5th July 2024
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 calculate ...
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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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26th June 2024
Tips for UCAT Test Day: 5 Things to Do Before Clicking ‘Start Exam’
It’s natural that after all the time spent preparing for the UCAT, that on the day of the exam, you might want to get it over and done with as quickly as possible. So, on the day of the UCAT exam, you arrive at your UCAT testing centre, check in with the staff, and you are now seated at your computer. But wait! Before you click ‘start exam’, here are five things that I recomm ...
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23rd June 2024
5 UCAT Tips From a Student Who Scored >3500!
Tim was a MedEntry student who achieved a whopping 3520 in the UCAT, which was the highest score achieved in that year. Tim is now studying medicine at the University of New South Wales. In this blog, Tim shares his top 5 UCAT tips. 1. Periodically check your UCAT timing While doing the UCAT, it’s very easy to get lost in the questions, focusing on reading and answering ...
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20th June 2024
4 Ways to Avoid Burnout in Your UCAT Prep
This is it. You are in the final months of your first year health sciences. It is the last lap in the race to the finish line. It is time to grind… Or is it? What is burnout? It’s when you’re drowning in mountains of workload, overwhelmed with panic / exhaustion / a combination of both and it is usually caused by prolonged or excessive stress. Burnout is pretty much that ...
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16th June 2024
Why Is Simulation During Your UCAT Preparation So Important?
Simulating every aspect of the UCAT, regardless of how small it may be, is the best way to prepare yourself for the UCAT test. It is important to simulate the testing conditions, the question timings, the software, and even the stress! By simulating your UCAT preparation you will give yourself the best chance at performing well on UCAT test day. This blog describes four ways that simulation ...
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15th June 2024
6 Little-Known Platform Features That Will Boost Your UCAT Scores
Technological advancements have revolutionized learning, making it more effective and efficient in all domains, including the UCAT. While you may be familiar with the basic features of the MedEntry UCAT platform, perhaps you are unaware of the lesser-known tools that can significantly enhance your UCAT study process and ultimately boost your UCAT scores. In this blog, we'll unveil 6 hid ...
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14th June 2024
Top Tips for UCAT Decision Making
In the UCAT Decision Making subtest students will be presented with a variety of question types. The questions presented are characteristic, but often unusual. It is therefore important that you practice answering Decision Making UCAT questions, and develop familiarity with each type. This blog describes five key tips to help you answer Decision Making UCAT questions quickly and accurately. ...
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13th June 2024
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 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 hav ...
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10th June 2024
Top Tips for UCAT Quantitative Reasoning
The Quantitative Reasoning subtest of UCAT can be challenging, even for those who are proficient at maths. This is largely due to the extreme time pressure placed on students in this UCAT subtest. The most common mistake made by students in the UCAT Quantitative Reasoning subtest is to approach it like you would approach a high school maths test – by calculating everything perfectly, ...
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