DES or medprep?or any others?

dxd8827 · Rookie Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 6 Location: adelaide

i'm still very confused by the reviews mentioned from previous messages.
i studied physics and chemistry long time ago (probly need a refreshment with them and maybe biology) and not good with essays or economics at all.
i graduated from BSc(BIOMED) a year ago, and currently working in research field full time. i think i will have maybe 2-3hrs/day to prepare for 2010's GAMSAT or MCAT.is it enough?
and most importantly,which material is more suitable for me?

dxd8827 · Rookie Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 6 Location: adelaide

also, i couldn't find the sources of purchasing these books except GURU prep. Shocked

is there a nominated local (Adelaide) book store? or any on-line shop?or on-line exchange book site? Embarassed

thanks

eternal.abyss · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:57 am Post subject:

yeah the reviews tend to be mixed because no single prep course is perfect unfortunately; I bought des o'neill's prep notes a few months ago because people have said their science revision is good. I haven't started studying yet though so I can't say for sure:(

The des o'neill website is comptext.com.au ...however I'd suggest buying material second-hand, you can get things for much cheaper. Just look in the Marketplace section of this forum if you haven't already.

Good luck =)

Gamsatitude · Rookie Joined: 12 Nov 2009 Posts: 1

From what I can tell on the Paging Dr forum, comptext (des o'neil) and medprep seem like the dominant gamsat prep options in Aust and gradmed in the UK. I am definitely weak in physics and chem too so I got hold of medprep's 2007 book and des mcq book from a mate for free. After looking these over I felt that I needed to start my study without too much assumed knowledge that these books seem to have.

After a lot of lurking on various gamsat forums and talking to people, I decided to invested in medprep's 2010 delux course last week because I want to start my revision as soon as uni exams are over and don't want to wait for des lectures in february. I received my medprep materials on Monday and am looking forward to digging in. You get 30 hrs of web-based lectures, 2 thick books that cover all the theory and questions and 3 trial gamsat exams and a heap of essay assignments that they mark. I started viewing the online lectures right away and feel that the explanations of the science topics is fantastic (I only looked at chem so far). This is really what I need I think. I have not sampled the humanities or essay lectures yet (too much uni revision to worry about at the moment) and also I don't feel so intimidated by sections 1 and 2.

I will update everyone on my view of medprep delux when I am stuck into it more. I will use des mcq book once I feel more confident since it is recommended.

heavenlyjohnson · Regular Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Posts: 14

Hi dxd8827,

You could also check out revisegamsat, I passed Gamsat this year in the top 5% and am hopefuly starting in 2010. I put all my notes online. It's all free, good luck!

coffee maniac · Rookie Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 1

just wondering do you have your notes online for me to look at ??

i need some serious help

md-4-me · Grizzled Joined: 18 May 2010 Posts: 105

This is completely online (personal bias): www.members.gamsat-prep.com/University-online-courses/