Perfectionism was my main barrier when I first started preparing. People who are applying to medical school tend to be used to getting high grades in their exams and being able to answer all of the questions correctly in their papers, so it takes a bit of psychological adjustment to get used to the idea of skipping questions, inferring and guessing. Thanks for the videos, btw - I'm feeling a bit demoralized due to my current scores, and your advice has helped me pick myself back up. Just gotta grind it out and hopefully my hard work will be rewarded!
That is very true and understandable for many people! I'm so glad that my videos have been helping you to keep doing the work! Good luck and keep it up!
Great video once again Emil 👍 Advice is very helpful and you make the process seem much less daunting. Would love to see some other UCAT live timed videos where you go through the questions, particularly the verbal reasoning video. Although I would understand if Medicine course right now requires most of your effort and attention. Thank you and good luck with anything you have going on 😃
Thank you so much for the nice comment! Yeah I definitely am a bit swamped with the med work atm, but don't worry I'll get to those live videos up at some point! I'll finish exams soon and I'll have a lot more time so I'll make sure to get them out hopefully before the testing period starts 😃
@@thedailyplug1880 ngl my QR and AR carried in that mock my verbal reasoning is pretty bad I just guess and flag the passages that are 4 or more paragraphs, then for DM I try to secure the easier questions like the venn diagrams and leave the harder ones till the end, QR I just try everything and if I can’t understand it within 30 seconds I guess, AR is just practicing recognising patterns and SJT is just picking the most safe sensible options and idk why its A a lot of the time
@@Ojisgay oh i see thank you very much for your advice if im being honest i struggle with VR and AR the most im slowly getting better at VR tho however AR IS really hard for me idk how you revise for it i use the SCANS thing but i still find that section really difficult any tips?
@@thedailyplug1880 tbh I can’t explain how I see the patterns in the first place but if I can think of any pattern that applies to at least 3/4 boxes I trust my gut and if the new shape looks off then I just put neither, if I really can’t tell I just compare the shape with the ones in each set and sometimes I get lucky🤷♂️
Hey! Thanks for the amazing vid :) is it proven that the actual Ucat exam is easier than the company questions we use to practice or is that subjective?
It's not really possible to prove anything to do with the UCAT unless you work for Pearson Vue tbh ahahahah. In my experience though, the UCAT exam was easier on the DM, QR and AR sections
How long did you spend to revise for UCAT? Also how did you divide the 4 sections along with SJT to create a revision timetable, for example did you spend one day on QR then next day on VR?
Hey Emil! You said that your UCAT score allowed you to receive several interviews for Medicine. I was wondering whether Monash was one of these uni's that gave you an interview before ATAR's were released? Thank you!
Hey bro, thanks for the video! I've started preparing early for ucat (around 4 months just on ucat) and finding decision making alright at the moment. Done over 1000 practice questions for this section and now moving onto other sections. Done a few practice sub tests and scored around 22-25 in decision making. Am I spending too much time or should I continue to do what i'm doing? Thanks!
Hey! I think the question isn’t about how many practice problems you’ve done, but what you’re learning from those problems. It doesn’t matter if you do 1000 questions if you aren’t improving with them! Spend the time you need to get the scores you want in each subtest. 22-25/29 is pretty good for decision making
@@EmilEddy thank you bro! I've now moved onto QR but finding this section a bit difficult. Got an average of 21 - 22 in DM subtests. Any tips for QR? Saw your video super helpful btw man.
@@harmanbasra7405 I think it's a good idea to separate QR into different question types. Practice as many ratios questions as you can first, then percentages, then tables, then graphs until you master them all.
@@harmanbasra7405 On medify, you just hit practise and it comes up with questions under many topics, how can i be able to choose exactly what tyoe of question i want to practise
Hey may I ask if you did a particular UCAT course like medentry etc. or otherwise? Also, how many hours or rather weeks did you spend on your UCAT prep? Thanks
I’m about 7 weeks away, I started doing a few mini mocks on SJT, I haven’t really practiced much on other sections tho. Does 100 questions from each section a day sound like a good idea?
I think a 100 questions is ok, but more than just spamming questions, I reccomend focussing hard on getting your technique right with untimed questions and then moving on to doing questions in timed conditions as well. The focus on the technique is the most important thing at the start imo! Good luck!
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Perfectionism was my main barrier when I first started preparing. People who are applying to medical school tend to be used to getting high grades in their exams and being able to answer all of the questions correctly in their papers, so it takes a bit of psychological adjustment to get used to the idea of skipping questions, inferring and guessing. Thanks for the videos, btw - I'm feeling a bit demoralized due to my current scores, and your advice has helped me pick myself back up. Just gotta grind it out and hopefully my hard work will be rewarded!
That is very true and understandable for many people! I'm so glad that my videos have been helping you to keep doing the work! Good luck and keep it up!
This advice is exactly what I needed it, my test is on the 31st and I've been putting it off.
Glad you found it helpful!
How did it go?
jow'd it go
Honestly this is the best UCAT advice video on UA-cam. Straight to the point and full of tips that are actually helpful. Thankyou :)
Thank you!
