22nd September 2025
5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Post-UCAT Pre-Interview Time
If you have completed your UCAT exam, congratulations on getting through the marathon that it is! While you can relax a little, now is not the time to be sitting back and relaxing (sadly). Instead, you should start planning for applications and interviews! Here are five tips to make the most of your post-UCAT, pre-interview time: 1. Pump up your GPA Before UCAT, chances are your ...
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2nd September 2025
Everything You Need to Know About Interviews and MMIs
Congratulations on having made it through the UCAT! Having taken the UCAT, the first step of your medical application process is now over and you are heading towards interviews where your comprehension, problem-solving and situational judgement skills will also be assessed just like the UCAT, but in a more up-close and personal manner. Interviews are an opportunity to see a part of you that ...
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23rd June 2025
UCAT Intensive Classes Starting Soon!
Do you feel you a need for additional guidance for the upcoming UCAT? Did you miss the MedEntry 10-week UCAT Weekly Classes? Don’t despair! MedEntry is running a set of four UCAT Intensive Classes, running on both Saturday and Sunday across two weekends at the end of June and start of July. Who teaches the UCAT Intensive Classes? UCAT Intensive Classes will be run by an ...
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1st June 2025
How to Apply for Medicine at Otago University
There are three ways to enter the medicine program at Otago University (undergraduate, graduate or alternative). The majority of students will gain entry into medicine at Otago university via the Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) undergraduate pathway. This blog outlines the process for entry into medicine at Otago University via the HSFY pathway. Pre-med requirements ...
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18th May 2025
How to Apply for Medicine at Auckland University
Auckland University is a wonderful medical school offering a high quality medical degree. The process for entry is lengthy and can seem daunting at times. The aim of this blog is to help you understand the process for applying to medicine at Auckland University, including how your application will be assessed, what you need to do and relevant deadlines. High school students must ...
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12th May 2025
How Will Medical Schools Use UCAT? Here's a Summary
A common question asked by medicine hopefuls is how UCAT will be used to select applicants into medical school. Most universities use a combination of three factors when selecting students into medicine or dentistry. These include: UCAT ANZ scores (either cognitive subtests* only, or all UCAT subtests) Medical interview performance Academic performance (ATAR ...
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24th April 2025
Medicine – The Big Picture
So you’re going into your final year of schooling, and you’re super duper set on being a doctor. There are lots of ways you can keep hold of medicine as a big picture throughout this long and sometimes arduous year. By putting some of these points into action now, you will increase your chances of getting straight into med, pump up your motivation over the year, and be an awesome d ...
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15th April 2025
A Guide to Pre-Med Papers at Auckland University – From a Past Student
It is difficult to find reliable information on what Medicine and your first year of study will look like at university, and the Auckland PreMed degrees are surely no exception. It can feel like navigating blind if you don’t have guidance, so here’s a summary of the courses you will sit in either your Health Science or Biomedical Science undergraduate year. The papers outlined i ...
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17th March 2025
Entry Into Medicine in NZ: Two Crucial Facts
Are you a New Zealand student wanting to study medicine or dentistry at a New Zealand university? Then it is important that you are aware of two key reasons why entry into medicine / dentistry in New Zealand is unique: New Zealanders have the opportunity to sit UCAT in year 13 and then re-sit UCAT in the first year of their university degree (which has several benefits) Ther ...
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16th March 2025
Pathways into Medicine in New Zealand
There are many pathways to enter medicine in New Zealand. The most straightforward journey, followed by most candidates, is the first year entry pathway. However, there are other routes into medicine available, including graduate entry and studying medicine in Australia. First year entry into medicine For most students, the ideal pathway into medicine is after first year univ ...
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