HOW I SCORED IN THE 99TH PERCENTILE ON THE UCAT: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW | KharmaMedic

Hey! My name is Nasir Kharma, I am a graduate student studying medicine on the undergraduate course at King's College London. My H.BSc. was a double major in Microbiology and Biotechnology with a minor in Immunology at the University of Toronto.

This video is all about how I prepared for the UKCAT. Hopefully, it helps you do well!

General Tips: 1:21
Verbal Reasoning: 3:32
Quantitative Reasoning: 5:36
Abstract Reasoning: 7:15
Situational Judgement: 9:44

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[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!

[Donagalthegamer]

Watched all your videos on UKCAT end to end, 2 hours before my exam on 2x speed. Got 3010, absolutely ecstatic. Thanks a lot, best UKCAT videos out there

[kirk_fr]

General tips:


1) All questions are worth the same number of marks so skip the hard questions
2) Familiarize yourself with the user interface: computer based calculator, same interface on the ucat website to practice exams
3) Focus on the questions you got wrong, forum to ask questions: the student room
4) Track your progess in each section


Verbal reasoning tips:


1) Do not use outside information to answer questions, only use the information provided in the text
2) Scan key words related to the question
3) Focus on the words: "some", "cannot", "most", "least", "except"


Quantitative reasoning tips:


1) Learn the equations at 6:12
2) Leave questions that need 3 calculations for the end
3) Know your weaknesses and leave these questions for the end


Abstract reasoning tips:


1) Don't make rules with "or" or "at least"
2) Find positive rules, not negative rules
3) SCANS: Shape, Colour, Arrangement, Number, Size: 9:04

[samgurling]

I can firmly say this is the best UKCAT video I have seen so far! A very well structured and informative video - well done 👍🏼

[Dr_Akku]

==LIST OF PATTERNS FOR AR==

1. 3 shapes instead of 2 shapes in each box
2. Each set has different number of total sides
3. At least one circle in each shape other shapes have straight edges
4. Arrows all pointing anywhere but right
5. Arrows all pointing anywhere but left
6. Rotational symmetry has order of 2/4
7. All black/grey objects fit together in white circle
8. All have same number of white, black or grey areas
9. Multiply hour hand by minute hand
10. All shapes have same object to make up eyes and mouth
11. Small objects linked by straight line without encountering another object
12. Large object is white and number of black circles is equal to number of sides plus one
13. Prime number of intersections the line passes through
14. Each contains at least one happy and sad face
15. Set A being odd number of points and set B even number of points
16. One black shape in each and either triangle or quadrilateral
17. Number of sides of shapes equals number of double-headed arrows
18. Diamond moves diagonally and cross moves anticlockwise
19. Each box has at least two shapes - largest being circle or square
20. Circles on bottom half unless hexagon present
21. When arrows on top of each other or vice versa more circles or more squares
22. Two circles equals patterned shape and one arrow equals black shape
23. White shape has 3/5 more sides than the black shape
24. Total number of enclosed regions is three/2 (sticks)
25. Two curved shapes = triangle present (one overlap = black triangle, 2 = striped triangle 3= white triangle)
26. Two straight shapes and triangle present
27. Dashed circles in corners (big shapes sides is 4+number of circles)
28. Dashed circles on sides (big shapes sides is 2+ number of circles)
29. 8 sides but count number of sides on black as double and biggest shape is in lowest position
30. Hand points to odd number, minutes points to even number
31. Shaded and unshaded groups are separate/overlap
32. Four corners occupied by four distinct shapes and three circles with various patterns
33. Shape with prime number of sides has dotted edges and non-prime is full edges
34. Arrow points up when circle triangle and quadrilateral present
35. 15 symmetrical letters formed into three words/four words
36. Imaginary lines drawn between triangles encloses all circles vice versa
37. Ellipse points to square/circle
38. Multiples of 5 dots/6 dots
39. Shape intersects square at corner vs. on sides
40. More dots inside outlines shape than outside
41. All triangles are above the squares
42. Self crosses line once and if curved line then circle present
43. Total number of sides is even
44. Odd number of overlaps and even number of lines
45. Two black and two grey
46. Number of sides of shape is number of arrows and all arrows parallel
47. The number of intersecting lines is twice the circles
48. Odd number of objects
49. Number of shape sides is one greater than intersections of lines
50. Position of black circle determine triangle colour
51. Filled shapes on one side of box and sided shapes can have a line through
52. Sides add up to 18/19
53. White circle means off number of intersections and vice versa
54. Only one point of contact between shapes
55. Always quadrilateral to left of crescent
56. Four vertical lines and three horizontal lines, square at top and circle at bottom
57. Number of shapes is one more than makes up the lines of zigzag
58. Square equal to one point and triangle two (all add to 5)
59. Even number of shapes, none shaded and ignore smiley faces
60. Even/odd number of curved sides
61. Number of black dots is prime number/not prime number
62. All dots attached to two other dots

[amnaa]

Payed £330 for Kaplan for the same info you provide for free. As a broke student, I feel physically hurt by this fact.

[sarahgreer]

I just did my first practice yesterday and was looking for exactly this. It's fantastic that you took the time to share your hard work, thank you! Much more confident already.

[kristinawells]

Thank you, this is the most helpful UKCAT revision advice video I have came across. I only wish there was one for GAMSAT prep!

[rosalina]

Crazy how there are just tons of packages for £150+ and I come here and suddenly there's a free video, basic tips, no crap. Thank you so much! Definitely going to watch the rest of the series.

[andrxw]

I honestly can’t stress enough how helpful this video was, thank you so much my man!

[mokukim]

I just did my UCAT today and I got 2740 :) I can’t thank you enough for all the videos and recommendations you gave. I followed your advice and used medify for practice and your videos on time management, using the calculator and those on AR seriously helped ALOT. With your videos and medify alone my AR score managed to jump from 500 to 650 within a month! Thank you so much 💜💜💜

[nicholasng]

Great video man. Compact Concise + Direct information. My Ukcat is in 8 days and this vid is a life saviour. Was struggling with AR speed. tqvm

[Mo_allahham]

five years and still to this day the best ucat advise on youtube

[Aaron-njpv]

Doing my UCAT exam tomorrow, feeling so awful as I figured out that I wanted to do medicine quite late so I booked my UCAT exam a day before the closing date, which was less than a week ago.

[maheens]

I'm doing the UCAT in just over a week and this video has honestly been a huge blessing. Thank you so much for all the tips!

[daa]

Just got Avg: 720 and Band 1. Have got you to thank for a lot of this. Thank you!

[musicrockz]

This video was super helpful! I made a last minute decision to apply to dentistry and now I have just under 3 weeks to learn all of this ! Currently struggling with VR and QR the most but I'm deffo going to try the tips of skipping questions and learning equations, Thanks for making this video!

[hjkim]

Thank you for the video. The commercial courses are so expensive and your video is definitely helpful. In addition, thank you for telling us where to get our practice tests. I will watch the rest of your other videos. Thanks heaps!

[isabellaalvares]

This is honestly the most helpful video ever.

[charlottep.]

This video helped so much! I scored 2980 today! Xx