The Only UCAT Verbal Reasoning Guide You'll Ever Need...

The UCAT Verbal Reasoning Subtest is one that many struggle with. Today, I'll be providing a comprehensive guide to this subtest, including the general strategy that helped me score in the 99th percentile!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Overview
1:16 General Strategy
5:24 Tips & Tricks
8:16 Walkthrough
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[@EmilEddy]

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[@rianeon]

notes for self: 1. not all of the passages have same level of difficulty.. so at first try to answer a good proportion of the questions with high accuracy taking more time than necessary. skip and save the harder ones for last. For the hard ones take educated guesses for the remaining ones. 2. for answering questions: 1st look at the passage; is it thick and chunky, or is it hard to digest... SKIP IT. 2nd go through the passages 3rd. if you wanna do questions, look at the questions so you know what to look for in the passage. Especially important for the comprehension questions. After you know what the question is asking then go through the passage properly at this point. DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF Skimming for keywords -> you are likely to not absorb anything. INSTEAD: read each paragraph and summarise each paragraph in your head. 3. its fine to spend more than a minute on the first question of the passage. 4. try to retain the information the moment you read it. try to recall the passages once you read. and for subsequent questions try to answer the question without looking at the passage to help see if you retained the info

[@alanjohnson7952]

how did you do bro?

[@mustafakhan9373]

Wow this is GREAT!! Really some wonderful insightful tips that have really helped me with VR! I constantly hear people talk about finding keywords and THATS IT but it really is crucial to not get too caught up in finding the keywords but also absorb what you’re reading.

[@shinekim7517]

Summary :) Strategy 1. Try to answer 32/44 questions with a high degree of accuracy. Skip difficult questions by looking at the passage and seeing if it is chunky and complicated 2. Look at question (hard -> skip). 3. Reread question and answer options for better understanding 4. Read passage with intention - Summarise each paragraph in head after reading - Watch out for qualifiers (eg. except/false) - Try to retain as much of the passage as possible - Pick answer and move on (no need to check all answers) Tips 1. Relax before starting 2. Learn to retain information - Start practice by reading at a slower pace with higher accuracy and retention - Reduce time while keeping high accuracy 3. Decrease reading time - start reading from second or third word - reduce sub vocalisation 4. Read paragraph, cover with hand, recall paragraph 5. Do only first question of a set with passage, complete the rest without referring to passage

[@qiqisaw5384]

These videos have been so useful! Thank you :)

[@deeya0722]

Thanks Emil !! This video was really helpful :D

[@TrainerCamYT]

Thanks for this video. I've been practising well but have felt like I have had to rescan passages too regularly. I look forward to implementing the tips you gave at 7:02 especially in my preparation. 👍

[@joannadaniel9396]

Literally watched ur vid and thought you prob had more than 100k subscribers bcos of the production quality. Thanks so much for the tips ! New subscriber here

[@susanx6782]

You are absolutely amazing, if I end up doing well in this subsection I will actually cry out of joy I'm aiming for around getting 60-65% of the questions right and educately guess the rest cause my timing is terrible for VR

[@karambains9571]

did u do well

[@rishigembali6066]

@@karambains95713500 Band 1

[@angiecollados9344]

thank you so much! this video was very helpful!!

[@ansonma1582]

your tips are far more useful than those that merely tell you to scan for keywords... I tried both and as you've said, i retain nothing in my brain using the keyword method lol,,,,,

[@endaddy4215]

Thanks Emil! great tips here.

[@selincorbaci]

Reduce subvocalisation , read paragraphs and then try to recall the information ,read qs and try to remember in which paragraph the information was in

[@khusheepatel495]

hi emil! thank you so much for such a helpful video! i was wondering if there's anything i could do to work on speed and accuracy when answering these questions, as i often get overwhelmed or unmotivated as soon as i start! thank you :)

[@chathurikagihani2363]

Thank you for useful tips

[@mvppka7074]

i really needed this, Verbal reasoning is breaking my brain. thank you

[@landoh3608]

Amazing tips brother

[@Blxq]

You are really saving my ucat

[@emmalou9489]

im soo glad i found your videos

[@yeetboisanimeeditz8763]

Thanks, mate. You will make good doctors with yourself. Keep making these videos, so that people can be treated well.

