UKCAT Panic help!!!

[zhangyuzhi]

my suggestions for VR and AR:

VR: take a look at the question first, if you have no clue after a few secs, skip. some Qs are particularly nasty e.g. those involving a lot of data and rules. Many of them are simpler so make sure to get those correct. Time is a huge problem in this section- I left 2 Qs unanswered in my real exam...didn't even have time to guess lol

AR: Pay attention to number, shape/symbols, colour/shading, relative size (big square, small square for example), direction (pointing towards same direction for example), distribution (shapes sticking together, or organized diagonally, for example). Usually you can find a pattern in each set, if not, guess via your instinct- it works sometimes. It might not be that bad as I had completely no idea of what's going on in 2 groups of AR questions in mine (10Qs total), and I got 750 at the end. Don't leave the questions unanswered as you will not be marked against wrong ones. good luck.

[bright_lights]

You will be fine just relax! I did one day of reading a UKCAT book around a month before the exam and then 3 hours working though online examples the night before. I was only so relaxed as I booked and sat it very early so didnt really think of it as a big deal but I seriously doubt I would have a better score if I'd done 600 questions or whatever it is! !

Do some practise to familiarise yourself with the test layout. Not too much. Keep calm. And answer quickly and efficiently. The test was designed to test your natural problem solving ability so its not like a school test, you can't "revise" for it in the typical sense.

Best of luck!

[conorcd]

the 600 q book was good. most people seem to have got lower on vr than they expected because the passages were a bit too long, I think

[erasmus]

Has anyone done the practice test on the ukcat website
if so is it easier or harder than the actual test or is it the same?

[erasmus]

big day tmrw...........

[erasmus]

aye i realised that i was nailing the AR last week so decided to give QR a go this week and jst dun sum AR and im nt gd at it nemore!!!!!!!!!!!

[conorcd]

aye i realised that i was nailing the AR last week so decided to give QR a go this week and jst dun sum AR and im nt gd at it nemore!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you a Geordie ( you typed in Geordie!)

[erasmus]

Are you a Geordie ( you typed in Geordie!)

lol na m8 im no a geordie, ma way of talkin is Livapool+Central Scotland

Btw dun ma ukcat i got
VR - 560 (gutted!)
QR - 720
AR - 630(shocked at this i reckon i got most of the patterns and finished so quickly i had 5mins to spare!!!!!!!!!!)
DA - 700(this is a good save coz at the begining of this section i was drifting away and wasted soooo much time, i was thinking whetha to go to pizza hut or mcds for lunch lmao!)
gave me an avg of 652.5 nae bad for a weeks practice

[conorcd]

in top 30% so great

[erasmus]

ow do u no tha m8?