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hello, am trying to start practicing ucat. any tips

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Reply 2

Darcey08374

Original post by rimaa0014

hello, am trying to start practicing ucat. any tips

Medify is really good and I’d recommend following their advice/timeline but personally I’d start 3 months before your test date not any earlier. Make sure you know now the question types and how the exam actually works but I would focus more on your mocks and actual alevels for now and then start looking at ucat depending on when you’ve booked it for.

Reply 3

middle.earth

Hey, I would say start looking at Medify/Medentry (get both if you can) now and familiarise yourself with the question types e.g. through watching the practice videos on those sites or attending any free webinars you hear about. If your mocks are not over yet, do prioritise them though as you need those predicted grades!!! I would say most people need at least 7-8ish weeks of ‘proper’ prep ie doing lots of questions before your exam, so keep that in mind when booking your date (try and register for the booking asap— follow the UCAT instagram account for reminders on how to do this). Hope that helps!

Reply 4

premedMM

Original post by rimaa0014

hello, am trying to start practicing ucat. any tips

Start timed practice early on to build familiarity with the format. Focus on mastering basic math concepts such as percentage change, unit conversions, etc. If you're already strong in math, this won't pose a problem. DM and QR require similar math skills to answer questions, and they often follow recognizable patterns. These can be grouped into categories, such as probability questions in DM, which can be further broken down into subgroups for easier tackling.