13th October 2025
Preparing for the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI)
The Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) is a common interview structure now used by a large number of universities as a key component of the medical admissions process, alongside more traditional measures like examination results and UCAT. At most universities, strong medical interview performance is integral to gaining admission, with, on average, only around one third of candidates sitting the int ...
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12th October 2025
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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6th October 2025
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 candidat ...
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30th September 2025
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 admissions process. Highly capable students who have excelled in their UCAT and ATAR have unfortunately missed out on a place in medicine simply due to inadequate interview preparation. ...
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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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10th September 2025
Final UCAT ANZ 2025 Test Statistics and Percentile Calculator Released!
The UCAT ANZ 2025 percentile calculator and final statistics have been released, which will help students to interpret their UCAT 2025 scores. The UCAT consortium has developed a UCAT score to percentile calculator that will help you to convert your 2025 UCAT scaled scores into an estimated percentile ranking. You can find it here: https://www.ucat.edu.au/results/test-st ...
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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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25th August 2025
Preliminary UCAT ANZ 2025 Test Statistics Released!
UCAT ANZ 2025 preliminary statistics have been released, which will help students to interpret their UCAT 2025 scores. The UCAT consortium has developed a UCAT score percentile calculator that will help you to convert your UCAT scaled scores into an estimated percentile ranking. The UCAT percentile calculator is expected to be released concurrently with 2025 UCAT ANZ final te ...
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14th August 2025
Didn’t Do Well in UCAT? Here’s How to Bounce Back in 4 Steps
The UCAT is one of the criteria for both undergraduate medicine schools in New Zealand and Australia. The UCAT may determine whether or not you receive an interview offer at certain universities, so many students put in the extra mile to maximise their UCAT results. There are many factors that can influence performance in UCAT, and receiving a lower mark than expected may feel like all our e ...
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14th August 2025
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 f ...
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