The hardest part of the UCAT is the timing aspect. This is to ensure that the exam picks out the best students. Students struggle with timing due to incorrect techniques, not flagging appropriately and not scanning quickly enough. You also require enough practice to work through hundreds of questions in order to keep improving. UCAT mental resilience should also not be underestimated, and this is when a UCAT mentor can be invaluable.
There are various techniques that students can use to improve their UCAT timings, such as the “accelerated run” method and the “taper down” method. In the UCAT exam, not all questions are of equal ease, and a common mistake is spending too much time on a difficult question when you should have left it out from the start. It then becomes almost impossible to claw the time back again. We suggest that in the last 2-4 weeks of your UCAT revision, you should focus on timed Mocks.