20 Sep 2010

Story - Winnie and UKCAT

Thanks for sharing this with us Winnie, and for the kind words - we are flattered! We almost think we should put a disclaimer saying we did not write this endorsement ourselves. But we do appreciate our members giving us feedback as we work on improvements.

Well, your free license has been sent, though we don't think you seem to need it. So pass it along to a friend!

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After 3 years of Biochemistry, a few months ago I decided that this isn't the career I wanted to follow. I knew exactly what I wanted to do- Medicine.

So I did some research into universities that did graduate medicine courses and one of the criterion that kept appearing was the UKCAT. A low score on this admissions test would severely disadvantage my application so I knew I had to do extremely well to guarantee an offer. Numerical reasoning seemed to be my weakest area after a doing an online practice on the ukcat website. After spending hours searching for other Numerical reasoning materials none of which were very helpful, I came across numerical guru. Finally! Some realistic questions that were timed, and gave excellent, immediate feedback once you'd finished the test. This fantastic site ticked all the boxes for me and I just wished I'd found it earlier! 

Having done both the practice tests, I actually felt prepared for my exam. The practice that numerical guru gave me paid off, I got 870/900 on the numerical reasoning section which contributed to my very high average score! This enabled me to get into the university of my choice for medicine and since then, I've been telling friends and family about this great site who have all fed back to me about its usefulness for aptitude tests that some company's require prior to interview (banks especially) 

Some pearls of wisdom: don't leave preparation for an aptitude test too late! You need time to familiarise yourself with the question types, especially if it's  an online test. If you haven't been in a job where an excessive amount of Numerical reasoning skills are required you will need to brush up on them before you have your assessment and numerical guru will allow you to practice as much as you need.

Good luck!!

Winnie

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