Post-UCAT Discussion 2020

[whys]

Very nice centre with large iMac's for testing, well spread out and very quiet

You had iMacs?!?! I’m so jealous! I didn’t even know UCAT testing centres used iMacs, thought they all just had ancient monitors.

 

[MurderKing]

Further discussion should be referenced where possible and go in the relevant thread, please: Scientific Publications

Splendid! Looks like you've already included one of the studies I was referring to in that thread

 

[A1]

Hey can I be linked to a forum thread where the application process is detailed for each course because I definitely do not want to miss out because of an application error.

To give you a general idea:

- You submit one main application to the TAC (UAC, VTAC, QTAC etc) for all the med schools in same state.

- Some, but not all, schools require you to submit a supplemental application directly to the school, to provide further info that the TAC application doesn't include like: willingness to accept a bonded offer, campus preference, predicted ATAR (for JCU & Curtin), brief essay on yourself for discussion in the interview for UNSW, a comprehensive written application for JCU. But don't worry too much, the TAC application should have a reminder page of the supplementals you need to do.

- Then sit back, relax, wait for the interview invites panic

 

[fray20]

Date Completed: 08/07/2020
Testing Centre: ITIC, Sydney

Verbal Reasoning	590 (yikes!)
Decision Making	650
Quantitative Reasoning	880
Abstract Reasoning	770
Overall	2890
Situational Judgement	709

Thoughts on the Venue:
I arrived there 45 minutes before my appointment time and registration was swift. I waited for about 15 minutes, and in that time so many other candidates were in the waiting room as well so I felt pretty intimidated. (Don’t think like this!) There were also people coming out of the exams (and I overheard one person saying it was so hard - definitely did not boost my confidence). The supervisor asked if anyone wanted to start early, so I volunteered.

Exam Review:
In general, I found the exam to be less difficult to the official mocks, and I scored higher in the exam than in Mocks B, C or D (did not sit A properly). I just struggled with finishing on time so I skipped quite a lot of questions in each section (except for SJ).

Verbal Reasoning - This has always been my worst section, and my scores fluctuated so much doing prep, although I hit 700+ and even 800+ a couple of times. In the exam, I felt like I wasn’t understanding anything from the passage or the questions, and I skipped around 5 questions whilst I was answering, and had to guess the last 14 because I ran out of time. I was also surprised by how big the passages were (it usually covered the entire question screen - although that maybe due to the font size) There was also quite a few passages that needed a bit of scrolling in my test and I couldn’t figure out how the scrolling worked so I had to continue clicking the down button (which wasted my time). I knew I didn’t do well after that section, but I was hoping I didn’t do as bad as I did.

Decision Making - I thought I would have done better. I personally found the syllogisms Yes/No questions easy for me, and I was on track with time but I started going slower and ended up guessing most of the inference Yes/No questions (I skipped these and was going to come back to them at the end). I also skipped one or two of the single questions which I couldn’t guess quick enough.

Quantitative Reasoning - This mark was such a good suprise to me! It was MUCH easier than the official mocks (or any prep I did even) but I did not expect to get so high. I wasted my time on a few questions which should’ve took a shorter time than I did, and guessed one or two that I couldn’t get an answer for. I ended up needing to guess the last four questions as well since I ran out of time, so I did not think I could achieve this mark.

Abstract Reasoning - I found the questions generally much easier than the official mock ones. For most questions you could get answer with just one basic rule (and the second rule was generally easy to find as well!). In saying that, I had to guess two or three sets though because I didn’t want to waste time trying to solve them but then not finishing. I ended up with around 15 seconds to spare but I find it hard trying to solve questions in the last few seconds so I just let the timer go. My score was pretty much on par with most of my abstract reasoning scores.

Situational Judgement - Pretty simple, and not a lot of difficult questions. I’m not sure whether my score is good enough or not though! I just went with my gut feeling most of the time, after practicing quite a bit for it. I just wanted to finish the exam as quick as I could so I could get my marks for the first four sections! If I didn’t know an answer, I would choose either the second or third option since it would be more likely to gain at least a partial mark (according to my prep).

Overall, my exam consisted of me skipping questions and running out of time. As a non-standard, I would be applying for WSU and JMP although I’m not sure whether my VR would allow me to qualify for WSU even though it’s closer to home. Also, not too sure if my mark is enough for JMP as we have to see if my score would be at least a 90th. However, I went to sit the UCAT with hope but no expectations so I’m pleased with my mark, especially since I scored around 50 percentile in my UMAT in 2018.

