UCAT

Hi,
I’m gonna be applying to study med next yr so i’ll be taking the ucat this summer.
I wanna start doing some revision (maybe like 30min a week?) now just to familiarise myself with the exam and get lots of practice in bc i learn best through repetition over long periods of time. I also think that if i cram all my revision in the recommended 6-8 week period i’ll be super stressed and definitely end up burning myself out so i wanna do some now just to feel more prepared. However i don’t wanna run out of resources so what are the best things to use to prepare for the ucat?
I am gonna get medify a month before my ucat but i was wondering what the other (preferably free) resources available are bc i dont want to finish all the official resources quickly.
Thanks!!

Hi, it’s definitely good to see that you’re starting early, however a lot of people say that anything more than about 8 weeks can lead to burnout or a plateau in progress.
I’d say you can still start now, but don’t do too much all at once.
A free resource I used was Passmedicine. For DM, it’s not the best at all… I’d say the UCAT website is much better for DM, but definitely for the maths and slightly for VR it’s good for something that’s free.
For paid resources, medentry was really really good as the questions aren’t that hard and they have a lot of questions. They also mark you a little higher than medify so it’s good for motivation, however if you do enough of medify’s hard questions it should prepare you better as the real thing will feel way easier.
For QR I’d advise getting really familiar with basic GCSE maths, my sister did a few papers as fast as possible and got 2960! And USE THE MEDIFY/MEDENTRY SKILLS TRAINERS, they’re so good 😭

Hi,
I’m gonna be applying to study med next yr so i’ll be taking the ucat this summer.
I wanna start doing some revision (maybe like 30min a week?) now just to familiarise myself with the exam and get lots of practice in bc i learn best through repetition over long periods of time. I also think that if i cram all my revision in the recommended 6-8 week period i’ll be super stressed and definitely end up burning myself out so i wanna do some now just to feel more prepared. However i don’t wanna run out of resources so what are the best things to use to prepare for the ucat?
I am gonna get medify a month before my ucat but i was wondering what the other (preferably free) resources available are bc i dont want to finish all the official resources quickly.
Thanks!!

Definitely get medify! The mocks are hard and totally prepare you for the real thing.
I wouldn’t start too early. I did mine in early September and started revising late July. My first official UCAT mock was 2100 Band 2 and my real score was 3070 Band 1.

oh ok ty! did u use only medify and the official resources or did u use anything else/any other methods to revise?

Hi,
I’m gonna be applying to study med next yr so i’ll be taking the ucat this summer.
I wanna start doing some revision (maybe like 30min a week?) now just to familiarise myself with the exam and get lots of practice in bc i learn best through repetition over long periods of time. I also think that if i cram all my revision in the recommended 6-8 week period i’ll be super stressed and definitely end up burning myself out so i wanna do some now just to feel more prepared. However i don’t wanna run out of resources so what are the best things to use to prepare for the ucat?
I am gonna get medify a month before my ucat but i was wondering what the other (preferably free) resources available are bc i dont want to finish all the official resources quickly.
Thanks!!

Hi,
I’m gonna be applying to study med next yr so i’ll be taking the ucat this summer.
I wanna start doing some revision (maybe like 30min a week?) now just to familiarise myself with the exam and get lots of practice in bc i learn best through repetition over long periods of time. I also think that if i cram all my revision in the recommended 6-8 week period i’ll be super stressed and definitely end up burning myself out so i wanna do some now just to feel more prepared. However i don’t wanna run out of resources so what are the best things to use to prepare for the ucat?
I am gonna get medify a month before my ucat but i was wondering what the other (preferably free) resources available are bc i dont want to finish all the official resources quickly.
Thanks!!

Do you mean applying this year then starting med school next year? Or applying next year and starting the year after that?
Realistically, you shouldn't worry about the UCAT until it is the year that you intend to apply, so if you aren't applying this year, you shouldn't be taking the test or studying yet.
What year are you in?

They are in year 12

Do you mean applying this year then starting med school next year? Or applying next year and starting the year after that?
Realistically, you shouldn't worry about the UCAT until it is the year that you intend to apply, so if you aren't applying this year, you shouldn't be taking the test or studying yet.
What year are you in?

Medistudents has a free ucat prep site its just to get a feel of the questions would still Need to use medify to solidify etc