AITA is awfully disconnected from reality :/ I hope you only use it for VR prep and not SJT
yep I agree, absolutely not realistic judgement and at times just a cesspool. I use it to learn to pick up information (and the drama haha) quickly bc those posts are longggggg sometimes BUT ABSOLUTELY NOT TO LEARN HOW TO THINK
Honestly the only sections I was feeling confident for were AR and SJT (but look how that turned out lmao) I basically repressed all thoughts about scores in the mocks, listened to affirmation audios and told myself what happens happens yk? Nothing I can do about the consequences of my own actions. I can share my official mock results but frankly they're just embarrassing.
VR I was meh about: my thought was that the answer's
always right in front of you but you need to be lucky to find it in the time. It wasn't a problem section for me, nor a strong one. I just wanted to focus on being consistently average.
DM: results fluctuated A LOT. I did better than I expected because in the exam I finally learned to just skip questions and guess them. I enjoyed the argument ones because I love debating and I liked the yes no ones because they're very logical. Other parts hated. Actually I love venn diagrams and those questions about which diagram represents which because I'm also a visual person.
QR: Yikes. I'm ok at math but man the time kills me. I didn't learn how to use the MRC and M+/M- buttons till last night (thanks KharmaMedic, wish I'd found you sooner). I remember there was this one train timetable question about Illyr bridge or something in the mock that destroyed me. I don't think I'm stupid but I legit felt like I had the intelligence of a dyslexic baby. I begged many different deities to bless me with an average score. I historically run out of time in every section except SJT but I never got more than halfway through the questions in the mocks.
AR: I'm devastated because AR was my most confident section. I exposed myself to every set available, intensely trained speed, but damn I really let myself down in the real exam. I reckon I could have done a solid 800 which would have made my score so much better. I honestly can't believe I got a 600. I think the change to AR from QR was abrupt so I couldn't get my engine going, I was stuck on the first two sets for at least 4 minutes. Then I realised I had 32 questions left at 3 minutes to go; out of all the questions I had only worked out 3 sets of patterns. As I said I'm a visual person and have always loved these sorts of puzzles so pretty disheartening.
Then again, I basically crammed an aptitude test in 4 days (one that you're not supposed to study for) and I understand was obviously wayy underprepared. I have so many regrets: not paying for extra resources, my lack of consistency and organisation. IMO the UCAT isn't hard at all, just quick, which means practice! over! many! months! I just got incredibly lucky this time. (BTW, I recommend using the earplugs!)
