How to ACE the UCAT These Holidays For 2021 Year 12s (Australia Med School)

[@chunli3443]

- Develop a basic competency of the basic strategies and techniques that you need to answer each question type - Take it slowly from the beginning, learn it step by step and then, - Apply that experience yourself - Reflect on that experience: what was so good about it? what wasn't so good about it? - Think about things you would do next time for when you would tackle that question The UCAT is a skills based exam. It really relies on you having a thorough thinking process for each question. Maximise the learning opportunity for every question that you attempt.

[@ArcherNewton]

Nice summary :)

[@jattTATE]

Would we be able to get a video on procrastination, and how to set up your environment in ways as reduce procrastination?

[@ArcherNewton]

My habits video goes through how i set my environment up if that helps :)

[@NoName-uy8fv]

really should've listened to you when you first made this video....my exam is in 3 days and I'm freaking out soooooo love that for me!

[@ArcherNewton]

Oh no ahah good luck!!

[@yathprem]

As always nice one Archer! Wish I had this when I sat my UCAT (can't believe it's the same as the UK) 🔥

[@ArcherNewton]

Thanks Yath as always!! Yeah it’s a pain but it is what it is hahaha

[@yasodhavenkat6612]

BROOOO I ACTUALLY LOVE U SOOO MUCH THANK U

[@ArcherNewton]

Hahaha thank you!! 😊

[@noellefitzgerald5609]

Ur talking about icanmed but ur showing us Medify on ur iPad at 6:37 what’s the story with that??????

[@candlelights._.]

Hey archer, i know im a bit late, but in the video you mentioned looking at your mistakes and builing your skills. DO we do that through the practice ucat Website or through another source?

[@sejutisarkar8811]

Hey! I have a question.. Did u do any tutoring for ucat?

[@epiccool6242]

Hey man can u just give best example to understand and merorize Structure of heart,internal structure and external structure with explantion and with diagram. What is the best way to keep heart diagram in mind with labelling? Just asking cause you are a medical student!!!

[@ArcherNewton]

Hi Yadunath, Understanding it consequentially will make it easier to remember, how one part leads onto the other and understanding the purposes of each part too and why it's important. Basically, spend the time to understand each part rather than memorise. Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have!

[@epiccool6242]

@@ArcherNewton yup,I was going through that part and you just made me explain. Appricate brother❤️

[@zoriel3534]

Wow, where have you been all of this time?

[@ArcherNewton]

Right here haha

[@chaewonpark4755]

hey archer! how long do you recommend to just do the questions without time limits? i realised that i may have jumped ahead and did the timed practice too early, so i am struggling with having a high accuracy on my scores

[@barnabaslin3733]

Hey Archer, what’s the program at 11:02? Looks really clean and efficient. Loved the video by the way!

[@ArcherNewton]

Thank you! It's youtube on google chrome :)

[@bellawhite1545]

Reapplying a whole year later if one does bad, wow Australian medical school is quite different than in the states. People in the US can apply to start college in the spring quarter if one does not get accepted for the fall

[@ArcherNewton]

yeah it’s a pretty crazy system

[@dslacie25]

its the same in the uk

[@dslacie25]

what is atar? we dont sit that exam in the uk

[@ArcherNewton]

Australian Tertiary Admission Rank :)

[@mehdiahsan4042]

Great vid! I was just wondering if you know the approx entry requirements for rural students for their UCAT? Or is approx 95 %ile required for rural students as well? thanks

[@ArcherNewton]

It changes from year to year but it would be quite a bit lower than 95 percentile I’d say

[@awesomesoldier5504]

Hey Archer, I’ve got a question,so will it be worthwhile studying practice questions with your efficiency method? Or is it not to do any practice questions?

[@ArcherNewton]

Hi there! Have you checked out my other videos on the UCAT? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZWun6uVbdmApbc This one will probably help to answer your question in more detail - it speaks more specifically about the use of practice questions and also Kolb's Experimental Cycle. Hope that helps! :)

[@awesomesoldier5504]

@@ArcherNewton hey archer yes I’ve watched that video! But I’m still confused :( Could you explain to me in simpler words.

[@ArcherNewton]

@@awesomesoldier5504 which part specifically so I can help you out more specifically because the video was already put into simpler words and any further would probably over-simplify it

[@awesomesoldier5504]

@@ArcherNewton I just want to make sure that is it beneficial in doing the practice questions on the UCAT website or is not?

[@ArcherNewton]

@Awesome Soldier yes, practice questions from the UCAT website are good but you don’t want to use them up early because they’re the most similar to what your exam would look like so you want to save those questions for much later :)

[@nzahsan4166]

Hello, Is it too late to start UCAT prep now? rural areas do not have the advantages of extra supports so it is hard.

[@ArcherNewton]

Hi Nausheen, definitely not! There is still plenty of time that is in your control to get started to take a good attempt at the UCAT. I recommend taking a look at iCanMed which is online and basically the reason I got into med.

[@jaydennguyen4845]

Hey Archer!! I've been following you for a while but unfortunately, I did not follow your advice on getting an ATAR of 99.95. The Year 12 this year was rough for me due to my anxiety and depression and as such managed to only score an ATAR of 98.70. (I could've done much, much better). I've still set my sights on medicine, and I still really want to do it, but I'm just a little worried about my ATAR. I've heard 98+ is still good for medicine but I'm worried that I can't compete with other applicants. Since my UCAT was really bad this year, (I didn't study as you advised), I didn't end up with a good score and will be taking a gap year to redo the UCAT. I'm wondering if not all hope is lost for me.

