The structure is as follows:. You have roughly 30 seconds to answer each question. There will be questions per long passage of text, the text is around words long. For example, the first paragraph may talk about A and how it relates to B, the second paragraph relates B to C, so what about A is to do with C?
Questions may ask about specific details that you may not have properly acknowledged, so refer back to the text when figures are involved. Verbal reasoning is the most time-pressured out of all. This section lasts 31 minutes and there are 29 questions; this means roughly one question a minute. It is scored from Decision-making was introduced in , replacing an older section called Decision Analysis.
You will be presented with questions that refer to text, charts, tables, graphs or diagrams. The questions are designed to assess how you use information and data to make a decision. The questions can be broken down into six main styles;. All of the questions are standalone so they do not use data or have any overlap from previous questions.
Quantitative reasoning has 36 questions and 25 minutes to answer them. The maths itself is nothing more difficult than around GCSE level, but questions may require several calculations to be made in quick succession. Currency and unit conversions are also common. The exam is multiple-choice, and possible answers will often have similar values with different units.
You have access to a rudimentary calculator. Our best advice for this section is to practice calculations on this calculator. Find an extended keyboard one with a separate number pad and get comfortable using it.
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Sitting full-length practice exams under timed conditions is the most effective preparation for the UCAT. Doing so will familiarise you with the extreme time pressures that you will face, as well as allowing you to practice concentrating for two hours something we very rarely do!
Furthermore, full-length exams will expose you to the various types of questions that you will face in the UCAT, and reviewing the solutions will help you understand where you went wrong. Importantly, because MedEntry has been preparing students for Aptitude tests for over 20 years, we are familiar with the trends and changes that have occurred over the years.
Once you have completed a few full-length trial exams, you will start to understand your weaknesses. Identify which type of question you find most difficult, and if possible, which subtype of question you find difficult. You should then work on your weaknesses by learning further strategies by reading the guides and reviewing solutions in depth and attempting as many practice questions of this type as possible.
This is why students who are taking a gap year tend to achieve higher scores than they did the previous year, because they have had more time to prepare. However, the relationship between preparation time and expected UCAT scores is not linear — it is asymptotic. This means that after a certain amount of preparation time say about hours , more time on preparation still increases the score but not dramatically. It is also worth noting that for several reasons, the increase in scores with preparation is higher for the UCAT than it was for its predecessor, the UMAT, for several reasons.
Each of the first four subtests known as the cognitive subtests will be marked on a scale between - , with a total score range between The majority of test-takers score between to in each of these sections, with an average score of approximately per section. In the Decision Making section questions with one correct answer will be worth one mark, questions with multiple correct answers are worth up to two marks, one for a partially correct response and two for a fully correct response.
There are no marks lost for an incorrect answer. The Situational Judgement test is marked differently. Full marks are awarded for a correct answer and partial marks are awarded if your response is near the correct answer. You will receive a scaled score for the Situational Judgement test, as is the case for the four cognitive subtests.
As the Situational Judgement subtest is a measure of non-cognitive attributes, it will be considered by universities in a different manner to the cognitive subtests. Please refer to their websites for more details.
Generally, a percentile rank of over 90 which is equivalent to a UCAT score of or over is a good UCAT score and would be sufficient to obtain an interview.
This requirement is lower for rural students. It may also vary from year to year depending on the demand for places, as the number of places are fixed. Obtaining a high UCAT score will not only increase the probability of you getting in, but you will be able to get in with a higher rank among the students who are accepted: this has numerous benefits.
If you are a rural student, you would generally need a percentile of 80 or less. Unfortunately, no.
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