How to Properly Study for the UCAT
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- To learn the details of how to study the UCAT (ANZ and UK) correctly the first time to also smash your exam visit:
Free 3-Hr iCanMed UCAT Webinar (Yr 11 & 10s): icanmed.com.au/next-webinar
How to ACE the UCAT playlist: • How to Properly Study ...
Alternatively, check out their page for more details:
ANZ: www.icanmed.com.au/pricing
UK: icanmed.co.uk/pricing/
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Practice Doesn't Mean Perfect
3:25 - Kolb's Experiential Cycle
5:33 - Questions/Prep Companies
#ucat #medschool #medstudent #study
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Who am I:
I'm Archer, a first-year medical student in Australia making videos about studying, productivity and technology.
If you have any questions or want to have a chat, feel free to leave a comment below and I'll get to it as soon as possible. If you DM me on Instagram I'm more likely to see it sooner!
I'm writing my UCAT this year and this was so helpful ,thank you you so much for this vid ,will recommended to aspiring med students.
Thank you so much!! Glad it helped :)
Good to see an aussie on here, thanks for the good vid and advice mate
Cheers man! Appreciate it :)
Came across your channel from Ali's twitch stream yesterday! Loving the content man, keep up the great work!! 👏🏽🙏🏽
Thanks Daniel!
Thank you so much for this!!!
Thank you Yazz!
Are you sure your not actually Ali Abdaal in disguise ?
hahahaha i wish
Great video!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
amazing video, wondering which software you use to edit particularly the drawn overlays :)
Notability
Hey Archer! Which UCAT platform did you use? Also, did you have a tutor or anything like that?
thank you so much for this video! my UCAT exam is approaching rapidly, and I was falling into the exact trap of trying to do more and more questions that you mentioned in your video :') hopefully, now I'll be reflecting a lot more on strategies instead of pumping out questions !!
Thank you for your kind comment! Yes! That's great, questions definitely are important but you don't want to waste before using them at the right time - which is after you've learnt the techniques really well and now it's just about practice and learning about the little nuances of question types and familiarising yourself with similar QTs. This is the final stage once you've learnt everything well enough to then just focus on speed and exam-related issues like stress, keyboard shortcuts, using laminated paper etc. Hope this helps!
@@ArcherNewton yes, this helped a lot! :D
Hey Archer, I am gonna do the ucat test but I am worried about accuracy within time frame. Could you please give a tip for VR.
How long did you spend revising for the ucat
Thank you for this video! I was wondering if the iCanMed is available for UK students too? x
Thank you Saniya 😃 Yes iCanMed is available for everyone sitting UCAT including UK.
@@ArcherNewton Thank you! I will most certainly be using this source for revision! :)
So what you are trying to say is, doing 100s of practice questions won't be helpful, rather reflecting on the questions and determining the right answer by using the right strategy is the key. Am i right???...Plus I recently joined MedEntry, what are your thoughts abt it, should I still join ICanMed??
Hi Archer, did extracurriculars have a major contribution to your entry into med school or was the med entry mainly based on your high results.
Hi, you should probably take a look at my video on how to get into med school. They don’t select people based on how much extracurriculars you did. There’s actually no point during the process where they ask this. It isn’t one of their selection criteria. Out of interest, where did you get the idea that extracurriculars are major contributors to medicine entry?
Is the coupon thing too late? I can’t find it on ur description. Btw, thx for the comparison between medify & icanmed :)
Thank you Linda!! Message me on instagram and I can help you get connected with icanmed :)
Ma man... one and only tge legend... finally reveals his secretes of UCAT 😍😍
Thanks man!
Hi! How many hours of school study and UCAT study did you do per day (especially in the holidays before trials)? How many questions did you do in the UCAT? How do you "learn" the question types as you said? Did you do tutoring for ucat and interviews?
Hi Nour! I had the philosophy that in my final year of high school, any time that I spent not socialising or doing something that I thought had an impact or important value in my life, I would be studying or sleeping, lol. That meant I got a study of done but also got everything else that I wanted done. This meant that my down time was socialising, and that was what worked for me. Whatever you do, you need downtime. This was my principle for school study, I did the UCAT for 30 minutes every day for around 6 months and that compounded to heaps of time obviously. In the holidays upcoming to my UCAT I focused pretty much solely on the UCAT and not my school trials because our trials were not graded; it was more important for me to score in the UCAT. I did thousands of questions for the UCAT, but the large majority of them were in the final month and a bit before the exam. This is when bulk numbers of questions become important, to find little nuance differences in question types and build familiarisation, BUT after learning it all correctly the first time. I learnt the UCAT with a very analytical approach of trying to understand why each technique was recommended and how it was supposed to help me. All the techniques I brought into the exam were from iCanMed since they had integrated everything I wanted/needed to know - they had rationale behind everything. I haven't really thought about ucat/interview training but I would recommend iCanMed since they are way way more qualified than just me who sat it once. They just answer questions 24/7 so it's the same thing really.
Hope this helps!