 

[N182]

Date Completed: 08/07/2020
Testing Centre: ITIC, Sydney

Verbal Reasoning	590 (yikes!)
Decision Making	650
Quantitative Reasoning	880
Abstract Reasoning	770
Overall	2890
Situational Judgement	709

Thoughts on the Venue:
I arrived there 45 minutes before my appointment time and registration was swift. I waited for about 15 minutes, and in that time so many other candidates were in the waiting room as well so I felt pretty intimidated. (Don’t think like this!) There were also people coming out of the exams (and I overheard one person saying it was so hard - definitely did not boost my confidence). The supervisor asked if anyone wanted to start early, so I volunteered.

Exam Review:
In general, I found the exam to be less difficult to the official mocks, and I scored higher in the exam than in Mocks B, C or D (did not sit A properly). I just struggled with finishing on time so I skipped quite a lot of questions in each section (except for SJ).

Verbal Reasoning - This has always been my worst section, and my scores fluctuated so much doing prep, although I hit 700+ and even 800+ a couple of times. In the exam, I felt like I wasn’t understanding anything from the passage or the questions, and I skipped around 5 questions whilst I was answering, and had to guess the last 14 because I ran out of time. I was also surprised by how big the passages were (it usually covered the entire question screen - although that maybe due to the font size) There was also quite a few passages that needed a bit of scrolling in my test and I couldn’t figure out how the scrolling worked so I had to continue clicking the down button (which wasted my time). I knew I didn’t do well after that section, but I was hoping I didn’t do as bad as I did.

Decision Making - I thought I would have done better. I personally found the syllogisms Yes/No questions easy for me, and I was on track with time but I started going slower and ended up guessing most of the inference Yes/No questions (I skipped these and was going to come back to them at the end). I also skipped one or two of the single questions which I couldn’t guess quick enough.

Quantitative Reasoning - This mark was such a good suprise to me! It was MUCH easier than the official mocks (or any prep I did even) but I did not expect to get so high. I wasted my time on a few questions which should’ve took a shorter time than I did, and guessed one or two that I couldn’t get an answer for. I ended up needing to guess the last four questions as well since I ran out of time, so I did not think I could achieve this mark.

Abstract Reasoning - I found the questions generally much easier than the official mock ones. For most questions you could get answer with just one basic rule (and the second rule was generally easy to find as well!). In saying that, I had to guess two or three sets though because I didn’t want to waste time trying to solve them but then not finishing. I ended up with around 15 seconds to spare but I find it hard trying to solve questions in the last few seconds so I just let the timer go. My score was pretty much on par with most of my abstract reasoning scores.

Situational Judgement - Pretty simple, and not a lot of difficult questions. I’m not sure whether my score is good enough or not though! I just went with my gut feeling most of the time, after practicing quite a bit for it. I just wanted to finish the exam as quick as I could so I could get my marks for the first four sections! If I didn’t know an answer, I would choose either the second or third option since it would be more likely to gain at least a partial mark (according to my prep).

Overall, my exam consisted of me skipping questions and running out of time. As a non-standard, I would be applying for WSU and JMP although I’m not sure whether my VR would allow me to qualify for WSU even though it’s closer to home. Also, not too sure if my mark is enough for JMP as we have to see if my score would be at least a 90th. However, I went to sit the UCAT with hope but no expectations so I’m pleased with my mark, especially since I scored around 50 percentile in my UMAT in 2018.

Your SJ score is amazing!

 

[dotwingz]

Date completed & Venue: Newcastle 8/7/20 at 2pm
General thoughts on your results:

VR	DM	QR	AR	TOTAL	SJT
600	750	870	660	2880	571

Exactly what i was exepcting. Pretty much literally the same score as last time ahaha. In 2019 i got 610 | 700 | 860 | 670 | 573 So i got within very close of my old score which is very suprising. My only intention is to apply to JMP to be closer to home as I'm already a provisional md student at UQ so i didnt bother with SJT, and didnt really do as much prep this year than last few

General comments on the exam/exam experience:

Test centre was alright. Made us sign a register and we logged in together. We had to login ourselves, pick our name, and click go. The room was 25 iMacs (27 inch i think), those classic white microsoft keyboards (with numpad) and tables that were SO INCREDIBLY THIN that i could barely fit anything on it. I measured the table and it was about the length of my forearm. Invigilators were nice, and my computer stuffed up before I started so I was able to get a new one.

