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Ucat preparation tips

Hello all,

I am just writing to ask about ucat preparation tips could anyone help me? is it worth it to pay for 1-1 tutoring for this ? thank you

Reply 1

Hey, I did UCAT last year and got 2890. I know it’s a little different this year (and easier in my opinion haha) but they’ve not added anything so I would be able to help you. It’s definitely not worth 1 to 1 tutoring, in fact, I started revising for mine properly three weeks before. Not the best advice but basically just sign up to medify/medreach (choose one, not both) and use the question banks on UCAT website. Don’t start revising until 6 weeks before MAX anything else you’ll burn yourself out, trust me, 6 weeks is more than enough!! Please feel free to ask anymore if you need anything else!

Reply 2

Sorry Medentry, not medreach hahaha

Reply 3

Hi, I did ucat last year and got 2730. I agree with what has been said already, it’s not worth paying for 1 to 1. I started getting to know the question types and watching some videos about 2 months before but then went on holiday and ended up doing about a week of straight ucat (I think the recommended amount is 30hrs or something). I used medify and completed around 8 full mocks and then used the smaller, single section mocks. I did a few of the question banks on the ucat website too but not a lot.
I wish I’d done more on SJT personally as I got B2 but would have easily been able to get B1 had I worked harder on it. I recommend watching YouTube vids then medify!

Reply 4

Original post by BlueTiger55
Hey, I did UCAT last year and got 2890. I know it’s a little different this year (and easier in my opinion haha) but they’ve not added anything so I would be able to help you. It’s definitely not worth 1 to 1 tutoring, in fact, I started revising for mine properly three weeks before. Not the best advice but basically just sign up to medify/medreach (choose one, not both) and use the question banks on UCAT website. Don’t start revising until 6 weeks before MAX anything else you’ll burn yourself out, trust me, 6 weeks is more than enough!! Please feel free to ask anymore if you need anything else!

Thank you so much for you reply! is it possible to DM you on private I just want to ask some more questions if that is fine with you :smile:

Reply 5

Original post by ThefuturemED
Thank you so much for you reply! is it possible to DM you on private I just want to ask some more questions if that is fine with you :smile:


Of course! No worries!

Reply 6

Original post by Darcey08374
Hi, I did ucat last year and got 2730. I agree with what has been said already, it’s not worth paying for 1 to 1. I started getting to know the question types and watching some videos about 2 months before but then went on holiday and ended up doing about a week of straight ucat (I think the recommended amount is 30hrs or something). I used medify and completed around 8 full mocks and then used the smaller, single section mocks. I did a few of the question banks on the ucat website too but not a lot.
I wish I’d done more on SJT personally as I got B2 but would have easily been able to get B1 had I worked harder on it. I recommend watching YouTube vids then medify!

That's a great score well done, For me I really struggle with QR as I am very rusty on my math's ahah, I was unsure about getting 1-1 tutoring as I all the videos I have watched recommended it but I cant justify £640+ for the package deals! Thank you for your reply :smile:

Reply 7

Original post by ThefuturemED
That's a great score well done, For me I really struggle with QR as I am very rusty on my math's ahah, I was unsure about getting 1-1 tutoring as I all the videos I have watched recommended it but I cant justify £640+ for the package deals! Thank you for your reply :smile:


Honestly the more you practice it the better it is plus i found it easier in the actual exam!! It was my worst one and i found it really hard but it ended up being one of my highest scoring

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