UKCAT for 2017 Entry to UK

I did better in my actual thing than in the mock, I think I got:
VR 750
QR 650
AR 720
SJT Band 2

So you can see I improved from it. It's definitely helpful in that it shows you where you need to improve, but I think it's probably a bit harder than the actual thing. Just make sure you learn from it and you can easily improve

You sound like you've been practicing quite well, so I'm sure you'll do great


Haha, thank you so much! I'm going to the open day in September, so I'll see if I like it then, but I probably will, Newcastle is such a nice place

It's great, you'll like it. Just wondering, how long did you spend revising and when did you start using medify?

I'm not exactly the best example to follow, but I started practicing from the ISC book about 3/4 weeks before, but not intensely, it was just light practice, getting somewhat used to the questions. I got Medify 2 weeks before my test (subscription ended the day before my test), and used that to practice the question types so I could properly get used to them. I didn't even finish doing all the questions, and I only did one of the mocks, so don't feel like you need to do all of them, although it will always be a good thing to do that. I focused a lot on trying to improve where I was going wrong, and practicing the sections I was doing worse on as opposed to trying to practice as much as possible, and that definitely help.

I probably did about 20/25 hours of practice, but I'm not certain, it was probably less

Thank you! I am doing SO bad on AR.... is the ISC book a lot harder than the exam for this section?

The ISC book is EXTREMELY hard for AR, especially compared to the actual thing. It's good in terms that it explains the questions well and gives you loads of great tips for finding the relationships, but the questions have multiple dead obscure relationships, which I found was nothing like the actual thing.

that's a relief thanks! It is a shame it's not letting me like your posts and sorry for the constant questions

Hi dr_2b

Just saw that you have your UKCAT coming up in August and wondered how you are getting on with your prep?

Hopefully you have been managing to set aside a few hours each day and can continue to do so up until your test date. It is definitely a good idea to do regular practise in the weeks leading up to the exam rather than trying to cram right before.

Have you got lots of resources available to you? Let me know if you would like any pointers with this.

With your test date not far away, I thought you might be interested in reading this blog. You'll find some great tips for doing the best you can on the big day.

Do give me a shout if you have any questions... always happy to help.

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Personally I found that it was about a 1:2 ratio of T/F/CTentences. It could be different for you, though. I've heard some people have had a larger majority of Sentences.

Thanks uniadmissions. I have read the blog and it is indeed helpful

My test is early Aug but it's not going great (first two mock 550-600 average ) but probably because i am not concentrating during the tests. I am hopimg to ace the QR so i can make up for my vr and ar scores.

Resources: 600 isc and medify.

Alright thanks for letting me know, do you have any tips for the sentence type questions on VR and General VR tips. I always go over the time limit for that section :/Posted from TSR Mobile

UKCAT Ninja is a great online resource for those interested! I kinda used Medify a little too early so I needed a new resource and stumbled upon this, it's got a very similar interface to Medify in terms of how easy it is to use and I thought the VR and Situational Judgement were better to learn from this site than Medify. It has a free demo before you decide whether or not you like it.

Hi, I just did my UKCAT test last saturday and i got:
VR: 520
QR: 780
AR: 820
SJ: band 2
So do you guys think this is good enough to get me into uni?

Yes!! That's a great score! Congrats Where are you thinking of applying? I recommend Manchester with that score.

Yep thats actually my first choice with Leeds as my second

Great! Leeds is really good apparently my friend applied there last year. Any ideas for your other 2 choices? I think it's Newcastle that uses a ukcat cut off too? Ukcat cut off unis would be good for your score as you'd easily pass to the interviews

Maybe Liverpool, I think Newcastle is a bit far for me

Ah right, Liverpool is good too but they don't put that much emphasis on the ukcat so other aspects of your application have to be good that's all You must be relieved that the ukcat is over now haha, how long did you spend revising for it?

Same here: has anyone used Blackstone Tutors? I've been told Medify is good but for how long/ which package?

Thanks in advance



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