I single handedly owe my success to the dozen or so people in hatbox last night that wished me luck <3

Also for what its worth: the calculator looked like the one on the official mocks, but opened up in the same window like on some prep websites, and unlike the mock exams, the countdown for the timer between sections starts as soon as you finish the last one (i.e. if you wait 10 seconds before you click OK you will only have a 50s wait between sections)

Also, considering I got pretty much the same scores i think its safe to say that the relative section difficulties were about the same (for me) as last year. Although its hard to infer from one data point

Tips:

I'll give some QR tips as i've crushed that 2 years in a row. I highly recommend being super proficient with a numpad. My typical process looks like this: decipher the question -> think for a few seconds the best way to approach this (i.e. the least amount of calculator work) and then go for gold. Always check roundings, and right down sums that take more than 30ish seconds to do you get (as you never know when you might need them in a later q or checking your work)

I used this website last year, highly suggest you put a few drills in it until you become a weapon

 

[AJ13]

Date completed & Venue: Newcastle 8/7/20 at 2pm
General thoughts on your results:

VR	DM	QR	AR	TOTAL	SJT
600	750	870	660	2880	571

Exactly what i was exepcting. Pretty much literally the same score as last time ahaha. In 2019 i got 610 | 700 | 860 | 670 | 573 So i got within very close of my old score which is very suprising. My only intention is to apply to JMP to be closer to home as I'm already a provisional md student at UQ so i didnt bother with SJT, and didnt really do as much prep this year than last few

General comments on the exam/exam experience:

Test centre was alright. Made us sign a register and we logged in together. We had to login ourselves, pick our name, and click go. The room was 25 iMacs (27 inch i think), those classic white microsoft keyboards (with numpad) and tables that were SO INCREDIBLY THIN that i could barely fit anything on it. I measured the table and it was about the length of my forearm. Invigilators were nice, and my computer stuffed up before I started so I was able to get a new one.

I single handedly owe my success to the dozen or so people in hatbox last night that wished me luck <3

Also for what its worth: the calculator looked like the one on the official mocks, but opened up in the same window like on some prep websites, and unlike the mock exams, the countdown for the timer between sections starts as soon as you finish the last one (i.e. if you wait 10 seconds before you click OK you will only have a 50s wait between sections)

Also, considering I got pretty much the same scores i think its safe to say that the relative section difficulties were about the same (for me) as last year. Although its hard to infer from one data point

Tips:

I'll give some QR tips as i've crushed that 2 years in a row. I highly recommend being super proficient with a numpad. My typical process looks like this: decipher the question -> think for a few seconds the best way to approach this (i.e. the least amount of calculator work) and then go for gold. Always check roundings, and right down sums that take more than 30ish seconds to do you get (as you never know when you might need them in a later q or checking your work)

I used this website last year, highly suggest you put a few drills in it until you become a weapon

Congrats on the great score!
Newcastle squad

 

[ucatboy]

Just noticed a small update to the test statistics part of the UCAT website:

It seems that the release of both summary test statistics (the PDF thingy) and percentile calculator has been pushed back by a couple weeks each, probably due to the extended testing period (I believe into the first week of August) and COVID things. To those of you who have already sat the exam, hang on tight and don't panic if your results weren't what you were expecting, you never know what exactly they'll translate to. For those who haven't yet sat their exam, good luck!

 

[2xq]

Date completed & Venue: Newcastle 8/7/20 at 2pm
General thoughts on your results:

VR	DM	QR	AR	TOTAL	SJT
600	750	870	660	2880	571

Exactly what i was exepcting. Pretty much literally the same score as last time ahaha. In 2019 i got 610 | 700 | 860 | 670 | 573 So i got within very close of my old score which is very suprising. My only intention is to apply to JMP to be closer to home as I'm already a provisional md student at UQ so i didnt bother with SJT, and didnt really do as much prep this year than last few

General comments on the exam/exam experience:

Test centre was alright. Made us sign a register and we logged in together. We had to login ourselves, pick our name, and click go. The room was 25 iMacs (27 inch i think), those classic white microsoft keyboards (with numpad) and tables that were SO INCREDIBLY THIN that i could barely fit anything on it. I measured the table and it was about the length of my forearm. Invigilators were nice, and my computer stuffed up before I started so I was able to get a new one.