[@user-gi3yr1gl7j]

we

[@himiko7765]

WOW, I just tried out your technique of aiming to get all 'easy' questions right and I got my best score ever, I'm really happy with it! My UCAT is in 2 weeks so I'm a bit nervous but this has put me at ease - thanks so much!!

[@seharqureshi5920]

how was it?

[@Lilyxoxonn]

How’d u go!!

[@ThamyrsLin]

I've been told to take everything literal. I have one question about that: if in the passage says, for example, "SOME students do something", and the question says "THE students do something", should I assume it's false, because it's just some of the students that do that, and not all of them, or would it be more appropriate to choose "cannot say", since I don't know anything else about the other students?

[@jennifergreen382]

You dont understand how much this helped me, I have my UCAT exam in 9 days and i was really struggling with the verbal reasoning questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LelouchVIBritannia-xc3wv]

how did it go? :)

[@rachealifeanyichukwu5626]

This helped me so much❤😊❤😊❤😊😊❤ I am doing my Sat's this year 2024

[@emilyzheng7559]

Awesome video. very useful. But still hard for me to read the whole passage and understand the content, on top of that, retain the information....

[@mustafakhan9373]

Yeah in that case I recommend looking for keywords in the passage and while looking for it you get a good idea of the passages intentions.

[@sumamaamjad9283]

@@mustafakhan9373 most tried and trusted way tbf

[@poojasabari5418]

Hey Emil, just wondering how long approximately would you allocate for answering 32/44 qns?

[@user-qg4td6rg5x]

so you recommend reading the whole passage first? and then doing questions

[@Not_BhiLZA]

6:32 Here did you rewrite passages you read to improve? And do you feel it did?

[@randygodi432]

emil your videos are great man

[@EmilEddy]

thank you !!

[@miabovis83]

Can I ask how long you spent preparing before your ucat?! i don’t want to burn out too soon

[@sayanikasaha7660]

Is medify better than medentry?

[@alikaram5368]

Hi Emil, Great Video! I’m currently trying to do the VR subset but i’m really struggling with reading speed and understanding the passages… Is there any way I can improve these?

[@layanjuma3289]

same , when's ur test

[@EmilEddy]

I've said this in a few comments, but the main thing is to set out with the intention to remember the passage that you're reading. If it takes you slightly longer to read the passage, don't worry about that, because the improvement to your accuracy is far more important. Ways to improve doing this is to look, cover and practice summarising a practice passage on a piece of paper. Outside of the UCAT, try reading as much as possible and get comfortable with holding your concentration while reading.

[@thatokekana-gager8693]

Just shows that VR is so hard because he got 850+ for everything except VR😭

[@elenakim6118]

Omg im sitting UCAT this year and having only a month and few days left for actual test date. I've been frustrated with the VR so badly since my results are really poor. But this actually made my life easier. The score is not looking the best but I think the tips and strategies that you have provided is actually working!! Thank you!1

[@stephenburton6135]

Im seeing a lot of people saying they only have x amount of time left until they sit the exam, but booking hasn't opened yet. Am I missing something or do you just have a date in mind that you're going to book it for?

[@elenakim6118]

@@stephenburton6135 Hey, for this year the booking already is closed. It was open from March and now its currently closed.

[@shaks0384]

​@@elenakim6118 wait bookings opened up today no? (Today being 20th June)

[@elenakim6118]

@shaks 03 nope it's closed now I think they might be getting late bookings but it closed in May I think

[@reenazahra3]

@@shaks0384no they are still open, they opened on the 20th of June, I believe the other commenter has been misinformed

[@angleofmanchester601]

How many passage are given

[@jennamiller9647]

just wondering, if you are reading the question before the passage is that just the first question or all 4 questions?

[@kipplest172]

Just for the first question in the set of 4 linked to each passage. The idea is ypu either remember the info or where to go in the passage to get the answer fpr the other 3 questions in the set. Once you move to the next question, you repeat the same process. Read the question then read the text for meaning and remembering, answer the first question, then answer the next 3 for the same passage by remembering info or knowing where to look in passage for the answer.

