Are UKCAT / BMAT / Interview Preparation Courses useful?

I've booked into a ukcat course this June with a company called 'Medic Journey International', they came to talk at my school and were really good. Course is one day long and apparently it's meant to be useful


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Hey.. Which universities were you aiming for ? Your BMAT score ? If you don't mind me asking that is !

Hey UCL, Imperial, Birmingham and Leicester.
5.4, 6.4 & 3.5A was my BMAT score
I recommend booking a private tuition session from one of their tutors. I know them; really good! Skype tuition is just £19

For UKCAT i used a 2 week Medify account and it was plenty, would definitely recommend (I told 4 friends about it and we all got 750+ scores! And the 4-5 medics in our school who didnt, got between 680-710. Could be coincidence/ chance but i thought it helped!

For BMAT i went on the BMAT crash course - WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND. For 'only' £60 it is far far cheaper than other courses, plus not only do you get taught all the science knowledge (I didn't take physics so it was a nice quick way of re learning electricity etc) but the best bit is the booklet with past paper solutions (2009-2012 ..but I am assuming they will put the 2013 solutions up for this year too) and they are SO helpful to see how to get to an answer.
Plus, I met the guy who runs the course by chance at PotMed at Imperial, and he recognised me and we had a good long talk about admissions/ life at Camb (he is 2nd year Emma medic) but best of all HE GAVE ME A MOCK INTERVIEW. Damn helpful. Great bunch of guys.

(and yes, they make a hell of a lot of money from the course, I asked him how much they had made that year and i was like WOW WTF at the answer)

Hmm, I can't say myself because I didn't attend any of these type of courses. I managed absolutely fine without them, I think there are plenty resources out there to use. However, saying that, they may help some people!

For the UKCAT - just practise, no matter how hopeless you feel. I hated the UKCAT but with months of practice, I improved loads. Used to get like high 500-low 600 scores and ended up with 740 in the end.

Good luck!

Hiya, I was just wondering if PotMed was any good especially for interview help as I got an email about it from my tutor. Is it worth it or is it just like all the others?
Thanks

Whats your opinions on the UKCAt crash course or the course by Uni Admissions? When is the best time to start preparing and is there any books I should get now(currently in Lower 6th)?