I single handedly owe my success to the dozen or so people in hatbox last night that wished me luck <3

Also for what its worth: the calculator looked like the one on the official mocks, but opened up in the same window like on some prep websites, and unlike the mock exams, the countdown for the timer between sections starts as soon as you finish the last one (i.e. if you wait 10 seconds before you click OK you will only have a 50s wait between sections)

Also, considering I got pretty much the same scores i think its safe to say that the relative section difficulties were about the same (for me) as last year. Although its hard to infer from one data point

Tips:

I'll give some QR tips as i've crushed that 2 years in a row. I highly recommend being super proficient with a numpad. My typical process looks like this: decipher the question -> think for a few seconds the best way to approach this (i.e. the least amount of calculator work) and then go for gold. Always check roundings, and right down sums that take more than 30ish seconds to do you get (as you never know when you might need them in a later q or checking your work)

I used this website last year, highly suggest you put a few drills in it until you become a weapon

Ayyy congrats!

 

[whys]

The room was 25 iMacs (27 inch i think)

Shoulda done my test at Newcastle too....
Congrats on your awesome scores though!

 

[dotwingz]

Shoulda done my test at Newcastle too....
Congrats on your awesome scores though!

Idk... The desks were kinda a bruh moment

Plus i think you did well enough already

 

[Sokka]

(Soz I cbf formatting)
Did my test this arvo at La Trobe.
VR:680
DM:730
QR:830
AR:870
SJ:667
Overall: 3110
QR and DM were much easier than expected and I thought I did better- still in disbelief about my overall score though haha.
This was on the higher end of my mock scores, and although I have scored higher in practice overall the paid resources provided a fair gauge to your progress
My mock D total was 3140 which was uncannily similar, although my subtest scores differed (800, 780, 780, 780 respectively)

 

[someday]

(Soz I cbf formatting)
Did my mock this arvo at La Trobe.
VR:680
DM:730
QR:830
AR:870
SJ:667
Overall: 3110
QR and DM were much easier than expected and I thought I did better- still in disbelief about my overall score though haha.
This was on the higher end of my mock scores, and although I have scored higher in practice overall the paid resources provided a fair gauge to your progress
My mock D total was 3140 which was uncannily similar, although my subtest scores differed (800, 780, 780, 780 respectively)

killer well done mate

 

[Emmamz]

Hi! This is my first time posting on a forum, but all the advice from here have helped me a lot so I thought I might share my experience too!

Date completed: 08/07/2020
Venue: ITIC Sydney

VR	650
DM	800
QR	830
AR	750
Total	3030
SJT	677

General thoughts on your results:
VR: I'm not too happy with my score, since I always thought VR was my strength. The nerves definitely got to me and I wasn't used to the test environment yet so I found it a bit hard to focus. I didn't get many T/F/CT questions. Tip: do mocks on a larger monitor, because I could only practice on my laptop and found that I read slower during the actual test because the words were stretched horizontally and you had to cover a larger screen with larger text (which can be harder to scan).
DM: the syllogisms were easier, and thankfully I didn't get too many venn diagrams (I'm so bad at them). The comprehension Y/N and the 'pick the best argument' questions were a bit vague though, and that must be where I lost my marks.
QR: Definitely doable, and I realised after the section ended where I lost a mark Unlike a lot of people, using the numpad felt a lot easier and more natural than doing mental math for me, and the questions didn't require a lot of fidgeting around on the calculator.
AR: I'm pretty bad at this, so I was totally happy with a 750! If you did more practice than me (which was like 4hr/day for a week and a bit) then you probably could figure out the two patterns that I didn't get.
SJT: Idk what band this lies in, but I think it's ok??

