Medicine 2012...(hopeful entrants) !!

Cool, yeah I've been told they're nice- what sort of questions did you get asked?

HELP!
As a re-applicant myself, with only one interview to my name, and I got totally raped in it, I was wondering how to overcome the question of "why did you choose to apply to this Medical School?" question!

As when I was in my interview, i was asked "Why did you choose to apply to this Medical School... *pauses* ...apart from for the nightlife?"
And i was like say what B*ATCH?! as i didnt even know it had a 'good' nightlife until my Dentist told me AFTER I'd applied!
any way I ended up saying the usual BS like, 'omg, its just tot's fab, and and like the city is like well wicked!'
So any suggestions incase I manage to get interviewed again would be um tot's fab (?)

They asked me about the course and just left me to talk until I'd run out of things to say, they asked me about volunteering in British Heart (rather than my work experience which seemed strange), why St. Andrews. They also give you a article to read and ask you questions on it and stuff which wasn't too bad. I thought it was going to be dead stressed out but it was all cool. I was sorta lucky, during my interview they decided to test the fire alarm and lucky they'd just finished asking a question so i had longer to think

The BMAT ones are fine (the ones on the internet are past papers, although they won't give you a standardised score). The UKCAT ones, however, are very different, especially the 600 questions book which is a lot harder than the actual test.

7 The speed limit on motorways in the UK should be raised from 70mph to 80 mph.
The majority of drivers consistently break the current speed limit - and without penalty, as
the police are unable to enforce the speed limit in all cases. There is no evidence to
suggest that driving at 80 mph is more dangerous than driving at 70 mph. If the speed limit
were raised, the police could devote more time to dealing with other crimes.
Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the above argument?
A Many drivers choose to drive at below 70mph.
B Modern cars are capable of speeds far in excess of 80mph.
C Driving at 80mph uses more fuel than driving at 70mph.
D With a speed limit of 80mph, more drivers would drive between 80 and 90mph

surely it's A?

can't see why it would be D

Because A is completely irrelevant on the larger scale.

Because A is completely irrelevant on the larger scale.

Because A is completely irrelevant on the larger scale.

aha!i confused many, with the majority, so i saw it as a blatant answer. i need to read it more carefully

mind if you could help me with :

http://www.admissionstests.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/adt/digitalAssets/103337_Specimen_Section_1.pdf

Question 21 please?

and this one too, if you have time please

Oakley is west of Carson, which is west of Newton. Earith is east of Carson and west of
Wembourne.
Wembourne must be east of:
A Carson, but not necessarily east of Oakley or Newton;
B Newton, but not necessarily east of Carson or Oakley;
C Carson and Oakley, but not necessarily east of Newton;
D Oakley and Newton, but not necessarily east of Carson;
E Carson, Oakley and Newton.

i guessed it right, i had a hunch though

just draw it out.

What I did was, first, double check your east and your west. East is ---->

Anyway, literally just draw it out.

18 The 400 seats in a parliament are divided amongst five political parties. No two parties
have the same number of seats, and each has at least 20.
What is the largest number of seats that the third largest party can have?
A 22
B 118
C 119
D 120
E 121

and this if possible!

i drew it out, but the thing is, it's still confusing, i mean, the last letter , or place was east of something, but could be west of the rest?

^^ if you can manage this one, your a genius:

http://www.admissionstests.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/adt/digitalAssets/103337_Specimen_Section_1.pdf

question 18

Minimum seats for bottom two parties = 41 (20+21).

That leaves 359. Ignore the hundreds, so you have 59.
59 roughly goes into 20. Look for combinations of 3 numbers around that area that add upto 59. I did it in my head, there's no possible way you can get 19x3 is 57, for 19 to be the lowest number, you'd have to have 20 and 21, which adds up to more than 59. As a result, the number is 18.

118. Hard to explain tbh

Draw two lines. The first line, for Oakley, Carson, Newton.
The second line, for Carson, Earith and Wembourne. (above/below the first line).

aha!i confused many, with the majority, so i saw it as a blatant answer. i need to read it more carefully

mind if you could help me with :

http://www.admissionstests.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/adt/digitalAssets/103337_Specimen_Section_1.pdf

Question 21 please?

Essentially the question is asking you to find the average IQ of the leftmost data, excluding the IQ of the technical sales consultant.

So 140+145+110+130+120 all divided by 5. So the answer is A 129.

If that's wrong, I apologise. I am quite tired.

Essentially the question is asking you to find the average IQ of the leftmost data, excluding the IQ of the technical sales consultant.

So 140+145+110+130+120 all divided by 5. So the answer is A 129.

If that's wrong, I apologise. I am quite tired.

Draw two lines. The first line, for Oakley, Carson, Newton.
The second line, for Carson, Earith and Wembourne. (above/below the first line).