📍Essay gang! Drop any questions you have in the comments. What’s your biggest challenge when it comes to essay writing?

I enjoy the format and content of the essay edit video! thank you. looking forward to more videos.

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it! More to come soon :)

Thanks, this really helped me for the GAMSAT

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear!

Thanks bro. Do you have any tips for any high yield ways to increase my knowledge of good examples to use? I struggle with recalling good examples to use off the top of my head in the small time limit, especially high quality ones like the ones written in the essay shown.

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. When I started my essay prep I had zero good examples, so it's definitely possible to build your way up! Examples can come from the most unexpected places. Scroll through documentaries on netflix and youtube - watching something often helps me remember details better. Dive into wikipedia. Check out Paging Dr - I vaguely remember there being a thread about different examples. Pull together a list of common Task A/B themes from the quote generator and go through them one-by-one then scour the internet and try to find a few relevant examples for each. Once you have developed a list, you can read through this list in your study time, although another great way to practice using them is by doing essay plans. This forces you try to think of arguments and examples on the spot. Again, use the quote generator and jot down a plan for an essay that you might write for a given quote set - then plan out the examples that you would use. This repetition helped to learning and apply examples. Hope this helps!

just found your channel! great content! First time sitter in march and am consistently getting 65-68. Any high yield tip ?

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, thanks for watching! These are solid scores. I've harped on about how using quality examples and having solid structure are important. However, to take it to the next level, try to focus on how you analyse your ideas and your examples. Having good ideas helps, but try to be really clear and succinct. Be specific to the argument you are conveying in that body paragraph and ensure it is relevant to your contention. I think that this often separates the good from great essays! Obviously I've never read your essays but just general advice - hope this helps!

Great video!! I just am concerned about the example that I have to provide since I don’t have that wide knowledge around historical topics. Any tips?

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

It can be tough but I think the best examples are ones that are relevant but also not totally generic. As Ive mentioned in a couple comments, have a look through the quote generator and common essay themes and try to research/brainstorm according to these themes. Themes often overlap and repeat themeselves and eventually you’ll have a good bank of examples to use. Examples also can come from weird and wonderful places - watch netflix docos and go on wikipedia - youll end up finding some cool examples and youre more likely to remember them as well. However, most importantly, a good example is one that is relevant, succinct and implented nicely into your essay. This will always trump how ‘out there’ and creative your example is.

I struggle with the analysis part. I feel I don’t do it enough when I write. Any tips for this? Also I’m always worried about not having a unique contention. Like is it still possible to still do well with a generic contention? Thank you this video though!!

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate it and thanks for your question! Regarding analysis: I think this is an important part of your body paragraph but it doesn’t have to be longer than 2-3 sentences. Try to make sure it’s specific to your contention and to the argument you are making in that paragraph. Outline why the example you’ve used is important and why it’s relevant to your contention and to the society that we live in. This would be my main focus. When I’m writing my analysis and link, I often re-read my contention from the introduction just to make sure my analysis is targetted and relevant. Re: having a unique contention. I think this comes with time and repetition. Ultimately, I think that having good structure and strong arguments are more important than having an ‘intetesting’ or ‘unqiue’ idea. But if you want to work on idea generation then try using a quote generator online and practise essay plans. Try to think of contentions that have a bit more ‘flavour’ and arguments for your body paragraphs and jot it down in dot point form. This will get you into the mindset of finding different contentions. Ideas and themes also repeat themselves, so this activity will help you build a bank of contentions/examples. Hope this helps!

Do you think a reflective style of essay is suitable for task A?

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

As I've mentioned, I don't think there is any one best way to write an essay and I've seen a variety of essay styles score well. However, in my experience, I believe that Task A should be approached in a more analytical, discursive way whereas reflective writing is best kept for Task B.

@adam_is do you have any tips for S1?

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

@inishooper5508 I personally found S1 the most difficult to improve and my scores only slightly improved between my two attempts. However, my approach was similar to preparing for the other sections in that I would read about some of the question types in books and online, do prac questions and then prac exams. One thing I did find that helped was reading the mcq options before reading the stem - might not be right for everyone but found it helped me frame the question stem. Hope this helps! If anyone else has S1 tips, feel free to drop them in the comments!

Do i have to respond to all quotes or just pick one easier?

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

I would always recommend responding generally to all quotes.

Is the GAMSAT still going to put the name of the person who said those quotes?

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

It’s a good question! Not 100% sure but I reckon you could be right, don’t think they include the names on quotes anymore. Anyone able to confirm?

There isnt reading time anymore, you have the entire 65 minutes

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know!

Anyone else waiting for him to take his shirt off?

@adam_is

3 ай бұрын

Hahah 😂 wrong platform for this