Hey Archer! I’m planning to sit the UCAT in a couple of months. How should I start preparing ? As in where do I start in order to understand and learn the question types ?
this is probably too late but I used iCanMed for my ucat preparation :)
You seem a very intelligent, wise young lad. Enjoyed the video. Would you say it's imperative to invest in paid resources? Are the resources on the UCAT website enough to get a good grasp of strategies? I'm in my late 20s so i dont really have much room for error. Im planning on sitting the UCAT for the first time next year. Thanks again for the great advice/content to ponder
Hi Vanessa, thank you for your kind comments! I wouldn't say it's absolutely necessary to invest in paid resources because I know some friends who did fine without them. However, it comes down to how much security you want in sitting the UCAT. Obviously, finding the right prep resources can remove all of the testing and trial and error to make sure that you've got the right techniques and strategies to get really good with the UCAT on your first try. That was my main reason for finding paid resources because they have experience with the UCAT while I would be trying it all out on my own and taking a bigger gamble.
Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have!
@@ArcherNewton very helpful! Thanks so much for taking the time to reply Archer! All the best on your Med journey ahead! :)
@@ArcherNewton hey Archer, i cant remember which of your videos had the icanmed 65% discount code - but just wondering is that 65% off the 2021 UCAT prep course? Are the resources unlimited access? Thanks again!
@@vanessac7543 Hi Vanessa, unfortunately that was just for this year but it's definitely still worth checking out their free webinars happing regularly to see if they are for you: icanmed.com.au/next-webinar Their resources offer unlimited access up until the UCAT testing season is over. Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have! Thanks, Archer 😃
Hey what is that blue wallpaper in the back ground named?
Hi! It's just a firewatch inspired wallpaper
Awesome video, thanks for this! How many hours a day would you study for UCAT? And is it too late to study with about 3 weeks left? : )
Hi Nelab, since it's pretty much crunch time for the UCAT now I think you still have enough time to make it through well - just that it's probably time to study in all the free time that you can. Remember that there are many many students who you're against who want to get into med/dent and have started quite early. They really want it - you gotta catch up to them now to seal the deal and make the UCAT yours :)
@@ArcherNewton when was/is the ideal time to start revision, since the registeration begins in july this year?
Yo man, I was in the same position as you last year with having done no revision with 3 weeks left. I suggest you try to structure ur UCAT study so that you are effective and u study with intent and trying to improve on certain areas. I also suggest you track your progress by recording your marks that ur getting if ur using medify (which I highly recommend). Just study hard and it is definitely possible for you to get a competitive score. I scored in the 98th percentile, which was higher than literally all my friends that had studied for months. I also thankfully made it into an australian medical school. I was doing ~6 hours a day towards the actual test though. Best of luck man.
@@saiful_x5580 What tom says is great stuff. I personally started early to make sure I didn't feel under the pump. I just did 30 minutes every day for 4 months or so. But It's all about being very reflective on your process and if you're really good at that you can get on top if it a lot quicker too.
@@ArcherNewton hi ive got 4 months and 14 days as off now to study for ucat is that enough time?
ive been studying for around 7 weeks now and don’t feel prepared at all, i’ve been averaging 2300 in full mocks with my lowest being VR (560) and i’m really struggling with syllogisms in dm. i’ve move my test to the end of the month so i have another month left. what should i do? focus on skill building like fast reading, speed typing etc or should i just be doing a lot of timed mocks? i’m super confused
i suggest trying loads of untimed questions and checking to see where you go wrong and how to fix that. i have the same problem as you but after reviewing where I've gone wrong, I've seen a lot of improvement in a few days.
How long before test day would you recommend starting to study?
Hi Ellen! As a very very rough estimate, you should have at least 300 hours into the UCAT. I started early but only did 30 minutes every day so it easily added to over 300+ hours quite easily. It really depends for each person and how you're progressing through the content. Starting as soon as possible is always the best but a few months before is a good start.
@@ArcherNewton how early did you start ?
hi archer, just wanna ask which university are u attending?
Hi Chau! After a last-minute decision, I decided to stay at Flinders instead of UNSW!
Do you think that using medify to help you prepare for the ucat without icanmed is good enough? Im not sure if I can afford icanmed..
I think icanmed is definitely worth it becauase medify doesn’t really teach you how to learn the techniques required to answer UCAT questions consistently correctly like icanmed. They do have free webinars if you want to have a look. Hope that helps :)
@@ArcherNewton thank you! I'll check them out
You got your top 3 preferences for med schools in different states? You, my friend, are a GOD.
I wish I had the drive to work as hard as you probably did to get those exceptional results. Im sitting the UCAT again this year and I get so nervous thinking about it after my disappointing performance last year.
ahah thank you!!! 😊 But not a god unfortunately haha. I think you have a specific advantage in resitting the UCAT. Not only will the past year have taught you a lot of life experience you can figure out what specifically went wrong last year and fix that up to smash this year! I have no doubt that you have the chance to get it right this year, it's crunch time 😃 Send me a DM on insta if you ever need some help!
@@ArcherNewton haha bro i got 3170 this year. Im so happy, thanks for the tips.
great job!
