*MEGATHREAD* - UKCAT 2015 Entry Discussion Megathread

Feel free to ask me any questions. I've done the exam.

Thank you what did you use? I think im gonna get all the tips from different sources, revise it and then do alot of praxtice qs

did u fidn the kaplan mocks were hardher or just as hard as the real thing?

I didn't do them, sorry.

no problem. medify mocks? did u fidn them harder than the real thing? and the kaplan book mock?

i used medify, emedica, kaplan book, and ukcat for dummies yeah that would be good

The only resource I used was Medify; I would say VR and AR were similar to the hard mock, QR was similar to the easy mock, and DA was completely different to all of them and much harder.

how did you personally tackle the comprehension questions in VR if you dont mind me asking?

how did you personally tackle the comprehension questions in VR if you dont mind me asking?

I was really anxious so I didn't follow any specific system; I tended to just try and skim read the questions a couple of times.

Run away and cry. Absolutely hated them haha! Unfortunately pretty much got all 11 of my passages as comprehension questions ffs haha

Would you read the answers then skim read the passage or vice versa?

My UKCAT is tomorrow so naturally I've been doing a few mocks leading up to the test.

I was just beginning the QR section of the official Mock B on the UKCAT website, and as I clicked on the calculator (which opened in a new tab) the page I was working on just reset itself as if it were at the beginning of the test again. Given that my test is tomorrow, and given that I found the VR section difficult and would obviously be curious to know my mark from it, I found it extremely frustrating that such a minor task like opening the calculator which is essential for use in QR manages to mess up the whole system.

However I'd let the incident slide if it were a one-off blip on the website.

But this is not the case at all....!!! On Monday when I did Mock A the exact same thing happened. Twice. Both times when this happened I had to re-enter the exact answers that I had entered the first time round (before the page refreshed itself) so I would have the fairest mark at the end of the exam given all my answers were given in the correct time allotment, despite, with 44 extra minutes of time (essentially doing VR three times) recognising that a lot of my answers were in fact wrong. The first time the page reset itself when I opened the calculator I thought it was a mistake or a button I pressed. The second time it happened, I just ended up using an on screen calculator on my mac.

I hope I'm alone on this, because it's terribly annoying being so stressed out for the dreaded UKCAT tomorrow, doing what's meant to be the best resource to practice with and then just losing your score.

Has anyone else had any experience of this or would anyone know how to prevent the issue? Baring in mind the best way to get practice is with the actual UKCAT calculator.




PS. On the easy mock of Medify (but not the medium or hard) did anyone else find the questions took extremely long to load even though the actual countdown was still running? It had literally wasted a total of 4 or 5 minutes before I ended up turning off the mock and pursuing one of the harder mocks.

Anyone have any advice about what to do the night before/the day of the exam? Mine's tomorrow just after lunch.. I have most problems with timing for QR and accuracy for AR, if anyone has any specific advice for those

Anyone have any advice about what to do the night before/the day of the exam? Mine's tomorrow just after lunch.. I have most problems with timing for QR and accuracy for AR, if anyone has any specific advice for those