UKCAT for 2017 Entry to UK

Thank you but it'd take too long in the exam due to the timing.

what would you consider to be overpreparing? everyone says that 30-40 hours is the recommended time to revise but I have 3 weeks and i'm tempted to do around 2-3 hours everyday. I know it's a lot but I want to ensure I get a good mark. I've heard of some people who revised for months and did countless hours of revision and ended up with scores as low as 630. I'm aiming for 700ish. I don't want to overdo it with revision. Do you think 2-3 hours every day for 3 weeks is too much?

Hello everyone,I have been practicing for the UKCAT and I have really been struggling with the abstract section and it is a section I got 900 in 3 years ago(mostly down to luck), now I am applying as a graduate and I don't feel that confident with this section. Like writer's block I seem to have an abstract block :/Any word of advice?

Hi saran23

Hoping I can offer you some advice for getting over your 'abstract block'!

Use a system to identify patterns, we recommend N-S-P-C-C.

First look at number - count everything you see: sides, shapes, angles, circles, arrows etc. Then look at patterns with size (big vs small), position (corner or centre of box), colour (be careful this is often a distractor), conformation (the relationship between different shape positions) respectively.

Spend most of the time deducing the rule, then answer the questions quickly.

I hope you find that useful. Do shout if there is anything else... always happy to help!

UniAdmissions

Thank you so much

I'll put this to practice

Do lots of practice questions and you'll get better at recognising the patterns. I'm getting better with practice. Also acronyms like SCANS help (shape, colour, arrangement, number of shapes etc, symmetry).

I was doing a quantitative reasoning question on Medify. It had data that involved powers such as 6 x 10^24. However there isn't a power button on the calculator so how would you go about these type of questions?

What % of questions in the quantitative reasoning section would you need to get right to get a high score? Does anyone have a mark/score slider thingy?

Hi saran23

Hoping I can offer you some advice for getting over your 'abstract block'!

Use a system to identify patterns, we recommend N-S-P-C-C.

First look at number - count everything you see: sides, shapes, angles, circles, arrows etc. Then look at patterns with size (big vs small), position (corner or centre of box), colour (be careful this is often a distractor), conformation (the relationship between different shape positions) respectively.

Spend most of the time deducing the rule, then answer the questions quickly.

I hope you find that useful. Do shout if there is anything else... always happy to help!

UniAdmissions

What % of questions in the quantitative reasoning section would you need to get right to get a high score? Does anyone have a mark/score slider thingy?

To those of you who have already sat the test, how did Medify's mock test 1 compare?

I just scored this on the mock:
VR 730
QR 600
AR 730

Really annoyed about QR as I haven't ever got that low and I thought the section wasn't that hard and thought AR was harder!
Is the QR like this one?

I remember doing this one. What I did was reduce this to 6 x 10^3 and reduced the other numbers by the same proportion so that any percentage change would be the same. And I could also put them on the calculator easier

I'd have to disagree. This is quick mental maths.
Maybe you should brush up on standard form?

Hi,
Could anyone please provide an answer for the following questions, as they were not provided?