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Average Boreduser said:
The sooner you start, the less you'll worry on the day you do the test. I've been doing it since yr9 (although mostly during the holidays when I first started). Its all just general ability and comprehension. in all honesty, i've found that my performance in my school subjects improved bc it also does allow you to develop the ability to know when you're taking too long on questions. You've got nothing to lose. Just give it a go.
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So basically, applying for medicine means the ucat score is (most of the time) equal in value to your atar. As with every year 12 in the summer holidays, I’m trying to get ahead and consolidate previous knowledge in my subjects. But I’m also trying to study for the ucat now because my time in the school term would be more limited.

I’ve been doing around 4 hours of ucat a day (gotta use this time as much as possible) but it becomes hard when combined with school work, + plus having a life in the holidays. I’ve managed schoolwork and ucat so far, but it’s taken a lot of time

Any tips on what to do
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most of my friends who did ucat training and practice - esp the ones that scored the highest - didn't go full on out with it. none of them did a crazy 4 hours of ucat a day - i remember they only spent consistently 30 min a day on it during the regular school year, and 1 hr a day on holidays (one of my friends just who did super well on ucat didn't even do any ucat or any schoolwork during the summer holidays and only started in march). they'd get to school usually like 30 min early so they'd just do some ucat practice in the morning before the school bell rang. like sure you can grind it out like someone above has since y9 but it's really not needed, as long as you're consistent and you're learning from your mistakes and focusing on your weak points, from what they've told me. ucat never took up a ton of their time and they still ended up doing extremely well just by being consistent
 
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Masaken said:
most of my friends who did ucat training and practice - esp the ones that scored the highest - didn't go full on out with it. none of them did a crazy 4 hours of ucat a day - i remember they only spent consistently 30 min a day on it during the regular school year, and 1 hr a day on holidays (one of my friends just who did super well on ucat didn't even do any ucat or any schoolwork during the summer holidays and only started in march). they'd get to school usually like 30 min early so they'd just do some ucat practice in the morning before the school bell rang. like sure you can grind it out like someone above has since y9 but it's really not needed, as long as you're consistent and you're learning from your mistakes and focusing on your weak points, from what they've told me. ucat never took up a ton of their time and they still ended up doing extremely well just by being consistent
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who tf is doing ucat in yr9
 
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Average Boreduser said:
No you definately are not. Maximising your marks in the UCAT is essential. There are students who have achieved 99.95s who were not given offers as a result of them neglecting the importance of the test.
Good example:
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fahad didn't get a 99.95... he graduated from arthur philip w a 97. something, he got into med after doing undergrad
 
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