Reading is an essential part of preparing for medical school interviews. You will read the news to keep up to date with current medical affairs, you will read your personal statement to ensure you know every detail like the back of your hand, and you will read through any extra scientific reading you want to discuss in the interview. But, is reading fiction and non-fiction medical books worthwhile? The short answer is yes.
UCAT Verbal Reasoning: The Expert Tutors’ Guide 44 questions | 21 minutes The UCAT Verbal Reasoning section is similar to a comprehension test. The UCAT verbal reasoning section aims to assess the accuracy and speed of reading – important traits for a doctor. You need to able to find information that is relevant, then analyse…
UCAT Decision Making 29 questions | 31 minutes The UCAT Decision Making subtest lasts 31 minutes, with one additional minute to read the instructions. The UCAT Decision Making section contains 29 questions that needs to be answered – so you need to work quickly and efficiently at a rate of about one question per minute.…
UCAT Situational Judgement 67 questions | 27 minutes UCAT situational judgement is section 5 of the exam. This is a psychological aptitude test; it is an assessment method used to evaluate your ability in solving problems in work-related situations. UCAT Situational Judgement Tests (or SJTs) are widely used in medicine as one of the criteria…
UCAT Quantitative Reasoning 36 questions | 24 minutes The UCAT Quantitative Reasoning section tests your ability to quickly interpret data and perform relevant calculations upon them. Section 3 contains 36 questions and you have 24 minutes to answer them, giving a total of 40 seconds per question – slightly more generous than the verbal reasoning…
UCAT Abstract Reasoning 55 questions | 14 minutes Why is Abstract Reasoning included? The idea behind UCAT abstract reasoning is to test how well the candidate is able to respond to questions that may go beyond the scope of their knowledge or require them to apply their existing knowledge in an unusual way. This is thought…
Answering, “I don’t know,” is actually really hard. I only learned this lesson at university- at school rarely was I asked a question so directly, or one that was as difficult as those I’ve encountered in my years at Cambridge. This starts with the interview. Walking into a room knowing that the people sat in…
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