Fully updated to include the review materials and practice
you need for the new Situational Judgment Test
The expert advice, instruction, review and practice students
need to score high on the UKCAT. If you’re planning on
applying to medical or dental school, the new edition of UKAT
For Dummies provides a proven formula for success. It’s
packed with practice questions, in-depth answers, and strategies
and tips for scoring well on each of the test sections, including
the Situational Judgment Test and the new question types introduced
for the Verbal Reasoning and Abstract Reasoning test sections.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction 1
Part I: Understanding UKCAT 5
Chapter 1: The UKCAT and University 7
Chapter 2: Dissecting UKCAT 15
Chapter 3: Taking Tests: UKCAT Strategies that Work 27
Part II: Examining the Subtests 33
Chapter 4: Reading Between the Lines: The Verbal Reasoning Subtest 35
Chapter 5: Making Things Add Up: The Quantitative Reasoning Subtest 61
Chapter 6: Looking at Pretty Patterns: The Abstract Reasoning Subtest 87
Chapter 7: Deciphering the Code: The Decision Analysis Subtest 109
Chapter 8: Making the Call: The Situational Judgement Subtest 133
Part III: Practice Tests 165
Chapter 9: Practice Test One 167
Chapter 10: Practice Test One: Answers and Explanations 227
Chapter 11: Practice Test Two 263
Chapter 12: Practice Test Two: Answers and Explanations 321
Part IV: The Part of Tens 355
Chapter 13: Ten Steps to Help You Get into Medical or Dental School 357
Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Stay Cool Under Pressure 361
Index 365
Circa l’autore
Dr Chris Chopdar and Dr Neel Burton are the
founders and directors of Oxford-based Get into Medical School, an
organisation that specialises in helping students attend medical
school. Both authors are medically qualified and members of the
Royal Academy of Psychiatrists.