Hypocritical Universities

While universities such as Otago and Auckland say you can't train for aptitude/ability tests such as UCAT, they offer advice to their graduates on how to prepare for such tests for employment.

For example, on page 17 of the Interview Skills booklet by the Career Development Centre, Otago University says: "It is important to familiarise yourself with the process of psychometric exercises as this can reduce candidates' anxiety levels, and with ability tests practise can improve your performance. So PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE."

Auckland university, on their "Career Development and Employability Services" website, says:
"Spend some time working through these psychometric practice tests. You can also find books on psychometric testing at Career Development and Employment Services, and there are a number of websites offering practice tests."

Both Otago and Auckland university provide resources for training for such psychometric tests.
They do that because they gain something when their graduates get jobs. Similarly for tests such as IELTS, many universities offer training. Universities can't gain anything from UCAT training, so they label it 'untrainable' - how hypocritical!

Lecturers who have never sat UCAT will tell you that you can't prepare because they are parroting the official line of universities.

For further information, please read this FAQ page: Does UCAT Prep help?

It lists reasons why universities take this hypocritical stance.