Provides a comprehensive outline of the five sections of the UCAT exam and contains tips to dramatically increase your likelihood of scoring highly. Includes information about timings, techniques and mnemonics for questions in the Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal ...
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use timestamps
it's very easy to lose track of time in the exam. if you're aware how long 26 66
each section is, you can use a timestamps strategy. constantly checking the
time during the test will cost you. to stay focused, create timestamps, which
work like milestones for your progress.
the easiest approach is to memorise how long each section is as well as how only attempt a certain number of questions
many questions it contains, then divide the time and questions into four if the time pressure becomes too much during your practice sess
equal sections. this way, you can keep tabs on your progress. answer 80% of the questions in a section and guess the remainin
this gives you extra time on the questions you're focusing on, wh
you can use the time before the test starts or the 1 minute you get to you have a better chance of getting them right. getting 80% of
prepare before each section. questions right will still get you a really high score. try doing 100
questions and then 80% to see what difference it makes to your
80% of:
vr minutes target number of questions vr - 35
dm - 23
5 11 qr - 29
ar - 40
10 22 sjt - 53
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some more shortcuts
21 44 alt + v - review flagged questions
alt + i - review incomplete questions
, ABSTRACT check for common/repeated features
check for:
- repeated shapes within the boxes
- repeated sizes of the same shape
REASONING - repeated number of the same shape
beware of colour
colour can be a repeated element used within a pattern, but it's
to distract you from finding the correct pattern. ignore it if it's o
pattern doesn't include it.
about observe positions of shapes
is a certain shape always:
- at the same position in the boxes?
- positioned opposite another shape?
you have 12 minutes to answer 50 questions -- that's 14 seconds per
- placed within another shape?
question. you're tested on your spatial reasoning and awareness to identify
- placed between other shapes (of the same kind)?
patterns within abstract shapes that are surrounded by distracting and
irrelevant content. it's about viewing things from different angles and
critically thinking of possible and likely hypotheses by evaluating information pay attention to rotation and orientation
within a short time. it assesses your use of convergent and divergent thinking sometimes, shapes rotate clockwise or anti-clockwise in a set pa
to infer relationships from information. the orientation of the whole box changes.
look at the emptiest/simplest box first
it's easier to find a pattern in the box with the least number of i
question types
there are fewer distractors (e.g. shapes that seem random and h
bearing on the pattern).
learn the number of sides of common shapes
common irregular shapes are arrows (7 sides) and stars (10 sides
set a, set b or neither
two sets of shapes are displayed as set a or set b. five test shapes guess and move on
are offered. decide where each test shape belongs, if it does at all. with so little time per question, you likely won't have time to flag
complete the series question and come back to it.
guess the next logical step following a sequence of shapes. there
are four new shapes to choose from. use the whiteboard and pen
complete the statement write down notes about any patterns you identify. you can also w
the mnemonics during the instruction reading time.
choose the appropriate image for shape d that completes the
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