General comments on the exam/exam experience:
There were a lot of people already waiting when I got there, and I started my test 30 minutes early. My monitor had to load the content for a while, which scared me a bit, and the lady next to me was already fiercely clicking. Overall it went really smoothly, and there's not much to be said about the venue. Also, I'm someone who does better when I feel like I'm competing with someone, so the people typing around me really kept me focused on my goal, and made me more alert during the test (weird right). So if you are the opposite of me, try and find ways to eliminate the noise or keep yourself focused, because it can get quite loud during QR, particularly for me who was still on DM at the time.
Something useful (maybe): I write with a lot of pressure on the pen and I write fast, and when I take notes especially during QR I don't look down. The felt tip doesn't stick to the laminated sheet well, so I would look down and nothing would be there. I suggest you figure out how you are going to write on the sheets when you are checking the pen, because using a lot of pressure actually makes it harder for the ink to stick. I got a bit annoyed at that.
About preparing for the test: I was buried with assessments during the last week of school, so didn't start doing full mocks until a week before my exam. DON'T be like me, and spend a good amount of time reflecting on your mistakes. Areas you can definitely improve on with time are DM, AR, and SJT just by simply getting to know all of the question types. I spent most of my practice during AR, and I only barely managed a 750, but it is still a vast improvement compared to the beginning. VR is a bit tough, and I'm bummed out, especially since I want to go to WSU and I realistically won't get a 99+ atar (definitely still going to try my best tho),so find that TIMING STRATEGY that works for you and make sure you build up the confidence to not go back and double check all the time like I did.
Last thing, with it being super close to the real exam for some people, a good mindset and confidence is more important than doing 5+ hours and tiring yourself out. Try to be in a good mood and relaxed state and it really will make all the difference. All the skill you have built up to this point won't disappear if you don't practice, but it will be affected by how you are feeling that day.

Hope I didn't talk too much, and I hope this contributed a little bit into the discussion )

 

[jennyy1]

Hi! This is my first time posting on a forum, but all the advice from here have helped me a lot so I thought I might share my experience too!

Date completed: 08/07/2020
Venue: ITIC Sydney

VR	650
DM	800
QR	830
AR	750
Total	3030
SJT	677

General thoughts on your results:
VR: I'm not too happy with my score, since I always thought VR was my strength. The nerves definitely got to me and I wasn't used to the test environment yet so I found it a bit hard to focus. I didn't get many T/F/CT questions. Tip: do mocks on a larger monitor, because I could only practice on my laptop and found that I read slower during the actual test because the words were stretched horizontally and you had to cover a larger screen with larger text (which can be harder to scan).
DM: the syllogisms were easier, and thankfully I didn't get too many venn diagrams (I'm so bad at them). The comprehension Y/N and the 'pick the best argument' questions were a bit vague though, and that must be where I lost my marks.
QR: Definitely doable, and I realised after the section ended where I lost a mark Unlike a lot of people, using the numpad felt a lot easier and more natural than doing mental math for me, and the questions didn't require a lot of fidgeting around on the calculator.
AR: I'm pretty bad at this, so I was totally happy with a 750! If you did more practice than me (which was like 4hr/day for a week and a bit) then you probably could figure out the two patterns that I didn't get.
SJT: Idk what band this lies in, but I think it's ok??

General comments on the exam/exam experience:
There were a lot of people already waiting when I got there, and I started my test 30 minutes early. My monitor had to load the content for a while, which scared me a bit, and the lady next to me was already fiercely clicking. Overall it went really smoothly, and there's not much to be said about the venue. Also, I'm someone who does better when I feel like I'm competing with someone, so the people typing around me really kept me focused on my goal, and made me more alert during the test (weird right). So if you are the opposite of me, try and find ways to eliminate the noise or keep yourself focused, because it can get quite loud during QR, particularly for me who was still on DM at the time.
Something useful (maybe): I write with a lot of pressure on the pen and I write fast, and when I take notes especially during QR I don't look down. The felt tip doesn't stick to the laminated sheet well, so I would look down and nothing would be there. I suggest you figure out how you are going to write on the sheets when you are checking the pen, because using a lot of pressure actually makes it harder for the ink to stick. I got a bit annoyed at that.
About preparing for the test: I was buried with assessments during the last week of school, so didn't start doing full mocks until a week before my exam. DON'T be like me, and spend a good amount of time reflecting on your mistakes. Areas you can definitely improve on with time are DM, AR, and SJT just by simply getting to know all of the question types. I spent most of my practice during AR, and I only barely managed a 750, but it is still a vast improvement compared to the beginning. VR is a bit tough, and I'm bummed out, especially since I want to go to WSU and I realistically won't get a 99+ atar (definitely still going to try my best tho),so find that TIMING STRATEGY that works for you and make sure you build up the confidence to not go back and double check all the time like I did.
Last thing, with it being super close to the real exam for some people, a good mindset and confidence is more important than doing 5+ hours and tiring yourself out. Try to be in a good mood and relaxed state and it really will make all the difference. All the skill you have built up to this point won't disappear if you don't practice, but it will be affected by how you are feeling that day.

