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Week 4:

Basic question subtests, as many as possible. ONLY UNTIMED

This makes me more familiar with the question types (Comprehension or T/F/CT)

Week 5: Baseline

1 Verbal Reasoning Mini Mock (22 minutes, 44 questions, exam conditions) to see where I currently stand

4-5 untimed question sets per day after the Mock

5 Skill Trainer Speed Reading and Keyword Scanning

Week 6:

25-30 Verbal Reasoning Untimed questions (per day)

5 Skill Trainer Speed Reading and Keyword Scanning

Be careful about speed, but make sure accuracy is >70%

Week 7:

Identify weaknesses and focus on these weaknesses

8-10 question sets (timed) per day

10 Skill Trainer Speed Reading and Keyword Scanning

Week 8:

8-10 question sets (timed) per day

10 Skill Trainer Speed Reading and Keyword Scanning

Week 9:

1 VR Mini Mock

10 timed VR question sets

10 Skill Trainer Speed Reading and Keyword Scanning

ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS, WATCH AT LEAST 1-2 VR SUBTESTS COMPLETED ON YOUTUBE (done by Emil Eddy, etc)

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Highly fluctuating scores (11->3->12)

Most questions were overtime, meaning in the real timed questions, time would run out before questions are finished, leading to more guesswork.

Multiple questions were incorrect due to misreading the question/text or misunderstanding the vocabulary used in the question/text

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Time spent was overall greater than average (note: this was untimed question sets, hence time did not run out), meaning that in the actual timed UCAT subtests, I would run out of time

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This is the first question: I missed key information within the text, which caused an incorrect answer. This was consistently done throughout the practice questions, hence my speed reading and key-word scanning skills must be improved

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I scored a 590 in the VR subtest (13-8-2025)

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This consisted of 44 questions to be completed in 22 minutes. This allocates approximately 30 seconds per question. My score was 23/44, and I scored in the 40th percentile. I am aiming that the VR score will improve from 590 to at least 690 within the next 10-12 weeks.

Most of the questions that I got wrong were due to time pressure (30 seconds is not a lot), hence this is definitely one thing I need to work on over the term.

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13-8-2025 (in yellow is the questions which I guessed)

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UCAT VR Mini Mock Timings & Guesswork - Week 4

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UCAT VR Mini Mock Timings & Guesswork - Week 4

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For many of the questions, I ran out of time. The questions highlighted in yellow above were the questions which I guessed, due to running out of time. This means that I must improve my time management in the duration of the EIF task 2. Most of the questions which were overtime (above the white bar) were incorrect, allowing for a connection with high time use and incorrect answers.

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Intention:

I want to grow the Capability Element of Being Reflective. Developing this element would be meaningful for me because:  I’m doing UCAT next year, and I need to develop reflective skills to see how to improve where I'm going wrong. This is an entryway into studying Medicine in University, which is my passion in life at the moment (as I’ve stated in EIF Task 1)

To support growth in this element, I plan to develop the skill of Verbal Reasoning in UCAT. This is currently my weakest subset of UCAT, and I really wish to develop it to an exceptional standard, to increase my chances of getting into Medicine, and build on my reading comprehension skills, which are necessary for my future goal. I will be able to perform my practise at home, making it more accessible for me.

Milestone:

By the beginning of term 4, I aim to improve my VR score in UCAT by at least 100, to maximise my chances of receiving a high UCAT score next year.

Practise:

The micro-habit I’ll do 3x/week is: completing practice UCAT VR questions to build my skillset in UCAT. Currently VR is my weakest subset of UCAT.

Anticipate Obstacles:

Assignments

If this occurs, I will sideline UCAT until I have finished the assignment, then work extra hard in the following weeks

I will improve my time management

Check-ins:

Check-in 1:

I will have improved my scores by at least 5/20

The check-in will be 2 weeks after the baseline Mini Mock

Check-in 2:

I will have improved my Mini Mock score by 5/20 after check-in 1

This will occur 5 weeks after the baseline Mini Mock

Check-in 3:

I will have improved by 15/20 total after the baseline mock.

This will occur at the end of the time period (10-12 weeks after baseline)

Transfer

At the end, I will show my growth by doing a final mini-mock to show my score improvement. I will reflect on any mistakes and show the change in my reflective skills and how this has assisted in improving my VR UCAT skills

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In this VR score, I got 11 questions incorrect. This was untimed, meaning I had unlimited time for each question, hence eliminating mistakes that are caused by time pressure.

