Your MCAT or GAMSAT results are a critical component of the Duke-NUS Medical School’s admissions process. Duke-NUS accepts both MCAT & GAMSAT and there is absolutely no added advantage in taking one test over the other. One thing’s for sure, you should definitely start planning to sit for either of these tests at least a year before you intend to apply to medical school. This gives you enough time to prepare for the other components of your application.
To help you decide on which test to take, here are the two major differences that you should take note of before you kick-start your test preparation.
MCAT scores are valid for 4 years while GAMSAT scores are valid for 2 years
The MCAT is held more frequently throughout the year compared to the GAMSAT
MCAT (few test dates a month): January, March, April, May, June, July, August, September
GAMSAT (only twice a year): March & September
About Duke – NUS Medical School
Duke–NUS is Singapore’s first and only US-style graduate medical school; a partnership between Duke University School of Medicine and the National University of Singapore (NUS).Duke–NUS resid
Duke–NUS prepares doctors, scientists and clinician-scientists to practice and improve the practice of medicine through the MD Programme, PhD Programmes and MD-PhD track.
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Apart from our test preparation courses, we also have medical school admissions consulting services ranging from profile evaluation and schools shortlisting to essay editing and interview coaching all the way to evaluating admissions offers. Guaranteed, we will be with you throughout your medical school admissions process, right from your admissions test!
MCAT
All of our courses (Group, Individual & Hybrid) will cover the 4 sections of the MCAT:
- Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems
- Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems
- Psychological, Social and Biological Foundations of Behaviours
- Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills
GAMSAT
Our GAMSAT Individual Preparatory Classes will cover:
- Reasoning in Humanities and Social Sciences
- Written Communication
- Reasoning in Biological and Physical Sciences
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About Prep Zone Academy™
Founded in 2006 by INSEAD alumni, Prep Zone Academy™ is Singapore’s largest and most acclaimed standardized test preparation service. The company’s unique teaching methodology, founded on comprehensive coverage of material, small class sizes, and an extremely competitive pool of subject-expert trainers, is successfully utilised by hundreds of students each month. Prep Zone Academy is an MOE-registered Test Preparation and Admissions Consultancy based in Singapore, Shanghai and Mumbai, providing extensive training for MCAT, GAMSAT, UKCAT, BMAT, LNAT, and other standardised tests. Every year, Prep Zone Academy assist over 1,500 local and international students in getting scores above the 90th percentile on these tests, allowing them to get admitted to the best schools in the world for Graduate and Undergraduate Medicine.
