GAMSAT Chemistry – A List of Must “Reads”

There have been loads of discussions about what material is best for studying for GAMSAT. One thing is for sure that for the 3rd Section the basics in the sciences should be strong. For both science and non-science, getting the basic knowledge at the tips of the fingers is what ensures an interview call (not undermining the importance of the first 2 sections).

But just getting any material or any preparation tool does not suffice. There should always be a textbook to help you when you are going overboard or feeling that you’ve studied too less or when you don’t know what exactly you should be studying.

Here we tell you what you should buy and keep and study and get a good, no … a very good foundation to appear for GAMSAT with confidence. But before I start let me tell you a thumb rule: Textbooks are not for rack-decoration, they should be the ones that are used the MOST number of times.

On this blog post … you will find only Chemistry. Textbooks for Biology and Physics are here -

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Chemistry

This seems to be the most important and most scoring of all science topics. Many swear that this is the “make or break component” of the 3rd section. There are quite a lot of books available in the book-shops. You need to choose carefully and wisely.
“Introductory Chemistry” by Steven Zumdahl is one of those books which will help you get started. This is majorly for the aspirants from the non-science background, but aspirants with science background will also be adviced to use this as it has very good explanations and one needs to have extremely strong basic chemistry knowledge.

Another book is “Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry” by Frederick A. Bettelheim et al. Australian aspirants might have problems acquiring this book as it’s an American one, but if you do get your hands on this one, you’re in luck!

For organic chemistry “Organic Chemistry” by Leroy G. Wade and “Organic Chemistry: A Short Course” by Christopher M Hadad, Harold Hart, Leslie E Craine are three of the better books available. Since organic chemistry is the part where most chemistry questions come from, your hard work will not go to waste if you study this topic thoroughly.

If you want to try something unconventional (that is if none of the books suggested makes sense to you), try “David Klein’s General Chemistry I” and “Organic Chemistry I” and “II” as a Second Language series.

In conclusion, we need to always remember that no matter how many books we buy, the thing that really works is hard work and understanding. So, keep working hard and keep dreaming … you can achieve anything keeping them in mind