@@helloitssharon hi! i just took my test today, i got like 2800 for my practice b-d but deproved to 2600 for the actual test probably cuz i wasnt used to doing it on a computer or sumn, if any future UCAT students read this, try to recreate the exact thing down to the laminated paper and whiteboard marker, i hope you guys have a better experience than me
Well doneee!!!! Yes that is very true, the set up did throw me off a little bit even though I had practised on a laptop with a whiteboard throughout! I’ll pin your comment so hopefully people can see this as it’s great advice!! 🫶🏾
Hey I’m crying seeing this video, I felt especially useless and idiotic after my mock exams but you gave me hope that trusting God and the process is all you need after you studied your hardest. Thank you, my exam is in 3 days
You’re welcome!!! I pray that God will grant you all the wisdom and knowledge you need, and remember that He is always with you. I wish you all the best and I’ll be praying that you will get a great score 🙏🏾❤️
hey Sharon!! I just sat my UCAT and I really wanna thank you for this video. It really helped a lot with my mindset and made me focus on God’s strength not mine. Because of ur video I got the idea of writing affirmations and bible verses on my laminated scratchpad which I truly believe helped me get the score that I got. I have never gotten as high in my mocks as I gotten in the real thing and God truly is the reason why. Thank you Sharon once again for this video 🙏 and praying that both of us become blessed doctors 💖
Heyy, that’s amazing I’m so so happy for you!!!❤️🙌🏾 Amen and amen, I’m so glad God brought us through it and I’m grateful to have been able to help you. Your message truly has made my day and I pray that God will continue to guide us in everything we do 🙏🏾❤️
CONGRATULATIONS !!! Honestly u have no idea how much this video helps I watch it literally everyday twice I m so worried for my UCAT it’s in 5 days and after attempting my mocks on medify I m not really happy with my marks and perpetrations and I recently just had a surgery watching your videos makes me feel at easy often thank u so much ! And I m so happy for u
Thank you!!! It makes me so happy to know that I’ve been able to help you in some way, you’re welcome ☺️ I wish you all the best with your exam and I’m sure you’ll do amazing!!!🙏🏾❤️
Congratulations !!! I was feeling really low cause i was getting unsatisfactory scores in the MEDIFY mock, but watching your video really did motivate me a lot. Thank you so much T-T
You did so well!! You’ve given me so much faith I’ve been averaging around 2650 and I’ve been praying so much for a higher score in the real exam and your score has shown me what God can do. I’m definitely going to write bible verses on my sheet too thanks for the idea!
well done I am so proud of you! this is my first time coming across your channel, and watching your reaction is so heartwarming; it truly does motivate me to try harder for the ucat bc its worth it in the end❤
Hey Sharon, huge congratulations on your fabulous score. On the comments, I read that you used both Medify and The Medic Portal (TMP) apart from the official UCAT but you mainly used TMP for your preparation. Is that correct? And if yes, how would you compare Medify vs TMP, and which one would you recommend or both? Also, for TMP did you just get the question bank or the online course as part of the package aswell? Finally, how did you go about preparing? Like, did you initially start doing untimed questions and how many you did per day and how many timed Qs and mocks did you do per day later on? Apologies for the long question, but your expertise would greatly help me. And fingers crossed for the good news from your Harvard application. We're all rooting for you!
Yes, I mainly used TMP to prepare. I was lucky enough that my school purchased a medic portal package for all students applying to med! It was £120 for the question bank, practise exams and videos explaining each section, so it didn’t include the online course. Medify was a lotttt harder than the real exam (especially QR) and to be completely honest TMP was harder than the real exam too. But, medify did have a lot of other features that made it better than TMP. For example, medify has built in timed practise, whereas with TMP I had to time myself which was so inconvenient. Medify also has a lotttt more mocks and you can do mini tests for each specific section, which is really useful in helping improve on weaker areas. Honeslty, TMP is not worth paying £120 when medify was so much more affordable (I think it was around £60 or less) and provides so many more resources, so overall I would recommend medify. To prepare I spent 2 hours every day (except on Sundays), starting 6 weeks before my exam date. I would say less is more when it comes to the UCAT; some days I did around only 60 questions but spent time making sure I understood why I had got it right/wrong, then retried the same questions to see if it got it right again. First 1-2 weeks were watching all the videos and understanding what I needed to know for each section, weeks 2-4 were doing untimed questions and then weeks 5-6 I only did timed questions. Because TMP only had 6 mocks I tried to save them for closer to the exam, and then during the week of my exam I did an official UCAT mock every day. If you get medify they have over 20 mocks so I would start doing mocks by weeks 3-4, maybe two a week to start then by weeks 5-6 maybe every other day. No worries at all, I’m more than happy to help and let me know if you have anything else you wanted to ask! Thanks so much and I wish you all the best 🫶🏾❤️
amazing result! I'm excited for your journey to become a Doctor. My UCAT is in two days and I'm feeling low because I'm not getting the score I want on the Medify mocks no matter how many questions I am trying to do and I am terrified to do the real exam now. I am stressed as you can tell haha.
