Gradmed London Student Comments

I took the GradMed courses in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths for Science and am very pleased to say that my overall score was 62 and my score for the science section was 61 – which, with nothing but a GCSE in science to my name, was something I did not think possible at the beginning of the summer! Thank you to all at GradMed, especially the fantastic science teachers for their endless enthusiasm. Lucy Murphy, score 62 I’d heard of several courses offering teaching to prepare graduates for GAMSAT, and now being the other side of the gauntlet, there are 3 points worth noting: 1. GradMed may be quite expensive but it’s worth every penny, especially so if you have no science background. The teaching is absolutely first rate. 2. Meeting with others suffering the same pressures as yourself is priceless. The mutual support and networking is valuable on so many levels and lasts well after GAMSAT is a distant memory. 3. I simply could not have passed GAMSAT without the strategic information and examination insights that support the comprehensive teaching syllabus at GradMed. Personally I do not see this as an optional extra, but an essential component to becoming fully prepared for the exam. David Worley, score 70 I just wanted to pass on my sincere thanks for all of the help this course gave me. As a humanities person, the GAMSAT was incredibly daunting and I put it off for years. After doing the full prep course in London I pulled of a score of 69 overall and am incredibly grateful for the focused, specific and exhaustive preparation the GRADMED course gave me. I wanted to send this through mainly for the people that think they will never be able to pass the science section – its not true. Alissa Barton, score 69 With a background in Modern Languages and Business, I was not sure that it was ever going to be possible to achieve my goal of becoming a Doctor. However, at 33 I was off to train at Nottingham University. Passing GAMSAT allowed me the opportunity that I needed. I attribute my success at GAMSAT to the excellent quality of the GRADMED courses. The quality of the teaching was uniformly excellent in spite of the vast amount of material covered in a short (but very intense!) period of time, not only in the sciences but also in verbal reasoning and written communications. A great experience all round! Jo Richardson, score 62

Thank you again for all your help and encouragement, I really couldn’t have done it without GradMed. Annika Ryberg, score 65 I just wanted to say thank you for your help with GAMSAT this year. I managed to get 63 overall and 78 in section 2. Los taught us for section 2 and I am embarrassed to say that, at my suggestion, myself and a few others left his class early one day to go for a glass of wine to blow off some steam. The thing is, it’s quite hard to maintain the effort when you’re studying every weekend for 3 months. I’d be grateful if you could give Los my thanks. Despite leaving class early, I did enjoy his classes and they worked, so thank you very much. Hannah Vaughan, score 63 A big thanks to all at GradMed for your help. I am convinced that without the courses I would have been flailing in the dark! I think that the course content was spot on and meeting all the other guys gave me the confidence that I was not making a big mistake by taking this leap of faith late in life. So a big thanks for helping the dream become reality. Jon Davies, score 69 My name is Hideyuki Baba and I took the intensive GAMSAT revision course last summer. I now have a place to study medicine at St George’s University of London and I want to thank everyone at GRADMED for the excellent revision course. Hideyuki Baba, score 62 Please pass on my thanks to all the tutors: Los, Rob, Vic and James. I got 62 or 63 (depending on calculations) overall, so I am eligible for an interview at St George’s, my first choice. It was my first attempt at the exam and I haven’t got a Science background. Julie Kermorgant, score 63 Hi GradMed and Paul, Hope you are all well. I wanted to let you know I scored a 63 overall, so I am very happy!! Thank you for all the help over the summer, I could not have done it without you! Rosh Patel, score 63

5