Get into Medical School - 600 UKCAT Practice Questions. Includes Full Mock Exam, comprehensive tips, techniques and explanations. [Paperback]

I had terrible trouble with UKCAT when i took it last year in 2008. I hope to encourage others not only to buy this book, but also to reassure people who, like me found it difficult to get to grips with the UKCAT, that you can get better at it. The answer to your UKCAT problems is A: This book. Partly because the others would be better put to use in a public restroom, but mostly because this book is pretty great and gives you all the practice you could need and then some.
Last year I applied to medical school (with 4 grade A's predicted and more work experience than I could fit in my personal statement) with a UKCAT score of 600 average. From the 2 unis that required the UKCAT (and the 2 BMAT unis incidentally) I got rejections after 5 months of waiting and no interviews, in March 2009. Needless to say I was gutted... I think I cried for a week. I am almost certain that the UKCAT score was to blame... and I maybe did something wrong on the BMAT too.
This year I am determined to get my place so, in preparation for the UKCAT, I bought this book... well my mother did. You can read other reviews, that describe just how fabby it is in depth so I won't repeat them, but no matter what anyone says or how much they rave about it, the proof is, as they say, in the pudding.
The following are my results for each section from 2008, and what it went up to when I re-sat the UKCAT in 2009, using this book in the time leading up to it.
Verbal Reasoning: 550 -> 650 (increase of 100 points)
Quantitative Reasoning: 650 -> 760 (increase of 110 points)
Abstract Reasoning: 620 -> 700 (increase of 80 points)
Decision Analysis: 580 -> 730 (increase of 150 points)
2008 average = 600
2009 average = 710 (increase of 110 points :D)
Very few people publish their results for these things, either because they don't want to boast, or to give people high expectations. But I don't know how good these scores will be compared to other applicants this year, it all changes so rapidly. I put my results here, purely to encourage anyone who finds this test to be an utter bitch. The first time I really didn't understand the test, but this book helped me hugely and I did better than I could have hoped.
I hope this gives you a quantitative view of how good I think this book is. Everyone is different and finds different aspects challenging, but this book WILL have a section to help you. After that, how well you do is all down to the work you put in to practicing.
Practice and work hard (I worked really hard for the 2 preceding weeks) and there is no reason why you shouldn't achieve a score you can be proud of as well. Good luck and please apply to different unis to me, I don't need the competition and I am not sitting this *insert your profanity of choice* exam ever again.

Having attempted the UKCAT last year, I can honestly say that this book is the one that is the closest to what you will experience on the day of the test in terms of difficulty of the questions. It offers a massive range of questions, all backed up with good reasoning and tips on how to answer quickly. The presence of mock exam at the end of the book makes it one of the rare books on the market to offer the complete package and, most likely, the only one you will really need to pass the test at the level you need, whatever school you are applying for.

I would also widely recommend another book written by ISC Medical: Medical School Interviews: A Practical Guide to Help You Get That Place at Medical School - Over 150 Questions Analysed, which is one of the most fantastic and complete book that you could ever find on medical school interviews.

This book is absolutely fantastic. The explanations make it easy to learn how to approach the different tests. Before buying it I was petrified about VR and AR but the book really opened my eyes to what the tests were about and helped me achieve scores of 750 and 780 in those two sections. The QR section in the book is fairly hard and you will find that the exam does tend to be easier but it is also a brilliant revision section because it makes you think on your feet to find ways of calculating quickly so that you don't get caught by time at the exam. At the exam I scored 870 in QR and this was no doubt thanks to this book.

I bought other UKCAT books too but found they were riddled with errors. This one is the only one worth buying.