Hope I didn't talk too much, and I hope this contributed a little bit into the discussion )

Congrats on your score!! Would you mind posting your results for any mocks you did in the mock results thread?

 

[2xq]

Hi! This is my first time posting on a forum, but all the advice from here have helped me a lot so I thought I might share my experience too!

Date completed: 08/07/2020
Venue: ITIC Sydney

VR	650
DM	800
QR	830
AR	750
Total	3030
SJT	677

General thoughts on your results:
VR: I'm not too happy with my score, since I always thought VR was my strength. The nerves definitely got to me and I wasn't used to the test environment yet so I found it a bit hard to focus. I didn't get many T/F/CT questions. Tip: do mocks on a larger monitor, because I could only practice on my laptop and found that I read slower during the actual test because the words were stretched horizontally and you had to cover a larger screen with larger text (which can be harder to scan).
DM: the syllogisms were easier, and thankfully I didn't get too many venn diagrams (I'm so bad at them). The comprehension Y/N and the 'pick the best argument' questions were a bit vague though, and that must be where I lost my marks.
QR: Definitely doable, and I realised after the section ended where I lost a mark Unlike a lot of people, using the numpad felt a lot easier and more natural than doing mental math for me, and the questions didn't require a lot of fidgeting around on the calculator.
AR: I'm pretty bad at this, so I was totally happy with a 750! If you did more practice than me (which was like 4hr/day for a week and a bit) then you probably could figure out the two patterns that I didn't get.
SJT: Idk what band this lies in, but I think it's ok??

General comments on the exam/exam experience:
There were a lot of people already waiting when I got there, and I started my test 30 minutes early. My monitor had to load the content for a while, which scared me a bit, and the lady next to me was already fiercely clicking. Overall it went really smoothly, and there's not much to be said about the venue. Also, I'm someone who does better when I feel like I'm competing with someone, so the people typing around me really kept me focused on my goal, and made me more alert during the test (weird right). So if you are the opposite of me, try and find ways to eliminate the noise or keep yourself focused, because it can get quite loud during QR, particularly for me who was still on DM at the time.
Something useful (maybe): I write with a lot of pressure on the pen and I write fast, and when I take notes especially during QR I don't look down. The felt tip doesn't stick to the laminated sheet well, so I would look down and nothing would be there. I suggest you figure out how you are going to write on the sheets when you are checking the pen, because using a lot of pressure actually makes it harder for the ink to stick. I got a bit annoyed at that.
About preparing for the test: I was buried with assessments during the last week of school, so didn't start doing full mocks until a week before my exam. DON'T be like me, and spend a good amount of time reflecting on your mistakes. Areas you can definitely improve on with time are DM, AR, and SJT just by simply getting to know all of the question types. I spent most of my practice during AR, and I only barely managed a 750, but it is still a vast improvement compared to the beginning. VR is a bit tough, and I'm bummed out, especially since I want to go to WSU and I realistically won't get a 99+ atar (definitely still going to try my best tho),so find that TIMING STRATEGY that works for you and make sure you build up the confidence to not go back and double check all the time like I did.
Last thing, with it being super close to the real exam for some people, a good mindset and confidence is more important than doing 5+ hours and tiring yourself out. Try to be in a good mood and relaxed state and it really will make all the difference. All the skill you have built up to this point won't disappear if you don't practice, but it will be affected by how you are feeling that day.

Hope I didn't talk too much, and I hope this contributed a little bit into the discussion )

Congrats!!!

 

[RTorrnce]

Date: 8th July
Location: ITIC, Pitt St Sydney

Scores:

VR	700
DM	800
QR	800
AR	700
Overall	3000
SJT	669

Thoughts on the exam:

VR was slightly easier than I thought it would be. I actually enjoyed reading the diversity of the passages they came up with, and the questions for the most part were straight forward. I lost time re-reading passages multiple times trying to parse out the relevant info for each separate question then reading it more in-depth on the first go and not having to go back to it.

DM again wasn't that bad. The marker/laminated sheet set-up was good and there was plenty of desk space so I used it often. I felt that although the questions seemed complex at the start, drawing diagrams really helped out. I even finished with a little time to spare which was unexpected.