[@ArcherNewton]

Hi Jeydin, I definitely wouldn't say 'only' 98.7, that's within the top 1.5% of the nation and really close to 99! However, it does mean that this year the odds aren't necessarily in your favour, particularly with a low UCAT that can't boost your score up. As hard as it may feel right now, this could possibly be one of the biggest learning experiences for you in the future. Might not see it like that now, but in the future you may. A lot of my friends in my degree did gap years because they didn't make in the first time. You'll now also be able to figure out your plan to get into medicine. If you are really deadset on medicine, you'll now be able to put in the hundreds of hours of dedication and grit into the UCAT to get a very competitive score next year. Purely by the fact you scored a 98.7 in your first attempt, I feel its very possible for you to make change in a gap year. For some people, they don't treat it with nearly as much seriousness as it needs and just score the same as last year. In some states, you can actually do year 13 and try and improve your subject scores to ultimately increase your ATAR. I'd be more than happy to help out more in Instagram DMs if you want to have a chat. Hope that helps!

[@evan.5967]

Try biomedicine 😊

[@ArcherNewton]

@@evan.5967 Might depend on what state they're in

[@station2388]

This comment describes my yr 12 pre accurately

[@jaydennguyen4845]

@@ArcherNewton Hi, Archer! I live in NSW and had to undertake the HSC. (Not sure if you're familiar with it since you're SACE student). However, re-doing doesn't seem like a viable option to me since it would cost so much and seriously not worth the effort. (We have to retake subjects in TAFE for $6000+ fee). And besides, I scored 90%+ in all my subjects, (minus Chemistry, which was not counted as I did another subject to placehold it which I scored 94%) and don't really think that re-doing it would affect much. However, I do have certified documents that can be used in EAS for bonus uni points. (Which were not only my anxiety and depression, but also years of family issues and traumatic events which inhibited my ability to study). It's just personally for me I just feel a bit pessimistic as I put in so much effort this year to come so close yet so far...I can't help but feel like this ATAR score is what really defines my intelligence and ability to understand things. I know it's a bit childish, but it does feel bad that I scored lower than what I felt I could've achieved.

[@eg5033]

Can you do the UCAT the year AFTER you graduate? If you’re taking a gap year?

[@ArcherNewton]

Yep, you can always sit the UCAT. It just depends if you're able to apply to particular universities depending on what time of student you are. If you are a 'school leaver', meaning your most recent completed education is high school, then you're fine to apply to undergraduate degrees. This includes a gap year because your most recent completed education is still high school. Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have!

[@Kay-p123]

Hi Archer, I was wondering how long did it take you to complete Verbal Reasoning? I'm going to take the UCAT this coming exam season and want to know if I am not too late to get all the sections done and prepared as I have not started at all.

[@ArcherNewton]

Hi, I don't remember exactly but it was definitely the section that I spent the most time on since it's the one that most students struggle with the most. You're definitely not too late to get started, there are a ton of students still who haven't considered starting. I usually like to say in these scenarios that yesterday was the best time to get started, but today is the next best time to get started. I would say, definitely get started as soon as possible because it will be more difficult to prepare along with year 12 but if you start earlier, you'll give yourself more time to figure out potential issues and weaknesses. Hope that helps, please let me know any other questions that you have!

[@axelin1215]

3:08 rip phone

[@ArcherNewton]

Rip

[@thirisharadhakrishnan5341]

Hi Archer, i am starting my study for Ucat only from march, so have three months to prepare. Do you think that i still have a chance of a good score

[@ArcherNewton]

Hi Thirisha, yes it is if you prepare in a way that doesn’t waste any time in learning the wrong way - I used icanmed and they basically helped me get into medicine :)

[@thirisharadhakrishnan5341]

@@ArcherNewton Hi Archer thank you so much for getting back. What is ur opinion on medify? I joined Medify just recently before viewing your video, do you think its better if I try joining icanmed

[@ArcherNewton]

@Thirisha Radhakrishnan yes, I definitely think so because medify doesn’t teach you how to learn the techniques required to answer UCAT questions consistently correctly like icanmed. hope that helps :)

[@charliemorgan9049]

I just started year 11 should I start prepping now?

[@ArcherNewton]

Hi Charlie! Ideally you want to be preparing for it now, in year 11, because there isn't much time in Year 12 when you're focusing on your ATAR. UCAT is also much harder than ATAR and I've never heard anyone say they had enough time to prepare for it. At quite a few unis the ATAR and UCAT are equally weighted so its just as important to focus on the UCAT now. Hope that helps :)

[@charliemorgan9049]

@@ArcherNewton cheers, I guess there is no downside of putting in a few hours a week now to relive some of the stress in year 12

[@abdullahubaid6156]

Do you take the UCAT a year before applying medicine in uk ?

[@ArcherNewton]

You sit the ucat in the year you're applying to med :)

[@charlotteshajiii2924]

So when do I have to do the actual UCAT exam? (I’m in grade 11 rn) :))

[@ArcherNewton]

in your final year of high school :)

[@knightrayjccollins6392]

Do you Dropship?

[@ArcherNewton]

nope aha :)

[@slim23589]

makes you question is it even worth doing medicine, what is the point.

[@ArcherNewton]

Isn't meant for everyone 🤷

[@evan.5967]

How to pass interview 😓

[@ArcherNewton]

Do you mean you want a video on this? I've already made one :D

[@evan.5967]

@@ArcherNewton Oh really? What is the link?

[@ArcherNewton]

@@evan.5967 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpy5ep6Lgc2Fhdk

[@AH-hz5xc]

Dude you don't go to the gym

[@ArcherNewton]

lol