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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2nd June 2025
How to Simulate the Live UCAT Testing Experience From Home
The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is a crucial stepping stone for aspiring medical and dental students. While practicing questions and timing yourself is essential, there's another layer of preparation that many candidates overlook: simulating the actual testing day experience. By recreating the official UCAT testing environment at home, you can familiarize yourself with the pro ...
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16th May 2025
Equipment You Need to Get UCAT Ready!
The saying goes, ‘A bad workman blames his tools’, but it’s also true that having the right tools plays an important role in the successful completion of any task, including UCAT. For example, imagine trying to chop down a tree with a kitchen knife! Not only is it important to select the right tools, you also need to use them efficiently and effectively. So, what equipm ...
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20th April 2025
Why Is UCAT So Hard?
Most current medical students and doctors would agree that UCAT is probably the hardest and single most important test that they ever sat in their career. Many students, especially those who do not prepare effectively, are shocked by the difficulty of UCAT. Some who do prepare become disillusioned by the difficulty of UCAT. So why is UCAT so hard? And what can you do about it? Read o ...
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29th January 2025
Making Time For UCAT: Eat That Frog!
"Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day." - Mark Twain Brian Tracy’s 5 minute YouTube video discusses a time management strategy that has changed many people’s lives (including mine!). It discusses time ...
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18th December 2024
Top 5 Tips For Making The Most Out Of MedEntry
In the January of year 13, I bought the UCAT Premium Package. MedEntry had come highly recommended by numerous people who had used it previously, and MedEntry honestly proved priceless in helping me prepare for the UCAT. I completed the MedEntry free UCAT practice exam a few months earlier when I had started thinking about applying to Medicine, but having been warned of a fin ...
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13th December 2024
UCAT 2025: Adapting to Change - The Removal of Abstract Reasoning
The recent decision to remove Abstract Reasoning from the UCAT has understandably left many aspiring medical and dental students feeling uncertain. However, this shift should be seen as an opportunity to refocus and refine your preparation strategies so you can succeed in UCAT 2025. Understanding what the removal means The removal of Abstract Reasoning from the UCAT should no ...
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26th May 2024
Nutrition Is Important for UCAT Test Day
Napoleon Bonaparte once famously said “an army marches on its stomach”, and that is as relevant for UCAT as it was for the French Armies that Bonaparte commanded. Those who are about to participate in an important event, be it sports or social, make sure that they eat right to perform at their best. Making sure you put the right things into your body in the lead up to UCAT is vital ...
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7th October 2020
Set your mind on your mindset
Preparation is key for any exam, and UCAT preparation is no different. But we’ve all had that horrible experience when the nerves hit, and all that preparation is thrown out the window because your brain is more interested in stressing itself out than answering the exam questions. But you can, of course, prepare for that too. 1. Practice Since I’m supposed to be telling you what to do when i ...
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7th October 2020
WHAT MAKES A WINNING UCAT MINDSET?
Have I prepared enough for UCAT? As school assessments begin to pile up and the date of the UCAT exam looms closer, this one question can create great anxiety. As a MedEntry workshop helper, questions like, “when did you start preparing for the UCAT?” and “how much practice did you do every night?” are amongst the most frequent that I receive. With such a high-stakes exam like the UCAT, it can ...
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