Books for GAMSAT that can help in preparing for Section I & II
To worry about textbooks to study for GAMSAT is a part of every aspirant this is the first thing that comes to their mind. So don’t panic, you are not the only one. I suggest don’t panic, maybe what I will tell you now will help you to certain extent. The first thing you must do it refer to the GAMSAT material given in ACER’s books. When you are specifically dealing with Section I on humanities and social sciences and section II on written communication you might need some information.
Before going too far to find relevant books and reading material, just start with the daily newspaper. Whichever you are habitual to read every morning, and if you are not start picking up the Sydney Morning Herald or the Australian both are good newspapers you can find loads of information which you may need to surf for hours together you can also see the New York times which has loads of information on it. Reading articles on these newspapers will help you in making sense out of the cartoons and illustrations that might be a part of GAMSAT section I. So look beyond just the text books and reading material. Look around you for information and not just the GAMSAT text books to improve your knowledge. If there is something you are not able to understand like a word or a phrase don’t leave it there because its not a part of a text book. Look for it in the dictionary or thesaurus.
Very specifically GAMSAT books, which can help you, prepare for the test; you can refer to the books below. For writing skills and reasoning these books can prove to be very helpful.
1. Ayn Rand books
2. Gary Provost’s 100 Ways To Improve Your Writing
3. Richard Popkin’s, Philosophy Made Simple
4. Brendan Wilson’s, Simply Philosophy
5. A C Grayling’s The meaning of Things.
A book with comic sketches written by Gary Larson will help you understanding cartoons, sense of humor it’s a good practice book for comic related and illustration related questions. Also read books that have content related to the history of Australia and politics of the world. Practice different types of topics and themes when you are preparing your essay. Do your preparation with a critical point of view. GAMSAT books will defiantly give you a lot of input but a larger portion of information will come for sources and information floating around you which one usually tends to ignore. So ya to be doctors!! Get! Set! And go!!!