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I bought the notes. The notes recommend us to read the question first. However, the video recommend to read the passage first. There is a discrepancy.
Is this video not infringing on IP laws coz of the UCAT mock recourses? Something someone claimed
From what I understood anyway
Who’s watching in 2021?
Here boi
I am. He is superb, with very bright future.
me
good luck everyone :))
me and i’m dying
when he's a medical student at day and a bro at night, pewds would be proud of that bonus meme ahaha, nice work! very helpful video :)
Just trying to keep Gloria Borger pleased you know? Glad you liked it :D
he has HUGE brain :)
Hey Nasir! I just finished my UKCAT exam and my scores were:
VR - 650 (I still can't believe it 😂)
DM - 690
QR - 670
AR - 750
SJT - Band 2
Average: 690
I'm very pleased with my score, I didn't expect to do so well to be honest 😂
Your tips have been extremely useful, especially for VR and AR! Thank you so much for your videos!
A huge congratulations!! The fact that I did even a small part to help is the best 😊 well done and good luck with applications!
Kharma Medic Thank you so much! Your videos are the best! 👍🏻🔝
Francesco Marinelli hi mate, congratulations on those scores, they're amazing! I was just wondering how you would compare the difficulty of medify's decision making questions with the real test's decision making? Because it seems quite easy and I've heard it's harder in the real test? Thanks mate and congratulations again.
Francesco Marinelli well done! Did you use kharma medic's technique where you read the passage first?
@@LuckyL133 Thanks! Yes for the most parts! When the passage was quite short, I skimmed the passage first and then answered the questions, but when the passage was very long then I read one paragraph and then answered all the questions on that paragraph, and so on with the other paragraphs. I hope this helps!
i’ve got mine in about a month. these videos are perfect for starting prep thanks man
I have my exam in 3 days. I always run out of time for VR. I end up guessing the last two passages because i don't have enough time to read it. I don't know if I spend too much time reading the earlier passages. I took the advice of reading first and then picking out keywords which helped a LOT. When I spend a bit more time reading the passage, it really helps because I actually get the answers right. YIKES. I think I just need to stay calm. Good luck to everyone doing the UCAT if you haven't already completed it! I don't read much so that is probably why I am slower at reading the passages than others.
Yes stay calm! You've practiced for so long and you know what you're doing! Keep on working at it and you've got this 😁
@@KharmaMedic Thank you so much. Will do! I'm using medify and for some reason it feels like the passages on medify are so much longer than the passages on the official UCAT website!
How did your exam go? :)
@@fizachowdhury8682 how did your ucat exam go?
how'd it go
Thanks so much for this video! Your method of reading just the key words in the passage is really helpful.
Thank God for discovering you at this time, I've got my UCAT in a few weeks and this video is amazing thank you
I gotchu girl!
you're thanking me for watching but i'm a lot more grateful that you made these videos
Thank you so much for this video! I was struggling with VR but after watching your video I feel like I understand it better :)
Hey Jan! Yay that's awesome to hear! 🙏🏽
Hey KharmaMedic. I struggle so much with VR and your videos help so much!! I have my ucat in 2 weeks, hope I do good. Thanks for everything :) !!
LOVE your videos, they've helped me so much
this is perfect i have been looking soo long for this
Ya boy coming at you live with the unique-est vids!
THIS IS THE BEST THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH THIS HELPED ME A LOT
hello kharma, was wondering if you could reveal the answers to all the questions that you went through. not doubting that you are correct, just wanted to make sure that i was correct with my answers. keep it up!
Thanks man, appreciate this video. Any help for this exam is always needed. :)
You got it!
This was very useful! Thank you so much.
its honestly just the timing i struggle with on these questions, it takes too long to answer all VR question especially if you have to find like a conclusion you can make from the text. Any tips?
Timing is half of this test! Find the long and complicated passages, guess and move on!
Great video lad!
Thank you so much for your tips! VR is the beast of UKCAT
It was always my weakest section!
low key did an all-nighter for this section before the exam. you sir are a life savour
Sometimes you have to high 🔑 pull an all nighter. You did what you had to do! Thanks 😁
What did u get?
