UKCAT (UCAT) DECISION MAKING: Solve the Trickiest Logic Puzzles - 2019 | KharmaMedic

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This is my deep dive video on the decision making section of the UKCAT. I solve a bunch of questions live on camera and walk you through my logic and thinking while doing them. I hope it helps!
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[@KharmaMedic]

Hey guys! My DIGITIZED UCAT NOTES are now for sale! 🥳You can get a copy over on my Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/KharmaMedic ! They’re a drastic improvement of my handwritten notes - I’ve added multiple NEW sections including DM notes, time saving tips & tricks, guides on how to prepare for the UCAT test, and how to know if your score is competitive and more! 😀 Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel ❤ Happy studying!

[@franm47]

Best of luck to everyone who still hasn't done the UKCAT! 👍🏻

[@KharmaMedic]

This kind of support is what I love to see in my comments section. 😁

[@rb4558]

Have you done it and if yes, can you give your opinion on it, what did you get, etc.

[@franm47]

rahim ahmed yes sure! My scores were: VR - 650 DM - 690 QR - 670 AR - 750 SJT - band 2 Average: 690 What resources are you using to practice? :)

[@ohenefrimpong6650]

Francesco did you find the sections similar to the medify mocks????

[@franm47]

Ohene Frimpong yes, very similar. However, there were slight differences between the real thing and the mocks: For VR, the mocks are very similar to the real exam, but the paragraphs in the real thing were maybe slightly longer but there was not much of a difference. I found DM in the real exam much easier than the mocks, for example the probability questions were much simpler than on medify. QR was exactly the same as on the mocks, unlike what many people say. In fact in the mocks I was getting around 670 and I got the same in the exam. AR was slightly easier in the real exam, I found the patterns easier to spot. SJT was the same.

[@sivanushasivakumar4640]

I said this in the AR video but I have to say it again... I.AM.SHOOK at how easy you make it look! All those tiny pointers really made a big change to my score in DM which was** my weakest topic in UCAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

[@KharmaMedic]

That's the best feedback! Thanks so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@sahilrai6558]

This section gives a whole new meaning to mind f*ck

[@dominicdesouza487]

loool trust me, good luck for your UCAT

[@Alec-rh7dm]

We do still get whiteboards right?

[@Fifi-dx2jz]

Ikr

[@Ab-kx4xv]

The month has finally arrived for me to put all my efforts into revising for these admissions tests. Thank you for putting these videos out, they're extremely helpful :)

[@hassanahmed8635]

ahh i really like DM, but i suck at it.... this vid is really helpful..

[@KharmaMedic]

I'm glad I could help!!

[@7millionwon175]

Thank you so much for this, I literally got my pen and paper out and started doing the questions at the same time as you 😭

[@KharmaMedic]

Yes! That's the best way to do these videos 👌🏽

[@Rin-ot7ww]

Thank you for making this, it is helpful! I've been always struggling with DM and QR!

[@KharmaMedic]

Yay! glad it can help :)

[@tayyibahnaqavi315]

Thank you!! Been waiting for this one👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼

[@KharmaMedic]

No worries! 😁

[@rahulkakria8254]

More UKCAT vids please please please!! They are so helpful - I have to sit this exam in July! Thanks so much :)

[@KharmaMedic]

I'll be making more later on in the year :)

[@shabnumrashid9966]

Absolutely love your videos they contain so much information well thought out and so helpful. Thank you so much

[@KharmaMedic]

Thank you!

[@riyaaaa56]

these videos are an absolute godsend, thank you so much

[@fariba9671]

Great & helpful video! Just starting to practice for UKCAT and my test is in just about 3 weeks.

[@KharmaMedic]

Perfect, time to go hard 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

[@ruthie1562]

This video has been sooooooo helpful! Decision Making has been my weekest so far and this vid has made it so simple! 💗💗💗 One question- Would you highly recommend Medify, since I have currently been using the Ultimate UCAT collection guide book? Thank you once again for this! Been a life saver xxx

[@KharmaMedic]

Yay 😁 I gotchuuu ❤️ I would highly recommend a question bank for practice and Medify is great! Also check out my UCAT notes on Etsy 😉

[@natalielui7762]

Thanks so much for doing these vids, they are so useful! Just wondering, apart from the official website, where can you find mock practice tests?

[@KharmaMedic]

Edit: added more info about resources You are very welcome Natalie! Apart form the official website you need to purchase them I believe from one of a number of prep courses or from books on amazon etc... The only ones I have used are Kaplan and Medify. Kaplan's online course is useless imo. Their past tests are okay but the problem is that they don't provide an in-depth breakdown of what sections you did better or worse in and how to improve. I've been using Medify recently and found it very useful because it gives you analytics of how you are performing so you can focus on your weaknesses. It also tracks performance and history so you can see how you are doing I just think it's a great studying tool! They have 4 mini-mocks per section and 7 full mock exams. In my opinion that is more than you'll ever need to get your timing down and practice your heart out. I hope that helps, good luck!