@@user-fe8vx6ok8q That's so so so good man! You should be really proud of your work! I did nothing - it's all you.
@@user-fe8vx6ok8q what! That's absolutely INSANE, well done! I'm struggling so much and scoring low 600s in my practice mocks it's very off putting ;(
Great vid
Thank you!!
I just wanna ask if this video was sponsored by icanmed?
Hi Chau! After being part of iCanMed and few other prep companies I was really happy with my time there so for this video I personally sought out them to see if they'd be happy to offer a coupon for my viewers. Particularly, since they have published some really good free content to solve questions I wanted to offer them to my viewers for a super important test like the UCAT. Hope that helps!
you remind me of Ali Abdaal (dk if u know him)
I'm a big fan ahhaha
Hii I'm confused if UCAT is for UG or PG preparation or both
Hi Aryan, it depends on the uni :)
@@ArcherNewton uni??? I didn't get u..
@@aryanluck3643 university
Your coupon code doesn’t work :’(
yeah it's now expired :(
What score did u get in the UCAT plus hsc or equivalent?
I scored a 99.95 ATAR along with my UCAT and interviews
@@ArcherNewton Can I ask what your UCAT score was?
@@samwende5216 Hi Sam, I'll have an upcoming video on results and how we should consider them 😃
Fair enough!
hey, i was wondering about which course to buy, icanmed or medentry? which one would you recommend and why? I heard medentry has more questions but then again icanmed has really good stats. thanks
Hi there, I personally went with icanmed when considering the two. Looking for more questions is quite dangerous if you're considering to do thousands of questions to get better. As i mentioned in the video, doing thousands of questions will not help you master the UCAT like it might for a subject like biology or methods. The UCAT is skill based so it's quite different. If you want to look more into icanmed vs medentry, icanmed is doing free webinars at the moment so you can see what they have to offer, check out: www.icanmed.com.au/webinars/ and if you can't make it in person, just join another free online webinar.
Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have!
@@ArcherNewton I understand what you mean. But do you think there is too much difference in choosing one over the other and are the 2.5k questions gonna be enough?
@@ArcherNewton also why not do medentry if it has more questions just in case... Is there something that icanmed has that is better than medentry?
I think there’s a huge difference between the two, particularly in terms of ongoing support iCanMed wins. Most students don’t even finish the 2.5k questions if they are follow the course properly and study the UCAT properly as well.
I mean you can do MedEntry if you really want to but I did not choose it personally because iCanMed was a lot better in my opinion
So you went over things not to do like churning questions, but like in a nutshell the thing we are meant to do is understand and learn the questions properly?
Hi! Lots of students don’t know how to ‘understand and learn’ the questions ‘properly’. They think it’ll be similar to school or that it’s as easy as reading the suggested answer to a question but it comes down to your process which can be used for all questions. This video may not help everyone and if you already know the importance of having a different and concrete approach then you are already going to be scoring higher than most. Like even scoring a 80 percentile means you have beat a whole load of people below 80 and those below that fall into traps like I mentioned in this video. My video coming out tonight will explain in more detail how we can go about building accuracy and speed in more detail. Let me know if u have any other questions! :)
Archer Newton yes! I have understood just doing tons of questions will barely do anything as the UCAT isn’t knowledge based as you said more “IQ” based if you can say. But what I don’t really know how to do is, understanding the concepts as not many people make videos on that. Because if you watch a generic UCAT video they’ll just tell you to practise, when in reality that won’t do much.
I wouldn't say it's IQ based, because that's fixed whereas UCAT is something you can really study well for. Yeah I totally agree. It's really hard to explain how to 'understand' the concepts. Unfortunately, it's just something that really cannot fit into small, bite-sized youtube videos to be explicit enough. Like, videos out there that explain how to do VR questions (on average people's worst) just can't go into the required amount of detail to change someone's thinking process and mindset is something that rarely can happen in just a video. As I say in the video it's a 'learning process' and it's not quick and easy, otherwise everyone would be on 800+ haha. But I think, nonetheless, the free videos on iCanMed begin this process in enough detail. Their channel is here: th-cam.com/channels/sLu8q0P9Ih_gEEq4kQElRA.html
Please keep updating me on your progress, Jamil - I'm happy to help out wherever 😃
someone wanna share an icanmed account?
nah
so this video was basically an ad for a £250 online course. nice.
There is other stuff in the video and it's pretty much the reason i got into med school ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sorry but this made me mad you were just telling me that i wont do it with just practice and you were makin me feel helpless n i waited so long for the tips and was literally screaming “OKAY THEN WHAT SHOULD I DO” n u only said a couple of words 😭😭😭 i got ao frustrated
Ok but I have many other videos elaborating on this?
You can still do 10000 practice questions if you want if that makes you feel better? 😅
And if you're one of the few who gets mad from hearing the truth, then just click off the video?
@@ArcherNewton noo I didn’t mean it in a hateful way im sorry if i made u feel that way i was being passive aggressive , I’ll check ur other videos but i was just mad you weren’t giving solutions since the title said “How to ..” so i though you were going to show some tips .