UKCAT 2008 Thread

^^^ i only got one. its not changed. it jus depends what you enter i think

Really? well I did it in the same place lol how random

I think Dain Bramaged means it depends on your answers to the questions - for example I think people who got one paragraph probably had answers all pointing to the same thing, whilst others with three, their answers may have suggested a number of different things?! That's my explanation of it anyway!

Great score by the way, well done

Can't have been, cos my one paragraph said that I balanced the rights of society with the law, so shows that I wasn't one sided. I can't think of any other explanation though, besides either having different situations, or the people that had three paragraphs, answered it in a different way..

Hey all,

I'm gonna take a gap year and apply next year for Medicine. Obviously I'll be doing my UKCAT next year.
But I could also take it this year for practice. I can't remember where, and it may have been a forum, but I remember reading that taking the test for practice is frowned upon. Do universities know if you've taken it before and what score you got?

I don't mean one-sided. I mean all the answers that you selected probably pointed towards the fact that you 'balanced the rights of society with law' or whatever, whereas others might have possibly conflicting or maybe just different answers that suggest a range of things rather than just a single thing. Get me?

Have you considered deferred entry? That means if you don't succeed this year, you'll have two shots at it rather than one, and still get your gap year.

Yeah i have. But i'm taking a gap year not for the fun of it (although i have no clue how i'm supposed to spice it up without paying a few grand to go to africa or something) but because i want to apply when i have all my grades. My grades aren't good enough to apply yet. I wanna retake some modules in chemistry.

But taking the test would make you familiar with what it's like?
Or is it practically identical to the practice questions?

Thanks by the way!

I think Dain Bramaged means it depends on your answers to the questions - for example I think people who got one paragraph probably had answers all pointing to the same thing, whilst others with three, their answers may have suggested a number of different things?! That's my explanation of it anyway!

Great score by the way, well done

I've booked my test and there's 3 weeks to go.. but i haven't got a valid passport at the moment, it expired a few weeks ago! I have a birth certificate but I don't have any other forms of ID I can use that they ask for! And I haven't started applying to renew my passport yet so it won't get back within 3 weeks. The fallback solution says ask your school or college to attach your photograph to its headed notepaper (original, not a photocopy) and write across the photograph:

Sample ID
The form must be signed by a head teacher or a senior member of staff and bear the school stamp. You must also sign this document.

Has anyone done this before? When they say "attach" do they want a passport photo or any photo that the school have of me and to eletronically or physically attach it? I'm really panicking here, any help would be appreciated! Thanks

http://www.ukcat.ac.uk/pdf/UKCATsampleid.pdf

its on the website...make sure it looks exactly the same. i.e. picture (preferably not printed due to poor quality), stamp on picture, signature, and school header.

Brilliant!! Thanks so much I wish I had rep power

I'm applying for Medicine 2009. Am I considered slow? I've only registered in UKCAT recently but since I live in Hong Kong, there doesn't seem to have a scheduled exam listed there. Also, did all of you practice for the exam? If yes, from what sort of materials? Thanks!

Any advice? I really want to boost up my chances of getting into medical school because I didn't do as well for my predicted as I would have done...

Btw, one of the exams it says that I'll be taking is 'UK Clinical Aptitude Test - Special Educational Needs' Did I do something wrong on my profile?

Thanks