THANK YOU! I've got my UCAT in a month's time, and I'm quite nervous. I'm averaging around 2400 right now but I realised that my accuracy in untimed practices was lacking, so I'm going to practice that. Your advice is so helpful:)
guys i got 2810:) not great but still workable in some places if i'm strategic and my atar is great:) probs gonna get a 96 atar if i keep going as i am so wish me luuuuck:)
@@iamkhan1012 hey:) all my mocks were below 2500 (my highest was 2460 on medify LMFAO and i didnt do the official mocks C or D (ppl say they're the most accurate in scoring). but yeah i did my ucat! i ended up getting 2810, WAY higher than i would've thought, but unfortunately not good enough for aussie unis, so might have to take the gamsat pathway... i know if i was in england the unis would absolutely eat my score up, but life won't always be a smooth road haha
Thank you so much for this! I’m going to be sitting the ucat in a months time and I felt all the other videos were just repetitive. I’m glad I got a fresh perspective on this and some more motivation!!
Wow i really like your perspective of the ucat- its very different. Im from the UK and here we focus more on practice, practice, practice and speed- i like your perspective but i cant risk trying an overly new way of revising for the exam- i will definitely incorporate more of the accuracy aspect you mentioned and i understand why learning what the root of the mistake is important
This is so incredibly helpful thank you! Gave some really good helpful tips i wasn’t able to get from other videos which all covered the same general and basic points.
Im current searching for videos like these XD im currently in year 10 and got a call today from my dream medical school giving me advice and telling me to call them 2 months before the UCAT. I have exactly 2 years to prepare..never too early!!
this video was honestly so, so helpful ;;-;; for the longest time, the only advice I had really received was how to increase speed or how to improve accuracy - never both! I'd love to hear more about how you refined your process for verbal reasoning :D Would you say increasing reading speed helps with verbal reasoning? And if so, how would one increase it? Thank you so much for all your great advice!
Hi! Thank you 😊 I really appreciate it. The worksheet link in the description has 2 hours of videos which actually describes the very exact methods that I used but explained better than I ever could! Yes definitely reading speed is something that needs to be mastered to do well at VR, however, it's very difficult to read quick and comprehend quick too, so don't go too quick haha. There's tons of stuff out there about speed reading but you really really gotta make sure your comprehension doesn't drop significantly.
Hey Archer, thanks for the wonderful video, I learnt so much and have gained a new perspective to the way to properly prepare for the UCAT! I haven't seen many reviews or people talking about the icanmed course so I'm interested in learning more. How did you find the accuracy of the questions they provided compared to the actual UCAT exam? Was it harder or easier and for which sections? Thanks so much, hope keep doing God's work for aspiring medical students :)
Hi loopsy! Really glad to hear you found it useful!! I found that between the question banks I tried like medify, icanmed's was the most representative which is what is most important in the end. I would say a good place to start would be joining one of their free webinars about how to do the UCAT if you're interested: www.icanmed.com.au/webinars/ If you do eventually decide to go with them and put my name as the 'referrer' you'll be able to get $10 off too. Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have!
Hi Arthur! Can you go through the details on how we reflect on our attempts? Do we write each attempt and its logic down, or do we write down the structure of the question instead?
Hi! The main idea is to figure out exactly what was your thought process and why you did specifically what you do so you can determine a way to prevent the same mistake from ever happening again. This requires thoughtful and deep considerations of your thoughts specifc to the question :) Hope that helps! Please let me know any other questions you have!
Hi Juhui! As a very very rough estimate, you should have at least 300 hours into the UCAT. I started early but only did 30 minutes every day so it easily added to over 300+ hours quite easily. It really depends for each person and how you're progressing through the content. Starting as soon as possible is always the best but a few months before is a good start.
I've got about 7 weeks left. Is this enough? Can you give me a quick overview of how I should split these weeks to maximise my chances? Great video btw!
Hi! You have a lot of time left to do really well at the UCAT. I wouldn't have a specific plan for you because I don't know how much time you can allocate weekly, how long you can properly concentrate for while doing UCAT question, idk how easily you find a UCAT because you don't want to make a study timetable based on how much you think you should spend on each section, that should be determined exactly by what are your weakest areas and starting off with that. However, you should really spend the majority of your time in accuracy section. Then focus on speed once you have really high untimed accuracy, then in the final 1-2 weeks, full-timed mocks to tackle any exam-specific issues like fatigue and loss of concentration, nervousness, etc. Mostly everyone just moves onto speed too quickly which makes it a lot harder to develop accuracy since you can't do it untimed in the first place. There isn't a need tons and tons of questions if you spend the time and energy to properly refine your techniques. Hopefully this helps! Please let me know if you need anything else :D
Thanks for the vid, im going to be sitting the UCAT next year, so would you suggest purchasing icanmed guides now, to learn the processes involved in answering the questions? (im pretty lost right now, in terms of approaching questions systematically) Thanks.
Hi Jaydon! No problem. If you're sitting the UCAT next year, the best time to start is now so that you can have your preparation out of the way before next year starts and gets too busy with school work. They will be running another free webinar soon which will be super useful to watch icanmed.com.au/next-webinar where they are going to be going through how to begin learning the UCAT and approaching all question types. Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have Jaydon!
Hey, I just saw this video and it was really helpful. I am currently preparing for UCAT and I needed tips on how to improve on speed, as I do timed mode on medify, however, I dont' end up finishing all the questions in the limits, so any tips on how to imrprove?
Awesome to hear Vanshika! Definitely feel free to check out some of my other UCAT videos and I'm about to make a new one as well talking about some more tips that I have :)
Hi just about to start preparing for UCAT after my AS examinations im wondering if I should just start off by doing some of the mock tests to understand each component or if there are other materials where I can understand the theory because I'm a little worried that the limited mock tests may run out
Hi I am taking the UCAT in the UK. Is it still okay if I apply for the ICanMed online course? Is there any difference between UCAT in the UK and Australia?
Hi there! I studied for the UCAT for at least 6 months. I did not want to leave any doubt in my mind about getting into med school and so I started early and made sure I had enough time to work out all of the worries and weaknesses I had. I would recommend the same to anyone, it depends on how important it really is to you and how well you want to do. Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have!
@@ArcherNewton thanks, you should make more UCAT videos or motivation style content. Just a recommendation. Keep up the good work archer, your horizons are constantly expanding!
Hi Aquarxus, the coupon code was for the full online UCAT course, however, since it's not the pro it misses out on a few things like, masterclasses, interview, study and medicine application courses etc. So you just miss out on a bit of extra support. The best thing to do would to check our their website and courses on www.icanmed.com.au/ucat-courses/
Hi Saif, 7 days is possible but definitely not something you want to do if you are serious about getting into med. Everyone else sitting the UCAT is trying hard to get accepted into med school. Giving yourself only 7 days doesn’t give the luxury of time to fix up your weaknesses and properly improve in the UCAT to be above the rest of the competition. If you’re serious that med is the thing you want to do, you should put in the adequate amount of time to make sure you do your best in the UCAT to have that competitive score to get into med schools. Please let me know if you have any other questions!
I have a few friends who were able to just find enough online resources around the place for free but most of my friends (including myself) went with paid UCAT prep companies because we didn't want to risk finding out the strategies on our own and take the wrong path. Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have!
@@ArcherNewton Also in terms of icanmed to learn the strats, would you say it was worth the cost? I’m interested in using that combo but I don’t fully understand what icanmed has to offer
@@aquarxus4894 Yeah like I say in the video, I ended up going with them after all the other courses I had considered and tried. If you need some extra help, definitely reach out to their team and they'll be able to help out for sure!
