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GAMSAT study planner

Pick your sitting and the hours you really have — get a week-by-week plan built around the real dates: the remote Section II day first, the in-person Sections I & III day about three weeks later.

Which sitting?

Hours you can study per week

12h

440 hours. Be honest — the plan splits what you actually have, not what you wish you had.

Science background?

Weakest section?

Section II (Written Communication) — sat remotely

22–23 Aug 2026in 1 day

The two Written Communication tasks, sat remotely under online proctoring.

Sections I & III — in person at test centres

11–13 Sept 2026in 21 days

Reasoning in Humanities and in Biological & Physical Sciences, in person at test centres.

This plan allocates the hours YOU entered across the weeks that actually exist between now and each test day. It says nothing about what you will score — that part is yours.

Your 4-week plan · 12h a week

Week 1starts 21 Aug 2026Sharpen

Section II sitting week — light, sharp writing practice and rest.

S1 Humanities · 2hS2 Writing · 6hS3 Sciences · 4h

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No science background: start Section III content (chemistry, physics, biology foundations) in week 1 — it takes the longest to build, and it counts double in the overall.

Section II is sat this week (22–23 August 2026), remotely under online proctoring. Keep practice light and sharp; check your ID, room and connection before the day.

Week 2starts 28 Aug 2026Sharpen

Sharpen: full-length timed practice under exam conditions, reviewed hard.

S1 Humanities · 3.5hS2 Writing · 0hS3 Sciences · 8.5h

Writing is done. From here every hour goes into Sections I & III — Section II work stops entirely.

Week 3starts 4 Sept 2026Sharpen

Sharpen: full-length timed practice under exam conditions, reviewed hard.

S1 Humanities · 3.5hS2 Writing · 0hS3 Sciences · 8.5h
Week 4starts 11 Sept 2026Taper

Exam week — Sections I & III are sat this week. Taper: consolidate, rest.

S1 Humanities · 4hS2 Writing · 0hS3 Sciences · 8h

Sections I & III are sat this week (11–13 September 2026), in person. Nothing new from here — check your test-centre details and travel early in the week.

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A short note before each registration deadline and each test day — the dates above, when they matter, nothing else.

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How is this plan built?

The GAMSAT is sat in two parts, not one day: Section II (Written Communication) is sat remotely on its own day, about three weeks before Sections I & III are sat in person at test centres. Most printable study plans ignore this and train all three sections to one finish line. This planner doesn't: it splits your weekly hours across four phases — foundations → build → sharpen → taper — peaks Section II work into the writing day and stops it entirely afterwards, while Sections I & III work rises toward the in-person day with a light final-week taper.

How many hours a week do you need?

There's no official figure, and we won't invent one: it depends on how many weeks you have, whether you're coming from a science background, and where your practice already is. What matters more than the weekly number is consistency across enough weeks — a sustainable pace held for months beats a short cram. The planner accepts anywhere from 4 to 40 hours and splits what you genuinely have. What you're aiming at differs by program too — see what scores medical schools actually ask for.

When should you start for March 2027?

March 2027 dates are pattern estimates until ACER's next information booklet confirms them — testing has historically run late February–March, with registration opening in November and closing in late January. Working back from the test days, starting three to six months out leaves room for the full foundations-to-taper arc. Starting later still works — the plan just compresses toward timed practice, and under three weeks it becomes a triage sprint and says so plainly. Registration windows, results days and university deadlines all live on our GAMSAT dates page — with a calendar download, so the deadlines guard themselves.