37 Tips to Pass UPCAT the sure way(Review Masters)

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: 100 English and Fil. (55mins), 60 items Science (60 mins), 60 items Math (75 mins), Reading comprehension 100
items (60 mins)
-50% is the distribution of FILIPINO and English

4. Focus on the basics and minimize the gaps

-UPCAT IS THE EASIEST EXAM YOU WILL TAKE. but, out of 100,000 applicants; 16,000 will be accepted(4000 of this in Diliman alone).
Qualification is done through percentiles.
-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 by 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 :) Never leave any blanks behind(don’t be distracted by ¼ rule)

-long answers are usually right

-look at surrounding questions

-eliminate the outliers

-aim for a 90+ score in each subtest

-use hints from questions you know

-Change your first answers when you are sure of the correction, or other cues in the test cue you to change.

Remember that you are looking for the best answer,

not only a correct one, and not one which must be true all of the time, in all cases, and without exception.

38. PREPARE!!! The best armor you could use against UPCAT (best way to reduce anxiety also)