cut off will probably drop this year? Does not favour those who are likely to defer until next year.

    I'm finding it hard to get my head around the changing position of the curve year to year. I've done London 2013 ( and got 54, 50th percentile) and dub 2014 tests. I'm worried London was an easier test and the cao cutoffs could rise. Any thoughts?


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    #340
    federerisbetter
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭federerisbetter


    Good point - seems very strange that it's not standardised between tests. Unless the Irish are just at a much lower standard than the Brits...


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    #341
    person78
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭person78


    Anyone have any idea why the Australians get it 3 days before us??


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    #342
    Academia
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Academia


    person78 wrote: »
    Anyone have any idea why the Australians get it 3 days before us??

    Maybe 'cause the A in ACER stands for Australian.


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    #343
    person78
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭person78


    I know the A stands for Australia...but that doesn't mean they can't be out at the same time!


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    #344
    trendy88
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭trendy88


    Gosh I just want them already! Put me out of my misery!!


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    #345
    Confused1987
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Confused1987


    Academia wrote: »
    Maybe 'cause the A in ACER stands for Australian.

    Oh no he didn't


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    #346
    RD/ID
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭RD/ID


    Has anyone got any ideas why the distribution curve for Australia is shifted so far to the right. It puts the average score about 6-7 pts higher than in Ireland or the UK. Is that related to the A in the acronym as well?


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    #347
    HopefulGEM
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭HopefulGEM


    Woo, 60 is the ~90/91st percentile this year. Should be fine for ucd:D


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    #348
    Cymini Sectores
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭Cymini Sectores


    Someone or group of persons just decided not to mail the Irish results today, it just makes no sense!


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    #349
    RD/ID
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭RD/ID


    HopefulGEM wrote: »
    Woo, 60 is the ~90/91st percentile this year. Should be fine for ucd:D

    But in Oz it would be the 70th percentile for UCD. Is the marking easier or are the students smarter?


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    #350
    Cymini Sectores
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭Cymini Sectores


    Results not out, yet percentile curve out? Something is not right.


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    #351
    person78
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭person78


    Cymini Sectores wrote: »
    Results not out, yet percentile curve out? Something is not right.

    I just went to the Australian percentile curve and changed Australia to ireland in the link.


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    #352
    HopefulGEM
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭HopefulGEM


    person78 wrote: »
    I just went to the Australian percentile curve and changed Australia to ireland in the link.

    So your saying that curve you posted isn't the Irish curve?!


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    #353
    person78
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭person78


    HopefulGEM wrote: »
    So your saying that curve you posted isn't the Irish curve?!

    It is the Irish curve, look at the title in the link


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    #354
    HopefulGEM
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭HopefulGEM


    person78 wrote: »
    It is the Irish curve, look at the title in the link

    Your last comment said you changed Australia to Ireland in the link?


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    #355
    person78
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭person78


    HopefulGEM wrote: »
    Your last comment said you changed Australia to Ireland in the link?

    This is the Irish curve:

    registration.acer.edu.au/images/results/percentile-curve-ireland-2014.png

    This is the Australian curve:

    registration.acer.edu.au/images/results/percentile-curve-australia-2014.png


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    #356
    trendy88
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭trendy88


    I'd say Person78 seen the Australian curve and chanced changing the name to see if the irish one was on the online server but not navigable via the website itself. This often happens. Basically Acer have the curve on their server and its accessed via the address the above user entered. Fairly certain that is the Irish curve.


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    #357
    person78
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭person78


    trendy88 wrote: »
    I'd say Person78 seen the Australian curve and chanced changing the name to see if the irish one was on the online server but not navigable via the website itself. This often happens. Basically Acer have the curve on their server and its accessed via the address the above user entered. Fairly certain that is the Irish curve.
    That's it exactly!


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    #358
    HopefulGEM
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭HopefulGEM


    person78 wrote: »
    That's it exactly!

    Thanks, get you now:)


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    #359
    Confused1987
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭Confused1987


    So what are people thinking, will it be at some stage in the early hours of tonight/tomorrow morning?

    Thankfully this wait is nearly over, have been waking up every couple of hours over the weekend after having mad dreams about these results!


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    #360
    Paddy_mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭Paddy_mac


    Have a plan B in case. It takes away some of the nerves.


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    #361
    Academia
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭Academia


    It's not a do or die affair people! After receiving my result around this time last year and failing, I went back to the drawing board, regrouped, studied in the library for 10 or so weeks and last September got an okay score which is probably why I was so relaxed in March. Many people do the gamsat multiple times before they succeed; this much is true.


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