Results

How are my answers scored?

Your multiple-choice answers are checked by computer and a mark is created. This is known as your 'UKCAT' result.

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How do I get my UKCAT result?

At the test centre you will receive your results immediately after completing the test.

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How do I send my UKCAT result to universities

You do not need to send your UKCAT result to universities.

Pearson VUE will make your UKCAT result available only to the UKCAT Consortium universities to whom you applied through the UCAS process.

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Can other universities than those listed on this website take account of my UKCAT result?

No. We will not disclose your UKCAT result to universities to whom you have not applied through the UCAS process.

If you choose to give the universities your scores, please remember that they would not know how to judge a UKCAT result since they would not have the UKCAT results of other candidates with which to compare it.

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How do the UKCAT-participating universities use the results?

How the UKCAT-participating universities use the results varies from university to university.

The only point on which it is possible to generalise is that every UKCAT-participating university uses the UKCAT result as part of a well-rounded admissions policy in which several other factors, including your GCSE and A-level examinations, also carry considerable weight, along with the personal statement and school/college report on your UCAS form, and interviews, if applicable.

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Can I re-sit the UKCAT if I think I did badly?

No. You may only sit the UKCAT once each year. If you try to sit it twice in the same test window (i.e. 07 July 2009 to 9 October 2009), the later sitting will be automatically invalidated and the later result will be void.

To have another go at the UKCAT, you would have to re-apply to university in the next admissions year.

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Will special circumstances, such as illness, be considered in evaluating my UKCAT result?

If you have any examination access requirements related to disability or illness, these must be notified at the time of registration, so that suitable provision can be made.

If you did not tell us about your examination access requirements (so that provision was not made) or if you merely sat the test in adverse circumstances (e.g. you were unwell or distressed), then any allowance in the interpretation of your UKCAT result is between you and the universities to which you applied.

Your result will not be adjusted by the UKCAT Consortium or by Pearson VUE.

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How do I interpret my UKCAT scores?

The UKCAT examination was developed to assess the skills and abilities deemed to be important by UK medical and dental schools. The UKCAT examination is only one part of the admission process, however, and the details of that admission process necessarily vary from university to university.

The examination consists of five subtests that assess logical reasoning and decision-making skills:

  • The Verbal Reasoning subtest assesses the ability to think logically about information that is presented in written form.
  • The Quantitative Reasoning subtest assesses a candidate's ability to think logically when presented with numerical information.
  • The Abstract Reasoning subtest assesses a candidate's ability to infer relationships from information that is presented non-verbally and non-numerically.
  • In the Decision Analysis subtest, a candidate demonstrates the ability to make decisions and judgments based on complex information and scenarios.
  • The Non-cognitive analysis identifies the attributes and characteristics of robustness, empathy and integrity that contribute to successful health professional practice.
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