Post UCAT Discussion Thread 2021

[MyHeadee]

When are percentiles released?

 

[cocodreams]

When are percentiles released?

It's generally in september

 

[kkkk]

It's generally in september

It would probably be a bit later now right?

 

[DrDrLMG!]

It would probably be a bit later now right?

It’s hard to say. We only have two years of dates to go on, one year of which was also lockdown affected.

 

[ucatboy]

They generally come out 1-2 weeks after the last UCAT sitting, which meant early August in 2019 and late August in 2020, but with so much rescheduling/postponing at the moment, percentiles could come out as late as September.

 

[Fittopumpkin]

Date completed: 17/07/2021

Venue: Pearson Professional Centres Brisbane QLD

General thoughts on your results:
VR: 600 – Not the best but was expected as it was my worst subtest mock
DM: 710 – Quite disappointed as this was one of my strongest subtest mocks and most consistent overall.
QR: 870 – Happy with this; found it easier than the mocks
AR: 830 – Quite happy with this as well; only a few patterns were difficult.
TOTAL: 3010
SJT: 612

General comments on your experience:
The invigilators were all accommodating, nice and helpful. The test was taken on a desktop computer: monitor (roughly 22 inches), wired keyboard (I believe it was hp) and a wired mouse with mouse pad. There was no lag whatsoever when going to the next question and no technical issues were encountered. The test screen appeared a little stretched, but it was quite easy to adjust to. There were 2 sets of 2 minutes of instructions and disclaimer information before the 1-minute section of the verbal reasoning section so, overall, I had 5 minutes before the actual verbal reasoning begun.

There were earmuffs (looked heavy duty) and ear plugs available and I used ear plugs (which were quite comfortable). The chair was a wheely, cushion chair with armrests. I was in a soundproof room with four other students and inside my own cubicle so there were basically no distractions until the very end of the test. The pen was very similar to the one I used in practice which was the Staedtler Lumocolor Non-Permanent Fine Marker Black and in the exam, it worked quite well. Note board was laminated and all good. The online calculator was quite good and worked well (tip: if you click away from the calculator, you need to click on the calculator for you to type numbers into it again).

Got the email about my score around 100 minutes after my exam, however, I went to my Pearson VUE account to check my score (coincidentally) just before the email came (because I was too impatient ).

Overall, there were absolutely no problems with the test center that compromised my score. Will post mock averages soon if anyone wants. Most importantly, I just wanted to thank everyone on MSO as it provided me with a lot of resources and information which helped allay my worries!

 

[kundxn]

Hi guys, say my test today and scored 2930 was hoping for a 3000 so not ecstatic but can’t say i’m too disappointed either. What do y’all reckon my chances of being in the 90th percentile are??

 

[unbroken]

Hi guys, say my test today and scored 2930 was hoping for a 3000 so not ecstatic but can’t say i’m too disappointed either. What do y’all reckon my chances of being in the 90th percentile are??

based off 2019 and 2020 2930 were both 90+ do you mind sharing individual scores for each subtest? also congrats! thats a great score

 

[Don Carlo]

Date completed: 17/07/2021

Venue: Pearson Professional Centres Brisbane QLD

General thoughts on your results:
VR: 600 – Not the best but was expected as it was my worst subtest mock
DM: 710 – Quite disappointed as this was one of my strongest subtest mocks and most consistent overall.
QR: 870 – Happy with this; found it easier than the mocks
AR: 830 – Quite happy with this as well; only a few patterns were difficult.
TOTAL: 3010
SJT: 612

General comments on your experience:
The invigilators were all accommodating, nice and helpful. The test was taken on a desktop computer: monitor (roughly 22 inches), wired keyboard (I believe it was hp) and a wired mouse with mouse pad. There was no lag whatsoever when going to the next question and no technical issues were encountered. The test screen appeared a little stretched, but it was quite easy to adjust to. There were 2 sets of 2 minutes of instructions and disclaimer information before the 1-minute section of the verbal reasoning section so, overall, I had 5 minutes before the actual verbal reasoning begun.

There were earmuffs (looked heavy duty) and ear plugs available and I used ear plugs (which were quite comfortable). The chair was a wheely, cushion chair with armrests. I was in a soundproof room with four other students and inside my own cubicle so there were basically no distractions until the very end of the test. The pen was very similar to the one I used in practice which was the Staedtler Lumocolor Non-Permanent Fine Marker Black and in the exam, it worked quite well. Note board was laminated and all good. The online calculator was quite good and worked well (tip: if you click away from the calculator, you need to click on the calculator for you to type numbers into it again).

Got the email about my score around 100 minutes after my exam, however, I went to my Pearson VUE account to check my score (coincidentally) just before the email came (because I was too impatient ).

