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Pre-UCAT Discussion 2020

Breg said:
I don't believe they would do that, if there was a COVID issue I think they would just conduct the interview over zoom.
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Well what is stated on the website is stated on the website. Whether you believe there is a better way of doing it or not doesn't impact their decision unfortunately. Everything beyond what is stated on the website is speculation so while it does seem incredibly stupid, these are 'unprecedented times' hahaha
 
Hello.
I was wondering if anyone did their test at the we4us Footscray center and whether they had keyboards with the numpad?
 
Lennylen628 said:
Hi, I was wondering whether it is a good idea to do a mock the day before your exam?
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hey, some people do prefer to do a mock the day before (or even on the day of their exam) but I didn't think it was a good idea for me personally. The final hours/days leading up to your exam you should be focusing on having a good mindset and winding down, if you were to do a mock and not perform as well as you would've wanted to this can impact your confidence negatively. But at the end of the day it's personal preference
 
Lennylen628 said:
Hi, I was wondering whether it is a good idea to do a mock the day before your exam?
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My advice would be to avoid doing a mock the day before the exam. Spend the day before revising key pointers and getting some VR practice in to get you in the zone for the start of the exam. Then on the day of the exam try and do a few questions from each set to warm up. I also took palm cards to read the car which had tips for each section (e.g. for VR watch out for negatives in the Q stem, read before and after the scanned word, etc.)
 
Hey guys I've done the official mocks (content removed) as I found QR and AR to be significantly harder - E.g. I normally get around 800 in QR + AR in the prep company I'm using, but in official mocks, I've been averaging around 600 for those 2 subtests :/. I was just wondering if this is normal? I have my test in a few days and low-key wish I hadn't done the official mocks.
 
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Very normal, don't stress. (Content removed as per forum rules) but my official exam scores were considerably worse. Don't wish you hadn't done the official mocks- they offer important practice for VR and DM especially (very very slightly different wording and nuances to the official ones which it's important to have a bit of training with). Just don't focus too much on the scores, as many people have said the scores are not accurate.
 
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So. Vic's new stage 4 restrictions mean that you can't travel anywhere for education + the new 5km rule for other travel. Does anyone in Vic have their test coming up? I'm curious to know what Pearson is going to do about this for all future test-takers in metro melb.
 
whys said:
So. Vic's new stage 4 restrictions mean that you can't travel anywhere for education + the new 5km rule for other travel. Does anyone in Vic have their test coming up? I'm curious to know what Pearson is going to do about this for all future test-takers in metro melb.
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I was thinking they might opt for the online proctored version the UK is using this year but I doubt it as they can only use the scratchpad built into the exam and no paper. Since it’s almost the end of testing period I doubt they’ll do that since it won’t be consistent amongst all candidates.
 
Hi, i'm a student from melbourne. I'm doing the UCAT tomorrow (5/8/20) and I have no clue what's going on right now?? Anyone know what's going on and if students are able to still take the UCAT? Also, are my parents allowed to drive me to the testing centre given that the ucat is still operating tomorrow. Thanks :)
 
Kevkevkev said:
Hi, i'm a student from melbourne. I'm doing the UCAT tomorrow (5/8/20) and I have no clue what's going on right now?? Anyone know what's going on and if students are able to still take the UCAT? Also, are my parents allowed to drive me to the testing centre given that the ucat is still operating tomorrow. Thanks :)
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Read the post literally directly above yours!
 
Kevkevkev said:
Hi, i'm a student from melbourne. I'm doing the UCAT tomorrow (5/8/20) and I have no clue what's going on right now?? Anyone know what's going on and if students are able to still take the UCAT? Also, are my parents allowed to drive me to the testing centre given that the ucat is still operating tomorrow. Thanks :)
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Tomorrow is 4/08/20 not 5/08/20. Are you sure its tomorrow? Or did you mistype your date? Double check haha ;)
 
Hi there,

I'm a Year 10 student interested in studying medicine after graduation from high school. I have been told by others that the majority of Australian/NZ universities (and some UK universities?) require applicants to sit the UCAT exam. All though this is quite early, I am curious as to when I should begin preparing and how I should prepare for this exam. Are there any particular resources (practice tests/online courses) that I can use to help prepare for this?

Since I am also unfamiliar with the UCAT exam format, what is the test actually comprised of? (I couldn't find many resources on this). Is it similar to the BMAT where it is broken down into subsections (i.e. aptitude and skills, scientific knowledge, writing skills)? And how difficult is it in relation to other exams such as the BMAT/MCAT?

Thanks everyone :)
 
Electron_Ninja said:
Hi there,

I'm a Year 10 student interested in studying medicine after graduation from high school. I have been told by others that the majority of Australian/NZ universities (and some UK universities?) require applicants to sit the UCAT exam. All though this is quite early, I am curious as to when I should begin preparing and how I should prepare for this exam. Are there any particular resources (practice tests/online courses) that I can use to help prepare for this?

Since I am also unfamiliar with the UCAT exam format, what is the test actually comprised of? (I couldn't find many resources on this). Is it similar to the BMAT where it is broken down into subsections (i.e. aptitude and skills, scientific knowledge, writing skills)? And how difficult is it in relation to other exams such as the BMAT/MCAT?

Thanks everyone :)
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This is a great place to start: University Clinical Aptitude Test for Australia and New Zealand (UCAT ANZ) | UCAT Consortium

It covers all the basics, and some people only used this as their sole preparation resource.
 
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