[@jasmin4518]

passmedicine has about 9-12 free tests for each section it's limited but very useful :) I just realised this comment was from 3 years ago-

[@aileenzahra]

thank you so much this really helped also would you recommend medify? are the question easier/harder than the ones on the official UKCAT website?

[@KharmaMedic]

Great to hear it helped! In my time using them I've found it to be a great resource. There's hundreds of questions but better than that it can show you where you are performing weakest and you need more practice. Of course detailed answers to all questions doesn't hurt! In terms of difficulty I have found them quite similar as far as I can remember!

[@redainaafridi4133]

I year ago, at 1000. At more than 300,000 now. GET THAT GRIND NASSIR

[@drmo169]

1000 subs to over 800k...congrats!

[@aydahashraf8574]

I wish I watched your videos earlier this was really helpful thank you !

[@KharmaMedic]

You're most welcome!

[@danishsheikh2470]

Love it! Thanks man! 👍🏼👌🏼

[@KharmaMedic]

Great to hear Danish, thanks for your feedback :D

[@mrtungsten1248]

Great stuff as usual 👌

[@KharmaMedic]

Cheers! Also cool name 💪🏽

[@mrtungsten1248]

Kharma Medic thanks bro 👉

[@vicmictee2062]

can u explain the probability calculations and what you meant by adding them and multiplying them

[@archjanasivasuthan6252]

Damn, you really inspire me !

[@louis9331]

wow, and here you are with 676k subs !

[@sunflowerlovergirl]

This This is amazing Thank you

[@KharmaMedic]

😁

[@fardinahmed313]

Thanks, very helpful!

[@KharmaMedic]

You are most welcome Fardin :)

[@emtisf7563]

Been stressing, but worked really hard to concentrate and just before my exam it got cancelled due to technical issues. Now I have more time to prep but there is no guarantee that my nearest city will even hold the ucat. So now I am stressing more than ever.

[@KharmaMedic]

Prepare as if you're going to write it. You want to be ready if the day comes!

[@betimsulejmani1001]

So what happened?

[@lostbear1600]

Hi Kharma, is having a whiteboard important for sections “decision making” and “quantitative reasoning”? I will be doing the ucat online this year and they only offer whiteboard on screen which might be time consuming to use if I have to rely on it heavily...so I was wondering if it is the case of buying a physical one...Or can I just stick with the on-screen one without big issues...?

[@abdulqadirmaricar4596]

Did you get through it

[@thirsty1629]

I find that talking to myself while doing decision making is super helpful, but I have to do it in a test centre :((

[@jadenlian9010]

Nice and helpful vid, my test is on the 14th. Also, do you double check your answers after?

[@jadenlian9010]

edit sorry I commented after I watched the first couple of minutes not realising you do.

[@KharmaMedic]

No worries yingzhou! As you see I double check my answers (I'm not the UKCAT God so I do get questions wrong haha!). I make sure to let you guys know with the X and then review it after.

[@janiceooi289]

Your video was really helpful thanks! Could explain why it's "No" at 7:34?

[@kiwiblew]

Do you have any advice for learning the probability questions?

[@rosalina6677]

I am absolutely loving these videos! I have a question. 16:50, the 2nd option says that "it would be better for children to spend their time on activities that develop extra-curricular instead" - isn't the second part of that statement an opinion? Why is option 3 incorrect?

[@justinwei2336]

He noted that the 3rd option does not answer the 'extracurricular activity' aspect of the question, hence the 2nd answer is more appropriate.

[@kaivalyabhagat3214]

Hi, would it be possible for you to do a video like this on abstract reasoning? x

[@KharmaMedic]

I have these videos on all sections of the UKCAT on my channel (SJ coming next Thursday) :)

[@fahad6048]

Great vid bro. Btw have a placement at a GP soon however its only reception work and dealing with patients from the reception only due to confidentiality. How can i relate what i have learnt in my personal statement.

[@KharmaMedic]

You are going to find out for yourself when you do the placement! You'll see how your role integrates into a patients life and experience in the GP. How your actions can affect them, and change their wellbeing, even in the smallest of ways :)

[@fahad6048]

Kharma Medic thanks bro. Much appreciated.

[@saradaji4565]

How many questions do you suggest I should be doing each day ? (i have my exam in just over 3 weeks)

[@naveedmemon6673]

Hey...that's aweasome

[@naveedmemon6673]

May I know ur name pls..thanks

[@ladymusiclover]

Are you able to go through the DM question that involves rearranging shapes?

