UCAT ANZ study plan
UCAT ANZ · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Decision Making
Map every Decision Making item type and write a one-line attack strategy for each before attempting any practice
Solve 60 syllogism and set-relationship items, timing each one and recording accuracy per item type
Solve 30 probabilistic and numerical reasoning items, converting each into an explicit stated rule after solving
Open an error log and tag the cause of every incorrect answer as misread, method gap, or time pressure
Your checkpoint
An error log covering at least 90 attempted Decision Making items, with a per-item-type accuracy table and cause tags.
Decision Making & Quantitative Reasoning
Solve 40 multi-constraint logic puzzles within a 100-second cap per item
Complete 5 timed Quantitative Reasoning sets of 36 questions in 24 minutes each
Rewrite every word problem as an equation or ratio before calculating
Isolate the three arithmetic slips that recur most often and drill each for 15 minutes
Your checkpoint
A timed QR score sheet across 5 full sets plus a written list of the top three slip types with the drill used to fix each.
Quantitative Reasoning
Drill ratio, percentage-change and rate calculations to 90 percent accuracy untimed
Practise calculator-free estimation on 50 items to within 5 percent of the exact answer
Complete 8 timed mini-sets of 18 questions in 12 minutes
Tabulate which question types consistently consume more than 90 seconds
Your checkpoint
A table of average time and accuracy per QR question type built from 300 attempted questions.
Quantitative Reasoning & Verbal Reasoning
Sit one full-length timed Quantitative Reasoning section and record the result against your week-3 baseline
Practise 60 detail-retrieval items using question-first scanning only, with no full read of the passage
Apply a two-option elimination rule to every True, False and Cannot Tell item across 8 passages
Log the exact passage sentence that decides each answer you got wrong
Your checkpoint
Baseline timed scores for Quantitative Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning, each with a written diagnosis of your two weakest item types.
Verbal Reasoning
Complete 6 timed Verbal Reasoning sets of 44 questions in 22 minutes
Justify 40 inference answers in one written sentence each to expose guessing
Cut average passage reading time by 20 percent by scanning the question stems first
Re-attempt every previously missed item and confirm the corrected reasoning out loud
Your checkpoint
A log of 264 timed Verbal Reasoning questions showing accuracy and completion rate across the 6 sets.
Verbal Reasoning & Situational Judgement
Complete 5 further timed Verbal Reasoning full sets at or under target pace
Classify every Situational Judgement item type and write the professional-behaviour principle behind each
Work 60 SJT scenarios, rating appropriateness and importance and justifying each rating in one line
Name five personal judgement biases that have produced wrong SJT answers
Your checkpoint
A one-page SJT principle sheet plus an accuracy comparison across 60 rated scenarios.
Situational Judgement
Complete 3 full SJT sections under strict timing and record percentage agreement with the given answers
Re-do every previously missed SJT scenario and confirm the corrected governing principle
Run 2 back-to-back two-section timed sessions to build sustained concentration
Draft the decision rules you will apply when two options look equally defensible
Your checkpoint
An SJT log of at least 150 scenarios with a corrected-principles list and a re-test pass rate above 80 percent.
Verbal Reasoning & Decision Making & Quantitative Reasoning & Situational Judgement
Sit 3 full mock exams under exact timing and section order
Review each mock within 24 hours, tagging every error as content gap, timing, or misread
Rehearse the section-order and break strategy you will use on test day
Taper for the final 3 days: review the error log only and add no new content
Your checkpoint
A mock score sheet across 3 mocks with an error-cause breakdown and a one-page pre-exam checklist.
Milestones
Week 2: Decision Making accuracy at or above 60 percent overall, with no item type below 40 percent, and a working error log with cause tags.
Week 4: Timed Quantitative Reasoning accuracy at or above 65 percent and Verbal Reasoning at or above 60 percent, each with a written diagnosis of the two weakest item types.
Week 6: Verbal Reasoning completed within time on at least 4 of 5 full sets, plus an SJT principle sheet covering every item type.
Week 8: Three full mocks completed with upward trend, every error tagged by cause, and the pre-exam checklist finalised.