UKCAT and UCAS

You may think that having sat the UKCAT three times before I wouldn’t be anxious or have to worry about it. You would be wrong. I spent the whole of June and July wondering whether I would flop the UKCAT again and ponder on my life choices. However, this year God seemed to take pity on me and I actually can breathe freely now I know I haven’t sabotaged my application with a naff UKCAT score. I did the UKCAT a week before I left for Boston. I had (with varying intensity) been preparing for two months prior. In the end I got:

VR: 570, QR: 660, AR: 770, DA: 900 and SJT: Band 1. That averages out to 725.

I am, needless to say, very happy with my score especially after the initial worry of new question sets (in VR and AR) and a whole new section (STJ, piloted last year). I am actually extremely happy due to the fact I did the wrong version of the test. I misread the SEN info on the website (Irony doesn’t even begin to cover it) and did the standard test when I am more then qualified UKCATSEN well my VR score suffered but glory be to God I pulled it up with the other subsections.

I have had to manage my expectations as far as university choices go. It seems, from stalking forums, that my score is quite average. However, I am still eligible for my first choice Warwick! And so for 2014 entry I will be applying to GEP: Warwick, Bart’s, Southampton and Birmingham.

The UCAS form has been sent off including a new personal statement (there really are not that many ways you can change a statement for the third time). However, I made sure to take my time with it, as I want this to be last time I ever have to spare a passing thought about UCAS. I fully intend to get in next year because I really, really, really, really, rrreeeeeaaalllyy never want to have to go through this process again!

In other related news. My two twin brothers are also applying for university one of them for medicine. They are in their last year of 6^th form so God willing all three of us will be studying in uni at the same time! I feel sorry for my poor beautiful parents who will undoubtedly have to foot the bill for three undergraduate student bums studying for the better part of a decade!