Thank you, this is exactly what I needed. My exam is next month, wish me luck 🤞
best of luck! Mines soon
Great video once again Emil 👍 Advice is very helpful and you make the process seem much less daunting. Would love to see some other UCAT live timed videos where you go through the questions, particularly the verbal reasoning video. Although I would understand if Medicine course right now requires most of your effort and attention. Thank you and good luck with anything you have going on 😃
Thank you so much for the nice comment! Yeah I definitely am a bit swamped with the med work atm, but don't worry I'll get to those live videos up at some point! I'll finish exams soon and I'll have a lot more time so I'll make sure to get them out hopefully before the testing period starts 😃
As soon as he said- intermediates- you guys have done untimed questions and 1 or 2 mocks. It's like he knows.
hahahahahha I always know...
I did my first ucat practice mock 2 weeks ago and got ~2450 band 4 and after a bit of watching your videos I did another one and got ~2960 band 2
u got any advice for me? i reallly want a score like that because currently im getting 2380 band 3 :(((
@@thedailyplug1880 ngl my QR and AR carried in that mock my verbal reasoning is pretty bad I just guess and flag the passages that are 4 or more paragraphs, then for DM I try to secure the easier questions like the venn diagrams and leave the harder ones till the end, QR I just try everything and if I can’t understand it within 30 seconds I guess, AR is just practicing recognising patterns and SJT is just picking the most safe sensible options and idk why its A a lot of the time
@@Ojisgay oh i see thank you very much for your advice if im being honest i struggle with VR and AR the most im slowly getting better at VR tho however AR IS really hard for me idk how you revise for it i use the SCANS thing but i still find that section really difficult any tips?
@@thedailyplug1880 tbh I can’t explain how I see the patterns in the first place but if I can think of any pattern that applies to at least 3/4 boxes I trust my gut and if the new shape looks off then I just put neither, if I really can’t tell I just compare the shape with the ones in each set and sometimes I get lucky🤷♂️
@@Ojisgay alr good to know thx
You are an absolute legend thank you so much!!!! Sooooo helpful!
thank u for the really helpful advice pro
Thanks Victoria!
im shaking in my boots
😂😂
Hey! Thanks for the amazing vid :) is it proven that the actual Ucat exam is easier than the company questions we use to practice or is that subjective?
It's not really possible to prove anything to do with the UCAT unless you work for Pearson Vue tbh ahahahah. In my experience though, the UCAT exam was easier on the DM, QR and AR sections
Hi Emil, Do you tutor for UCAT? With regards
Sanjay
How do I bounce back if my practice exam scores just keep getting worse? I’ve reviewed every question twice, retried and can’t seem to get it
where to find a lot of practice papers?
Did you take any english test for admission??
I'm about 6 weeks away, do you think i'll have time to still do well
Absolutely, just break down your practice into small amounts each day :)
@@EmilEddy Thank you so much :))
How long did you spend to revise for UCAT? Also how did you divide the 4 sections along with SJT to create a revision timetable, for example did you spend one day on QR then next day on VR?
I spent about 8 months preparing. Usually I'd recommend doing a specific subtest a day, that's right
@@EmilEddy Thank you so much, your videos and advice are a big help!
@@EmilEddy 8 months?!?!?!?!?!
Hey Emil! You said that your UCAT score allowed you to receive several interviews for Medicine. I was wondering whether Monash was one of these uni's that gave you an interview before ATAR's were released? Thank you!
yes, monash was one of those unis! I think that was only done in 2020, although my ATAR did still count towards my application
Hey bro, thanks for the video! I've started preparing early for ucat (around 4 months just on ucat) and finding decision making alright at the moment. Done over 1000 practice questions for this section and now moving onto other sections. Done a few practice sub tests and scored around 22-25 in decision making. Am I spending too much time or should I continue to do what i'm doing? Thanks!
Hey! I think the question isn’t about how many practice problems you’ve done, but what you’re learning from those problems. It doesn’t matter if you do 1000 questions if you aren’t improving with them! Spend the time you need to get the scores you want in each subtest. 22-25/29 is pretty good for decision making
@@EmilEddy thank you bro! I've now moved onto QR but finding this section a bit difficult. Got an average of 21 - 22 in DM subtests. Any tips for QR? Saw your video super helpful btw man.
@@harmanbasra7405 I think it's a good idea to separate QR into different question types. Practice as many ratios questions as you can first, then percentages, then tables, then graphs until you master them all.
@@EmilEddy Thank you so much man!! I'm actually finding QR not too bad now, practicing tackling these problems has improved my overall mark :)
@@harmanbasra7405 On medify, you just hit practise and it comes up with questions under many topics, how can i be able to choose exactly what tyoe of question i want to practise
Go boi
Hey may I ask if you did a particular UCAT course like medentry etc. or otherwise? Also, how many hours or rather weeks did you spend on your UCAT prep? Thanks
I used both medentry and medify's online profiles. I made a video on how long I spent preparing, but it was about 80 hours from January to August
I’m about 7 weeks away, I started doing a few mini mocks on SJT, I haven’t really practiced much on other sections tho.
Does 100 questions from each section a day sound like a good idea?
I think a 100 questions is ok, but more than just spamming questions, I reccomend focussing hard on getting your technique right with untimed questions and then moving on to doing questions in timed conditions as well. The focus on the technique is the most important thing at the start imo! Good luck!