UCAT 2025 Entry Discussions Megathread

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Hello and welcome to the official UCAT 2025 entry discussion megathread!
Please make sure to read the important information provided in the UCAT website: https://www.ucat.ac.uk/

UCAT 2024 IMPORTANT DATES
14 May - UCAT account creation opens
18 June - Booking opens
8 July - testing starts
15 September - Access Arrangement application deadline
19 September - Booking deadline
26 September - Last test day
27 September - Bursary Scheme application deadline
15 October - UCAS deadline
Early November - Results delivered to universities

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(1) Please don't ask for or post group chat links.
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(3) Please don't offer to buy and sell items.
Important links:
Last year's thread: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7328835
UCAT results thread: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7517166

Good luck!

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Reply 1

TSR Hippocrates

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Hey there, thanks for posting a question in the Medicine forum. :biggrin:

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GAMSAT 2024 / 2025 entry discussions megathread
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Reply 2

Rohan007best

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hi anyone got medify or medentry

Reply 3

Ibmoahsa

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if anyone has Medentry or medify discount codes please share.

Reply 4

imbambob

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Anyone got medentry? How r u finding it it’s really hard

Reply 5

imbambob

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Does anyone know if the real ucat question bank is the most similar to the real ucat compared to medentry or medify

Reply 6

CambridgeDropOut

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by imbambob

Does anyone know if the real ucat question bank is the most similar to the real ucat compared to medentry or medify

The Ucat website question bank is notoriously harder than the real exam. Medify and medentry are much better and more realistic

Reply 7

aspireBDS5211936

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what is everyone initially scoring. ive done three medify dm mocks and ive averaged about 580 and im so overwhelmed on how i am meant to improove

Reply 8

yukhei

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ik this is a classic question but since i can only afford 1 of them rn, which of medentry or medify would be worth to get

Reply 9

its.scphie

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by yukhei

ik this is a classic question but since i can only afford 1 of them rn, which of medentry or medify would be worth to get

last year I found medentry more helpful, medify VR passages were too short but both sites were pretty much the same with other sections. I also found my medentry average was higher AND more accurate to my real score, medify undershot by ~200 points on average so medentry is better for confidence too

Reply 10

its.scphie

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by aspireBDS5211936

what is everyone initially scoring. ive done three medify dm mocks and ive averaged about 580 and im so overwhelmed on how i am meant to improove

you have plenty of time to improve so don't worry, I started out getting like 2300 for overall score when I first started prep (I got like 350 in QR in my first mock haha, 720 in real thing) and scored 2960 irl. You're starting to prepare at a good time and 580 is a pretty solid score to start on.
Go through question banks first (untimed) so you can practice the questions and get to grips with them without the pressure of having limited time. Save the mocks til later since there is a limited number it's wise to not waste them all straight away

Reply 11

aspireBDS5211936

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Original post

by its.scphie

you have plenty of time to improve so don't worry, I started out getting like 2300 for overall score when I first started prep (I got like 350 in QR in my first mock haha, 720 in real thing) and scored 2960 irl. You're starting to prepare at a good time and 580 is a pretty solid score to start on.
Go through question banks first (untimed) so you can practice the questions and get to grips with them without the pressure of having limited time. Save the mocks til later since there is a limited number it's wise to not waste them all straight away

awh thank you so much for the advice, do you have any general tips for the exam eg guessing a specific answer and how did you improve so much is it just gradual with practice or did you change something that made it just instantly boost. also what resource is best/most representative of the exam currently got medify but thinking of maybe buying med entry or just using pass med or ucat ninja ?

Reply 12

Arpi_R

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Hi everyone! Do you recommend booking the UCAT as early as tomorrow 6am? Since I know it’s known to fill up fast.

Reply 13

its.scphie

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Original post

by aspireBDS5211936

awh thank you so much for the advice, do you have any general tips for the exam eg guessing a specific answer and how did you improve so much is it just gradual with practice or did you change something that made it just instantly boost. also what resource is best/most representative of the exam currently got medify but thinking of maybe buying med entry or just using pass med or ucat ninja ?

i think the most important thing is learning to use the keyboard shortcuts rather than mouse as it saves so much time, also practice and you will see a gradual improvement :smile:

skip and flag longer/more difficult questions and come back to them at the end as every question is worth the same mark
personally last year i found medentry best (better for VR, pretty much the same as medify for the rest of them) it’s way more representative of final score, many people last year including me said their medify average was ~200 points lower than their actual score. but medify is a brilliant source too!

Reply 14

its.scphie

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Original post

by Arpi_R

Hi everyone! Do you recommend booking the UCAT as early as tomorrow 6am? Since I know it’s known to fill up fast.

it’s not necessary to book it that early if you don’t want to, but i’d definitely recommend booking in the first day. if you want to make sure you get a certain date then maybe book early, but if you’re not too picky with dates then it’s okay to do it a bit later

Reply 15

stayt1nyy

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quick q before booking opens tmr, does anyone know what the time slots for each day is? like what time can you book a test for on the day

Reply 16

imbambob

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Does anyone know how to go from a 2500/2600 to a 3000? I’m planning to book early September just before school starts, I haven’t been so good in preparation and I know my scores will probably drop from this. So far I’ve done only a few mocks. 2680,2440,2570,2710,2500. Please can someone advise me how I can improve my scores drastically?. I’m worried I won’t be able to get there in time and I’ve been using medentry. I’m so stuck with timing and my QR isn’t consistent at all, it’s always 650-710. I want it to be solid and my AR keeps on being marked rly low even when I’m averaging 30+/50. Does anyone have any tips for VR? I’m so stuck and keep scoring 620-690 but averaging 630. Also I’m so stuck with DM. I keep scoring 520-620 and I don’t know how I can push it 700+.
Im struggling with QR a lot especially with multi step calcs