UKCAT for 2017 Entry to UK

It is being piloted, so they're seeing how people do on it so they will be able to score it next year, but also to decide whether it is too easy/difficult I think.

It's hard to actually get an accurate score because the computer usually calculates your score for you and it's supposed to be relative to how other students have done and all...

But as a general rule of thumb; (the number of answers you got correct/the number of questions x 600) + 300.

So it wouldn't really matter if I use that time to take a toilet break?

I haven't looked into Kings for myself properly, however I know that they don't value the UKCAT as much as other uni's so just find out about whether they require a certain band as I'm not sure on that part sorry. SGUL don't use SJT either but they need 500+ each section of the UKCAT so as long as you meet that and their min GCSE points then you should be fine Newcastle don't use SJT but they need a very high ukcat and obviously we have no idea of their cut off score yet.
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Nope

And even if you do take a toilet break, I found that you have plenty of time to answer all the questions anyway



I'm not sure if you're talking about Dentistry, and I apologise in advance if you are, but you're wrong about Kings. Although they look at the entire application, they're renowned for being UKCAT heavy.
It is entirely possible that 690 will be enough. It has been for most years, but if the average increases by much this year, it may not be. It's always worth a shot, though, if you have your heart set on Kings

anyone else getting really bored of the UKCAT now? First started looking at it mid july and am so done at this point just want to get it over with haha

I did the ukcat first time 3 years ago and started looking at revision a year ago for my test on the 10th of September. wouldn't say getting bored just want a good score 😂


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I did the ukcat first time 3 years ago and started looking at revision a year ago for my test on the 10th of September. wouldn't say getting bored just want a good score 😂


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I did the ukcat first time 3 years ago and started looking at revision a year ago for my test on the 10th of September. wouldn't say getting bored just want a good score 😂



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Anyone been on ukcat threads of previous years? Just wondering if the amount of higher scores posted this year is normal, or whether there seems to be more high scores posted than normal? I know TSR isn't representative but comparing to previous years can be helpful


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It's normal. Generally the scores start very high and then even out as we go into mid-September time.

Hey there,

I have not taken the test but I do face the exact same problem as you. Firstly, there won't be many T/F/CT questions in the exam. We will be lucky if we get more than 3/4 stems in the real thing.

Majority of the VR questions that we will face are comprehension questions. But only a fraction of the comprehension questions don't have a keyword in the main question such as 'which of the following statements are true?'. I have counted these types of questions in the official mocks and these style of questions only represent approx. 8 of the 44 questions. So I am planning to triage these questions to be more efficient because it is just wasting time looking at each statement for a particular keyword(they are also overrepresented in the Medify mocks:?)

Does anyone think this is a sensible idea? to triage these?

Good Luck to us all

why?

Anyone who's done the UKCAT this year; how did you find the difficulty of VR and AR in the mock on the UKCAT website compared to in the real exam? Easier, harder or not much difference? Ik for a fact that QR is significantly easier but was just wondering about VR/AR

I found VR the same difficulty. The passages were longer but I couldn't tell much more difference. Ten times easier than those 1000Q questions but as it is the first section, nerves can be an issue.

QR severely depends on luck. I got unlucky and received quite a few harsh, multi-step questions that I simply had to guess because I didn't have the time (One question was OVERLOADED with data to say the least). However most people have found that the QR is good so it does depend on the day. Other people I've talked to have also said they've received a nasty set in their questions so I'm guessing that there must be a few mixed in with some of the nice questions.

AR is much easier. Type 1 was such a breeze but type 2 was a bit of a killer to be honest. Again something that people have either done very well in or struggled a lot so I'm guessing it's another round of luck that's needed here.

I see. Are the 1000Q VR questions seriously that much harder than the actual exam? I had a hunch that they're probably slightly harder but I didn't know it was that bad. I've been scoring around 4/8 on average in those questions so I don't know if that's good or bad.

Compared with the actual VR? Yes. On their own their quite nice. If you're getting 4/8 on them, you're probably aiming for 670-700 on the actual exam.