QR I was really unhappy with walking out of the exam. This was the one section I knew I was decent at and I wasted so much time on the bloody calculator. Think it's pretty evident that I didn't practice enough when I didn't realise you could type into it instead of clicking. It was only when I heard this guy on the other side of my partition making it sound like he was playing the piano that I realised half-way through you could type. The logic wasn't hard but the calculations were tedious involving multiple steps and a lot of reading multiple numbers off graphs. I had to guess the last 3 plus a couple of others that were taking too long. Shocked how well I did.

AR was easily my worst section in my expectations. Something about it doesn't click with me and it didn't click in the exam. Aside from the odd rule involving symmetry/number of shapes (I think I only had 3 rules down 100%) I was just guessing pretty much everything. My time-management was atrocious so I had to do the last 20 questions in just over 3 minutes. By this point I was getting pretty disappointed thinking this was a write off, first with a bad QR then this. I think I put 5 Set B's in a row.... it wasn't so much guesstimation as trying to get through some of the latter questions as fast as possible to give myself some actual time on the back 10.

SJT was harder than what I had usually come across. Most questions seemed very ambiguous in nature and most situations weren't clear cut by any means. A wide variety of situations but they were all on the shorter side and had few questions attached to them. With the importance questions I was staring at them for so long the spelling began to morph into this weird thing where I was questioning the very existence of the word, saying it over and over in my head. However the time limit was super generous and I finished with 10 minutes to spare.


Thoughts on the venue/experience:

It was a pretty slick operation. A queue to get upto the ITIC floor because of the 1 person/elevator rule but the check-in was quick. Although there was about 25 of us there it was a bit of a rat run of corridors and testing rooms spreading out from the central waiting room. They didn't offer earplugs but I knew that and brought my own, and was happy I did because my room had a faint server hum in the background. For people that were ready they offered an early start, which meant that I started 25 minutes before my appointment time but that was fine by me. Felt like a bit of an idiot when I finished and put my hand up like the screen said to then realised my hand couldn't be seen through the frosted glass panel, I held it up for a good couple of minutes and was starting to get a little ticked off lol. Everyone seemed super in the zone and a fair few had parents with them, someone was doing prep on her phone right before they went it which was a little bit extra but each to their own I guess.

Thoughts in general:

I'm crazy shook on my score. I had pretty much given up on the UCAT entirely and tried to see if I could get money back by cancelling - turns out you can't!! I had practised a fair bit in Dec/Jan but with bad assessment results I hadn't touched UCAT questions in 3 months because I was convinced all hope was lost with an ATAR that is looking the wrong side of 97. I only restarted the night before when I did an AR mini-mock and was more than 1 standard deviation below the mean. I'm still slightly convinced I'm going to get an email from PearsonVUE saying that there's been a giant mix-up.

I got the results email within an hour. I absolutely blasted some Oasis over the TV after I had recovered myself from seeing what I got. I was super excited opening the email but there's about 3 different pages you have to navigate through so it was a tad anti-climatic but well worth the shock in the end.

I think what this shows is that for all the work people put in, at the end of the day you can be lucky or unlucky. It sounds trite but it's true. Even if you're not hyped on your chances you might actually dramatically exceed expectations. Hearing people talk about their rigorous UCAT study regime/amount of prep resources can get demoralising (it certainly did for me) so if you feel a bit down hearing the constant perfection people spout or post here just listen to some good music and forget about it. Beforehand I was 99% sure I was doing Economics at ANU but hey those 13 minutes of AR might just have changed my short-term future pretty considerably.

Just don't stress out is the only advice I can give, don't feel really qualified to say anything else. Hope you go better than you thought you'd do, cause at the end of the day, that's the only measure of success.

 

[2xq]

Date: 8th July
Location: ITIC, Pitt St Sydney

Scores:

VR	700
DM	800
QR	800
AR	700
Overall	3000
SJT	669

Thoughts on the exam:

VR was slightly easier than I thought it would be. I actually enjoyed reading the diversity of the passages they came up with, and the questions for the most part were straight forward. I lost time re-reading passages multiple times trying to parse out the relevant info for each separate question then reading it more in-depth on the first go and not having to go back to it.

DM again wasn't that bad. The marker/laminated sheet set-up was good and there was plenty of desk space so I used it often. I felt that although the questions seemed complex at the start, drawing diagrams really helped out. I even finished with a little time to spare which was unexpected.

