UCAT (formerly UKCAT) 2021 entry Results thread - Updated 28th October

Just did my test today in a centre, scored:
VR 820
DM 710 (was kinda annoyed about that, but my pen ran out pretty early on in the section and I had to get a new one - check your pens!!)
QR: 870
AR: 900
Band 1
If you have questions then you can go for it

How did you do on Medify VR?

For VR, were the passages longer?

Just did my test today in a centre, scored:
VR 820
DM 710 (was kinda annoyed about that, but my pen ran out pretty early on in the section and I had to get a new one - check your pens!!)
QR: 870
AR: 900
Band 1
If you have questions then you can go for it

For anyone who did the test at a centre, were you able to move the calculator around the screen to stop it blocking part of the question on the screen? As the calculator was bigger than the one on the practice tests, so even when I moved it around, it blocked part of the question in QR. Please let me know if this happened with you? Thanks.

what is your strategy for VR?
I've been constantly getting from 630 to 750 with the average being around 670 and I just thought that's fine cause my other scores (maybe apart from AR) will bring my overall score a bit higher, but now with all the people saying how hard VR is, I'm thinking that I might score even lower

My technique is to first read the question and choose a key word, preferably something that would be easy to spot like an acronym, number, date or capitalised word. Then, I dive into the passage to try to find it by skim-reading. That's the bit you can try to speed up through practice. Once I've found it, I read around it to try to find the answer. This works for most question types, except the ones where it's asking for example "which of these is most likely to be false" or "which of these is a valid conclusion to the passage." In cases like these, you need to find a keyword in each of the answer options and then scan for it in the text. This obviously takes longer, so if the answer options are particularly long or it's taking you a while, these are the sort of questions to flag and skip. Other little tips are, when you're testing different conclusions against the text, try to start with the smaller statements. They're easier to hold in your mind and test than the longer ones, and if need be you can eliminate them and then guess from the remaining options. Also, if a question has a hard qualifier, like all or never or must, it's more likely to be false or can't tell than true.

thank you so much!
what would you say could be a good practice for skim-reading? many people say that they read articles, but I'm not sure if that is helpful to me, is there any other way?

I think there are certain skim-reading trainers online? Definitely worth a google. If you have a really dense sciencey book as well just give that a read - don't try to skim it, but just forging through that every night should help you. Primarily, though, just practice on UCAT practice questions. True false can't tell can be good for skim practice because it's generally easier to find a single keyword. Consciously identify the key word in your mind, then dive into the passage. Don't miss out the beginning and end! A lot of folk dive straight into the middle. Look for a keyword that should stand out - you really shouldn't be reading the actual content of the passage, just looking for that clue. For example, I literally did my test today but for the life of my I can only remember what one passage was about, and even then I can't remember much content. I have no clue what the other 10 passages were about, I just hunted down specific words inside them.

Normally around 800s too. I had a couple of harder ones where I scored 700, and a couple of times I scored 890/900. I find it pretty variable, and I think your mindset plays a massive part as well - being ready to scan, prepared to flag and skip, and keeping your technique present in your mind. Also, don't panic!

Did the UCAT yesterday
VR 570
DM 710
QR 650
AR 610
Disappointed with VR and AR as I was scoring much higher in the mocks with an average of 700-750 and I really thought I got a lot of AR right. VR was a nightmare (very long texts).
I sat the exam at a pearson exam center and the computer was lagging between each question sooo annoying, anyway it's done, next A level results day and the BMAT!
Question : does anybody know how they score on the day as every test is different ithe scoring may also be different for each test?
Good luck to everyone with their UCAT!

You should be proud those are good scores and will still make you competitive in some unis

Also just wondering are you a yr 13 student who has taken ucat twice. Because you were talking about a-level results day

Yes it is for me the second time I take the UCAT

Did you also use official ucat practice questions and official ucat mocks for VR or did you just use medify?

I also did all the official UCAT mocks and banks - I'd really recommend it if you have the time. I tended to score high 700s in VR for those, and in general they are considered harder than the real thing (though not everyone agrees).