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3rd October 2020
UCAT Coaching Auckland
MedEntry offers UCAT Coaching in all parts of New Zealand, including Auckland. Regular UCAT Coaching Workshops are held throughout the year at the University of Auckland. Auckland UCAT Workshops: Our UCAT lecturers offer useful tips on solving each type of problem in an effective manner. Exclusive to MedEntry, these two-day workshops in Auckland are usually a combination of strategies and a ...
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3rd October 2020
Smart Test Taking tips from MedEntry UCAT Prep
Smart Test-Taking tips for UCAT: MedEntry UCAT Course Tips Make your MedEntry UCAT practice tests feel real – try your best to replicate the conditions in which you will be actually taking the UCAT. Take the UCAT test in one sitting with only 1 minute break in between subtests. If you have difficulty concentrating for two hours, it is worthwhile building your UCAT test-taking stami ...
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3rd October 2020
UCAT test day: Tips from MedEntry UCAT Prep
MedEntry UCAT Course Tips Relax the night before the UCAT. All of your MedEntry UCAT study should be behind you – cramming at this point will probably do more harm than good. As long as you get a good night’s rest you are allowed to have some fun in the evening before the UCAT. Lay out everything you are going to need when taking the UCAT the night beforehand. This will all ...
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3rd October 2020
UCAT is different from School tests
I am sure you know kids who don’t do so well in school, yet somehow manage to ace tests like UCAT. And you probably know other students who do really well in school, yet when it comes to UCAT, they don’t do nearly as well – and sometimes even bomb the test completely. Why do so many bright students have so much trouble on the UCAT? Because taking the UCAT is nothing like t ...
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3rd October 2020
Do girls do better in the UCAT?
Girls in general get better grades in school and university in general than boys - so come on guys, get your act together! But here’s a surprise: boys in general outscore girls in aptitude tests. There may be several reasons for this such as: Boys treat aptitude tests as a game to be beaten and strategise Boys are less likely to be risk averse: an advantage in aptitude tests ...
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3rd October 2020
Is UCAT a fair test?
Every year, debates continue about UCAT. Is it fair? Is it biased? Is it an achivement test or an aptitude test? Is it good? Is it evil? Does it measure intelligence? Does it measure anything? Does it measure how well you will do in medical school? Does it predict whether you will be a ‘good’ doctor? When a test of similar nature was introduced in the USA in 1926 debates raged on for decades ...
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3rd October 2020
UCAT and careers teachers
Careers teachers knowledge of and interest in UCAT Preparation varies quite markedly. There are those who go to the trouble of inviting UCAT MedEntry to come and deliver a course in-house at their school. At the other extreme, there are those who do not have time to research UCAT Preparation, and may be critical of its value for various reasons. If you are in a school where the careers teac ...
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3rd October 2020
Does UCAT coaching work?
Psychometric tests such as UCAT have been in use in NZ for the last 25 years, but in the US numerous such tests have been in use for well over a century. Coaching organisations are therefore well established there. The officials at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) at Princeton say that they have no objection to the coaching because what is important is that students learn the skills that ...
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3rd October 2020
Time management in UCAT
Timing is perhaps the most stress-inducing factor of the UCAT exam. If the UCAT were at take-home test, you would all score well. Managing time is the key. Most of your MedEntry UCAT practice will include timed sections, allowing you to become more familiar and comfortable with the pacing of the exam. The UCAT is not a test of intelligence. Although it is used as a predictor for success in ...
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3rd October 2020
UCAT Prep: Establish your personal scoring goals
Your main goal should be to maximise your potential on the actual UCAT test. Very few students get every question right. You have to be realistic. Strive to work within your own abilities. Students often ask: How does my practice test performance translate to how I will perform on the actual UCAT test? Questions are “graded” for difficulty throughout the MedEntry UCAT prep ...
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