The Big Medicine UKCAT 2012 Entry Discussion, Advice and Results Thread

Okay so im revising for ukcat from 600 q book..but im getting annoyed off because it takes me 3.5 minutes to do the first 2 parts of a quantitative reasoning question and end up guessing3 4 5 6 and this lowers my score..it takes 2 minutes to read these questions and understand what to do..then u have 1 minute 30 seconds to answer 6 questions!!! or even 7-8 at times ..is it just me or does everyone struggle with this..or is it just this book because i haven't seen the actual questions in the ukcat or a past paper before! Please help out! also what calculator do i get in the ukcat test? a scientific one? Thanks for all the help!

So if you don't do the UKCAT your application will still be considered and you stand as good a chance as anyone else?
(Assuming I have understood correctly) I would say don't do it.
Out of curiosity, where would you have to go to sit the test?

I'm not too sure how this works but surely if you will still be considered by all med schools, even those that often have high "cut off" scores for the UKCAT, then why would you want to sit the UKCAT and possibly not achieve a particularly high score and then narrow your choice of University?

Could some nice person tell me if 2600 would be hard to get??

Long story but I have been told by Dundee Uni if I get 2600 in the UKCAT they will speak to me about whether I can apply or not (I'm a dundee uni graduate with a 2.2 wanting to do the premed year so i've begged them to consider me for 2012 and thats what they have come back with).

Ta muck in advance!

Which is the right answer here? I think its can't tell but these kinds of questions always confuse me with VR.

Passage:
In 2008, a report from the NHS Information Centre from the National Child Measurement Programme indicated that 23% of British children aged four to five and 31% of those aged ten to eleven were overweight or obese. The research was conducted through a weighing programme in schools, estimated to have reached approximately 80% of British school children at these ages. The study was a much-needed step in the government’s £372 million obesity strategy aimed at addressing rampant obesity in Britain and its affect on a number of other health conditions including diabetes.

The past few years have indeed seen a rise in cases of diabetes, and particularly Type 2 diabetes, in Britain. Previously, doctors considered those over 40 years of age to be at high risk for the disease, but, increasingly, young people are being diagnosed. Studies by university-based scientists estimate that at least 1,000 British children have Type 2 diabetes, some as young as seven years old. These
statistics are directly related to the so-named “obesity epidemic” in this country.

Question/Statement: Fewer than 1,000 British children have Type 2 diabetes.

2600 equates to an average of 650 across all 4 sections. That is about an average score.

That seems not too bad, I was going to sit one of the practice tests on the website but because it doesn't tell you what you got in terms of 600, 650, 500, etc I'm not sure if its worth it.. I did the short test and did not too badly, would just love to know how to calculate it into the bigger results!

So if you don't do the UKCAT your application will still be considered and you stand as good a chance as anyone else?
(Assuming I have understood correctly) I would say don't do it.
Out of curiosity, where would you have to go to sit the test?

I'm not too sure how this works but surely if you will still be considered by all med schools, even those that often have high "cut off" scores for the UKCAT, then why would you want to sit the UKCAT and possibly not achieve a particularly high score and then narrow your choice of University?

Which is the right answer here? I think its can't tell but these kinds of questions always confuse me with VR.

Passage:
In 2008, a report from the NHS Information Centre from the National Child Measurement Programme indicated that 23% of British children aged four to five and 31% of those aged ten to eleven were overweight or obese. The research was conducted through a weighing programme in schools, estimated to have reached approximately 80% of British school children at these ages. The study was a much-needed step in the government’s £372 million obesity strategy aimed at addressing rampant obesity in Britain and its affect on a number of other health conditions including diabetes.

The past few years have indeed seen a rise in cases of diabetes, and particularly Type 2 diabetes, in Britain. Previously, doctors considered those over 40 years of age to be at high risk for the disease, but, increasingly, young people are being diagnosed. Studies by university-based scientists estimate that at least 1,000 British children have Type 2 diabetes, some as young as seven years old. These
statistics are directly related to the so-named “obesity epidemic” in this country.

Question/Statement: Fewer than 1,000 British children have Type 2 diabetes.

Which is the right answer here? I think its can't tell but these kinds of questions always confuse me with VR.

Passage:
In 2008, a report from the NHS Information Centre from the National Child Measurement Programme indicated that 23% of British children aged four to five and 31% of those aged ten to eleven were overweight or obese. The research was conducted through a weighing programme in schools, estimated to have reached approximately 80% of British school children at these ages. The study was a much-needed step in the government’s £372 million obesity strategy aimed at addressing rampant obesity in Britain and its affect on a number of other health conditions including diabetes.

The past few years have indeed seen a rise in cases of diabetes, and particularly Type 2 diabetes, in Britain. Previously, doctors considered those over 40 years of age to be at high risk for the disease, but, increasingly, young people are being diagnosed. Studies by university-based scientists estimate that at least 1,000 British children have Type 2 diabetes, some as young as seven years old. These
statistics are directly related to the so-named “obesity epidemic” in this country.

Question/Statement: Fewer than 1,000 British children have Type 2 diabetes.

is the answer FALSE - thats what i would have put!!

Which is the right answer here? I think its can't tell but these kinds of questions always confuse me with VR.

Passage:
In 2008, a report from the NHS Information Centre from the National Child Measurement Programme indicated that 23% of British children aged four to five and 31% of those aged ten to eleven were overweight or obese. The research was conducted through a weighing programme in schools, estimated to have reached approximately 80% of British school children at these ages. The study was a much-needed step in the government’s £372 million obesity strategy aimed at addressing rampant obesity in Britain and its affect on a number of other health conditions including diabetes.

The past few years have indeed seen a rise in cases of diabetes, and particularly Type 2 diabetes, in Britain. Previously, doctors considered those over 40 years of age to be at high risk for the disease, but, increasingly, young people are being diagnosed. Studies by university-based scientists estimate that at least 1,000 British children have Type 2 diabetes, some as young as seven years old. These
statistics are directly related to the so-named “obesity epidemic” in this country.

Question/Statement: Fewer than 1,000 British children have Type 2 diabetes.

I'd say false. Paragraph says, " estimate that at least 1,000 " and question says "fewer than 1000". I'm taking it as false as at least implies minimum 1000 whereas fewer than 1000 is a definite.