Thank you! I personally found the medify ones much harder than the real exam and I found that the official UCAT mocks were most accurate, so you could give some of those a try. Try not to burn out before the exam, take some time to rest and get in a good headspace 🙏🏾 I wish you all the best with your exam and I’m sure you’ll do much better than you think you will!!!❤️
@@helloitssharon thank you so much for your reply, I didn't expect it. Thank you for your advice. I'm most worried about QR, it is my weakest section and I don't have much time to improve on it now. I literally full on panic practising QR questions. Gotta stay calm
@@abi1158 You’re welcome, please just try not to put too much pressure on yourself. You have done everything you can and I’m sure all your hard work will pay off ❤️
I don’t remember seeing a tax one specifically 🤷🏾♀️ but there were a few complicated questions that I just flagged and skipped because it just didn’t look doable 🫠
THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE well done girl!!! My UCAT is in 11 days and im getting scores of 2000-2230. Im feeling very demotivated and disheartened. Do you have any tips? If you used medify, how did each subsection compare to the real exam? WELL DONE ONCE AGAIN ON YOUR SCOREEE!!🌟🌟🌟🌟
THANK YOU!! ✨ Honestly I feel your pain because I never got a mock score anywhere close to what I ended up getting in the real exam, but anything is possible! I’ve put tips for VR, QR and DM in the comments already which you can check out. For AR, my advice would just be to guess, flag and skip quickly if you’re not sure and memorise one of the acronyms to help. I mainly used medic portal and a bit of medify but, from what I practised, medify was so much harder than the real exam, especially QR, DM and AR. I would say out of all the sections, QR on medify is the least realistic because it’s so much more difficult. The official UCAT mock exams were the most realistic to the actual exam. I wish you all the best and I’m sure you’ll get an amazing score!!! ❤️
@@helloitssharon thank you so much for this! You have given me hope ❤️I also love the fact you wrote down affirmations affirmed to God and read them before each section - deffo doing this !!!
Honestly my mocks were not great either! I distinctly remember the week before I got in the 2100s, but days before my exam I did a mock everyday and I got 2430 with band 2 and 2680 with band 3 - with the UCAT literally anything can happen and mocks don’t determine the final score you’re going to get, so please stay hopeful! 🫶🏾
VR was one of my least favourite and it shows because it was my lowest score (670) butttt I do have some advice for it: Timing is everything. Look at the timer at the start of every question and you’ve got to be strict with - it's 30 seconds max per question so 2 minutes per set. If you’re running out of time, guess flag and skip always. There are patterns in the wording of the question where you can immediately tell which of the answers will be true/false if they include quantifying words like “always” or “never”, so that makes guessing easier as you can exclude those options from your guess. If I ran out of time and had to guess, sometimes without even rescanning the text I could guess the right answer based on which one seemed most logically right, so if in doubt use your common sense and it should make guessing a little easier. I ended up guessing quite a lot of my answers so don’t worry if it’s not looking great at the moment, hopefully with time you’ll improve 🫶🏾
Hey, I’m a bit late to this but you’ve given me so much hope and motivation. I have 2 weeks left and I’m getting around 2200 in my mocks. Do you know what I can do at this point to somehow get around 2800 for the actual test? Is there anyway I can do that? Thankyou so much! :)
Hey, it’s definitely possible, you have a lot of time left to improve your score! Something I did which might work for you was that I really focused on improving my weaker sections. I would do strictly timed questions and then go back over each question, understand why I got it wrong and then try again. I wish you all the best and feel free to message if you need help with anything else! ❤️🫶🏾
@@helloitssharon Hey, thank you so much for your reply. I really appreciate it❤️ Also, congratulations on your A level results and getting into King’s College!! I’m so happy for you!! I just wanted to ask, would you suggest that I do mini mocks for each section and then a full mock each day?
