[Ally]

Seems like (next year!) majority of medschools are gonna require students to sit extra entrance tests:

http://www.medlink-uk.com/UKCAT/UKCAT%20me...files/frame.htm

[Nathan]

Seems like (next year!) majority of medschools are gonna require students to sit extra entrance tests:

http://www.medlink-uk.com/UKCAT/UKCAT%20me...files/frame.htm

OMG! But i suppose if you dont get a good mark then you shouldnt apply for medicine...and then you havent wasted 4 spaces on your ucas form

[werlop]

Hmm, I wonder how it will compare to the BMAT... I did wonder when something like this would happen.

Seems a bit strange that this new test won't have a science paper like the BMAT.

[Ally]

Seems a bit strange that this new test won't have a science paper like the BMAT.

Yeah, that's quite weird. It says it's not curriculum-based either; for the BMAT it tests GCSE knowledge, doesn't it?

[Chünz]

Damnit... oh well better start getting smart.

[Nathan]

Damnit... oh well better start getting smart. 

me too!

[Nathan]

Does anybody know when the website

www.ukcat.ac.uk is planned to go live?

all i've heard is that it's this month sometime

[Nathan]

for anyone applying to Medicine or Dentistry in 2007 later...

The UKCAT site is now live:

http://www.ukcat.ac.uk/home/

However, the example questions and test centres won't be online until end May/June

But for now, there is still some info on the test

[Nathan]

Registration is now online, and example test questions

[Vixus]

I thought they already did? I'm surprised they're only just instating it.

[Nathan]

Interesting fact for medicine/dentistry applicants;

if you recieve EMA at £30 per week, you are elegable to sit your UKCAT for free..all you need to do is fill in a form and send it to nottingham

[jackbauer]

additional practice questions now available

[Nathan]

I'm sitting it on 3rd Aug...scary biscuits

[Allana]

I'm sitting it on the 5th of August

[Allana]

I've been doing practise questions and I actually enjoy working my way through them!

The only ones which appear to be my weakness are associating shapes!

Oh dear, I must not be very observant. There are other websites and stuff with 'matching shapes' questions so I can brush up on them if they make an appearance in the test.

I like the ones where you have to formulate realistic sentances using codes.

What does everyone else think about it?

[Michael]

Ive did this test yesterday, its just a weird. When you leave its difficult to have any idea how you've done but the one thing I will say is that the questions arent too difficult but they get progressively harder in each section and time is definately the biggest issue. There just isnt enough of it. I mean I think if you break down the sections for the shapes you get somethin like 9.3 secs per question which is pretty ridiculous.

[Allana]

I tend to be quite good with timing, although I've heard from several people that you simply don't get enough for this test.

Is the ukcat used as a last resort when the admissions panel is unsure about the candidate? Or do they consider everyone's ukcat score?

I tend to be quite good with timing, although I've heard from several people that you simply don't get enough for this test.

Is the ukcat used as a last resort when the admissions panel is unsure about the candidate? Or do they consider everyone's ukcat score?

[Nathan]

I tend to be quite good with timing, although I've heard from several people that you simply don't get enough for this test.

Is the ukcat used as a last resort when the admissions panel is unsure about the candidate? Or do they consider everyone's ukcat score?

Considering most of the Scottish unis use a points system..ie academics has so many points, extra-curricular has so many points, etc, I would imagine that it would just be allocated a certain number of points....but I'm not even gonna attempt to fathom how they choose their students

[John]

Since when have Scottish Unis used a points system for selecting pupils?

[Nathan]

Since when have Scottish Unis used a points system for selecting pupils?

Apparently they do for medicine...i dunno