Great video man keep up the good work!
Thank you!
Orléans suddenly became New Orleans at 10:05. XD
But thanks for the great content mate!
Supremely helpful. 💯
Thank you so much for making this video. I did my first mock today, and I couldn't even finish all the questions in verbal reasoning, so I scored quite badly.
Hey Alexa! No worries the first time you do a full-length test or a time test it doesn't go as well as the untimed ones! It's only normal. Just keep doing practice :)
absolutely love your videos!
Thank you Jessi 😊😊
23:16 But bonus meme died cuz brad killed it 😂😭 anyway very helpful video, i struggle most with timing on this section and my ukcat is next week ahhhhhh
Bonus meeeeeme. Brad 1 and 2 are slacking! Keep consistently and smartly working at it and you'll see improvement 😄
Hey Nasir!! My weakness is with the type of questions in which the options statements , not true, false or cant tell because if i want to look for each key work in the statement in the passage and thats 4 times per question this will take enermous amount of time. So can you please advice me what yo do with this. However i want to tell you that i am good at the true, false or canttell type of question as you only look for the key word of the question once. And thank you for your effort that you put in these helpful videos. Much respect.
Very helpful, it really is the timing that is so hard and the only question I need now is did anyone that has done the ucat before not finish all questions? Or is it worthwhile flicking to the last questions and picking random answers?
Hey! The video is great.
At 10:13 the question regarding the two different people claiming to be King of France - that is in fact true but it doesn’t specify that it was in 1431, did this not confuse you to think it would be “cant tell” although I did spot the two different people claiming to be the King.
Thanks in advance!
Yes, it is not mentioned anywhere that in 1431, two people wanted to be king. So, what is the correct answer?
I know this is late but I'm glad somebody else picked up on this! It is only mentioned that Joan of Arc was burned in 1431, however it is not mentioned at all when the two different people claimed to be king, so since we don't have that information presented to us, shouldn't it be can't tell? I have just started studying for the UCAT and would appreciate any available help.
Law kid here trying to survive a VR test from your video. Thank you so much!
I've been through those exams too! This definitely helps 😁
@@KharmaMedic No way, you tried both?! 👏 I just moved to London and a lot of companies need this. Yes, I used to read the statement first then the passage, but your method has worked out so much better 👍😊
thank you very much for the helpful video
I noticed you read the passage first. Is that the method you find the most effective or would it be better to read the question first and then return to the passage?
Hey, this video's great! Are you planning on doing a video for the Abstract Reasoning section as this is the hardest one (in my opinion)? :D
Hey Kaivalya! I have UKCAT videos on all the sections (SJ coming next Thursday), check them out in this playlist :D th-cam.com/video/pUHqTH1rwuY/w-d-xo.html
Kharma Medic Oh, thank you!! x
Its UCAT season baby!!!
Finally a bonus meme🙏
Bonus meeeeeme. I'm pulling up the slack from brad1 and 2
Thank you sm!
My UKCAT exam is legit in 3 days I’m sooo glad I’ve come across ur video before I sit the exam, purely a LIFESAVER, been watching ur videos in detail, by far the best guide. THANK YOUUU
yay! Keep your pen and paper out and write down everything you find useful! So glad I've been able to help 😀
Kharma Medic I just had my exam and I got 570 and band 3 I’m not sure how to feel bout thisss!😬
Kharma Medic but in a short space of time ur AR videos helped me go from 400 to 600
Well done bella! It's over now :D See what your best course of action is for where to apply!
That's a huge boost! Glad I could help :D
Fantastic Comprehensive Video Buddy! Please do one for the Maths Section (QR) as well ; i find that quite challenging , any tips would be helpful, my UKCAT is still 3 weeks away so hopefully you get the opportunity to upload something before then
It will be uploaded next Thursday! Same place same time 😁
Bilal
How did you do mate?
