*MEGATHREAD* - BMAT for 2016 Entry Discussion

I am scottish dont know english system s4

Riiiight. S4 = Year 10 in England & Wales. You definitely should not be thinking about BMAT if you haven't yet done your GCSEs or Highers or whatever you call them. Unless you're just having a laugh posting on this group.... :/

Doing my nat5 soon equivalent to gcse. And i was serious. Advanced preparation is the best.

I seriously don't recommend starting any sort of preparation for the BMAT at LEAST until you you begin studying for first year A-Levels (AS levels - sorry, don't know what they're called in Scotland). You should 1 million percent concentrate on nailing your Nat5 which will then put you in a position where you can start to consider medicine as a career path. I doubt you have done the work experience/had the exposure required to be considering medicine seriously enough to begin preparation on the BMAT. And even if you have you are thinking about it way to early. Also, you won't even know half of the stuff that comes up on the science section 2 of the BMAT exam because you haven't learnt it yet.

I understand your concerns about wanting to start early but please understand that you are jumping the gun here.

Before you even contemplate BMAT prep you will need to think about:etc.


Please see how far you are away from preparing for your BMAT exam - trust me on this. You will almost certainly run out of resources and compromise your GCSE preparation by starting this early.

Please someone back me up on this....

Can anyone remember the question about treating someone and its effect on society (the one most people did)

It would help a lot if you could post the title, and the main points you made for each side of the argument

I did the same question but I also need to know the wording. anybody help!?

I am a syrian student ğlanning to apply for the university of oxford scholarship I had finished my high school and done my SAT test 1370/1600 and 780/800 in math. I am interested in medicine and can do anything to get into oxford and study medicine so can u please help me in gathering information.
I have until november to study for the bmat so is it it enough and how much must i study daily as I used to study at a mean of 8 hours daily for the sat for 7 months. How much score in the bmat do i meed to get to get accepted to oxford and what other kind of tests and etc can I do that will give me advantage in applying.
Please give me a brief account of everything you know and could tell me .

how does one start revising for the bmat? any resources in particular you'd suggest?

I've written up an article that goes over the basics (http://www.bmatcrashcourse.com/parents-guide-bmat/)

But just to answer your question, if you're applying for 2016 entry, then you will take the BMAT on 4th November 2015. This is after you apply. Which is why taking the BMAT is a bit of a gamble, compared to the UKCAT. With UKCAT, you have your results before you apply, so you can base your decisions on those. With BMAT, you only get the results once you've already applied, so it's too late to change anything by then

Quick Tips for the BMAT:

Section 1

Do lots of TSA Oxford papers. They mimic the format of BMAT Section 1 almost exactly, so they're a great source of practice.

Section 2

Learn all the science you need to know, especially Physics, and especially if you're not doing Physics at AS. There's an official online guide on the BMAT website called something like "Section 2: Assumed Knowledge Guide" which is pretty good, but seems to have quite a bit of stuff that's never come up before. I've written a more realistic version of what comes up in Section 2 here (http://www.bmatcrashcourse.com/bmat-section-2-syllabus/) - I'd suggest learning the stuff on that list first, and then once you know absolutely everything on it, then learn the extra stuff in the official guide.

Regarding past papers, there are BMAT past papers available from 2003 onwards, but the syllabus changed in 2009, so only worry about the 2009-2014 Section 2 papers. Section 1 didn't change though, so still do the 2003-2008 Section 1 papers.

Other than that, the best tip I can give for Section 2 is "FRACTIONS ARE YOUR FRIENDS". This cannot be overstated enough. A huge chunk of Section 2 involves calculating fractions quickly (without a calculator), so if you can do those well, you'll be at a significant advantage.

Section 3

This is the writing task. People call it an essay but it's really just 2-3 paragraphs. You have 30 minutes for this section, of which at least 10 should be spent planning. The biggest mistake people make is going into the exam, panicking, and starting to write straight away. Please don't do that. Make sure you plan very very well before starting to write, as you're only given one sheet of paper and if you screw that up, it's over.

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I've got plenty more tips but third year exams are coming up and I need to memorise a tonne of essays :/ Feel free to DM/quote me if you've got any more questions and I'll try to respond during one of my breaks

Do not fall into the trap of thinking that the BMAT cannot be prepared for. There are lots of good resources available:

Books:






Free resources

http://www.admissionstestingservice....ring-for-bmat/

http://www.blackstonetutors.co.uk/fr...st-papers.html

http://www.thebmatcourse.com/bmat-resources.html
http://www.mjcourses.com/BMAT-Questions

http://www.blackstonetutors.co.uk/bm...section-1.html

Hi any previous batch students know what was the bmat cut off for Imperial for international students? Even though the cut off last year was 4.5 4.5 2.5b, I'm sure, for international students who are competing for those 20 places should be highly competitive. If someone can share the minimum Bmat score of the international student who was invited for interview it will be of great help.

Internationals usually need to score at least band 2 IIRC - have a look at FOI requests to see if they have said what these have been in the past.