“No,” Anya said. “You made the classic error. You assumed the unvaccinated sick was 15% of the total population, not 15% of the unvaccinated. You did it right on the second try. But 16.67% isn’t there. So what does that mean?”

Dr. Anya Sharma still remembered the exact texture of the paper. Not because the UCAT was on paper anymore—it wasn’t, it was all cold, clinical pixels on a test center screen—but because of how her sweaty palms had imagined it. The phantom slickness. The weight of a single, decisive click.

“Rohan,” she said, sliding the tablet back. “The UCAT isn’t a test of medicine. It’s a test of surviving yourself.”

Some lessons, you only learn by sweating through them yourself.

“Look closer,” Anya whispered.

A) 7.4% B) 12% C) 2% D) 15%

Anya turned the tablet off. “Because, Rohan. This is an example question. And the point of the example is not the answer. The point is to teach you that sometimes, under time pressure, you will do perfect math and still feel wrong. The real test’s answers will match. But the fear you feel right now? That’s the real question. Can you click ‘16.7%’ even when it’s not listed, realize you’ve made a conceptual error, and start over in fifteen seconds?”

She leaned forward. “Let me tell you a story. In my mock test, there was an example question: ‘All doctors who work in A&E are resilient. Some resilient people are insomniacs. Therefore, some insomniacs are doctors who work in A&E.’ Valid or Invalid? ”