Thank you for this video, so helpful!! VR stresses me out I can get the answers right but not in the time ! My UKCAT isn’t until mid September, do you think I’m preparing too early? I’ve heard a few people talking about “peaking too early”, what’s your opinion in this? Looking forward to the QR video next week! 😀xx
Hey Eden no problem!
I don't think there's such a thing as preparing too early. You can always start earlier and do less questions or hours per day its totally a personal thing. You just want to make sure you don't burn out or get too bored of practicing 1-2 weeks before your UKCAT because then you won't do much efficient practice in those last weeks. I recommend 4-5 weeks because I think that's enough and you can do intensive revision for that period of time without getting too burned out but really it depends on the person! See how you feel :) QR video has some great editing and jokes (imo) so I'm excited to release it!
Kharma Medic thank you so much for the advice ! Only doing a 2/3 hours a day atm so not too intense :) hope you’re planning on doing videos for the decision making and situational judgement sections too if you have the time !! 😀
2-3h a day is what I recommend! Situational Judgement I'll do for sure :)
Would you advise learning to speed read by removing subvocalisation for verbal reasoning thanks
Thank you so much for
This video
Anytime! Check out the videos on the other sections and subscribe for more coming very soon 😉
you are amazing thank you!
I'm humbled. So happy you are enjoying the videos 😌
13:21 so we can't assume that they're being aggressive to male birds by singingly loudly to warn them off?
UKCAT plug!
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VR saviour...Thank you
🙌🏽You're welcome!🙌🏽
Really good and helpful 👍
Thanks Dillon 👍
Great Vid!
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Hi, for the question I’m 8:40 I couldn’t find anything about two calendars but the other part matches, would you just assume that it’s true because some used it and others did not accept?
Thank you so much!!!!!
Hi, can you give a further explanation as to why you choose "can't tell" for question 10 about the robins and the size of the territory? As I thought it would be false because it says that when "food is plentiful, the territory can be smaller," so I thought it meant that plays a role in determining the territory.
2 days before my UKCAT! Yay I didn't miss it!!!!
Perfect, glad you caught it in time!
How'd it go?
Yeah, how'd you go?
Hi I have my exam in 2 days, I was wondering where I can get a markscheme or awnsers for the practice questions on the ucat website?
do you need to have an A* in chem/bio for kings?
👏👏Verbal Reasoning Review👏👏
Yes Travis! How are we going to stop T-series by the way?
👏 9 Year Olds > Indians 👏
Thank you so much for this
Are you kidding me, thank you! Knowing that you are finding this useful makes me so happy :D
QR video coming next Thursday and maybe Situational Judgement if you guys want it. Let me know!
Kharma Medic I would be so very grateful if you did an SJ video, I’ll stay tuned for that 😊
You got it. Consider it ordered and being processed for delivery!
would you recommend reading the given question first before attacking the text? or skim reading through the whole text first and then going to the question (because you end up going back to the text after anyways) so i'm not sure which method is most time-efficient. thanks!!
Whatever works for you! I've tried both and I think for me skimming the q first miiiight be better but I flip flop all the time so try both and see what you like best 🙂
thank you sm
hi Kharma Medic, do you know what the split is between True, False, Can't Tell and the choose from 4 statement type questions roughly in the actual UKCAT? I find the second type takes way longer than the first....do you get roughly half and half?
Hey Dona! Not sure off the top of my head. If you go through the official UKCAT mocks it should give you a good idea 😊
Would anyone say for VR it's better to flag and skip the longer questions and get the true false ones out of the way first and then come back to the longer ones? or just go through all of it?
I have only just found all of your videos and they are so helpful! This will be the third time I have sat the UKCAT.... just one of those tests I don’t like at all but feeling so much better about it! I still have 2 weeks to prepare 🤞. Those questions you looked at were for quite short passages. Would you say the majority of passages are like that or are they more like the longer ones? I know you have said skip long passages and come back to them previously... thank you! 🙌🙌
Happy you like them! There's definitely a mix of long and short so don't only be expecting a specific length!