QR I was really unhappy with walking out of the exam. This was the one section I knew I was decent at and I wasted so much time on the bloody calculator. Think it's pretty evident that I didn't practice enough when I didn't realise you could type into it instead of clicking. It was only when I heard this guy on the other side of my partition making it sound like he was playing the piano that I realised half-way through you could type. The logic wasn't hard but the calculations were tedious involving multiple steps and a lot of reading multiple numbers off graphs. I had to guess the last 3 plus a couple of others that were taking too long. Shocked how well I did.

AR was easily my worst section in my expectations. Something about it doesn't click with me and it didn't click in the exam. Aside from the odd rule involving symmetry/number of shapes (I think I only had 3 rules down 100%) I was just guessing pretty much everything. My time-management was atrocious so I had to do the last 20 questions in just over 3 minutes. By this point I was getting pretty disappointed thinking this was a write off, first with a bad QR then this. I think I put 5 Set B's in a row.... it wasn't so much guesstimation as trying to get through some of the latter questions as fast as possible to give myself some actual time on the back 10.

SJT was harder than what I had usually come across. Most questions seemed very ambiguous in nature and most situations weren't clear cut by any means. A wide variety of situations but they were all on the shorter side and had few questions attached to them. With the importance questions I was staring at them for so long the spelling began to morph into this weird thing where I was questioning the very existence of the word, saying it over and over in my head. However the time limit was super generous and I finished with 10 minutes to spare.


Thoughts on the venue/experience:

It was a pretty slick operation. A queue to get upto the ITIC floor because of the 1 person/elevator rule but the check-in was quick. Although there was about 25 of us there it was a bit of a rat run of corridors and testing rooms spreading out from the central waiting room. They didn't offer earplugs but I knew that and brought my own, and was happy I did because my room had a faint server hum in the background. For people that were ready they offered an early start, which meant that I started 25 minutes before my appointment time but that was fine by me. Felt like a bit of an idiot when I finished and put my hand up like the screen said to then realised my hand couldn't be seen through the frosted glass panel, I held it up for a good couple of minutes and was starting to get a little ticked off lol. Everyone seemed super in the zone and a fair few had parents with them, someone was doing prep on her phone right before they went it which was a little bit extra but each to their own I guess.

Thoughts in general:

I'm crazy shook on my score. I had pretty much given up on the UCAT entirely and tried to see if I could get money back by cancelling - turns out you can't!! I had practised a fair bit in Dec/Jan but with bad assessment results I hadn't touched UCAT questions in 3 months because I was convinced all hope was lost with an ATAR that is looking the wrong side of 97. I only restarted the night before when I did an AR mini-mock and was more than 1 standard deviation below the mean. I'm still slightly convinced I'm going to get an email from PearsonVUE saying that there's been a giant mix-up.

I got the results email within an hour. I absolutely blasted some Oasis over the TV after I had recovered myself from seeing what I got. I was super excited opening the email but there's about 3 different pages you have to navigate through so it was a tad anti-climatic but well worth the shock in the end.

I think what this shows is that for all the work people put in, at the end of the day you can be lucky or unlucky. It sounds trite but it's true. Even if you're not hyped on your chances you might actually dramatically exceed expectations. Hearing people talk about their rigorous UCAT study regime/amount of prep resources can get demoralising (it certainly did for me) so if you feel a bit down hearing the constant perfection people spout or post here just listen to some good music and forget about it. Beforehand I was 99% sure I was doing Economics at ANU but hey those 13 minutes of AR might just have changed my short-term future pretty considerably.

Just don't stress out is the only advice I can give, don't feel really qualified to say anything else. Hope you go better than you thought you'd do, cause at the end of the day, that's the only measure of success.

yo massive congrats to u

 

[MDAS124]

Hey, I sat the UCAT this year and received a lower score than I was hoping for. I was wondering if there was any chance of an interview with this score. Thanks
Vr: 610
Dm: 680
Qr: 780
Ar: 660
Sj: 674
Total: 2730

 

[2xq]

Hey, I sat the UCAT this year and received a lower score than I was hoping for. I was wondering if there was any chance of an interview with this score. Thanks
Vr: 610
Dm: 680
Qr: 780
Ar: 660
Sj: 674
Total: 2730

Congrats on completing your UCAT.
It might be lower than expected but do realise that percentiles haven't been released yet and so your query cannot be answered. (See the 1st post on this tread [image attached])