Ucat revision?

From top scorers like 3000+ . What would be the best way of revising since it is 4 months away.

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There are good books with practice papers - definitely worth getting - Get into Medical School - 1300 UCAT Practice Questions. Includes Full Mock Exam (Previously UKCAT): Amazon.co.uk: Olivier Picard, Laetitia Tighlit, Sami Tighlit, David Phillips, Olivier Picard, Luke Dunn: 9781905812271: Books

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coolcat45

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by Ariale

From top scorers like 3000+ . What would be the best way of revising since it is 4 months away.

Medify is better than Medentry in my opinion, but you don’t have to start paying yet, I would recommend learning to speed read and practicing comprehension style questions for now. Just because everyone usually does worse on Verbal Reasoning, so it’s a good idea to get ahead.

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study23!

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by Ariale

From top scorers like 3000+ . What would be the best way of revising since it is 4 months away.

Decide now when you're going to take it (july to sept). Then decide how much revision you can do daily. I knew I wasn't a 6hr a day person, and so I spread my revision over about 2 months and a half with only two hours max a day. You could do that or do the more intense version over a shorter time. Depends what works for you. At MINIMUM take 6 weeks to prepare.

I used Medify. Did roughly two weeks of watching videos and doing untimed practice, then roughly 3 weeks doing timed practice. Then a month of doing a mock a day.

I kept a journal on it. For example, lets say you do 10 mocks, if you haven't reviewed where you went wrong after, you may not realise that you always do worse on percentage calculations. In your journal write brief points on question types you are confident in and those you are not.

Read the GMC to help with SJT section.

UCAT is a strategy exam. Do some research into strategies to save time whilst getting most marks. Try them out, see what works best. It is also an exam where you need to be alert. Make sure your mind is clear the day of the exam.

Also worth practicing with a keyboard to recreate the exam conditions and get used to shortcuts.