Kharma Medic ahhhh ok thank you!! When did you start doing timed questions? I know that you should work on accuracy first and then time yourself but I am just not sure when I am ready 😂. I usually take about 40-50 seconds for like a 30 second question so I am close.... 😂
As soon as you can! Timed questions are a very key part of your practice!
Thank you so much for the great tips! VR is the most difficult section in my opinion but I find AR really easy 😂 Btw, what resources did you use to prepare for the UKCAT and what scores did you usually get in your mocks? I'm using medify and did 6 mocks out of 7 and I'm getting around 650-670 average. I have my UKCAT in 4-5 days (it's on the 31st) and I'm really worried about my results although I did all the practice questions 😓 Your videos are a great help! 👍🏻
I used 1250 questions book, official UKCAT past papers, and a 2 day online Kaplan course. My mock scores are on my UKCAT Notes in the smaller red tables. Fingers crossed the exam comes easier than the mocks! Keep on practicing and keep your composure. Let me know how it goes :)
Kharma Medic Thanks! I'll let you know what I get for sure! 😊
when did you start preparing?
Raja Dad I started six weeks ago
And how many questions did you complete daily, Francesco?
Your videos are awesome, thanks. But please work on quality of sound. Cheers
Thanks Zainab! This years UCAT videos will have crystal clear audio 😊
how long are the passages for VR on average?
I'm not sure if you did Decision Making back when you did your UKCAT but was wondering if you have tip/advice/ways to go around and figure out the questions. Thanks
Hey Ali,
There was no DM on the UKCAT when I wrote it. I need to do sufficient research on it and practice questions so I make sure I understand the techniques before I give any advice. Sorry about that!
Yes of course that is understandable, was just wondering if you had done it
Thanks
Hey, I have my ukcat tomorrow and I was wondering what type of score is considered a good score, while doing mock papers I tend to get from 600-700 on average and I just wanna know if I'm on the right track,
Thanks
Hey it really depends on the schools you apply to! It will vary a lot so just do your best and good luck :)
Let's
GOOO. That's amazing well done Justin!! Huge news congratulations 😁
Hi, I want to know how you took notes of UCAT while you were practising the questions
Follow me on Instagram, I'm releasing my digital notes very soon!
Could you do Medify VR questions? The passages there can be quite long and if I'm honest, I haven't seen such short passages on Medify although I'm sure it's possible. But just wanted to see how one would approach long passages with only 30 seconds to do the questions.... :/ please help
Same strategy! If its too long and dense, guess and come back later
Ahh I'll try this in the timed practice, thank you! VR just worries me, my English is really bad and I'm scared I won't be able to think as fast as I need to for the exam :(
VR worries me too and it seems to be everyone's worst section so just smash the rest, do preeetty good on VR and you'll be aight!
Yeaaah just gotta try hard. I think what worries me about VR is that some unis for Grad Med have a requirement for VR, like Warwick. Guess I just gotta wait till I've done the exam to see how things go haha
Yeah uni's love VR. Do your best and that's that! Happy studying :)
Did u answer all the questions correctly?
Nasir, Do you have any tips on Syllogisms for DM section?
Hey! DM wasn't on my UKCAT when I wrote it. No tips for now sorry!
Does anyone know which of the questions were correct and which were wrong? I mean if he got any of those questions wrong then it would show that his way of thinking was incorrect for that question. It should be cleared out if he would have to change his mindset for any of these questions in order to get them correct
Hi i am only getting an average of 50 percent on the verbal reasoning section on the ucat and my test is in a week should i be concerned.
Keep practicing! And check out my UCAT notes 😉
thanks
I’ve got my UKCAT in 10 days and I am so fricking scared. I’m planning to apply to KCL, but I’m still unsure what score they perceive as “good”
Just keep practicing you've got this 💪🏼 It's hard to tell! I explain how to know in my ucat notes. My ucat FAQ video might help too!
Can you please do quantative
Quantitative video dropping reeeal soon :)
Good video
Good comment
In your opinion how much more difficult are questions in the isc medical book compared to the actual UKCAT exam?