@@Drishya03 Thank you!! Yes, I’d suggest maybe start with a full mock and see which section is your weakest, then the following day focus on 1-2 sections only doing mini mocks for those; the next day then try another full mock and repeat. Over time your weakest sections might change, so I would suggest doing only one full mock each day every day for the last few days leading up to your exam. Hope this helps ❤️🙏🏾
Hey Sharon, Congratulations on such a great score, you are giving me hope based on your experiences, which is putting me in a better mind-frame, after many dreadful mocks. So thank you! :) I would just like to ask 2 questions, if that's okay? 1. What did you get in all your UCAT mocks on the official UCAT website, as you only displayed 2 on your video. 2. I can't break out of the 500's for QR, what did you do to turn around a poor average in QR into 670 in the exam? Thank you and well done again! :)
Sure, so I only managed to do 3 official UCAT mocks. I used an online score calculator to figure out my scores. Practise A - 2430 (5 days before exam) VR 25/44 630 DM 16/29 630 QR 16/36 530 AR 31/50 670 SJ 45/69 Band 2 Practise B - 2680 (3 days before exam) VR 30/44 700 DM 19/29 700 QR 19/36 550 AR 36/50 730 SJ 41/69 Band 3 Practise C - 2680 (1 day before exam) VR 25/44 630 DM 17/29 650 QR 23/36 650 AR 38/50 750 SJ 40/69 Band 3 My advice for QR, as silly as it sounds, was first telling myself I could do it before every question. I realised it was impossible for me to answer every question (2 minutes per set was not working out for me) so I worked out if I spent 3 minutes on every set, I could answer only 8 sets and miss out 3. I focused more on doing the questions I found easiest and doing them correctly, over doing as many as I could. This way, I guessed, flagged and skipped any long complicated questions but took into account I could only do that for 3 sets maximum. For the other 8 sets/solo questions, I took my time to focus on getting them right over doing them quickly. At the end I did have some time left over so I could go back and work out some of the questions I had flagged and guessed for. I hope this is helpful, and I wish you all the best! Anything is possible and I’m sure you’ll be able to get a great score 🙏🏾❤️
@@helloitssharon Thank you so much for the reply, it is really appreciated. I will try your technique, and hopefully by Gods grace I will be able to get into the 600's for QR. Thank you so much again for your help! :) Wish you the best of luck with your university application :D
Yeah sure! So for VR I advise to look at the timer at the start of every question, make sure it’s 30 seconds max per question so 2 minutes per set. Sometimes you can tell straight away some of the options are right/wrong based on wording so that can narrow down options when you have to guess. If I ran out of time and had to guess, sometimes without even re-scanning the text I could guess the right answer based on which one seemed to fit best. For DM, I found that it’s so much easier in the exam. Drawing things out to help me visualise was pretty helpful (things like venn diagram’s and tables to organise information). For AR, I really struggled with it but it was a lot easier in the exam too (a week before the exam I did a mock and got 350🫣). I first read the whole question to make sure I didn’t miss out on any bits of information, and if anything was a multi-step question (like do 8 steps to get the answer) I would guess, flag and skip. Near the end when I was running out of time I was skipping/flagging a lot and doing the really simple two-step questions which I knew I could get right, before going back to some of the more difficult ones. Hope this helps! ❤️
Hi Sharon 😃👍 I was trying to ask similar questions. How would you advise and what type of hints, tips and strategies would give to someone within those 5 sections from your experience by sitting this test? Thank you 😃👍😎🌞
Congratulations for such a wonderful result 🎉🎉🥳🥳, I have my UCAT exam tomorrow, I have been using Medify and the mock that I did today I got 2290, I am so disheartened, do you think I will get a higher score than this in the real exam? I am so scared 😅
Thank you!!☺️ From my experience medify was harder than the real exam so hopefully you do score higher🤞🏾 Please try not to be nervous, honestly at this point all you can do is try your hardest but I hope you smash it and I wish you all the best!❤️
Yeah for sure, I found UCAT score online calculators where I put in my raw marks for each section and it calculated my score - I did 2/3 different ones to see which ones seemed most accurate but they all gave me the same score
Which was the most similar to the real exam medify or something else, were the offical mocks similar? If it was which one most it most similar to like difficulty per topic
Hey, so the best thing that helped me was using the official UCAT Mocks. The question styles on the official website mocks are the most similar to the actual exam and they’re really accurate to the type of questions that came up for me in the exam. I used a mix of medify + medic portal. On medify: VR was very accurate to the exam DM was harder on medify AR was harder on medify OR was so so so much harder on medify On medic portal: VR was a little easier on medic portal DM was harder on medic portal AR was harder on medic portal QR was much harder on medic portal But overall I would say medify is better than medic portal because medic portal is very limited in terms of practise options (less mocks, no mini mocks, no timed practise) Hope this helps and I wish you all the best with your exam! ❤️🙏🏾
@@nandakishorshanmugasigaman5849 So for VR I advise to look at the timer at the start of every question, make sure it's 30 seconds max per question so 2 minutes per set. Scan for key words or phrases that will be easily identifiable to help you answer the question. Sometimes you can tell straight away some of the options are right/wrong based on wording so that can narrow down options when you have to guess. If I ran out of time and had to guess, sometimes without even re-scanning the text I could guess the right answer based on which one seemed to logically fit best. With long complicated passages that would be time consuming, I would guess logically, flag and skip to come back to at the end. For SJT I would advise to practise but more importantly review wrong answers and learn why it was wrong. I would retest myself the day after on the same set of questions to see if I got the answers right or wrong a second time. My method of doing sjt was first deciding if it was overall positive or overall negative, and then seeing if it had negative or positive aspects to it. Sometimes you can pick out trends based on the language used e.g “confront” or “accuse” being used will almost always mean very inappropriate.
