What to do (and stop doing) in the last seven days before your test.
The final week is for sharpening, not building. Sit your last full mock early in the week — never the day before — and spend the remaining days on short, timed sets and your mistake bank. New, hard material in the last days mostly buys anxiety, not marks.
Your exam-day score can land a long way either side of your mock average, and mindset is most of that gap. Students rarely underperform because they suddenly forgot the method — they underperform because nerves make them rush, they doubt themselves mid-section, and they second-guess answers they would normally bank.
The fix is built before the day: separate UCAT time from non-UCAT time so your brain genuinely rests; build confidence through real, focused practice rather than reassurance; and develop routines — a warm-up set, your per-section strategies, your timing checkpoints — so the day runs on rails. On the day itself, your only job is to execute what you have drilled.
Confirm your test centre, route and ID. Know the section order and the per-question pace for each section, and run your warm-up plan: a small timed set the morning of the test wakes the right habits without burning energy.
Sleep is performance-enhancing and free. Two consecutive good nights before the test beat any extra hour of revision.
Stop comparing scores on forums, stop introducing new resources, and stop re-litigating your weakest topic the night before. By this week the method is set — your job is to arrive calm, paced and confident in the routines you have drilled. Trust the preparation: you have done the work.