Can you increase your UKCAT by 100 points?

Thanks everyone for your comments, I will be going on the Kaplan course this year. My only concern is that last year I prepared, prepared and prepared. I had access too emedica, upo, medify, 600q book, plus a few others, did thousands of questions only to get 600. I was pretty down on myself when I looked down at my paper. Im worried that there physically isnt anymore I can do but will try one more time anyway..

Thanks everyone for your comments, I will be going on the Kaplan course this year. My only concern is that last year I prepared, prepared and prepared. I had access too emedica, upo, medify, 600q book, plus a few others, did thousands of questions only to get 600. I was pretty down on myself when I looked down at my paper. Im worried that there physically isnt anymore I can do but will try one more time anyway..

what was your score when you took it?

hello which one did she try and what was her old ukcat score and what is her new one and did she get in2 med school ?? lol sorry 4 bombarding u with questions

Kaplan. 575 up to 703. She didnt get in as was a retake applicant

662.5

areu serious ?? even as a retake applicant and with that great score she was still rejected ? where did she apply 2 ? your scaring me cuz ime gonna be a reapplicant as well

I'm a reapplicant and got in this year to Leicester (who love re-apps btw). My friend got a B in Chem at A-level so had to retake, it is VERY hard, nearly impossible to get in as a re-applicant if you havent already achieved the correct A-levels. As long as you nail your Alevels reapplying will be easier good luck !!!!

I am a medicine reap, and got 642.5 the first time around, and 700 this time. I now have an offer. All I did differently was revise for longer and harder using a book and a website. I chose not to go on a course (many people encouraged me to) simply because I disagree with the idea of paying to get into medicine, and I felt that I would be gaining an advantage over people who may not be able to afford it.

I understand that many people do go on courses, but the feedback they give is heavily biased because they paid for it. People want to feel they got value for money and so will distort their view of how much the course helped.

But at the end of the day, if it helps you get in, you may think it is worth it!

I did well in UKCAT (767.5) and have only sat it once so can only talk about how I approached it this year.

As well as doing as many practice tests as possible I used the downloadable example tests on the UKCAT website to become completely comfortable using the keyboard shortcuts to answer, flag and go between questions as well as using the keyboard numpad for the calculator. I found this shaved off precious seconds that I was wasting compared to using a mouse.

For sections like QR and AR I gave myself a few seconds to attempt a question. If I couldn't do it, I'd flag it and move on and come back to flagged questions after having gone through the whole section.

VR I didn't do as well in, but this section there's not much you can do in terms of tactical approach other than practice reading quickly.

DA, like VR, is more to do with practice.

Other than that, go into the exam accepting that you won't be able to answer all questions with much forthought within the time given. That'll allow you to relax and not panic. Panicking will just fluster you and mean mistakes are made. Also trust your instincts - if you think an answer is correct don't procrastinate, just mark it and move on.