Free GAMSAT resources online - and how to use them

UPDATE 2015: Check out my new post 'More free GAMSAT study resources' which updates and expands on this list!


When studying for the GAMSAT you may be tempted by the expensive courses on offer. As I studied entirely on my own, I'm not really qualified to offer an opinion on these courses.

Consider these free alternatives:

Some companies which promote GAMSAT material will allow you to access limited amounts of that material for free.
Medprep International offers free practice questions and a short sample course.

Des O'Neill offers a free mailout with practice questions and an essay topic that I found useful in addition to the ACER practice questions.

Gradmed, based in the UK, have an hour and a half's worth of questions on their website as well.

Forums such as Paging Dr or gamsatforum.com have heaps on information on all subjects GAMSAT related and are often up to date - an excellent place to meet up with others studying for the GAMSAT at the same time.

Some attempts at collating GAMSAT material online have been attempted, such as on Wikibooks and a comprehensive MCAT textbook at MCAT Pearls (warning, Google lists this site as a malware distributor. So access it from a uni computer.).

Ask around at school for someone who's sat the GAMSAT previously - they may have suggestions or GAMSAT material they're happy to pass on.

Practice test booklets are also available at low cost from ACER - much cheaper than a full course.

Potentially less useful alternatives include the spammier course providers, mostly operating online.

From their free newsletter service I find Tomasz Forfa's service of PassGamsat.com to be unhelpful. As you can tell from their website, the emails reek of slick copywriting but seem short on content. You may find the emails helpful as a motivational tool or reminder and he does offer a free ebook. See his Ehow article for an example of the same slick copywriting.

Gamsat Guru also appear to have an email list. I'm testing it out at the moment.

I'd suggest that you use a list of GAMSAT topics to narrow down your study, then use the free material eg at MCAT Pearls to study. Test yourself with the free material first to make sure you're on the right track, but also do some practice tests with the ACER material as this comes closest to replicating the style of the GAMSAT test.

I'd advise against using non-GAMSAT style questions. They're helpful for testing your knowledge, but a huge part of doing well on the GAMSAT is not your knowledge but rather being able to pick a best selection from a multiple choice question. Stick to GAMSAT style questions and you'll get some valuable practice at this skill.