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Score Higher on the UKCAT Score Higher on the UKCAT The expert guide from Kaplan, with over 1000 questions and a mock online test THIRD EDITION Brian Holmes Kaplan Test Prep Dr Marianna Parker Kaplan Test Prep Dr Katie Hunt Kaplan Test Prep 1 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions Ltd. 2016 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted First edition 2012 Second edition 2014 Third edition 2016 Impression: 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by licence or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Control Number: 2015957842 ISBN 978–0–19–108730–1 Printed in Great Britain by Bell & Bain Ltd., Glasgow Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this work are as complete, accurate and-up-to-date as possible at the date of writing, Oxford University Press is not able to give any guarantee or assurance that such is the case. Readers are urged to take appropriately qualified medical advice in all cases. The information in this work is intended to be useful to the general reader, but should not be used as a means of self-diagnosis or for the prescription of medication. Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. Preface One test stands between you and a place at the medical school of your dreams: the UKCAT. No matter how strongly you perform in your GCSEs and A-levels, you are likely to find the UKCAT incredibly challenging. Most students who apply to study medicine get top results in their other exams, and are used to surpassing any academic challenge they have encountered. Such students make up virtu- ally the entire UKCAT cohort, and so the UKCAT is designed to differentiate among this cohort of highly capable and resourceful students. Most UKCAT test-takers do very little to prepare for the exam, and each year countless students find that Test Day comes as a rude surprise. They have never sat an exam that they were unable to finish, or in which they were unable to understand fully the nature of the questions being asked. Sadly, these students are unable to get a place studying medicine because of their poor UKCAT results, and must wait another year before taking the test again. At Kaplan, we have helped hundreds of students in this situation over the past few years, and they always tell us the same thing: they wish someone had told them they could prepare for the UKCAT. Despite what you may have heard, the UKCAT is very much a test you can prepare for, and here’s why: the UKCAT is a standardised test, meaning it asks the same types of questions in the same format in each section, regardless of the particular version of the test you may encounter on Test Day. Because the test is standardised, you can prepare for the specific question types, and build your confidence and score by practising for speed and accuracy—ideally with full-length mock tests in proper UKCAT format—before you sit the actual UKCAT. This book includes two full-length Kaplan UKCAT mock tests, a Diagnostic Test that will orient you to the format and challenges of the UKCAT, and a final Mock Test to complete your preparation, as you put the Kaplan top tips learnt in this book fully into practice. This book includes Kaplan’s top tips for building a higher score on each section of the UKCAT, and distils the basics of Kaplan’s comprehensive UKCAT course into a self-study programme. We developed the top tips at Kaplan by working with dozens of UKCAT teachers and helping thousands of students prepare for the UKCAT since its inception in 2006. Our Kaplan top tips have a proven track record, in that they can be learnt and practised so that they become ‘second nature’ by Test Day, and are genuinely helpful for most students to improve their timing and their score. We know that getting into medical school is a challenging endeavour, and we have written this book to help you navigate the challenges of the UKCAT. By learning and practising the Kaplan top tips, we hope you will achieve a score that will ‘make the cut’, so you can pursue your dream of becoming a doctor. Study smart—and think success! Brian Holmes Dr Marianna Parker Dr Katie Hunt Contents About the authors viii Score Higher on the UKCAT: test updates and mock online test ix 1. Assessing the UKCAT 1 2. Kaplan UKCAT Diagnostic Test 5 3. Verbal Reasoning 77 4. Quantitative Reasoning 105 5. Abstract Reasoning 139 6. Decision Analysis 179 7. Situational Judgement 205 8. Kaplan UKCAT Mock Test 225 9. Getting Ready for Test Day Success 301 APPENDIX A. Kaplan Top Tips for Test-Takers with Learning Difficulties 305 B. Chapter 2 Kaplan UKCAT Diagnostic Test Explanations 307 C. Chapter 8 Kaplan UKCAT Mock Test Explanations 332 About the authors Brian Holmes Brian is the Curriculum and Training Director at Kaplan Test Prep International and the head writer for Kaplan’s UKCAT and BMAT courses. He scored a 3310 on the UKCAT. Before relocating to London in 2006, Brian lectured in drama, classics and film at Cornell University and the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated summa cum laude from Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Greek and Latin, and earned a master’s degree in theater arts from UCLA. Dr Marianna Parker MBBS, BSc Marianna earned a Chemistry BSc from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a medical degree from St George’s University of London, where she was nominated for the University of London Gold Medal. As a successful applicant to both UK and US universities, she has extensive personal experience with admissions tests. Marianna has worked as a Kaplan UKCAT lead teacher and writer since 2006. She is a Neonatology Fellow in the Harvard Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. Dr Katie Hunt MA (Cantab) MBBS Katie studied Pre-Clinical Medicine and Developmental Biology at the University of Cambridge and then completed her medical degree at King’s College London School of Medicine, graduating with Distinc- tion. She has always enjoyed teaching and training, with experience both abroad and in the UK. Katie has taught UKCAT and BMAT courses for Kaplan since 2007, including as lead UKCAT teacher. She is a Paediatric Trainee in London and has a keen interest in research and medical education. About Kaplan Test Prep Kaplan Test Prep (www.kaptest.co.uk) has offered test preparation courses in the UK since 1993. Kaplan has been the leading provider of preparation for the UKCAT and BMAT since the tests were first intro- duced, and currently offers classroom-based and online courses and tutoring, in addition to this book. First established in the United States in 1938, Kaplan Test Prep is the world leader in test preparation, offering preparation for more than 90 standardised tests, including entrance exams for UK and US uni- versities, as well as some professional licensure exams. Kaplan Test Prep’s course materials are updated on a regular basis so that Kaplan students have the most current and helpful test prep available. Visit Kaplan Test Prep’s website at www.kaptest.co.uk/ukcattest to access the free, full-length Kaplan UKCAT Mock Online Test, which we recommend that you complete after working through the practice questions and mock tests in this book. Score Higher on the UKCAT: test updates and mock online test The key to achieving a high score in the UKCAT is to become familiar with the style of questions and practise these to develop your technique. It is also very important to practise answering the questions within the timing of the real exam. Once you have finished working through the book you can undertake Kaplan’s Mock Online Test. You will also want to check the test updates in our Online Resource Centre in the year you sit the UKCAT, to ensure you are aware of any test changes in that year. Test Updates Test updates are freely available to readers of this book, but are password protected. To access the test updates, simply visit the online resource centre at www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/orc/kaplan_ukcat3e/ and enter the following username and password: Username: UKCAT1 Password: Admissions Annual changes to the UKCAT by the exam provider are usually announced in April and July, and we will announce any updates on the Online Resource Centre soon thereafter. Mock Online Test This is freely available at www.kaptest.co.uk/ukcattest The Kaplan Mock Online Test looks and functions exactly like the real UKCAT exam so on Test Day you will be familiar with its layout and navigation. The test is automatically timed to mirror the official UKCAT so you can practise getting your timing just right. The next page includes some screenshots of Kaplan’s UKCAT Online Study Plan, which hosts the Kaplan Mock Online Test.

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