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<p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I: Understanding UKCAT 5</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: The UKCAT and University 7</p> <p>Chapter 2: Dissecting UKCAT 15</p> <p>Chapter 3: Taking Tests: UKCAT Strategies that Work 27</p> <p><b>Part II: Examining the Subtests 33</b></p> <p>Chapter 4: Reading Between the Lines: The Verbal Reasoning Subtest 35</p> <p>Chapter 5: Making Things Add Up: The Quantitative Reasoning Subtest 61</p> <p>Chapter 6: Looking at Pretty Patterns: The Abstract Reasoning Subtest 87</p> <p>Chapter 7: Deciphering the Code: The Decision Analysis Subtest 109</p> <p>Chapter 8: Making the Call: The Situational Judgement Subtest 133</p> <p><b>Part III: Practice Tests 165</b></p> <p>Chapter 9: Practice Test One 167</p> <p>Chapter 10: Practice Test One: Answers and Explanations 227</p> <p>Chapter 11: Practice Test Two 263</p> <p>Chapter 12: Practice Test Two: Answers and Explanations 321</p> <p><b>Part IV: The Part of Tens 355</b></p> <p>Chapter 13: Ten Steps to Help You Get into Medical or Dental School 357</p> <p>Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Stay Cool Under Pressure 361</p> <p>Index 365</p>

<p><b>Dr Chris Chopdar</b> and <b>Dr Neel Burton</b> are the founders and directors of Oxford-based Get into Medical School, an organisation that specialises in helping students attend medical school. Both authors are medically qualified and members of the Royal Academy of Psychiatrists.</p>

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