UKCAT 2008 Thread

ok im kind of freakin rite so iv done my ukcat but can u repeat itagn this year? i only averaged at 625 n almost everyone i no has got higher i dunno if theres even point in me applyin

newcastle automatically reject everyone with AAA predictions

Im confused, why would they reject everyone with such good predicted grades?

verbal reasoning - 670
QR - 700
AR - 660
DA - 670

i guessed more than half of the QR! its a joke! its doesnt judge how clever you are, just how lucky you guess!

Damn our scores in each section are pretty much on par lawl! (Though your average is 3 points higher than mine!) Anyway, don't pull yourself down about it. I felt really bad about it even after getting AAAA in my AS results this time last week but it's got to the point where it's done and you can only focus on strengthening every other aspect of your application. All I can say is be wary of where you're going to apply to. For instance, I've decided not to apply to King's and Barts due to the circulation of their cut-off scores. That's as much as I can say. Just don't dwell on it too much like I did.

Your average is slightly lower than mine though we're in the same boat with regards to UKCAT vs. AS results. Same advice as above.

u did really well in ur Verbal reasoning..I hv my ucat at the end of this month.


Verbal reasoning is pretty difficult coz of the time limit. How did u cope?

i don't know whether its just my luck or something but the whole thing was soo much easier than the practice test! the extracts were really small, like 3 small paragraphs max and then i had a small paragraphs about henry the 8th, with questions like ' did henry the 8th create the english church because he wanted to have a divorce' and 'did he marry eight times?' which i didnt even have to look read. i think i was just lucky, or maybe it is just easier..

To those of you, who are getting all ' worried' abt their ukcat scored being like 605-630 !! . . u reallyy have no need to ! .. You shoukd infact get Happy ! ..
I have a few freinds who are into QM medic 08 with 605, and 633 etc ! .. as Long as you are over 600, you definately have a decent chace of getting in ! .. ofcourse with all the other stuff !

Even though uni's say they dont count Ukcat with such importacne.. they practically lie ! . . we all know if the uni has somone with 717 and 610, they are probly more likely to choose the 717 one.. if both are of the same ability, ps..grades n all.. etc !

I have AAA in my A2's at Chem, Bio and Law... n taking a gap year ! AS Psychology at A ! .. n in the gap year have taken additional as level..of Physics !

I was just wondering if anyone else is finding the verbal reasoning test horeendously difficult !!! .. i cant seeem to get any of the questions correct in the book !! . . its suchh a mess !! .. n i dont even agree with half othe asnwers ! .. i got like 6/30 correct ! .. and thats the only section I have prepared for !

those..who have already done their tests... are the passages the same length as the ones in the book ? or slightly easier.?

make me feel good..its 4:am.. i am panickingg !! .. lol !..

Good luck to the rest ! .. though i definately need the most !

To people who are worrying about the UKCAT score: Dont worry.
To put it into perspective, the UKCAT makes up only 8% of the application at Edinburgh and 10% at St. Andrews.
So its really not the end of the world if your UKCAT score isn't that high as you have the other parts like PS to make up for.

Thanks I am a true believer in trying to stay calm and completely focusing your attention on the test so you can work as quickly and efficiently as possible! I really struggled with the time limits in practices, so I cut down the times that are given to say 15 minutes from the given 20, and practiced like that. It was a real shock in the exam to be able to finish with time left over, I can only pin in down to adrenaline to be honest!
Good luck for yours, I highly recommend using the www.medicmix.com site to practise the UKCAT, they have tips and a long practice test for each section. You have to sign up, but it's definitely worth it.

the UKCAT makes up only 8% of the application at Edinburgh

The first one I'd say B, cos set A the shape is turned 180 degrees and set A the shape is truned 90 degrees clockwise.

And second one i'd say A, although not too sure. Set A has one line of symmetry whilst set B has several?

I think Sheffield do. I read in the Daily Mail the other day about some girl who got 11 A* at GCSE, 4 A's at A-level and 1950 in the UKCAT, but got rejected by them as they have a 2000 point cut off (so 500 average).


(Get's out of this thread as medicine has nothing to do with me)