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UCAT tips

Hi,
I’ve just finished my GCSEs and I know it’s WAYY to early to be worrying about UCAT. All I wanted to ask is there anything I could improve skills wise to prepare for the UCAT? Im not considering starting preparation now because I don’t want to burn out but are there any skills that are worth practising in advance that would help me when it comes to preparing? For example, I’ve seen people say that speed reading is really good to be able to do for the comprehensions and I’m quite a slow reader so I’m going to try read more. I’ve also read reading a wide variety of stuff like articles, non fiction… Are there any tips anyone would have regarding this, anything would be appreciated! And please no comments saying I shouldn’t start preparing now and it’s too early because I know that and im not going to prepare now, I just wish to enhance my skills. Also I struggle with non verbal reasoning a lot and noticing patterns so do you think it’s a good idea to practice those more often and if so, does anyone have any good website or book recommendations? Thank you very much!! 🙂
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Original post by Ashirs
Hi,
I’ve just finished my GCSEs and I know it’s WAYY to early to be worrying about UCAT. All I wanted to ask is there anything I could improve skills wise to prepare for the UCAT? Im not considering starting preparation now because I don’t want to burn out but are there any skills that are worth practising in advance that would help me when it comes to preparing? For example, I’ve seen people say that speed reading is really good to be able to do for the comprehensions and I’m quite a slow reader so I’m going to try read more. I’ve also read reading a wide variety of stuff like articles, non fiction… Are there any tips anyone would have regarding this, anything would be appreciated! And please no comments saying I shouldn’t start preparing now and it’s too early because I know that and im not going to prepare now, I just wish to enhance my skills. Also I struggle with non verbal reasoning a lot and noticing patterns so do you think it’s a good idea to practice those more often and if so, does anyone have any good website or book recommendations? Thank you very much!! 🙂


I'd suggest reading 'your life in my hands' as it's short, but can be read over time and gives insight into a doctor life. I mentioned it in my interviews and it really helped! mentioning as it may help with VR.
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I'd suggest reading 'your life in my hands' as it's short, but can be read over time and gives insight into a doctor life. I mentioned it in my interviews and it really helped! mentioning as it may help with VR.


Thanks!

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