Most questions were incorrect due to misreading the text or question stems.

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In Week 5, I faced an obstacle.

This was a Stage 2 Methods test. At the start of the week, I tried to manage my time well; however, this was not working well with revision for my test, hence I sidelined UCAT for the week and will resume in Week 6.

During this week, I watched 2 VR subsets by Emil Eddy.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xkKvA1u3xk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdsXjxVExLs&t=452s

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The Only UCAT Verbal Reasoning Guide You'll Ever Need

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Abuzar

Josh

Alisha (cousin)

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In Mock 1 (week 6), there were 19 mistakes, meaning that over half of the questions were correct.

This was a 2 question improvement since Week 4, which was slightly disappointing, having expected higher, however it is still an improvement.

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In this Mini Mock, my score was 25/44.

Out of the 8 questions guessed (in yellow), 2 of these were correct. I took significantly more time on Question 18 than the average time, because I needed to reread the passage. To improve this, I need to improve my retention, and to know where key words are in the text, after reading it once.

This can be done by using the Key Word scanner in the MedEntry app.

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In this subset, there was minimal focus. There were people talking around me, and I was in the car. This made me lose focus on multiple questions. I guessed multiple questions as I felt that spending too much time on them was not worth it, based on the length of the text.

Although this was an untimed practice session, I still tried to minimise time in order to prioritise time as well for the timed practce.

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In this week, I only managed to do 1 single practice subset, due to Stage 2 Trial Exams.

In this subset, I got more questions correct than I got in Week 7, which is likely due to heightened focus. The texts in this subset were significantly long, hence, it took me longer to read the texts.

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This text was significantly long, meaning I skipped and flagged this text immediately to minimise time wasted on reading this extremely long text and prioritised answering other questions to improve accuracy. My overall score was 45%, however this text alone contributed to 3 incorrect answers

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This question set contained one text which was significantly long, hence I flagged and went to it at the end (first 4 questions).

I need to also improve my reading speed (which can also be done in MedEntry skill trainers)

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In this question set, my score was 14/20. This is an improvement of 5/20 from my previous score (in week 9), after completing skill trainers involving key word scanning and speed reading.

This set, I was not focusing on time, but more on accuracy, which really showed in my score. Although for many questions I took significantly longer than expected, it was still an increase in my accuracy, which was excellent, since my accuracy had either decreased or stayed approximately constant during the term.

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In this question (Q1), I misread option A, and interpreted it as stated in the text (highlighted yellow) "planets outnumber stars" rather than "stars outnumber planets".

I took significantly longer for this question, which indicates that I still need to improve my reading speed.

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In this question, I didn't read the text in enough detail. I feel like I skipped over the last few sentences, missing key information, which would have led me to the correct answer.

The last sentence in particular was the only sentence in the text that supported that the answer must have been option B.

This means that I must read the text more carefully, however also quickly.

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In this question, the explanation is also present.

Again, I didn't read the text carefully enough to see that they are all hypotheses, meaning they are not definitive. Since there is no proper evidence to support or reject the claim, the correct option must be Can't Tell

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In this VR subset, I got the same score (14/20). I completed this subtest, taking significantly more time than was assigned to the subtest. I tried to focus on accuracy again, however I was unable to complete any skill trainers prior to doing the questions. This meant there was no improvement from the previous subset and this current subset.

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Analysing

1. When you compare your earlier practice sets to recent ones, what recurring patterns do you notice in the questions you still struggle with: inference, tone, or assumption recognition?

Evaluating

2. Looking at your progress, which skills: comprehension depth, logical elimination, or stamina are still holding you back, and which deserve the most focus next loop?

Creating

3. Imagine creating a “verbal reasoning formula” for yourself; a 3-step process you could rely on under pressure. What would it include, and how would it prevent the mistakes you currently make?

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In this week's subset, I scored 7/20 which is a decline from my previous scores of 14/20

This score was likely because I was unable to practice my UCAT skills during the holidays.

I took more time on questions that I got incorrect, probably because I didn't understand some of the words, or because the text was extremely long.

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In this VR subset, I guessed very few questions (3), and out of those 3, I got 1 correct and the other mistakes were because the text was not as direct as I assumed it would be. This led to multiple misinterpretations and, hence, multiple mistakes.