Desperate Help Needed!!!!!!!

[w.a.n.n.a.b.e.]

So guyz... wat can a person do who has booked his UKCAT exam on the 24th of August but is stuck in Malaysia till the 16th of August because he is on a internship?

[sara7000]

ummmm go back on the 16th and start practising i guess lolzzz or practise online, internet is evrywhere :P

[sara7000]

btw do the four sub-tests appear one after the other or do u get a mini break between each? and is there enough space on the board to write or does ur writing have to be absolute miniscure? and does the calculatr work fine? aaaahhhhh im panicking. thnx

[sara7000]

You can go shopping and have lunch then come back some other day for another 5 minutes of testing. I think not....

tht striked where it hurts mr. sandeep lolz i meant can u relax a minute but probably not thnx im panicking even more now

[Bubblez.MD]

With the verbal reasoning section - I've found that 'speed reading' or jus reading something - newspapers, larges chunks of info in a timed conditions, and then recalling some of the main fact helps

[sara7000]

Just a few questions (probably some are stupid) but for clarification:

1. Does the screen automatically close at the end of each sub-test?
2. Does a clock showing how much time you have left appear on the screen somewhere?
3.For AR how many questions appear simultaneously on the screen? (Like it is five for each set of shapes, do the five appear together?)
4. How many for QR, VR and DA?
5. Should you write the code down, or is it much quicker to do it in your head(unreliable)?
6. How long after the test do you get your result?
7. If approximately you get 50% correct in each section, does it mean an average of 450?

AND NOW THE GRAND FINALE:

(I've asked this question ten times ... but, no answer )

8. Is there enough space on the white board(size)? Is it two-sided?
I know it doesn't rub off

Plsssss sum1 clarify these points. Thnx

[nuttybebeh]

tht striked where it hurts mr. sandeep lolz i meant can u relax a minute but probably not thnx im panicking even more now

I cant remember that much of the test. OMG you are asking pretty picky questions

[nuttybebeh]

You get result starught after wards.

I depends how fast you work

I would translate it as much as possible on the decision making skill

White board can rub off, i rubbed it off with my sleeve, make do

[nuttybebeh]

Erm- timing use the calculator at least get the questions right using one

There is only one white board i remember

[nuttybebeh]

Sara
Your message illustrates exactly why practice is important. A big part of your success at the UKCAT rests on learning to use onlyn the information that you need and not all that is given to you. If you have looked at the UKCAT website, you will see that some questions do give a lot of information and in fact, on this very forum, some people have warned about the fact that the verbal reasoning texts are longer than in many practice books.

I would say that it is almost normal that you are not doing so well if you have just got the book and have just started to practise. However, once you have been through a few hours of practice, you will find that your brain will learn to cope with the speed of the exam. Use the book and whatever other preparation tools you have to get used to the different formats of the questions. It is possible that the book may be a bit challenging but it is best to prepare that way rather than having an easy ride during your preparation, only to get a massive shock at the exam.

24 days is a long way to go still and I am sure you only need a third of that to do well. Just keep going and you will get the hang of it.

I personally bought all the books available for my son (I work as a consultant in the NHS) and have found that the 600 UKCAT practice book was the best one available. For a start it is the most complete and has both practice and mock exam. But more importantly the others are too easy for the exam and therefore will not necessarily prepare you well. You will feel confident and proud of yourself but this will not necessarily translate into positive results at the exam. None of the questions in the "600 Practice questions" book are actually that difficult but, as you pointed out, it is a matter of trying to do everything within a specific time limit. But eh, that is what everyone finds hard at the UKCAT and that is why the exam is challenging.

It is also worth remembering that the scoring system is strange at the UKCAT so for example, experience has shown that it is possible to get a score of 700 in the quantitative reasoning by doing only 50% of the exercises. So, as you can see, there must be some allowance in the marking for the time challenge.

Good luck.

Wow a real consultant- cant wait to be like you