Although the UCAT is not a content heavy exam, the types of questions you will face are very different to any other exam taken by the typical medical applicant. The Abstract Reasoning and Decision Making sections in particular have questions that are designed to test the way you think, as opposed to actually evaluating the knowledge that you have. Therefore, to ensure that you are prepared for the test, it is important to regularly do practice questions for at least 2 months before the exam date. This does not necessarily mean you should practice every day – as this may instead result in you depleting your revision resources – but instead could be 2-4 times a week, or just enough to ensure you are confident in answering the questions with your desired exam techniques. It is important to cater your revision to your own personal preferences. With regards to obtaining practice questions, there are many online and handwritten resources available. A popular book used by many medical applicants is the ‘Get Into Medical School – 1250 UKCAT Practice Questions’, which provides an array of questions from each of the 5 sections. It must be noted, however, that these questions are often more difficult than those in the actual exam, and it may not be possible to get through all of them. Other books include the Kaplan ‘Score Higher on the UCAT’, and ‘The Ultimate UKCAT Guide’. Online resources include the BlackStone Tutors website where you can obtain
free practice questions. 