It you’re not feeling burnt out, perhaps do one or two mocks before exam day. Most importantly though don’t overwork yourself - I wish you all the best! ❤️🫶🏾
Thank you! So I applied for medicine at Cambridge, Imperial, Glasgow & Kings College London - I got offers from the last two and I’ll be going to Kings this September!! 🫶🏾
I think you should try to do some of the official UCAT mocks as they are really accurate to the exam. If you've done all of them already, then only do timed practise questions from now on (2 hours max per day is what I did). Ideally each day you should do one mock exam and then go over the wrong answers to figure out where you went wrong and what you can improve on. I wish you all the best with your exam and I'm sure you'll do great! 🙏🏾
@@user-gi3yr1gl7j If there’s a particular area of the UCAT that you struggle with or if you’re not feeling confident, I’d suggest doing 1-2 hours max of practise (timed or one of the official UCAT mocks). If possible, try to avoid doing any UCAT practise at all so you don’t get overwhelmed or burnt out right before the exam. I think the main thing for you to do would be rest (make sure you get a good nights sleep!) and get in a good headspace. Do things that bring you peace and help you stay calm. I wish you all the best with your exam and I’m sure you’ll do great!!!🙏🏾
QR and AR were so much easier in the exam compared to medify + medic portal. AR I actually ended up finishing with 2 minutes spare and with QR I found the questions/scenarios a lot simpler to understand
Hi! im taking my UCAT in 2 days, can i ask if u found the actual thing easier than the official ucat practices?
Yes I would definitely say the actual thing was much easier than the official UCAT practises, I wish you all the best!!🫶🏾
@@helloitssharon hi! i just took my test today, i got like 2800 for my practice b-d but deproved to 2600 for the actual test probably cuz i wasnt used to doing it on a computer or sumn, if any future UCAT students read this, try to recreate the exact thing down to the laminated paper and whiteboard marker, i hope you guys have a better experience than me
Well doneee!!!! Yes that is very true, the set up did throw me off a little bit even though I had practised on a laptop with a whiteboard throughout! I’ll pin your comment so hopefully people can see this as it’s great advice!! 🫶🏾
Hey I’m crying seeing this video, I felt especially useless and idiotic after my mock exams but you gave me hope that trusting God and the process is all you need after you studied your hardest. Thank you, my exam is in 3 days
You’re welcome!!! I pray that God will grant you all the wisdom and knowledge you need, and remember that He is always with you. I wish you all the best and I’ll be praying that you will get a great score 🙏🏾❤️
@@helloitssharon thank you so much 💗
hey Sharon!! I just sat my UCAT and I really wanna thank you for this video. It really helped a lot with my mindset and made me focus on God’s strength not mine. Because of ur video I got the idea of writing affirmations and bible verses on my laminated scratchpad which I truly believe helped me get the score that I got. I have never gotten as high in my mocks as I gotten in the real thing and God truly is the reason why. Thank you Sharon once again for this video 🙏 and praying that both of us become blessed doctors 💖
Heyy, that’s amazing I’m so so happy for you!!!❤️🙌🏾
Amen and amen, I’m so glad God brought us through it and I’m grateful to have been able to help you. Your message truly has made my day and I pray that God will continue to guide us in everything we do 🙏🏾❤️
CONGRATULATIONS !!! Honestly u have no idea how much this video helps I watch it literally everyday twice I m so worried for my UCAT it’s in 5 days and after attempting my mocks on medify I m not really happy with my marks and perpetrations and I recently just had a surgery watching your videos makes me feel at easy often thank u so much ! And I m so happy for u
Thank you!!! It makes me so happy to know that I’ve been able to help you in some way, you’re welcome ☺️
I wish you all the best with your exam and I’m sure you’ll do amazing!!!🙏🏾❤️
Congratulations !!! I was feeling really low cause i was getting unsatisfactory scores in the MEDIFY mock, but watching your video really did motivate me a lot. Thank you so much T-T
You’re welcome!! I wish you all the best with your exam and I’m sure you’ll do great 🙏🏾❤️
You did so well!! You’ve given me so much faith I’ve been averaging around 2650 and I’ve been praying so much for a higher score in the real exam and your score has shown me what God can do. I’m definitely going to write bible verses on my sheet too thanks for the idea!
