| My brain |
| general knowledge reading - newspapers etc |
| General reading |
| previous education and personal ability |
| Life experience! |
| None, fluked it |
| past gamsat essaystd> |
| A.C. Grayling, other books |
| "They say, I say" |
| humanities background |
| Reading topical magazines, practising timed essays |
| 'The Meaning of Things' by A.C Grayling |
| www.revisegamsat.com |
| More practice |
| Lots of hard work |
| simply practicing |
| Very Short Introductions |
| research training |
| More ass then class???? |
| time |
| Own abilities in writing essays |
| Reading |
| self study and preparation |
| No preparation for this section |
| professional writing experience + PhD |
| The Economist |
| Natural ability |
| Reflection and practice |
| reading current affairs |
| books/ newspaper |
| Previous writing experience |
| Pracice essays |
| Literature Texts |
| Practice sitting GAMSAT previously |
| newpaper editorials |
| Being opinionated, and a nagging editor. |
| Google! |
| More practice essays |
| Regular practice of writing essays to time. |
| A job which required lots of writing |
| Just writing essay after essay |
| I didn't prepare for this section |
| Again, broad reading - TED talks, IQ2 debates |
| Practice with partner |
| MissG |
| People reading my essays |
| undergraduate studies |
| Reading of novels, opinion pieces, philosophy book |
| Watching news/current affairs programs. |
| Knowing how test day was structured. Relaxing more. |
| Q&A and Late Night Live with Phillip Adams and copious amounts of reading throughout my life |
| My S2 study-buddy sat GAMSAT twice & both times scored above 80 for S2! So that was awfully lucky for me. |
| Essay writing skills developed in high school and university |
| Internet sources/videos by far the most helpful for finding good quotes, good reading material, improving knowledge etc |
| Writing my own essays based on current editorial themes in major newspapers. |
| A Student's Writing Guide |
| Finding extra essay topics and practicing writing |
| The ability to talk alot about not much and write a structured argument for it. |
| reading |
| Analysis of what I did wrong last year, more integration of news-related articles |
| Good luck, I didn't really do much preparation, less the second time round - the first time that just had weird topics (it is like the |
| Doing the GAMSAT before |
| Peers |
| Yr 12 advanced English |
| as per above/td> |
| Undergraduate degree |
| reading articles in science journals/papers |
| ABC's big ideas |
| Experience |
| essay practice on topics i had no prior knowledge of |
| Practice |
| As above |
| I just winged it |
| High School English Literature? Reading Newspapers etc Being well read. |
| Read heaps of Johan Hari and other journalists |
| other general essay texts |
| wide reading and thinking |
| practice, practice, practice! |
| Writing essay plans to time (topics set my a friend) |
| More Quote Garden practice; got luckier on the topics; watched more current events TV |
| tertiary level english |
| answer structure |
