GAMSAT 2014?

Ballet17 · 16-05-2014 09:16AM

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!

Mecci · 16-05-2014 09:58AM

Johnnybriggs wrote: »

No, Im Irish! Has anyone else got results yet?

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

RD/ID · 16-05-2014 10:18AM

Needlessly cruel and blatantly dishonest.

Mecci · 16-05-2014 11:05AM

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

RD/ID · 16-05-2014 12:17PM

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.

beardedmaster · 16-05-2014 12:28PM

Just for comparison -

Ireland 2013

UK 2013

Ireland 2014

federerisbetter · 16-05-2014 01:02PM

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.

Paddy_mac · 16-05-2014 01:12PM

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?

federerisbetter · 16-05-2014 01:19PM

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...

person78 · 16-05-2014 02:44PM

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

Academia · 16-05-2014 03:30PM

person78 wrote: »

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

Maybe 'cause the A in ACER stands for Australian.

person78 · 16-05-2014 03:40PM

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

trendy88 · 16-05-2014 03:45PM

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

Confused1987 · 16-05-2014 04:28PM

Academia wrote: »

Maybe 'cause the A in ACER stands for Australian.

Oh no he didn't

RD/ID · 16-05-2014 04:50PM

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?

HopefulGEM · 16-05-2014 05:16PM

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

Cymini Sectores · 16-05-2014 05:24PM

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

RD/ID · 16-05-2014 05:44PM

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?

Cymini Sectores · 16-05-2014 05:46PM

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

person78 · 16-05-2014 05:53PM

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.

HopefulGEM · 16-05-2014 06:38PM

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?!

person78 · 16-05-2014 06:41PM

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

HopefulGEM · 16-05-2014 06:52PM

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?

person78 · 16-05-2014 07:23PM

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

trendy88 · 16-05-2014 07:40PM

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.

person78 · 16-05-2014 07:43PM

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!

HopefulGEM · 16-05-2014 07:52PM

person78 wrote: »

That's it exactly!

Thanks, get you now:)

Confused1987 · 18-05-2014 09:00AM

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!

Paddy_mac · 18-05-2014 12:22PM

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

Academia · 18-05-2014 02:47PM

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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