16th June 2026
Dealing With Disappointing UCAT Mock Scores: 3 Tips
So you’ve been preparing for UCAT by working through the UCAT guides and attempting UCAT practice questions and exams. Then one day you receive a disappointing UCAT percentile. So what should you do? Is it time to freak out? Is it time to give up on your medical entry dream? No! Read on for three key tips. 1. Understand what a UCAT percentile means and how they are calculated ...
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11th June 2026
Optimising Your Health for UCAT: What I Learned From Getting the Flu 2 Days Before My UCAT Exam
Imagine you're a hardworking student. You have consistently studied for the UCAT for several months and you are feeling pretty well prepared for the UCAT exam itself (hopefully this is not too hard for you to imagine?). Maybe you have a week before UCAT exam day and while you are beginning to feel the nerves of the situation, you are really not too worried. Because why should you be? You h ...
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9th June 2026
How I Scored 900 in UCAT Quantitative Reasoning
Eassen scored an incredible 900 in UCAT Quantitative Reasoning (the highest score possible). In this blog, he shares how he scored 900, including his five top Quantitative Reasoning tips. Tip 1: Familiarise yourself with the UCAT keyboard shortcuts As we all know, the UCAT is infamous for its immense time constraints. One way students can help to ease the time pressure is by using ...
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4th June 2026
Changes to University of Auckland Medicine Entry (for 2028)
The University of Auckland (UoA) has announced significant changes to how students will be selected into the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB). For students applying in 2027 for 2028 entry, the admissions process will look quite different to what it is today. Here is what you need to know. What is changing? From 2027, a new Bachelor of Biomedical Science (BBiomed ...
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3rd June 2026
How I Scored 900 in UCAT Decision Making
The UCAT Decision Making subtest poses several challenges, including various question types, limited time, and difficult questions. However, I managed to score a perfect 900 on the Decision Making subtest. There were several strategies that allowed me to bring my score up from the 600 range to the 800-900s. Here are my top 5 tips. Tip 1: Understand each UCAT Decision Making question typ ...
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27th May 2026
How I Scored 900 in UCAT Verbal Reasoning
UCAT Verbal Reasoning is widely known as the hardest and lowest scoring UCAT subtest. The average UCAT Verbal Reasoning score over the past five years has been 601 out of 900. Sara scored an amazing 900 in UCAT Verbal Reasoning (the highest possible Verbal Reasoning score!). In this blog she shares her top 5 UCAT Verbal Reasoning tips. Tip 1: Learn to speed read One of the big ...
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25th May 2026
5 Key UCAT Tips to Boost Your Score
There is a wealth of strategies and techniques that are useful in boosting your UCAT performance. Each UCAT section and question type requires a slightly different approach. Relevant techniques are discussed in detail in the MedEntry UCAT courses. Here are five important tips that will help you in preparing for and sitting UCAT. 1. Work on your UCAT weaknesses Each of the four s ...
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20th May 2026
How to Guess Strategically in the UCAT
No matter how well you've prepared for the UCAT, there will be moments during the exam where you're stuck on a challenging question, running low on time, or both. What you do in those moments can make a real difference to your final score and it comes down to knowing how to guess well. Guessing strategically is a legitimate and valuable skill, and this post will show you exactly h ...
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18th May 2026
Why Group Study Is Effective for UCAT Preparation
There is a fundamental difference in how you need to study for exams that test knowledge (such as school and university exams) and for high stakes tests such as UCAT, which assesses generic thinking skills. For the former, a lot of memorisation and recall are involved, so studying alone can be effective, and even preferred by motivated students who do not want to be distracted by less motivate ...
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14th May 2026
Is It Too Late to Start Preparing for UCAT 2026?
Want to apply to study medicine or dentistry but worried that it's too late to start preparing for UCAT? Then this blog is for you. So, is it, in fact, too late to start preparing for UCAT 2026? The short answer is: no. Improving your performance in UCAT is possible, no matter how late you start (unless you start preparing the night before UCAT, of course!). In fact, some past MedEnt ...
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