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BMAT (exam)

exam · in 26 sources (2017–2018)

Sources by year: 2017: 20 · 2018: 6

Also known as: BioMedical Admissions Test, biomedical admissions test

Threads

Also named in the threads: Ali says that because he and his SixMed colleagues graduate next year (2018) and may not have time to run the courses, he is slowly putting the interview course content on YouTube.

Same name, different thing

BMAT (admissions)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

BMAT Ninja (website) (3) · Section 2 Assumed Knowledge Guide (3) · 6med (3) · spaced repetition (3) · active recall (3) · University of Cambridge (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

2017

  • 2017-07-04 · How to prepare for BMAT Section 2 Biology · BMAT Tips series — Ali says BMAT Section 2 biology mostly tests human biology, with little on plants and ecology beyond the carbon and nitrogen cycles and an occasional plant-versus-animal-cell comparison. — 00:00:00
    • Ali advises every BMAT candidate to use the official Section 2 Assumed Knowledge Guide in biology preparation to plug the holes in their knowledge. — 00:00:29
    • Ali advises doing BMAT Section 2 biology questions in far less than a minute each, because they are factual recall without the calculations of the physics, chemistry and maths questions. — 00:00:58
    • Ali advises against spending much time practising BMAT biology, the easiest of the Section 2 subjects; time is probably better spent on physics, chemistry and maths. (hedged) — 00:01:27
  • 2017-07-12 · How to prepare for BMAT Section 2 Chemistry · BMAT Tips series — recommendation: Ali: For BMAT Section 2 Chemistry content, Ali calls the Section 2 Assumed Knowledge Guide your friend and advises learning as much of it as possible. — 00:00:00
    • Ali calls bashing through all the chemistry questions on BMAT Ninja, free of charge, by far the easiest way to practise lots of BMAT chemistry. — 00:00:58
    • For BMAT candidates who find chemistry hard, such as graduates who last did it long ago, Ali says the best bet is memorising as much of the Assumed Knowledge Guide as possible: there is no shortcut. (hedged) — 00:01:56
  • 2017-07-15 · Why I'm starting a Vlog - Cambridge Medical Elective #01 — Ali: Over the previous few weeks in Cambodia, Ali made a few videos giving tips for the BMAT. — 00:01:39
  • 2017-10-05 · How to prepare for Medicine Interviews — announcement: Ali says more videos are coming in the next few weeks on specific parts of medicine interviews, such as answering common questions and Oxbridge interviews. — 00:12:41
  • 2017-10-24 · 6 tips for Medicine MMIs - Multiple Mini Interviews — announcement: Ali says many more videos are coming about medicine interviews and other parts of the medicine application, alongside occasional vlogs about life as a medical student. — 00:03:42
  • 2017-11-21 · Oxbridge Medicine Interview - Q&A — announcement: Ali, a final-year Cambridge medical student, answers questions viewers sent in about the Oxford and Cambridge medicine interviews. — 00:00:00
  • 2017-12-24 · Finishing finals - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #20 — Ali: After the exam Ali spends a few hours editing a medical ethics video, which he had neglected during the exams; three hours later, while his friends went bowling, it is still not done. — 00:02:08
  • …and 31 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017