UKCAT for 2017 Entry to UK

I sat the UKCAT last year. I think that 600 book is BS for QR its WAY easier in actual exam, same can be said about AR tbh. Verbal is harder in the exam than the book.

Medify is golden.....id say its pretty representative!

Hi everyone! My exam is next week I was wondering how easier/harder is the real thing than the official mocks that are on the UKCAT website? and what about the Kaplan mocks? I'm getting around 700 on the official ones and 750 on the Kaplan ones...

Thanks in advance!

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Hey guys I did the KAPLAN course and they give you loads of practise tests and atm im averaging at 1800 with my test on the 13th September but I also bought the 1000 UKCAT questions book and these questions are so much harder than the ones on kaplan. Which one is closer to the real thing if anyone has done both and has already done the test? Thanks so much

Anyone know if UKCAT ninja is good to use? Is it representative to the real thing?

How did it go?

Well, despite all my worries, having done the test yesterday I am very pleased with my result: TOTAL: 2110 703.33 Average- Band 2 VR-740 QR-720 AR-650 Could anyone give me any advice for good unis to apply to in 2017? I would say that I definitely found medify mocks and official UKCAT mocks more difficult than the real thing. Provided you have practiced it should be fine. The thing I cannot stress enough is FLAG, GUESS, MOVE ON. Getting bogged down in the first few questions of a section only leads downhill. If you run into a challenging question, guess and flag it for the end.

Hope you did well too, IbHopeful!!!!!!

Top tips after i sat the exam:

1) I panicked for 10 minutes at the start of verbal reasoning - mainly down to nerves. This might of been because i arrived early, thinking i could just wait in reception for a little bit to calm myself down. However, i ended up being dragged in 30 minutes early - this threw me quite a bit. So first of all, make sure you mentally prepare yourself for the exam (Do some vr practice right before etc). Stay calm, you'll do great. Don't go in till you're ready.
2) For verbal reasoning, the questions weren't as hard as the ones on the mocks. However, the passages were slightly longer. Make sure you practice skim reading! If you see a passage looks long/complicated and the questions look hard immediately flag and move on - you can come back to it later!
3) The data is quantitative reasoning is much more simple and easier to understand than those found in the mocks or on medify. The only thing is that the calculations often involve multiple steps. Make sure you use the numpad to operate the keyboard to speed yourself up!
4) Alt+C to open the calculator. Ctrl+N for Next Questions. Ctrl+P for previous questions. Ctrl+F to flag. These speed things up a heck of a lot! You can easily gain an extra 30 seconds on each section just by using these!
5) For abstract reasoning, practice makes perfect. Some patterns are very simple, and some are more complicated. I recommend you write down any patterns you missed during practice and read them out once a day.
6) Some mouses at the exam centres can be 'sticky'. If they are, just pick it up and wipe the bottom with your hand - should make the mouse much more accurate.
7) Remember, TSR is in no way representative of the rest of the country. Don't be demoralised by the +700 scores. Only the top 15% of candidates get scores these high - getting an average score is good enough for most unis (Apart from the UKCAT heavy ones - of which there are about 7-8).
8) I'm not sure if all pearson centres are the same, but you are essentially sitting in a room full of about 10-15 computers divided by panels. It isn't like being in a box, but you can't see the person next to you. Earplugs and headphones are provided - there was a noisy AC unit at my centre, so i put the earplugs in.
9) The text in verbal reasoning is not a text document, but an image of the text. This means you can't highlight passages by left clicking and dragging over the text. If you were scan reading like this, stop now! Also, you can't zoom in using ctrl+><.

Good luck everyone, you'll do great!

Top tips after i sat the exam:

1) I panicked for 10 minutes at the start of verbal reasoning - mainly down to nerves. This might of been because i arrived early, thinking i could just wait in reception for a little bit to calm myself down. However, i ended up being dragged in 30 minutes early - this threw me quite a bit. So first of all, make sure you mentally prepare yourself for the exam (Do some vr practice right before etc). Stay calm, you'll do great. Don't go in till you're ready.
2) For verbal reasoning, the questions weren't as hard as the ones on the mocks. However, the passages were slightly longer. Make sure you practice skim reading! If you see a passage looks long/complicated and the questions look hard immediately flag and move on - you can come back to it later!
3) The data is quantitative reasoning is much more simple and easier to understand than those found in the mocks or on medify. The only thing is that the calculations often involve multiple steps. Make sure you use the numpad to operate the keyboard to speed yourself up!
4) Alt+C to open the calculator. Ctrl+N for Next Questions. Ctrl+P for previous questions. Ctrl+F to flag. These speed things up a heck of a lot! You can easily gain an extra 30 seconds on each section just by using these!
5) For abstract reasoning, practice makes perfect. Some patterns are very simple, and some are more complicated. I recommend you write down any patterns you missed during practice and read them out once a day.
6) Some mouses at the exam centres can be 'sticky'. If they are, just pick it up and wipe the bottom with your hand - should make the mouse much more accurate.
7) Remember, TSR is in no way representative of the rest of the country. Don't be demoralised by the +700 scores. Only the top 15% of candidates get scores these high - getting an average score is good enough for most unis (Apart from the UKCAT heavy ones - of which there are about 7-8).
8) I'm not sure if all pearson centres are the same, but you are essentially sitting in a room full of about 10-15 computers divided by panels. It isn't like being in a box, but you can't see the person next to you. Earplugs and headphones are provided - there was a noisy AC unit at my centre, so i put the earplugs in.
9) The text in verbal reasoning is not a text document, but an image of the text. This means you can't highlight passages by left clicking and dragging over the text. If you were scan reading like this, stop now! Also, you can't zoom in using ctrl+><.

Good luck everyone, you'll do great!