Overall, there were absolutely no problems with the test center that compromised my score. Will post mock averages soon if anyone wants. Most importantly, I just wanted to thank everyone on MSO as it provided me with a lot of resources and information which helped allay my worries!

Good job mate! I'm sitting my test there too! Was the font really big or pretty average? Also was the calc like laggy...

 

[Fittopumpkin]

Good job mate! I'm sitting my test there too! Was the font really big or pretty average? Also was the calc like laggy...

Thanks so much! The font was quite average, not overly big but not small either - it wasn't a problem for me at all. The calculator was quite good and responsive and was much better than the official one - I was quite relieved that the calculator was good. Good luck for your exam!

 

[kundxn]

based off 2019 and 2020 2930 were both 90+ do you mind sharing individual scores for each subtest? also congrats! thats a great score

thank you!!
my scores were as follows:
VR 640: honestly not surprised VR is always my worst.
DM 710: wanted a bit higher but my mocks ranged from 700-900 so as expected
QR 780: bit disappointed in my mocks i usually got 800+ but i mismanaged my time for this section so pretty happy.
AR 800: happy with this but was expecting a little bit higher.

anyways, good luck everyone try not to stress too much you’ve got this!!!

 

[ttttttttttt]

Can anyone confirm if the computer keyboard provided has a standard number pad attached? Thanks!

 

[sburni]

Hi all. Just did my test an hour ago and have already received the score report. My results were:

Verbal Reasoning	640
Decision Making	760
Quantitative Reasoning	740
Abstract Reasoning	770
Total Score	2910

Situational Judgement	599

I found the test overall not as hard as most preparation sources I had used. The verbal reasoning questions I had were very time consuming though, resulting in the 640 which I had really worked to get higher in practises but unfortunately to no avail

I also did the test last year. My results for the 2020 one are below. I found AR this year much easier, additionally, last year I remember not sweating QR whereas this time around I had to be much more focused to achieve a similar score.

Verbal Reasoning	680
Decision Making	750
Quantitative Reasoning	760
Abstract Reasoning	690
Total Score	2880

Situational Judgement	583

Hopefully my 2910 this year will be enough to qualify for an interview at JMP/WSU. This year I will be applying as a non standard and with old ATAR 98.6.
If anyone has any questions fire away, will be happy to answer

 

[DonTheDoc]

Hi all. Just did my test an hour ago and have already received the score report. My results were:

Verbal Reasoning	640
Decision Making	760
Quantitative Reasoning	740
Abstract Reasoning	770
Total Score	2910

Situational Judgement	599

I found the test overall not as hard as most preparation sources I had used. The verbal reasoning questions I had were very time consuming though, resulting in the 640 which I had really worked to get higher in practises but unfortunately to no avail

I also did the test last year. My results for the 2020 one are below. I found AR this year much easier, additionally, last year I remember not sweating QR whereas this time around I had to be much more focus to achieve a similar score.

Verbal Reasoning	680
Decision Making	750
Quantitative Reasoning	760
Abstract Reasoning	690
Total Score	2880

Situational Judgement	583

Hopefully my 2910 this year will be enough to qualify for an interview at JMP/WSU. This year I will be applying as a non standard and with old ATAR 98.6.
If anyone has any questions fire away, will be happy to answer

Congratulations on the improvement. You mentioned that your VR section was time-consuming this year. How so? And how would you compare it to last year's VR?

 

[sburni]

Congratulations on the improvement. You mentioned that your VR section was time-consuming this year. How so? And how would you compare it to last year's VR?

Using the method I was using in mocks for flagging time consuming questions and moving on, probably half of the questions ended up being flagged before I went back and answered them. Which threw a bit of a spanner in the works for my technique of answering that subsection. Last year I had a significantly worse strategy for VR but I predict if it had been the same this year I would have achieved much higher, if that makes sense.

Just my two cents

 

[serene21]

Hey everyone, I've been lurking on this forum since last year and I thought I'd share my scores. I took the UCAT for the second time and saw an improvement from last year.

	2020	2021
VR	650	670
DM	700	770
QR	800	880
AR	650	860
Total	2850	3180
SJT	685	693

General thoughts on my results:
VR - A little disappointed (wanted higher for WSU), I thought the actual test wasn't too bad and so I was expecting a higher score
DM - Thought this section was pretty difficult so I'm okay with the results
QR - As expected, it has always been my best section, pretty similar to my mocks
AR - Pretty surprised, this was my worst section last year and during practice but I found AR to be significantly easier than the mocks I had done.

What was different in my prep this year:
- MINDSET - because I had done it last year, I knew what to expect. I didn't have to worry about my ATAR and I'm doing a degree that I would be happy doing if I didn't get into medicine.
- I prepared for about 5-6 months this year compared to 3 months last year
- I did all of the AR questions I could possibly find and recorded mistakes in a document

Good luck to anyone who is still yet to sit their exam!

