4th October 2020
IRRELEVANT TEST, Australian Doctor (9 March 2007)
EDITOR: It is not surprising that the Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT) is not a good predictor of students' performance in medical school ('Graduate med school test doubts', 9 February). However, a more important question that should be investigated is whether GAMSAT is a good test for predicting whether selected students become good medical practitioners. If practi ...
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4th October 2020
NOT ALL ENTRY TESTS EQUAL, Medical Observer (16 February 2007, Page 17)
The debate about whether school leaver entry or graduate entry is better for medicine will continue for a long time because there are winners and losers in either scenario (Inside Story, 24/11/2006; Letters, 8/12). The graduate entry pathway (in Australia) has the following disadvantages: 1. Many highly able students who would otherwise have become excellent doctors will be lost to other prof ...
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4th October 2020
PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACHES for UCAT
There are many different approaches to problem-solving that have been established in psychology. Firstly, there’s the Thorndike paradigm, which involves blind trial and error1. More purposeful approaches are the Gestalt approach, and the cognitive approach. The Gestalt approach involves solving problems as a whole2. You see the problem, you see what you have, and then you try to see how every ...
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3rd October 2020
WHY IS UCAT SO HARD?
UCAT is probably the hardest test you will ever have to sit. Many students, especially those who do not prepare, are shocked by the difficulty of UCAT. Some who do prepare become disillusioned. So why is UCAT so hard? And what can you do about it? Read on! 1. UCAT is very different to every other type of test you have sat Why? School and university exams test your knowledge and your ability ...
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3rd October 2020
How to Interpret Your UCAT Results
This blog is relevant to Y13 students who are applying to Australia: On the day you sit the UCAT, you will receive a score for each of the five subtests (from 300 to 900). What is more important is the percentile ranking which will be available in September on the UCAT NZ site. Your percentile rank gives an indication of how your overall score compares to other students who sat UCAT. For exa ...
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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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