Dear MDCATians,
Giving final touches to the preparation, here are some guidelines you should follow:
The first step is to leave all the doubts, fears, worries and anxiety at home and take courage, confidence and energy with you. MDCAT is not only the test of your knowledge and concepts but it tests your confidence, ability to perform under-pressure, time management and most of all your nerve control.
You have got everything that’s needed to ace MDCAT and become a Doctor. Be confident on your preparation. Don't overthink. Ease yourself and try to keep fears away.
A day before MDCAT, don’t overstudy. Just revise your selective topics randomly. Do past papers because a few MCQs are repeated sometimes. Don’t be over-confident or nervous about your preparation a night before. Don’t overburden yourself by huge plans of last night revision; you had sufficient time for that already.
Check your test kit a night before. Take the printout of email that’s sent to you by Bank Islami (which will be considered your Roll Number Slip) or print it out from the official link of UHS website. And take UHS Form Student’s copy (signed and stamped by Bank) with you.
Bring an accurate wrist watch too.
Calculator, Mobile Phones and Books/Notes are strictly prohibited at the center. Penalty is immediate removal of the candidate from the center with cancellation of paper.
Last night before MDCAT, maintain a good sleep of at least 6 hours. You should be in bed by 10 PM. Set the alarm for a good two or three hours before the test because the traffic could be really bad that day.
On the 25th of August, start your day with offering prayer. Try to relax and don’t overreact on small things. Take a proper breakfast but avoid overeating.
Wear comfortable dress. Take a water bottle and something energising to eat with you if you want.
Stay away from depressors.
Be there in the exam hall at time so that no mishap occurs. Be there at 9:00 A.M. No Candidate will be allowed to enter the Examination Centre after 9 :15 A.M.
You are on your own. Just Pray hardest! Allah sure has the best plans for you. Believe in your prayers as they make miracles happen. Relax and focus.
Follow the directions to locate your room and seat. Sit relaxed and comfortably. After the test is handed over to you, first of all sign, write roll number (in bubbles too) and correctly fill Question ID according to the color of your Question Book. The correct answer of Question-ID shall be given in bold, underlined and highlighted. You are to fill the correct circle against the first row of circles marked as ID. Read all the instructions carefully.
Once you get the question paper, you’ve got to accept that for the next two and half hours, it’s just YOU AND THE PAPER. You got to be mentally alert and yet completely absorbed.
Being fully mentally present is the best guarantee of success.
You might not know a single thing about a question, but you can still get it right. After all, its MCQ! The answer’s already there, you’ve just got to find it out and you need not be any super-genius for that. The trick to finding the answer of a doubtful MCQ is to cross each option out one by one and you’ll eventually find one that fits.
Answer the easy questions first. And keep the difficult and time-taking MCQs pending to be solved at the end. If you find a tricky question, don’t get stuck to it, just leave it, mark it, and move on for the next question. Start with Biology portion as it takes almost 40 minutes to solve a major portion of MCQs. You will be in a better rhythm, speed and a better state of mind. Then solve Chemistry in around 40 minutes, then English in 20-25 minutes and then invest all the rest of the time on Physics and all the difficult questions skipped earlier from all subjects.
Most importantly, don’t get confused to see difficult initial questions because it is a trick to confuse students. Some questions are tough but most of the questions are hell easy. So don’t be nervous to see some out of syllabus (which in fact are from your syllabus) or difficult questions.
“If nothing is going your way, certainly it is going Allah’s way.”
Avoid cheating. Asking others and telling others make you confused, distract you, and make you mark wrong answers . Trust yourself and your knowledge completely. The four people sitting in your closest vicinity shall all be having completely different arrangement of the same MCQs. What is 15 in yours shall be 32 in the other guy’s paper.
So accept it. It’s just you and the paper.
One candidate shall be issued only one MCQ Response Form, which shall be bar-coded for each candidate and cannot be changed.
Neither be too fast nor slow. Do the rough work on the space (2 pages attached with the Question Book) provided.
Don’t fold or tear the response form. Don’t put unnecessary/identification marks on your Response Form. Don’t try to exchange your question paper or response form with some other candidate. Don’t leave your seat until the test is over.
Breathe in, breathe out. Relax. Be confident.
Don't be over-relax or give up during the test, you are to fight till the last minute because it's going to be your lifetime
UHS will display the answer keys of all question papers with different color codes on its website.
Best of Luck!
In Shaa Allah the best will happen. Do pray to Allah and seek prayers from your parents. Trust yourself, be confident, trust in Allah Almighty who always rewards hard work and struggle.
Remember it will be all worth it in the End. This is going to be a wonderful experience and you're gonna tell your stories to all the juniors
Courtesy: Sir Arsalan Ali Awan
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