[@KharmaMedic]

In a future video but not before the end of this year's cycle, sorry!

[@584emad]

I did some research about those kinds of questions and apparently they dont come up in the real UKCAT that often, infact for most of the candidates that type of question has never appeared

[@OldSJF]

Just bought my 2 month medify subscription. Lets hope it helps :)

[@KharmaMedic]

Use it wisely and it will! Good luck 😁

[@saradaji4565]

Hi, do you have any advice on decreasing time needed to answer these ?

[@KharmaMedic]

I've got a whole video on time management 🙂

[@haadsaeed8175]

you said 1000 subscribers at that point of Time in the video. now you're at 161k . awesomeee

[@KharmaMedic]

😁

[@karmpatel4144]

801K now, crazyyyyyyy

[@RayyanSaboor]

can we divide 339 by 3 to get the amount of all third of the surgeries performed by the doc?

[@harrisonmasih1873]

how do you do the probability questions they are hard.

[@yellownoiseclub]

do we get to make notes in the exam?

[@IFYCRT]

1000 SUBS, BUT YOU JUST HIT 1 MILLION

[@edmundderwent5141]

9:56 I think you made a mistake here, it should be 0.6*0.6=36% chance for the magnetic drive and 0.6*0.3=18% chance for the SSD, thus the SSD is the better purchase.

[@zaidislam1774]

I disagree, both the magnetic drive and the SSD have the same chance of being filled up (60%), so this becomes a non factor when deciding which to buy. This means the decision is solely based on whether the drive is damaged or not, which the SSD is less likely to be.

[@ThanuriMendis]

Hi, I’m a canadian pre Med student and have an idea about applying for a uk Med school.I would like to know your whole journey .Could you please help me.

[@adamgil4159]

There were no tricky logic puzzles in the video. Please could you go over some really difficult logic puzzles. The Kaplan UCAT book has plenty

[@rawrunner7405]

'yes i am a certified nerd'

[@KharmaMedic]

💯

[@Pogster]

"by the time i upload the video i will probably have 1000 subscribers" look at you now with 1.12 million

[@KharmaMedic]

Damn that hit hard!

[@malikAli-ud6qo]

I lost acces to my previous ucas can I make new one?

[@KharmaMedic]

Probably idk?

[@KittyHello292]

Please do decision analysis

[@KharmaMedic]

Decision Making has replaced Decision Analysis from older UKCAT Exams. This is it!

[@KittyHello292]

Kharma Medic did you make a medify account?

[@KharmaMedic]

Yeah I did!

[@KittyHello292]

Kharma Medic do you still need that account. I'm panicking so badly on the whole UK cat. It's stressing me out. It'll be nice if you could let me use it for preparing I've already spent a lot on books

[@djhalena795]

How long should we spend for each question ?

[@Matthew-xm9sp]

If you're doing the standard UCAT exam then aim for 1 minute per question (there are 29 questions and you have 31 minutes to answer them). But you can save a nice chunk of time on questions like strongest argument, giving you more time for the god awful (in my opinion) logic puzzles.

[@cardsman33]

Another banger! - One quick question, for the second part of 18.47 , how can you come to the conclusion that comedy films are more popular?

[@KharmaMedic]

Not by my computer right now but I'll check when I can!

[@relentas4182]

I don't believe you can come to the conclusion that comedy is more popular than horror as you don't actually have statistics about how popular horror is. (Explanation): You know a >few< adults don't enjoy comedy, this means that most do enjoy comedy. The conclusion that comedy is more popular can be concluded is if it said: "A small fraction of adults enjoy horror" along with the previous statement. This is because if there's a small amount that like horror and a large amount that enjoy comedy, then you can say comedy is more popular. The reason its still a no is because you cant conclude from the text that horror is more popular.

[@NabaaYousif0_1]

I don't live in the UK but these questions are so fun to solve🤣 i wish we did this exam in my country as well❤️

[@archjanasivasuthan6252]

I have my UCAT in a few hours and I am absolutely sh**ting bricks

[@elenor7189]

Good luck. Hope you achieve what you want/need :)

[@archjanasivasuthan6252]

@@elenor7189 Thank you. Unfortunately the exam didnt load so now I have to reschedule it and do it at the test centre instead :( :/

[@elenor7189]

Archjana Sivasuthan oh god, that’s pretty shitty :/

[@ismailrahman2679]

Hi there. This video was very helpful. Just one question. What number would the phrase 'most' be? Thanks.

[@KharmaMedic]

Happy you enjoyed it! Most = more than 50%

[@ojmurray1812]

Why the name Kharma Medic?

[@sachin2105]

His last name is Kharma and he is a medic I guess.

[@shadiatt2015]

Hello everyone. In the actual exam, if you fail one of the yes/no questions, have you totally lost the marks for the question in total? Or would you get 4 marks out of 5? Thanks.