[@user-ok1th5ce7q]

😊感谢你的视频，VR 部分真的非常困扰我这种本身英语理解的速度就不如母语快的国际考生

[@jimzzhang]

Go Boi

[@EmilEddy]

the return of the king

[@kosterix123]

3:00 great but how can you tell if the passage should be skipped or not.

[@EmilEddy]

pretty much exactly what i said. Does the question look easy or hard? If it's something like author's opinion, I skip the passage almost immediately. Is the passage something you're interested in? If it is, don't skip it. If it isn't and it's a particularly long one - skip it. In general, it's a good rule of thumb to always skip the first passage as well - it gets you in the right mindset

[@kipplest172]

​@@EmilEddyfirst passage was the easiest this year. 😂

[@ogla5s179]

yay you reaced 10k

[@pakeezaarooj9229]

Is there any break in between the subtests?

[@TinoXO]

Yes there is a 1 minute break between each subtest,

[@kipplest172]

Yes. There is a 5 minute "break" between each subtest. During this "break" you have to read the instructions for the next section (if you practise prior to sitting, you won't have to), plus go to the loo if you need to etc. Just make sure you're quick so you are back in time for the start of the next sub-section!!

[@jasonngynn]

life sava

[@sxmclips]

Homie dropped a full marks in decision making wtf

[@yasminehaddad1931]

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO GET MEDIFY OR MEDENTRY

[@EmilEddy]

Get medentry! I have a discount link in the description

[@khs118]

MedEntry is so expensive despite the discount code. its over 100gbp for MedEntry still and only like 30gbp for an extension for Medify. But up to you I suppose

[@susanx6782]

@@khs118 I mean I just got it and it's actually amazing and the questions have the same difficulty as the official ucat. You can just buy the online package which is £25-50 depending of how many weeks you have left. Not sponsored at all and the explanations have videos, skill trainers aah I wish I bought it sooner

[@khs118]

@@susanx6782 Oh really. I could not find the 25-50gbp offer when I made my comment above. I'll have a look again and see. Which sections of the exam do you think are accurate to the exam? (i.e. is the VR section accurate to the real ucat). Have you tried Medify also? I want to ask someone who has used both just to see which one is really more accurate to the current exam ^^ thanks

[@khs118]

@@susanx6782 I don't know how you found that online package because I just checked again and for me it still says 102gbp :/

[@Dandelion_flight]

I just turned your likes from 999 to 1K hehehe

[@xuefensun1117]

Is it bad that verbal reasoning is one of the easiest subtests for me?

[@orianaxooriana2199]

Lucky you

[@abdulqadirmaricar4596]

Terrible, poor you

[@kipplest172]

Why would you think that's bad?

[@Sensitivityy]

...@@kipplest172

[@quantum5224]

What is ucat

[@jennifergreen382]

Medical aptitude test that select universities use when considering your application into medical school.

[@kipplest172]

UK Clinical Aptitude Test - it tests applicants abilities for different types of things, allowig a University to see what you excel at, what you may struggle with, and map these against their own wants within medical students. E.G. The programme I applied under is an Indigenous one. They don't use the UCAT at all to decide places, however, if they did, the last sub-test would never be considered, as within our culture such social situations would be handled very differently, so doesn't apply.

[@renoldaji4289]

how long did u prep for?

[@EmilEddy]

around 5 months

[@orange1510]

@@EmilEddy how many hours would you do a day?

[@EmilEddy]

@@orange1510 i did 3-4 hours a week for the majority of the time, increased signifitcantly when closer to the test

[@orange1510]

@@EmilEddy okay thanks

[@kipplest172]

​@@EmilEddyyou're good! I did Zero prep, other than sitting the UCAT last year to see what it was like doing the real thing. Cracked a great score too! 😂😂 Watched two of your videos in the 25 minute wait between signing in and going to the room to sit the test. 😁

[@alluripranitha]

u look like prag if he was born in foreign states

[@rachealifeanyichukwu5626]

Bruh is someone saying we love you isn't that cringe 😂😅