Amen, I wish you all the best and hopefully you do great!! 🙏🏾❤️
congratulations Sharon!! 🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊
well done I am so proud of you! this is my first time coming across your channel, and watching your reaction is so heartwarming; it truly does motivate me to try harder for the ucat bc its worth it in the end❤
Thank you! ❤️
Hey Sharon, huge congratulations on your fabulous score. On the comments, I read that you used both Medify and The Medic Portal (TMP) apart from the official UCAT but you mainly used TMP for your preparation. Is that correct? And if yes, how would you compare Medify vs TMP, and which one would you recommend or both? Also, for TMP did you just get the question bank or the online course as part of the package aswell?
Finally, how did you go about preparing? Like, did you initially start doing untimed questions and how many you did per day and how many timed Qs and mocks did you do per day later on?
Apologies for the long question, but your expertise would greatly help me. And fingers crossed for the good news from your Harvard application. We're all rooting for you!
Yes, I mainly used TMP to prepare. I was lucky enough that my school purchased a medic portal package for all students applying to med! It was £120 for the question bank, practise exams and videos explaining each section, so it didn’t include the online course. Medify was a lotttt harder than the real exam (especially QR) and to be completely honest TMP was harder than the real exam too. But, medify did have a lot of other features that made it better than TMP. For example, medify has built in timed practise, whereas with TMP I had to time myself which was so inconvenient. Medify also has a lotttt more mocks and you can do mini tests for each specific section, which is really useful in helping improve on weaker areas. Honeslty, TMP is not worth paying £120 when medify was so much more affordable (I think it was around £60 or less) and provides so many more resources, so overall I would recommend medify.
To prepare I spent 2 hours every day (except on Sundays), starting 6 weeks before my exam date. I would say less is more when it comes to the UCAT; some days I did around only 60 questions but spent time making sure I understood why I had got it right/wrong, then retried the same questions to see if it got it right again. First 1-2 weeks were watching all the videos and understanding what I needed to know for each section, weeks 2-4 were doing untimed questions and then weeks 5-6 I only did timed questions. Because TMP only had 6 mocks I tried to save them for closer to the exam, and then during the week of my exam I did an official UCAT mock every day. If you get medify they have over 20 mocks so I would start doing mocks by weeks 3-4, maybe two a week to start then by weeks 5-6 maybe every other day.
No worries at all, I’m more than happy to help and let me know if you have anything else you wanted to ask! Thanks so much and I wish you all the best 🫶🏾❤️
amazing result! I'm excited for your journey to become a Doctor. My UCAT is in two days and I'm feeling low because I'm not getting the score I want on the Medify mocks no matter how many questions I am trying to do and I am terrified to do the real exam now. I am stressed as you can tell haha.
Thank you! I personally found the medify ones much harder than the real exam and I found that the official UCAT mocks were most accurate, so you could give some of those a try. Try not to burn out before the exam, take some time to rest and get in a good headspace 🙏🏾
I wish you all the best with your exam and I’m sure you’ll do much better than you think you will!!!❤️
@@helloitssharon thank you so much for your reply, I didn't expect it. Thank you for your advice. I'm most worried about QR, it is my weakest section and I don't have much time to improve on it now. I literally full on panic practising QR questions. Gotta stay calm
@@abi1158 You’re welcome, please just try not to put too much pressure on yourself. You have done everything you can and I’m sure all your hard work will pay off ❤️
Hi, how did you do in the end?
CONGRATS SHARON I MSO PROUD FO YOU
THANK YOU!☺️🙌🏾
you did amazing! the Lord has done it! wow congratulations❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! 🙌🏾❤️
Congrats!!! I’m so jelly~ May I know if there were any tax questions or complicated stuff like that in QR?