[@KharmaMedic]

The UKCAT doesn't reveal how they do the partial marking but the do have partial marking 😊

[@nansi6939]

if you get one wrong, it's considered partially correct, but more than that and you lose the whole mark. However, how its unknown how many marks partially correct answers are worth :)

[@kwdkwon]

In DM yes/ no questions give around 4.8 points, normal questions give around 20 points (then just add your scores to 300)

[@birajjj]

At 18:55 how can you determine whether the other adults have children? I think you made the assumption that, because they're over 20, they may have children, but this may be wrong? All we know is that those who enjoy sci-fi don't have children.

[@bh115]

I’m so baddd at this section omggg

[@KharmaMedic]

Keep your chin up! Practice practice practice 😁

[@naveedmemon6673]

Why dnt u join bureaucracy

[@sadiabegum1099]

probability can’t be greater than 1?

[@cameronoverton7274]

doesn't "some" mean MORE than ONE but not all

[@aashnarana7194]

Hi, I just wanted to ask how long did you study for the UKCAT and the preparation materials you used? Thanks in advance :)

[@KharmaMedic]

I studied for 4 weeks ( but definitely do longer if you want, I was crammed for time) and I used the 1250 questions Amazon book and some other books (I don't remember) and KZbin videos!

[@aashnarana7194]

Hey thanks for getting back to me :) Did you study intensely for a month? What was your study schedule like if you don’t mind me asking? Thank you :)

[@KharmaMedic]

Yeah exactly I was balancing a lot of other work at the same time but I did 3hours a day for 4 weeks and tried to study efficiently!

[@aashnarana7194]

@@KharmaMedic Yeah that sounds hard but doable! Did you buy practice questions from medify? I just bought the 1250 questions Amazon book and I was wondering if I needed more resources. Thank you

[@KharmaMedic]

I didn't when I took the UCAT because I didn't know question banks existed. But I would highly highly highly recommend using a question bank to get in as much practice as possible!

[@afarensis9720]

Just to clarify: does "some" include 100%?

[@Kevin-rj5zp]

"Some" implies that there's another set, so no

[@Hannah-no1ur]

What does usually mean - more or less than half

[@joyce3003]

more than half

[@moelocal]

appreciate your videos - my vr has jumped up lets hope the same for DM.

[@KharmaMedic]

That's what I'm talkin about!

[@LuckyL133]

Mohamed Views did you read the passage before attempting the question for VR?

[@moelocal]

LuckyL13 not on long passages - would look at question then scan - on short ones I would

[@LuckyL133]

Mohamed Views thank you, have you sat your test yet?

[@moelocal]

LuckyL13 yeah got a 730 in VR

[@kashkas3328]

While taking the Ukcat can you have a piece of paper??

[@KharmaMedic]

You get a white board and marker!

[@kashkas3328]

Thank you xx

[@cansuozdemir6274]

@@KharmaMedic I've heard they don't give you a whiteboard rubber- is that true?

[@cansuozdemir6274]

@@KharmaMedic I've heard they don't give you a whiteboard rubber- is that true?

[@doniyorbakhodirov5878]

but you are not allowed paper during your test

[@kartace1]

'Train of thought' is correct, 'trail of thought' is not. You corrected it in error!

[@visiontv3621]

Ian is not from Manchester is true, coz he has undergone an interview

[@shivaani9994]

The trump edit is the fucking best I stg

[@KharmaMedic]

Cheers SM I'm glad someone caught it!

[@dharshinimugian9196]

I think this is not that difficult anybody who can understand English well can do it

[@alexrider1160]

At 19:15 why can't Tony be watching comedy?

[@hymenophore3897]

what the hell, why is this medical exam? I'm really suprised. In my country its quite diffrent

[@securitycamera2537]

It tests ur aptitude, to see if you can handle medical school, it’s not really an exam in the traditional senss

[@Maxymiliaa]

@10.17 why is the answer not the third one?

[@KharmaMedic]

Milia A well the probability is the same so there is no advantage of buying one over the other. So there is no reason to buy the SS drive based on that cuz it's the same as the magnetic. :) Also A is definitely correct so we can eliminate the rest! Hope that's makes sense!

[@fbi424]

Anyone here from medic mentor

[@h.t.y437]

17:32 u dont need a calculator for that, 339 is a multiple of 3 so its obvious that the answer is 113 lmao, just saves a bit more time

[@huzafah]

I don't think that human waste at 13:23 has any experience in anything in his life...

[@truman5560]

9:10 should be 6 people?

[@sedraalhussein9133]

why uur voue is always lowww whyyy i an suufferuing, even with headphinesss

[@DarkShadow-xq9gz]

7:03