So imagine my surprise when I finally got home, logged into the Acer candidate site and saw this:
In case any of that is unreadable, S1 - 69, S2 - 60, S3 - 57, Overall - 61.
Nowhere near as bad as I expected. Cool huh? For starters, none of the numbers starts with a 4! Yay! I was so sure I'd have at least one or two failed sections after I came out of the exam. My essays were embarrassing, and I had a pounding headache throughout most of the science section which made it pretty damn hard to think or focus on the questions. Never be too proud or stubborn to take a panadol!
Oh well. I'm glad the wait is over and I'm sure I'm not the only one. I've been actively trying not to think or dwell too much on the GAMSAT and the results seeing as I only intended this to be a practice run. It's difficult not to get caught up in the excitement of it all though, especially since I started visiting the Paging Dr forums again. Congratulations to everyone who got the scores they were hoping for and I wish you all the best for the rest of the application process.
For me, I'm not going to apply this year since I've got a couple of things I want to do next year which are probably not compatible with med school. I don't want to have to make the choice if I apply and by some miracle, I actually get an offer.
So next year, I will be putting myself through all this again. I'm hoping that I'll be more prepared and less nervous. I want to improve my section 2 and section 3 scores but knowing my luck, I'll probably screw up section 1 to make up for it. Eh, you win some, you lose some right? As long as my overall score improves and I don't fail any sections, I won't complain. Much.