Hey OJ!
I thought they were fairly accurate but definitely harder :)
Kharma Medic Thank you! I’ve watched quite a few of your videos and I myself am applying as an international student from Houston Texas so I understand the struggle lol
Why would u go through this pain by choice? i wanna kms
Hey, do you think it is worth reading the passage if we come across a question of prior knowledge? BTW you are a great help.
You shouldn't answer any questions based on outside knowledge. Questions should be answered solely based on the passage!
Let's go, test in 2 hours
Smash it!
My UCAT exam is in 9 days 😳😳
how did it go, mine is on monday
On medify the verbal reasoning passages are huge compared to the ones in test?!
Hey sib! The UKCAT practice tests posted online are from many years ago so may not reflect the actual test as you will see it today. The ones you see on medify may be longer or shorter and it's very hard to gauge. The important thing is that it is close to the actual test and gives you enough practice to make sure you are ready. In my experience, practicing with longer and harder passages or questions has only helped me.
So don't worry too much if things are harder in practice! That way on test day you'll be pleasantly surprised with easier questions 😁
Thanks a lot for the reassurance 😅
Hey Kharma Medic! What do you think about KAPLAN courses for UCAT?Do you think they are a good preparation or they are harder than the real UCAT?
I haven't used them before so can't give a verdict. My latest video covers my best ucat study resources, check it out! ☺️
"Welcome back to another dose" what is this dose that he is talking about? I've never heard that word used in this context
Ucat test tomorrow i haven't revised much what do i do
How did it go lmao
Did you do all 55 questions in the abstract reasoning test
Hey Steve!
I'm not sure if you are referring to the real test or my AR video.
In the real test I finished every question for all sections with time left to review flagged questions.
In my AR video I don't think I did every single question but I did most of them!
Kharma Medic So you did all the questions within 2 hours??
Yeah! I did all the questions on the test and had time to review the ones I had flagged :D I don't think making SURE you finish is always the best strategy for each person. My general strategy on tests is to blaze through them and then go back to review the most difficult ones. On the UKCAT since all questions are worth the same and some are WAY harder than others I would always try to see all the questions so I could do the easier ones first and then go back to the harder ones.
Kharma Medic Ok. Thanks for the advice
No problem!
Hey, is it just me or is the text very hard to read?
do you suggest reading the whole passage before answering ?!!?!? or do I just skim read ???
If you can do it fast enough while retaining all the relevant needed info then I'd say yes! If you can't then read the q and search for the relevant key words!
Did anyone find the passages for VR on medify longer than the actual UKCAT? Because when I look on the official website they don't exceed three paragraphs and they aren't as long as medify...
Anson Wong dude I really hope so, I’m really struggling with the timing in medify
Benerji I did my UKCAT just last week and I’m sorry to take this back but this year the VR is so hard and I think I was unlucky to get some really hard questions... good luck with it and remember even if u think VR went badly, pull yourself together in the other sections to pull up your score :)
fucks sake. Cant believe it, first time im acc struggling lmao
Anson Wong was the vr harder than the vr questions on medify?
Riya Kumar id say it’s pretty much the same except Idk how to explain but in the real thing the context is very different u r very nervous and it’s the first section - the VR questions talk about really random stuff in terms of history but not quite the type u see in medify
These texts are short compared to the texts on medify! Has anyone else found this? Is this a more accurate representation of the actual exam? x
This is exactly what I'm wondering. On Medify the texts are huge compared to this. Hopefully the actual UCAT has shorter ones.
@@ayla196how the ucat go
how it go is medify representative
@@zion9146 UCAT went alright, I got 2830 and band 1 situational judgement. The texts on the actual UCAT were similar in length to the ones shown in this video but in my experience the texts were slightly harder than the Medify ones.
Can you bring some paper in the exam
No you can't BUT they do give you an erasable whiteboard / laminated paper and a pen which you can use to take notes!
Kharma Medic Thanks😄😄
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VR makes me feel illiterate
same. i start questioning if i can even read lmaoo
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