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Passing the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) and BMAT 2008 (Student Guides to University Entrance) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Felicity Taylor, Rosalie Hutton, Glenn Hutton
Publisher: Learning Matters Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 28006
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 244
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 184445178X
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9781844451784
ASIN: 184445178X
Publication Date: April 21, 2008
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 You just don't need a book for the UKCAT December 10, 2008
I sat the UKCAT in september 2007 and retrospectively I realsie this and a couple of books like it were a huge waste. The whole point of the UKCAT is you just can't revise for it, and the questions in these books werent written by pearsons vue so they differ quite significantly sometimes. Most of all its probably useful for the maths side of things rather than the written but still, I just wouldn't bother. The UKCAT isn't an attainment test like GCSEs or A-levels, instead its an aptitude test. The whole point of the test is to establish your maximum ability rather than a minimum level of competence. As a result its not about testing you on specific scenarios or material that can be revised for but rather commen sense.
 Really not worth it. September 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The guide kicks off with a lot of irrelevant information about general application to medical school, UCAS, personal statement writing etc - not useless by any means, but definitely not brilliant.
The real meat of the book is the practice questions, and I'm afraid to say that this is where it really falls over. The verbal reasoning questions are terrible, there are multiple typos, huge logical inconsistencies, many ambiguous questions and some of the answers are simply entirely wrong.
The other sections seem to be of a better quality, but on the basis of the second chapter, I really wouldn't bother with this book - no academic text (especially one with an emphasis on comprehension and critical thinking) should contain such elementary mistakes.
So far, so bad September 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a magazine sub-editor and my flatmate is a patent attorney - we're both professional wordsmiths in our thirties. Following considerable analysis and debate (with diagrams!), we agree that there are flaws in the reasoning and the explanations of some of the verbal reasoning tests in this book. The logic applied also seems to be inconsistent across different questions. As a result, some of the questions seem ridiculously difficult.
The text also contains grammatical and typographic errors, which contribute to the sense of a badly produced guide.
The rest of the book may be more useful, but I am not impressed so far. It gets two stars because it could be worse!
Helpful for some sections August 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book will help you mainly for the abstract reasoning and decision analysis. However the verbal reasoning section is terrible. A lot of the answers are wrong and provide invalid explanations.
Helpful? Some parts
Worth the money? No
Better alternatives? Buy the succeeding the UKCAT book.
OK-ish August 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found the first section helpful, applying for Graduate Entry by myself means I haven't been told some of the things that I'm sure those applying straight from college will have about personal statements etc.
The questions were however too few and disproportionately difficult; though I guess being overprepared is better than under. There were also 3 errors (that I picked up on; there may in fact be more) but they were quie obvious ones so don't really impede on your learning.
Worth the 10 I paid just to feel a bit more prepared but not great.
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