* MEGATHREAD * - UKCAT 2016 Entry Discussion Megathread

Is there a BMAT thread? I can't find it :/ could somebody link it to me? Thanks

My first mock was technically the preliminary mock in the Kaplan mock, but my actual first mock was the one in the back of the book, which I did like a month before. I got 622.5 in that one. The mock I did two week before the test was Kaplan practice test 1 and I got 657.5.



Thanks how I revised was that I started about a month before my UKCAT. I had a week in the middle of that month where I did nothing because I was on holiday. In the first week and a bit, I did about 2 hours of practice in the day, spread out over the entire day.
In the final week and a half, I stuck to the same plan every day. I'd get up at 8/8:30, eat breakfast and start work at 9:30. I'd do 2 hours of work and then stop at 11:30. An hours break. Then I'd start a mock every day at 12:30 (I did a mock at 12:30 because my UKCAT was at 12:30). That would be done by about 2:30, after which I'd have a 15 minute break and then review my mock for 30-45 minutes. After identifying problem areas in the mock (ie my QR was practicularly low), I'd focus on that for another 1.5 hours, just doing practice questions xD
Then I'd stop for the day. So yeah, that's what worked for me

There are 2 for 2016 entry
Here ya go:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3549693
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3437605

Hey, I was wondering what mocks you did for your test? For me, I have the Medify mocks, the Kaplan book one, the Kaplan online mock, and the official mocks on the UKcat Website. Is there any other mocks you used that you think would be useful?

Guys for VR, the reading comprehension how did you go about doing it? Do you read the passage first?

Got 820, skimmed the passage for a feeling of the text, then read the questions. 50%+ of the text is superfluous to the questions so why bother reading it?


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I just did my exam and got 620 average. Is that bad?


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i've done 150 questions, for VR, and i just can't improve much on it. I'm not hopeless but its just the Medify Comprehension is getting a bit annoying that i can't get high consistent scores. Almost all below 10. I have tried different methods. One for speed skimming, one for accuracy and just reading the passage and even a mix of both, but i just cant tackle the section. VR is my main weakness.

story of my life hahaha. Some passages are so long and confusing skim reading does nothing for me whereas other times i look for keywords and they pop up straight away. VR comprehension is the bane of my life.