Waching daily Jan 5 2018

Hey everybody! Doctor Tom here. Welcome! Happy new year! Firstly it's been an

exciting start to the year or actually it's probably been a very sleepy start

for many people but you know the new year is here, 2018 and we're about to

studyfor the GAMSAT. If you haven't already started. So I want to talk to you

today about section 1. How to prepare for it and why reading widely is a waste of

time and you shouldn't do it. Now, as I go through, if you have any questions type

them in at the bottom or if you like what I'm talking about, click the like

button and share it with your friends. But if you have questions as I go

through, click and type them at the bottom and I will answer them. Also, if you want

more information and more detail on what we're talking about today, go to the link

above because there you'll see a very detailed presentation and lecture.

Essentially online lecture about section 1 and how to prepare for it. But, right

now I kind of want to get into section 1 because I it's one of my favorite topics to

talk about because there's a lot of confusion about it.

A lot of people they like 'oh you can't study for section 1 you kind of just

have to know it'. Well, that's not true. Or they say 'I'll read widely and then

fingers crossed something will work and that is one of my pet peeves. The whole

reading widely thing. It's a waste of time. Don't do it. Anybody who tells you

to read widely what they're really telling you is that they don't know what you

should be doing and you should just read a whole bunch of things and hopefully

something works. Right? It's not effective. It's not specific. It's a waste of time

and you need to be more targeted, more specific. I'm gonna keep using that

word. And more strategic in the way that you prepare for section 1 because it is

a big section. It's an important section. There are so many topics that can come

up. You know, you've got poetry, you got drama, fiction, nonfiction, the old stuff,

the new stuff, the short ones, the long ones and if you've heard anything from

anyone who's done the GAMSAT before they'll tell you that Section

1, the passages are huge and you have to pump through so much in such a short

period of time that they often run out of time. They end up going over things

again and again and they get it wrong. And they come to me and they say 'Dr.

Tom, how do I improve section 1? I don't actually know how to do. People tell me

read widely but that's not working. Would they have a vocab list? Again, not very

effective way of doing things. The other kind of problem that a lot of people

have with section 1 is because it is so broad, so many different topics. What do

you actually do? How do you actually study for it and they struggle

with that particular thing. Now, we've got people arriving now, if you have any

questions type them in at the bottom about Section 1 and how to prepare for it

or click the like button if you like what we're talking about. But, anyway,

Section 1. So ,it's gonna be you have to be specific and targeted and it really

depends on you. You know, what it is that you read? What you study for section 1

depends on you and your background and your situation and what your experiences

are. Now, for me, for example, English is not my first language. Right? I have an

ESL background, English second language. And now my English is as good as a

native speaker and I was able to be successful in Section 1. Get through,

get in and become a doctor. And so if I can do it then you can too, but, the big

question is HOW. Now,like I said, firstly it depends on your situation and what

your background is and what you need to be doing and also know what you're

struggling with and it's a that there's a number of things to consider and that

is exactly why I've gone into detail on this in the presentation in the link

above. Section 1 is too important to just do quickly now and your mark is too

important for me to just brush over and do it quickly now so I want to go to far

greater detail and give you much much more than I could possibly do here on a

live session. So that's why I've created that presentation or the workshop.

In fact, it's a four part workshop. First section is about

first part is about Section 1. Excuse me. The second part is about Section 2

and third part is about, you guess, the Section 3 and then the fourth one is

about bringing it all together making sure you use your time and have a

strategy and get prepared for the GAMSAT in the right way. Now, this is

free it's an incredible in-depth detailed the workshop on every section

of the GAMSAT plus how to bring it all together and make sure it's personalized

to you because that's the important bit. And it's happening at the moment. Section

1 has already begun and I'm taking this whole thing down once the four

videos or four workshops are over so make sure you get in quick and to get in

go to the link above, register, and you'll be able to see the first session which

is on Section 1 and where I've gone to great detail on what we've spoken about

here and what you need to be doing for Section 1. So, now, if you have any

questions, type them in at the bottom. If you're watching this afterwards I'll

come through and come and answer your questions or if you've liked what we've

talked about click the like button share it with your friends. Until next time.

Head to the link above. Get in there all the best with your preparation and again

Happy New Year.