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Niel Bohr,  Danish Physicist and Nobel prize winner in 1922 once said that ‘An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field’. I took the exam THREE times before scoring in the top 10%. In this article, we will discuss the five mistakes I made when preparing for the exam. The UCAT was one of the most challenging things I’ve ever had to overcome. I failed to get an offer for medical school twice before finally succeeding on my third attempt. Part of my success was because I was able to significantly improve my UCAT average and score in the top [Read More]

Chances are you’ll get at least one speed, distance and time problem in the Quantitative Reasoning subtest. With enough practice and a good idea of what to look out for when reading a question, these problems become easier to solve. Often found in text format, this type of question-type is one many students become quickly familiar with, so don’t get nervous if you don’t know how to approach it. In this article, we will explore the key skills needed for dealing with speed, distance and time problems in the UCAT quantitative reasoning. These are all basic skills and should be used as a guide to help recognise weak areas and [Read More]

The Situational Judgement is the 5th and final section of the UCAT. In this article, we will look at the subtest in more detail. What to Expect The subtest measures your ability to understand real-world situations and to identify appropriate behaviour in dealing with them. You will be given 22 scenarios accompanied by 69 questions. For some items, you will need to consider the appropriateness of possible actions, and for others, you will need to consider the importance of possible considerations. Some of the questions will require that you rate responses from four possible options. Other questions will require you to choose the most and least appropriate action to take [Read More]