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How/are you preparing for the BMAT (or UKCAT)?

loveisjustasong

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Are you actually going to prepare since they "can't be revised for". It's just the physics that's gonna kill me :yep:

I'm doing random math calculations in my head too...504 x 5....+7...-242...equals... :cool:

Wow, I won't be suprised if I get 10 in the BMAT.

Reply 1

terpineol

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Personally I would grab a heap of 11+, 12+, 13+ papers if I was doing it again.

Reply 2

loveisjustasong

OP

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Where do I get them from?

I know now :smile:

Reply 3

wer343lit

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I'm gonna buy practice books from Amazon and just work through them. For BMAT, I'll also revise GCSE science.

They say they "can't be revised for" but I think it'd be very very silly not to practice.

Reply 4

loveisjustasong

OP

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Apparently the "GCSE content" is waaaaaay harder than GCSE, physics is as level?

Reply 5

exppex

8

Get Cape.Wear Cape.Fly.

Are you actually going to prepare since they "can't be revised for".

They most certainly can be revised for.

I didn't do the BMAT, but if I was to do the BMAT or do the UKCAT again, I would do as many past papers and practice as much as possible. Good luck for anyone doing them.

That said, if you are already strong on academics, make sure the other parts of your application are just as good. Medically related professions are very vocational.

Reply 6

Moronic Acid

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terpineol

Personally I would grab a heap of 11+, 12+, 13+ papers if I was doing it again.

Definitely this

Reply 7

wer343lit

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Get Cape.Wear Cape.Fly.

Apparently the "GCSE content" is waaaaaay harder than GCSE, physics is as level?

I doubt it's full AS Level. But some stuff you won't have covered at GCSE due to whatever syllabus the BMAT uses. I think the syllabus is on the BMAT website.

Reply 8

loveisjustasong

OP

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Moronic Acid

Definitely this

Could I ask why they're good for the BMAT? :o:

Reply 9

Moronic Acid

11

Get Cape.Wear Cape.Fly.

Apparently the "GCSE content" is waaaaaay harder than GCSE, physics is as level?

It really isn't - some people find it hard because they haven't done it in a year, but AS physics would just be cruel :p:

Reply 10

SS92

for the UKCAT im going through this book with 600 practise questions

http://www.amazon.co.uk/into-Medical-School-comprehensive-explanations/dp/1905812094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244974128&sr=1-1

Reply 11

Moronic Acid

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Get Cape.Wear Cape.Fly.

Could I ask why they're good for the BMAT? :o:

Well i personally never did any, but they follow the same format (Verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, abstract reasoning, quantitative reasoning etc.)

Whilst this won't help that much with the BMAT, it'll definitely help you to familiarise yourself with the UKCAT (especially the abstract reasoning section which is really weird)

Reply 12

Alpheratz

I didnt do the bmat but for the ukcat start with 11+ papers and then get the purple book for the ukcat. ill post a link for it in a sec. Thats what i did and it worked pretty well ^_^
also, sometimes you completely fail even 11+ papers so dont give up and keep going over them over and over again. And its a lie that you cant practice for the ukcat. Practice every question you canfind
EDIT:
This is the onei used...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Passing-Clinical-Aptitude-University-Entrance/dp/1844452840/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c/276-8527290-4750436

Reply 13

CCJ

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Its not so much revising the content, more getting yourself familiarised with the style of questions that will be good preparation. So past papers and things like that are good, but yeah brushing up on GCSE physics is always a good idea.

Good luck to all that are taking the BMAT, I had to do it and I'm not even applying for medicine :lolwut:

Reply 14

crazylemon

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I am sure we had a shiny thread around here last year with all sorts of essay questions we made up.....

As for the actual questions as terp said, plus the books if you want/can afford