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UKCAT

exam · in 4 sources (2017–2018)

Sources by year: 2017: 1 · 2018: 3

Also known as: UK Clinical Aptitude Test

Often together

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

Work experience (2) · Anki (2) · BMAT (admissions) (3) · Personal statement (2) · Medicine interview (3) · active recall (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018

  • 2018-02-17 · Medicine Application - No offers? — recommendation: Ali advises reapplicants to research medical schools in advance and apply tactically: some accept retakes or gap years and some do not, and friends with an average UKCAT score had applied where scores in the 700s were needed. — 00:04:01
    • a guest: The same student advises an applicant with a poor UKCAT score from early September to apply to universities that do not use the UKCAT. — 00:11:50
  • 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — Ali scored about 695 in the UKCAT and says he did really badly in it. — 00:15:34
    • Whether you can work while studying medicine depends on the work: Ali runs a company teaching BMAT and UKCAT courses. — 00:30:35
  • 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali prepared for the BMAT for two months and for the UKCAT for about two weeks, because he did not really care about the UKCAT. — 00:43:55
    • Ali says taking several admissions tests is not too bad because their preparation windows differ: the UKCAT in June or July, the BMAT in September or November; he knows nothing about the GAMSAT. — 00:45:07

2017

  • 2017-10-21 · Speaking on Live TV - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #10 — Ali: In the East London studio, Ali is part of the show's UKCAT and BMAT panel, answering the hosts' questions and phone calls from the audience. — 00:00:36
    • Chris, president of the Imperial College Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Society (as heard), says the panel runs the Bangladeshi British TV show so people without usual access to medicine application information learn about the personal statement, UKCAT, BMAT and interviews. — 00:01:11