Desperate Help Needed!!!!!!!

[sara7000]

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

thnx atleast thts a relief (kinda)

[sara7000]

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

im practising the "picky" side of being a doc:P having to chose the correct inf from loads of rubbish to make the right diagnosis lolz

[sukh21]

The white board is about A5 sized. Well, it was when I did it last year. They should also give you a whiteboard marker and a mini board rubber and also a pair of earplugs. Some ppl at the centre can be really noisy because of their hazard perception tests.

If you're worried about the maths part do what I did last year. Since it requires a grasp of mental maths it is not exactly rocket science. Make some flash cards of the techniques that you need. E.g. percentage increase, percentage decrease etc... Also, what I did was to do the Quantitative Reasoning practice questions in your head. By the end of the my revision that allowed me to calculate 7/9 of 72 within 30 seconds. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GOOD AT MATHS TO DO THE UKCAT. Maths was my worst subject at 6th form level because it requires logic and not so much mental maths. As a result of doing this I got 740 in my QI part when some guys who did Further Maths A level got 620.

Also, I would get a psychometric testing book like the ones that they use in the USA. In essence the UKCAT is a psychometric test and if you ask any American college applicant they will tell you that it is possible to revise for them.

Don't worry, you'll be fine.

[sara7000]

The white board is about A5 sized. Well, it was when I did it last year. They should also give you a whiteboard marker and a mini board rubber and also a pair of earplugs. Some ppl at the centre can be really noisy because of their hazard perception tests.

If you're worried about the maths part do what I did last year. Since it requires a grasp of mental maths it is not exactly rocket science. Make some flash cards of the techniques that you need. E.g. percentage increase, percentage decrease etc... Also, what I did was to do the Quantitative Reasoning practice questions in your head. By the end of the my revision that allowed me to calculate 7/9 of 72 within 30 seconds. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE GOOD AT MATHS TO DO THE UKCAT. Maths was my worst subject at 6th form level because it requires logic and not so much mental maths. As a result of doing this I got 740 in my QI part when some guys who did Further Maths A level got 620.

Also, I would get a psychometric testing book like the ones that they use in the USA. In essence the UKCAT is a psychometric test and if you ask any American college applicant they will tell you that it is possible to revise for them.

Don't worry, you'll be fine.

tbh i dont think u can do the calculations in your head, not the ones i have come across in the 600 Practise Questions book. they r normally sraight forward but the calculation required is quite long. thnx, ill try the falsh cards, another 20 days to go aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

[sukh21]

fair enough...they're not that easy. Try using one of those baby calculators (non scientific one). That's the sort you'll get in the test.