17th October 2024
MedEntry Interview Training Now Available!
It’s an exciting moment to receive a medical interview offer, but does that excitement turn to nerves when you think of the actual medical interview? Does the thought of the medical interview fill you with panic? You might worry that you will not be able to answer medical interview questions in the most articulate way, that you may say the wrong thing or even that you will just not be go ...
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9th October 2024
I Am Expecting Good Grades and I Scored Highly in UCAT – Do I Still Need Interview Training?
This is a common question asked by MedEntry students who are applying for medicine at Auckland Uni after their first year BHSc or BSc (Biomedical Science). Such students, having used MedEntry’s program, have scored highly in UCAT. In addition, many expect to receive a very high GPA across all 8 courses in their first year. These students may feel that a place in medical school is guarant ...
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3rd October 2024
One-on-One With a Medical School Interviewer
I was fortunate enough to have jumped through the hurdles that lie on the way to medical school, and there are quite a few benefits on the other side. I was fortunate in being able to talk to someone who had previous experience as an interviewer. The following is an excerpt from a conversation I had with a past interviewer to understand what they are looking for in medical interview candidates ...
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30th September 2024
How will Medical and Dental schools use Interviews? Here’s a summary
So, you’ve completed your UCAT and now you’re working hard to achieve high grades. But what about your medical interview? Medical interviews are perhaps the most under-recognised part of the medical entry admissions process. Highly able students who have excelled in their UCAT and ATAR/GPA have unfortunately missed out on a place in medicine due to failure to understand and prepare ...
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26th September 2024
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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14th August 2024
5 Easy Ways to Start Preparing for Medical Interviews Now
So you’ve made it through the UCAT and now all you want to do is breathe a sigh of relief and forget about the whole medical entry process. But it’s not over yet! Medical interviews are a very important and challenging aspect of the medical entry process. Medical interviews are worth up to 40-50% of the entry criteria for medicine, and at some universities, are the only fac ...
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4th July 2024
What Is a Good UCAT ANZ Score?
This blog refers to the UCAT ANZ scoring format used in previous years. For the most up-to-date information and insights on what constitutes a good UCAT score in 2025, check out our latest blog post here. Students who sit UCAT ANZ receive their UCAT score report on the same day, often within an hour of sitting the test. Students will be notified via email once their UCAT score report is ava ...
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27th March 2024
MedEntry’s Comprehensive UCAT New Zealand Medical Entry Handbook Is Now Available, FREE!
If you’re a student, parent or teacher and looking for a great resource to help you navigate all the steps in your path to medicine or dentistry then check out the MedEntry Handbook. MedEntry's updated, 120 page, comprehensive UCAT Handbook is now available, absolutely free! It covers everything you need to know about medical entry, including pathways into medicine / dentistry, ...
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27th October 2023
Virtual Medical Interviews: Tips For Success
Changes in medical school admissions processes have led to a significant shift from in-person interviews to virtual interviews at some universities. A virtual interview in an interview that uses technology such as video conferencing software such as Zoom, or other online communication platforms. Several medical schools have already confirmed that medical interviews this year will take place ...
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4th November 2020
3 Reasons Why You Should Choose MedEntry For Your Medical Interview Training
Medical interviews are a vital criterion for entry into medicine and dentistry. They can be as important, or in some cases more important, than UCAT and ATAR in determining entry. Therefore, it is vital that you prepare for your medical interview, and that you choose the right medical interview preparation provider. Here are three reasons why you should choose MedEntry. 1. Unrivalled expert ...
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