Admissions Tests

Depending on your chosen institution and course, you may need to take an admissions test as part of your application (some joint degree courses require you to take two tests). As well as being an entry requirement, an admissions test gives you the chance to show your potential to succeed on your course. If you apply for a course that requires an admissions test, you’ll need to check the registration deadline for the test, when you will sit it, and what it includes, as well as the deadline for your UCAS application. Most admissions tests happen between August and November the year before you’re due to start your studies – some even earlier, before you’ve sent your UCAS application! Remember to check the date of your admissions test – some take place before the UCAS application deadline.

Medicine and Dentistry applications

BMAT guides and UCAT guides are at the links and if you head over to https://www.ucat.ac.uk/prepare/practice-tests/ and https://www.admissionstesting.org/for-test-takers/bmat/ you’ll be able to learn more about what you’re tested on and how your test scores are used. If you want to learn more about Medicine applications, then click here: https://www.medify.co.uk/

Law applications

The LNAT test helps you to understand if Law is the career for you. It also helps universities check that you’re the right person for the course. You can learn more about the testing process here:

https://lnat.ac.uk/  More information and support can be found here at the Lawyer Portal: https://www.thelawyerportal.com/lnat/lnat-guide/ You can access some practice tests and mark schemes here: