UKCAT for 2018 Entry Discussion

Original post by Mac117

Thank you for your answer! Would you mind telling me which parts are therefore really on the UKCAT 2017? It's QR, AR, VR and...? My book has the Decision Analysis (with the codes to decipher) but I don't want to spend time studying for it if it's not going to be thee... If DA has been removed, should I just ignore it?

Hey Mac117 :-) As somebody else has pointed out, DA was removed quite a few years ago so you definitely shouldn't bother with it (which is a shame because I remember finding it quite fun!) So going by the official UKCAT website, this year there will be 5 sections VR, QR, AR, SJT (Situaitonal Judgement Test) and DM (Decision Making). Check out our website for lots of free resources and if you would like an additional classroom experience we'll be running our critically acclaimed across the UK courses from June onwards.

Best of luck and feel free let me know of any more questions :-)

Alex, 4th year UCL medic
6med

Reply 64

BlazingRain

4

I've asked this before but I'm still confused so I'll be very grateful for any help. What is the difference between DA and DM questions? Is there any overlap? Do they count towards the final mark?

Also, I'm using the free question bank passukcat.com as that seems to have some DM questions. Does anyone know of any other free resources as I want to keep my powder dry for medify and the official ukcat mock exams... :colone:

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 65

6med

Original post by BlazingRain

I've asked this before but I'm still confused so I'll be very grateful for any help. What is the difference between DA and DM questions? Is there any overlap? Do they count towards the final mark?

Also, I'm using the free question bank passukcat.com as that seems to have some DM questions. Does anyone know of any other free resources as I want to keep my powder dry for medify and the official ukcat mock exams... :colone:

Hey there :-) DA was abolished years ago (which is a shame, because I think it was the easiest section and quite fun too!) and involved interpreting codes. DM involves problem-solving, logic, probabilities, sequences etc. it has some similarities with section 1 of the BMAT. There is virtually no overlap between DA and DM, don't spend any time preparing for DA.

http://www.ukcat.ac.uk/about-the-test/decision-making/

In terms of free resources, check out our UKCAT Ninja website, not sure if our DM material is on there yet but if not it's coming soon!!

Alex, 4th year UCL medic,
6med

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 66

hi everyone

i qualified as an adult nurse in january 2017 and now work as a critical care nurse in ITU and will be reapplying for medicine undergrad and GEM for 2018 entry, i applied for 2017 entry and only got 643 average on ukcat and knew wouldnt get any interviews with that score at newcastle warwick and barts but applied anyway, could only apply their due to my a levels.

i feel like i know a lot about ukcat and applying to medicine so any questions so ahead and ask as i spent my life on student room last year and other people helped me a lot :smile:

Reply 67

swarovski

Original post by medchem

To all people just starting to look at revision stuff - don't waste money on loads of books!!!!

Stick to practise tests and maybe 1-2 weeks of medify but keep your focus on the tests provided by UKCAT x

Thank you for the advice. I have just posted a thread called UKCAT courses and whether anybody found them useful. I'm quite concerned about the test

Reply 68

BlazingRain

4

Thanks Swarovski,

I'll check out the post. Another free resource I'm using is www.passukcat.com which has over a 1,000 free questions including DM of new format. Saving medify for the last month!

Reply 69

rozhkomaria

Hi All!

I'm only starting to explore all the preparation options, also wanting to save the official UKCAT practice questions and mock tests for the end. However, there is a number of "UKCAT question bank" providers (The Medic Portal and UKCAT ninja), plus there's also ISC Medical book of 1250 UKCAT questions, so which one of these to buy? or maybe all of them? I'm afraid that I'll buy them all and then find that they have the same questions...

Reply 70

Original post by rozhkomaria

Hi All!

I'm only starting to explore all the preparation options, also wanting to save the official UKCAT practice questions and mock tests for the end. However, there is a number of "UKCAT question bank" providers (The Medic Portal and UKCAT ninja), plus there's also ISC Medical book of 1250 UKCAT questions, so which one of these to buy? or maybe all of them? I'm afraid that I'll buy them all and then find that they have the same questions...

a lot of people often buy a book like the 1250 questions book, it is often a little harder but think that makes the official questions easier, then buy something like medify on the internet which is like £30/£40 for 2 months and has lots of questions in the same format as ukcat with mock tests also. i used it last year and was very good, when i came to do the ukcat i felt relaxed because i was familiar with the format

Reply 71

YoloMed

16

Has anyone been on the medical portal course? If so, how did you find it?
Their book has some useful tips especially for AR.

And has the 1250 book been released yet?

Reply 72

YoloMed

16

To anyone who used medify, how close were the questions to the actual thing?

The QR section in the 600 book is RIDICULOUSLY difficult

Reply 73

Original post by OloMed

To anyone who used medify, how close were the questions to the actual thing?

The QR section in the 600 book is RIDICULOUSLY difficult

pretty the same. some said the quantative on the actual test was easier than medify. but the whole platform, timings etc work well and give good practice for real thing. good repesentation for all questions i thought

Reply 74

YoloMed

16

Original post by xJessScott

pretty the same. some said the quantative on the actual test was easier than medify. but the whole platform, timings etc work well and give good practice for real thing. good repesentation for all questions i thought

I will definitely use medify this year. I'm currently using the 600 book and finding it extremely difficult. I feel I can't do 75% of the questions in the Quantitative Reasoning section.

And the VR section requires a lot of inference in the 600 book

How do you feel the 600 book compared to the actual test? I'm really struggling with this book

Thanks

Posted from TSR Mobile

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 75

Original post by OloMed

I will definitely use medify this year. I'm currently using the 600 book and finding it extremely difficult. I feel I can't do 75% of the questions in the Quantitative Reasoning section.

And the VR section requires a lot of inference in the 600 book

How do you feel the 600 book compared to the actual test? I'm really struggling with this book

Thanks

Posted from TSR Mobile

lot of people feel like that with this book. questions on medify and the actual exam is easier, obviously you get some of those harder questions occssioanlly but the real exam was much much easier than the book

Reply 76

6med

Original post by OloMed

I will definitely use medify this year. I'm currently using the 600 book and finding it extremely difficult. I feel I can't do 75% of the questions in the Quantitative Reasoning section.

And the VR section requires a lot of inference in the 600 book

How do you feel the 600 book compared to the actual test? I'm really struggling with this book

Thanks

Posted from TSR Mobile

Hey there :-) Don't worry, we always warn our students that the QR questions in that book are notoriously hard. However, it won't hurt to practise with them as it will make the actual test QR seem much easier. Just don't be discouraged if you can't get close to completely the questions within the sugggested time limits.

Alex, 4th year UCL medic,
6med

Reply 77

StA200