 

[2xq]

Can anyone confirm if the computer keyboard provided has a standard number pad attached? Thanks!

It will depend on where you will be sitting the exam. It's hard to tell but generally, it would be your stock standard keyboard.

Hi all. Just did my test an hour ago and have already received the score report. My results were:

Verbal Reasoning	640
Decision Making	760
Quantitative Reasoning	740
Abstract Reasoning	770
Total Score	2910

Situational Judgement	599

I found the test overall not as hard as most preparation sources I had used. The verbal reasoning questions I had were very time consuming though, resulting in the 640 which I had really worked to get higher in practises but unfortunately to no avail

I also did the test last year. My results for the 2020 one are below. I found AR this year much easier, additionally, last year I remember not sweating QR whereas this time around I had to be much more focused to achieve a similar score.

Verbal Reasoning	680
Decision Making	750
Quantitative Reasoning	760
Abstract Reasoning	690
Total Score	2880

Situational Judgement	583

Hopefully my 2910 this year will be enough to qualify for an interview at JMP/WSU. This year I will be applying as a non standard and with old ATAR 98.6.
If anyone has any questions fire away, will be happy to answer

If you are taking a gap year, you are a school leaver.
If you have commenced tertiary studies, you are non-standard. WSU/CSU (JPM) will take the better of either your GPA or ATAR (which you already meet the threshold for. UNE/UoN (JMP) will take your GPA after you have completed 1.0 FTE (This means your ATAR won't be used unless you have completed less than 1.0 FTE).

 

[sburni]

It will depend on where you will be sitting the exam. It's hard to tell but generally

If you are taking a gap year, you are a school leaver.
If you have commenced tertiary studies, you are non-standard. WSU/CSU (JPM) will take the better of either your GPA or ATAR (which you already meet the threshold for. UNE/UoN (JMP) will take your GPA after you have completed 1.0 FTE (This means your ATAR won't be used unless you have completed less than 1.0 FTE).

Okay thanks for the info. I see for Newcastle you just need to maintain higher than credit average which is fine anyway. Hopefully my UCAT is enough for an interview, depending on where the percentiles fall.

 

[ttttttttttt]

It will depend on where you will be sitting the exam. It's hard to tell but generally, it would be your stock standard keyboard.

If you are taking a gap year, you are a school leaver.
If you have commenced tertiary studies, you are non-standard. WSU/CSU (JPM) will take the better of either your GPA or ATAR (which you already meet the threshold for. UNE/UoN (JMP) will take your GPA after you have completed 1.0 FTE (This means your ATAR won't be used unless you have completed less than 1.0 FTE).

Is standard without the number pad on the right? Thanks!

 

[Jdpogba]

Date completed: 17/07/2021

Venue: Pearson Professional Centres Brisbane QLD

General thoughts on your results:
VR: 600 – Not the best but was expected as it was my worst subtest mock
DM: 710 – Quite disappointed as this was one of my strongest subtest mocks and most consistent overall.
QR: 870 – Happy with this; found it easier than the mocks
AR: 830 – Quite happy with this as well; only a few patterns were difficult.
TOTAL: 3010
SJT: 612

General comments on your experience:
The invigilators were all accommodating, nice and helpful. The test was taken on a desktop computer: monitor (roughly 22 inches), wired keyboard (I believe it was hp) and a wired mouse with mouse pad. There was no lag whatsoever when going to the next question and no technical issues were encountered. The test screen appeared a little stretched, but it was quite easy to adjust to. There were 2 sets of 2 minutes of instructions and disclaimer information before the 1-minute section of the verbal reasoning section so, overall, I had 5 minutes before the actual verbal reasoning begun.

There were earmuffs (looked heavy duty) and ear plugs available and I used ear plugs (which were quite comfortable). The chair was a wheely, cushion chair with armrests. I was in a soundproof room with four other students and inside my own cubicle so there were basically no distractions until the very end of the test. The pen was very similar to the one I used in practice which was the Staedtler Lumocolor Non-Permanent Fine Marker Black and in the exam, it worked quite well. Note board was laminated and all good. The online calculator was quite good and worked well (tip: if you click away from the calculator, you need to click on the calculator for you to type numbers into it again).

Got the email about my score around 100 minutes after my exam, however, I went to my Pearson VUE account to check my score (coincidentally) just before the email came (because I was too impatient ).

Overall, there were absolutely no problems with the test center that compromised my score. Will post mock averages soon if anyone wants. Most importantly, I just wanted to thank everyone on MSO as it provided me with a lot of resources and information which helped allay my worries!

Hey congrats on your score! Would you mind posting your mock scores?