*MEGATHREAD* - UKCAT 2015 Entry Discussion Megathread

How long were the passages for VR?

Yes, it's exactly the same as the one you get in the exam




Thanks! I didn't use any online material apart from the practice tests on the ukcat website. For VR I got 680 - I found this section the hardest, so I don't really have any tips except practice scanning the texts quickly but not so quickly that you don't actually take anything in. For QR (900) definitely practise using the proper calculator, and using the number pad is a lot quicker too. Don't be afraid to stop working them out a bit early and guess the rest because you're likely to get some of them right, whereas if you don't answer them at all you won't get any marks! Actually that applies to all the sections. Also some calculations are quicker if you don't use the calculator, so make sure you use the paper too. For the other sections I got: AR (810) DA (720) and SJ (band 2).




Thanks! I'm applying for graduate entry, but I still haven't decided where

I'm aware that TSR is not representative of everyone but is it me or do QR scores seem higher than usual

This might be silly question but are there different versions of ukcat test each year ie five diff ones or is there just one test for everyone to do. ?

There are 3 tests made each year and you get one of them on test day, apparently that's why you can only do it once per cycle as you may get the same test again

I think there's 3 tests for each section. So there's actually 81 different tests overall, excluding the SJT.


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Really? Thats terrible. What if one test is harder than the others?

How long did you spend preparing?

1st time posting. My test is in 4 days.
Been using Medify, Emedica, 600Q, and another book.
I just took the official practice of the UKCAT site and was ridiculous.

I want to ask, does the real thing have hard to read or complicated graph layouts for QR?

The ones in Emedica are fairly straightforward, the ones in Medify are a little bit more complicated. 600Q and official practice tests are ridiculous.

Which ones are most representative?

Appreciate the last minute advice

just tried medify easy mock...omg, didn't even get to half of the questions before it timed out....am in a big mess people 43%.

VR 17/44, QR 7/36, AR 23/55, DA 23/28, SJ 31/67

Hey everyone! Just got home from my UKCAT. I prepared mostly with Medify (did about a quarter to half the questions for each section), but also did the emedica mock, both UKCAT mocks and the long and short Kaplan mocks.

VR: 760 - about the same difficulty as practice ones.
QR: 890 - way easier than practice ones. was my worst section in practice but best on the test.
AR: 810 - a bit easier than the practice ones. Had to guess a few sets.
DA: 710 - about the same difficulty as the practice ones.
SJT: Band 1 - this was a big surprise as I'd got Band 3 in all of the mocks I did. This might be because the mocks don't take into account when you're only one off.

Don't worry if you're not doing as well as you'd hope in your revision. I scored a lot higher than I expected to (I was aiming for 700 average :P ) especially in QR and SJT.

Good luck everyone!

You're not in a mess remain calm! I assume this means you still have plenty time so don't panic.
You just need to accept that you cant answer every question in the time limit. Therefor you need to be tactical and.develop methods which.work for you to.guess longer harder questions and get through easy ones faster.
Honestly I had like 5 meltdowns last year thinking I couldn't do it but ended up with 2950 total.

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People that did the test, is there any way that I can take water into the test room and leave it with the invigilator or something?


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