u/JoyelGeorge2004

Like we never left.

Hi guys, its Joyel George here, my YouTube channel has been hacked. Please be aware and please take care, any links I post or messages isn't me. Trying to rectify the situation ASAP, but please spread the news on TikTok/Insta if you can - please don't fall victim,

Admins, I know this isn't striclty UCAT related but a lot of people watch my videos and I don't want them to get scammed.

You guys might not understand what I'm trying to say here, but I've seen so many posts in recent times where people are "aiming for 2100", "aiming for 2400", "wanting to get 2000", and whilst there is nothing wrong with goals, I fear that this is the wrong mindset. Every year I see too many students chase scores instead of improvement.

Let me explain.

Firstly, I don't like the mindset of purely aiming for a number, because when humans have a goal, we tend to either succeed or not achieve the goal. If you don't achieve the goal, then you get frustrated and you think that you've failed. So when someone says mentally that they want to achieve 2100 and they are not on track to do so, or they fall significantly short, then they get frustrated and upset, and get demotivated. When you get demotivated, you do less revision, you are less switched on and your scores will drop. It's a toxic feedback loop.

The reality is, that if you are scoring below your target, it's not a failure, you are probably in a better position now than you were at some point in the past in your practice (whether that be last week, two weeks ago or when you started). And I know what you're thinking - what's the point in being better than 6 weeks ago, when you're not where you want to be? Well the take-home message is that you've improved, and the reason why you've improved is that you've managed to do something different/implement new techniques/done more practice. What people struggle to see is that they managed to get to this current position they are in, by implementing changes, not just by wishful thinking. If you are plateauing or struggling, spamming more mocks and just repeating what you've been doing is not going to help. Think back to the very first timed practice you did with the UCAT, you probably didn't get anywhere near most of the questions even answered, let alone correct. From that you understood that your timing is the issue and you realised that you need to do something about it - that was a good correction. Now fast-forward back to the present-day where you are frustrated with your score, well once again you need to do something about it, and this can happen in a number of different ways: refining your method, learning a new technique, trying out a strategy, learning which Qs to skip etc.

Going back to my point, the big issue I see with students who get upset about their score, is that often they don't do anything to change. They keep their ideas the same, and hope that a different outcome occurs, but as Einstein said, "Insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result". So in conclusion, goals are important, changes are more important. Nothing changes if nothing changes.