37 TIPS TO PASS THE UPCAT

1. It's UP or PMA ( pahinga muna anak)
-UP or nothing, do or die, now or never

2. Think of the UPCAT as a GAME
-it's a game of time pressure, accuracy and alertness

3. Know the UPCAT
-6:30/12:30, you'll be asked to form your lines.
-exam consists of: 85-100 English (50mins), 60-80 items Science (50 mins), 60 items Math (90 mins), Reading comprehension 50-80 items (30 mins)
-5% are in FILIPINO

4. Focus on the basics
-UPCAT IS THE EASIEST EXAM YOU WILL TAKE. but, out of 70,000 applicants; 10,000 will be accepted.
-80% easy

5. Visit the actual room where you will take the test
-be comfortable with the room :)

6. Rehearse taking the UPCAT
-don't practice, rehearse.
-wake up early, prepare your things, have a proper diet...
-avoid morning & afternoon naps for 1 week

7. Don't study the day before the UPCAT
-RELAAAX :)

8. Prepare test materials
-TEST PERMIT
-ID
-Pencils (Mongol No.2)
-watch
-SNACKS
--wear simple & comfortable clothes (jeans, slacks, light shirt & light jacket)

9. Eat a moderate, high energy meal

10. Don't forget your snacks
-your breakfast will not be enough to get you through the exam
-(apple, water, light sandwich)

11. Arrive at the test venue early
-if you arrive late, you will not be able to take the exam.

12. Increase you IQ :)
-"no IQ, no entry"
-Exercise the brain, enhance memory recall, enhance creativity, improve logical reasoning, improve your guess work

13. Follow instructions

14. Spend time to scan over the entire subtest
-when the examiner says "You may begin" the first thing to do is to STOP
-scan the pages

15. Read the entire question
-tip for long questions, the real question is the last statement.
-knowing the problem is half the solution

16. Cycle through the UPCAT
1st- scan
2nd- read and answer questions that can be solved easily.
3rd- answer moderate items. (the items you know how to solve but will take you a longer time to do so)

17, use scratch paper wisely
-organize
- the scratch paper is your friend, use it well :)

18. BE CONFIDENT

19. Maintain proper posture

20. Do not ask the proctor
- "use your best judgment" if the question is wrong or has no answer

21. Have a watch when you take the exam
-time the test

22. Eliminate wrong answers
-it's not about getting the correct answers, it's about having the most number of correct items.

23. hide the choices when reading the question
-to not be distracted y plausible answer choices.

24. Consider every question as a true of false question

25. take note of 100% words & qualifiers
100% words(absolutely, all, always, best, every, certainly, invariably, never, without exception, only, worst)
100% words are usually false

qualifiers (generally, frequently, many, may, most, might, much, oftne, possibly, probably, seldom)
*they tend to be true,. more often than not is the correct answer

26.Beware of NOTA & AOTA
*all of the above is often the correct answer
-None of the above is usually wrong

27. keep an eye out for grammatical errors
-the only things important are the questions & the answers.

28. Watch out for negative words
- think of the opposite ;P because they can reverse the meaning of the sentence

29. Choose NOT "funny" options

30. Be alert for repeating topics

31. Cross out extremes

32. skim & scan long paragraphs

33. Work backwards
-work from known to unknown

34. look for breaks in the patterns
-the best possible answer is the most detailed

35. get clues from choices

36. ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTION

37. GUESS :)