A few months ago, I published a blog post titled: How to Break the 70+ Barrier in GAMSAT Section 2 The purpose of that article was to explore why many capable candidates plateau in the mid-to-high 60s despite significant effort. The conclusion was surprisingly simple: Most candidates focus on writing. The highest-scoring candidates focus on structure. Over multiple GAMSAT sittings, external essay marking, tutor feedback, and years of refinement, I gradually moved away from viewing Section 2 as a writing task and began to see it as a thinking task performed under time pressure. That shift ultimately led to the development of a broader framework. I have now consolidated that work into: The 70+ GAMSAT Section 2 System A Structural Framework for High-Distinction Essays The guide documents the progression from: establishing...

Why most capable candidates plateau in the 60s — and how to break that ceiling The Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) is widely regarded as one of the most demanding entry examinations for postgraduate medicine in Australia, the UK, and Ireland. While Sections 1 and 3 assess reasoning in the humanities and sciences, Section 2 evaluates written communication — the ability to construct persuasive, coherent, and conceptually rigorous essays under strict time pressure. For many candidates, Section 2 appears deceptively straightforward. After all, it is “just writing.” Yet the marking criteria reward far more than fluency or vocabulary. They assess conceptual depth, argumentative control, structural cohesion, and the capacity to explore competing perspectives with nuance. It is here that many capable...