I don’t remember seeing a tax one specifically 🤷🏾♀️ but there were a few complicated questions that I just flagged and skipped because it just didn’t look doable 🫠
THIS IS SO IMPRESSIVE well done girl!!! My UCAT is in 11 days and im getting scores of 2000-2230. Im feeling very demotivated and disheartened. Do you have any tips? If you used medify, how did each subsection compare to the real exam? WELL DONE ONCE AGAIN ON YOUR SCOREEE!!🌟🌟🌟🌟
THANK YOU!! ✨
Honestly I feel your pain because I never got a mock score anywhere close to what I ended up getting in the real exam, but anything is possible!
I’ve put tips for VR, QR and DM in the comments already which you can check out. For AR, my advice would just be to guess, flag and skip quickly if you’re not sure and memorise one of the acronyms to help.
I mainly used medic portal and a bit of medify but, from what I practised, medify was so much harder than the real exam, especially QR, DM and AR. I would say out of all the sections, QR on medify is the least realistic because it’s so much more difficult. The official UCAT mock exams were the most realistic to the actual exam.
I wish you all the best and I’m sure you’ll get an amazing score!!! ❤️
@@helloitssharon thank you so much for this! You have given me hope ❤️I also love the fact you wrote down affirmations affirmed to God and read them before each section - deffo doing this !!!
How did it go? Xx
well done, what were you getting in your mocks before doing the exam? kinda worried cause mocks arent looking that good rn
Honestly my mocks were not great either! I distinctly remember the week before I got in the 2100s, but days before my exam I did a mock everyday and I got 2430 with band 2 and 2680 with band 3 - with the UCAT literally anything can happen and mocks don’t determine the final score you’re going to get, so please stay hopeful! 🫶🏾
@@helloitssharon do you have any vr tips cause its looking long for that section
VR was one of my least favourite and it shows because it was my lowest score (670) butttt I do have some advice for it:
Timing is everything. Look at the timer at the start of every question and you’ve got to be strict with - it's 30 seconds max per question so 2 minutes per set. If you’re running out of time, guess flag and skip always.
There are patterns in the wording of the question where you can immediately tell which of the answers will be true/false if they include quantifying words like “always” or “never”, so that makes guessing easier as you can exclude those options from your guess. If I ran out of time and had to guess, sometimes without even rescanning the text I could guess the right answer based on which one seemed most logically right, so if in doubt use your common sense and it should make guessing a little easier.
I ended up guessing quite a lot of my answers so don’t worry if it’s not looking great at the moment, hopefully with time you’ll improve 🫶🏾
How did you do in the exam?
Hey, I’m a bit late to this but you’ve given me so much hope and motivation. I have 2 weeks left and I’m getting around 2200 in my mocks. Do you know what I can do at this point to somehow get around 2800 for the actual test? Is there anyway I can do that?
Thankyou so much! :)
Hey, it’s definitely possible, you have a lot of time left to improve your score! Something I did which might work for you was that I really focused on improving my weaker sections. I would do strictly timed questions and then go back over each question, understand why I got it wrong and then try again.
I wish you all the best and feel free to message if you need help with anything else! ❤️🫶🏾
@@helloitssharon Hey, thank you so much for your reply. I really appreciate it❤️
Also, congratulations on your A level results and getting into King’s College!! I’m so happy for you!!
I just wanted to ask, would you suggest that I do mini mocks for each section and then a full mock each day?
@@Drishya03 Thank you!! Yes, I’d suggest maybe start with a full mock and see which section is your weakest, then the following day focus on 1-2 sections only doing mini mocks for those; the next day then try another full mock and repeat. Over time your weakest sections might change, so I would suggest doing only one full mock each day every day for the last few days leading up to your exam.
Hope this helps ❤️🙏🏾
@@helloitssharon Thankyou so much! This really helps💜
Congratulations 🎉❤❤
Thank you!!❤️
I'm so so so so so proud
Thank you!☺️
Hey Sharon, Congratulations on such a great score, you are giving me hope based on your experiences, which is putting me in a better mind-frame, after many dreadful mocks. So thank you! :)
I would just like to ask 2 questions, if that's okay?
1. What did you get in all your UCAT mocks on the official UCAT website, as you only displayed 2 on your video.
2. I can't break out of the 500's for QR, what did you do to turn around a poor average in QR into 670 in the exam?
Thank you and well done again! :)
Sure, so I only managed to do 3 official UCAT mocks. I used an online score calculator to figure out my scores.
