The Big Medicine UKCAT 2010 Discussion and Results Thread

UKCAT tomorrow (morning too)...

Last minute tips for me guys? Especially AR and VR ..shall I just go though UPO for AR and 600Q book for VR?

I know how you feel!

Apparently their cut-off last year was 642 so I don't think it is worth applying there. Perhaps you are better off appyling to Edinburgh instead or Liverpool as people say but I don't know about their 6th year requirements for Scottish students.

I wish I'd got 650 at least.
Nothing we can do now.
Aberdeen only use it for 4%, Dundee - 20%, St Andrews state a cut-off of 614.25 on their website, I emailed them and they say they cant say for sure until all applications are in about whether this cut-off might increase.



I hate how I worked so hard the past 2 years and this ******* ukcat has ****** everything up.
I suppose it coulda gone worse, at least we both got above 600.

curious generally.

why did you drop biology?

/assuming-you-want-to-do-medicine

Add them up and then divide by 4

You are the 20000th person that asked me this ..well certain topics in the syllabus aren't related to the actual human biology such as quadrants (counting how many species there are etc) ..stuff about fish and and exam is filled with 'how science works'.. Medicine is all about the human body and diseases etc ..stuff that already interests me and like to read in my spare time (bit of a geek I am, I know) ..also taught by teachers who can't teach to save their lives and fail everyone in their ISAs.

Hey. I need to know if applying to a 5th option (e.g. biomed) as a backup alongside four medicine applications would risk me getting in for medicine. I've read somewhere that it does and somewhere else that it doesnt...anyone know for sure?

Listen .. you have your score right ... so it would be like
VR : 600
QR : 600
AR : 600
DA : 600

So add them up divide by 4 and you get 600

******* easy to figure out

NO i mean i have the scores out of 45, 36 etc depending on each section. not out of 900

wrong thread mate! I don't know what made you post in this one as it clearly says: THE BIG MEDICINE UKCAT 2010 DISCUSSION AND RESULTS THREAD. hmmm.

In relation to your question, no it will not affect your application at all. The maximum number of choices on your UCAS application for medicine is four and therefore the fifth option is usually a back-up course such as biomedicine. Hope it helps.

sweeet! so were you happy/disappointed with it?

Oh ok my bad i thought they give it to you in the proper format ..

Well supposedly if you get around 2/3 right then thats around 700

your interest in science is only limited to human biology?

meh.

thx, can anyone confirm?