Practise A - 2430 (5 days before exam)
VR 25/44 630
DM 16/29 630
QR 16/36 530
AR 31/50 670
SJ 45/69 Band 2
Practise B - 2680 (3 days before exam)
VR 30/44 700
DM 19/29 700
QR 19/36 550
AR 36/50 730
SJ 41/69 Band 3
Practise C - 2680 (1 day before exam)
VR 25/44 630
DM 17/29 650
QR 23/36 650
AR 38/50 750
SJ 40/69 Band 3
My advice for QR, as silly as it sounds, was first telling myself I could do it before every question. I realised it was impossible for me to answer every question (2 minutes per set was not working out for me) so I worked out if I spent 3 minutes on every set, I could answer only 8 sets and miss out 3. I focused more on doing the questions I found easiest and doing them correctly, over doing as many as I could. This way, I guessed, flagged and skipped any long complicated questions but took into account I could only do that for 3 sets maximum. For the other 8 sets/solo questions, I took my time to focus on getting them right over doing them quickly. At the end I did have some time left over so I could go back and work out some of the questions I had flagged and guessed for.
I hope this is helpful, and I wish you all the best! Anything is possible and I’m sure you’ll be able to get a great score 🙏🏾❤️
@@helloitssharon Thank you so much for the reply, it is really appreciated. I will try your technique, and hopefully by Gods grace I will be able to get into the 600's for QR. Thank you so much again for your help! :) Wish you the best of luck with your university application :D
Well done🥳🙏🏽amazing score!!
Thank you! ☺️
Do you have any tips for VR, DM & AR?❤
Yeah sure!
So for VR I advise to look at the timer at the start of every question, make sure it’s 30 seconds max per question so 2 minutes per set. Sometimes you can tell straight away some of the options are right/wrong based on wording so that can narrow down options when you have to guess. If I ran out of time and had to guess, sometimes without even re-scanning the text I could guess the right answer based on which one seemed to fit best.
For DM, I found that it’s so much easier in the exam. Drawing things out to help me visualise was pretty helpful (things like venn diagram’s and tables to organise information).
For AR, I really struggled with it but it was a lot easier in the exam too (a week before the exam I did a mock and got 350🫣). I first read the whole question to make sure I didn’t miss out on any bits of information, and if anything was a multi-step question (like do 8 steps to get the answer) I would guess, flag and skip. Near the end when I was running out of time I was skipping/flagging a lot and doing the really simple two-step questions which I knew I could get right, before going back to some of the more difficult ones.
Hope this helps! ❤️
Wow thanks for all of this advice. So helpful! I appreciate it!❤❤
Hi Sharon 😃👍
I was trying to ask similar questions.
How would you advise and what type of hints, tips and strategies would give to someone within those 5 sections from your experience by sitting this test?
Thank you 😃👍😎🌞
Congratulations for such a wonderful result 🎉🎉🥳🥳, I have my UCAT exam tomorrow, I have been using Medify and the mock that I did today I got 2290, I am so disheartened, do you think I will get a higher score than this in the real exam? I am so scared 😅
Thank you!!☺️
From my experience medify was harder than the real exam so hopefully you do score higher🤞🏾
Please try not to be nervous, honestly at this point all you can do is try your hardest but I hope you smash it and I wish you all the best!❤️
@@helloitssharon No worriesss☺️
Thank you so much ❤️
I really appreciate this!!☺️
How did you do in the real UCAT?
I got 2490 in the real thing.
Huge well done ❤
Thank you! ❤️
hi my ucat is in 4 days, can i pls know how you calculated the ucat score for the official practice tests? thanks :))
Yeah for sure, I found UCAT score online calculators where I put in my raw marks for each section and it calculated my score - I did 2/3 different ones to see which ones seemed most accurate but they all gave me the same score
congrats!!! Which unis are you thinking of applying to?
Thank you!!! I’m thinking of Cambridge, Imperial, Kings and maybe Glasgow too 🤷🏾♀️
Which was the most similar to the real exam medify or something else, were the offical mocks similar? If it was which one most it most similar to like difficulty per topic
Hey, so the best thing that helped me was using the official UCAT Mocks. The question styles on the official website mocks are the most similar to the actual exam and they’re really accurate to the type of questions that came up for me in the exam.
I used a mix of medify + medic portal.
On medify:
VR was very accurate to the exam
DM was harder on medify
AR was harder on medify
OR was so so so much harder on medify
On medic portal:
VR was a little easier on medic portal
DM was harder on medic portal
AR was harder on medic portal
QR was much harder on medic portal
But overall I would say medify is better than medic portal because medic portal is very limited in terms of practise options (less mocks, no mini mocks, no timed practise)
Hope this helps and I wish you all the best with your exam! ❤️🙏🏾
@@helloitssharon thx a lot, do u have any tips for vr cause thts the topic I struggle with
And sjt
@@nandakishorshanmugasigaman5849
So for VR I advise to look at the timer at the start of every question, make sure it's 30 seconds max per question so 2 minutes per set. Scan for key words or phrases that will be easily identifiable to help you answer the question.
Sometimes you can tell straight away some of the options are right/wrong based on wording so that can narrow down options when you have to guess. If I ran out of time and had to guess, sometimes without even re-scanning the text I could guess the right answer based on which one seemed to logically fit best. With long complicated passages that would be time consuming, I would guess logically, flag and skip to come back to at the end.
For SJT I would advise to practise but more importantly review wrong answers and learn why it was wrong. I would retest myself the day after on the same set of questions to see if I got the answers right or wrong a second time.
My method of doing sjt was first deciding if it was overall positive or overall negative, and then seeing if it had negative or positive aspects to it. Sometimes you can pick out trends based on the language used e.g “confront” or “accuse” being used will almost always mean very inappropriate.
I have got mine in 3 days ? What would you recommend I do and thank you for the video
It you’re not feeling burnt out, perhaps do one or two mocks before exam day. Most importantly though don’t overwork yourself - I wish you all the best! ❤️🫶🏾
Congrats on such a high ucat score. Where are you thinking of applying for Medicine?
Thank you! So I applied for medicine at Cambridge, Imperial, Glasgow & Kings College London - I got offers from the last two and I’ll be going to Kings this September!! 🫶🏾
If you had to guess, which letter did you normally choose?
If I had to guess, I would choose the letter I had picked the least so far!
Congratulations 🎉🎉
Thank you ☺️
Just did the ucat today! Got the exact same score as you :)))
AYY CONGRATULATIONS I’m so happy for you, that’s amazing!!! 🙌🏾❤️🎉
@@helloitssharon THANK YOUUU!! Congratulations to you too!! Related to what u said abt sacrificing your summer 😪 So glad its over!
What type of scores were you getting on your full timed mocks like the week before ? WELL DONE ON UR SCORE⭐️⭐️⭐️
THANK YOU! So a week before was when I hit my low point and got 2190 and Band 3 🫠😬 Then 5 days before I got 2430 and Band 2
What would you recommend for someone who is about 5 days away from their exam? What should I be doing rn?
I think you should try to do some of the official UCAT mocks as they are really accurate to the exam. If you've done all of them already, then only do timed practise questions from now on (2 hours max per day is what I did).
Ideally each day you should do one mock exam and then go over the wrong answers to figure out where you went wrong and what you can improve on.
I wish you all the best with your exam and I'm sure you'll do great! 🙏🏾
I am so so happy for you
Thank you!!!☺️
@@helloitssharon what would you recommend me doing the day before my exam? :)
@@user-gi3yr1gl7j If there’s a particular area of the UCAT that you struggle with or if you’re not feeling confident, I’d suggest doing 1-2 hours max of practise (timed or one of the official UCAT mocks). If possible, try to avoid doing any UCAT practise at all so you don’t get overwhelmed or burnt out right before the exam.
I think the main thing for you to do would be rest (make sure you get a good nights sleep!) and get in a good headspace. Do things that bring you peace and help you stay calm.
I wish you all the best with your exam and I’m sure you’ll do great!!!🙏🏾
@@helloitssharon thank you for your advice and your words of encouragement :)
Well done!
Thank you! ☺️
damn I got 2960 as well lmao
VR 630
DM 740
QR 700
AR 890
Band 1 too
🎉
Omg congratulations!!!! 890 on AR that’s incredible 🙌🏾🎉
Hi Sharon,
Super proud of you
Btw,i have questions i wanna ask privately
Im a girl btw.thank you.
And, it's about the UCAT
I already sat mine🤭
Hii thank you!! Sure, is it okay to email me on sharonsbirthdaymay@outlook.com to ask your questions? 🙏🏾
Congratulations on your achievement, Sharon ❗
Fantastic score 😃👍
Would you like to sit my UCAT test?
Have a great day 🌞😃👍😎
well done ❤❤
Thank you!❤️
How long did you revise for? like weeks?
I started revising 6 weeks before my exam date
omg well done
Thank you ☺️
Well done
Thank you!
How was the QR and AR in the exam?
QR and AR were so much easier in the exam compared to medify + medic portal. AR I actually ended up finishing with 2 minutes spare and with QR I found the questions/scenarios a lot simpler to understand
I’ve got my UCAT tommorow. I’m so nervous.
I might be too late but I miss you all the best!!! No matter what, I’m proud of you ❤️
@@helloitssharon thanks. I’ve just completed the test.