2nd October 2020
UCAT Tip: Educated Guessing
UCAT Tip: Educated Guessing in the UCAT When sitting the UCAT students may face a difficult question that they can’t quite get their head around or they are running out of time and still have some questions they haven’t answered yet. Some people choose to leave the UCAT question blank. This is a problem because there is very little time in the UCAT exam to return to previous UCA ...
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2nd October 2020
Preparation, Preparation, Preparation: The Key for UCAT Success
UCAT: a multiple guess or multiple choice test? You choose. A university lecturer of mine, once made the comment prior to us all about to sit an exam, that he would cry if we didn’t answer every question because: ‘guys, it’s a multiple choice paper, so even a monkey could get one in every four questions right’. Although I’ve never personally seen a monkey sit t ...
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2nd October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation part 5: Counting Problems in UCAT
Counting problems in UCAT: an essential summary. Your UCAT questions explained by the team at MedEntry as part of our new section UCAT test tactics and preparation. They may seem simple on paper, but counting problems contained within the UCAT exam can often cause much confusion among students. If you can understand the basic principles of counting problems and recognize when to apply th ...
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2nd October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation part 4: probability questions
Probability questions in the UCAT: you’re probably reading this sentence right now… Your UCAT questions explained by the team at MedEntry as part of our new section UCAT test tactics and preparation. We know what probability means, but what is its formal definition? Let’s use our everyday logic to define it. If there is no chance that an event will occur, the ...
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2nd October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation part 3: UCAT questions involving percentages
What you need to know about percentage % questions before starting your UCAT preparation: Problems involving percent are common on the UCAT. The word percent means “divided by one hundred.” When you see the word “percent,” or the symbol %, remember it means 1/100. For example, 25 Percent ...
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2nd October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation part 2: Process of Elimination in UCAT multichoice
Process of Elimination or POE in UCAT: the best of a bad bunch. Comprehensive advice from the team at MedEntry UCAT preparation. Once you have established what the UCAT question is asking you need to act efficiently and narrow down your options to reach the correct answer. Using the Process of Elimination or POE method can greatly improve your chances of scoring highl ...
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2nd October 2020
Re-sitting UCAT
This blog is relevant to NZ students in Year 13 who are interested in studying in Australia through teh school leaver entry pathway to medicine. HOW ARE UCAT RESULTS CALCULATED? Unfortunately Pearson Vue does not release the marking scheme that is used determine UCAT scores. There is some speculation as to the following: answering a question correctly that is not answered correctly by the ma ...
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28th September 2020
Tips for Medical Interviews
By now you may have finished your year 13/Uni exams. For those who sat the UCAT this year, it almost seems like the end of the road. However, there is one crucial component for entry into medicine that many major universities require – the interview. It is important you prepare and practice for this last step, especially because this time, you are competing against a tough cohort: all those st ...
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28th September 2020
Is this my only shot at getting into Medicine?
Many Year 13 students sit the UCAT for the first time thinking that they must to do well in UCAT because it is the only way for them to be accepted into their dream uni degree, medicine. This is untrue! The reality is there are numerous ways to be accepted into medicine, although they are not necessarily the ideal pathways. Sitting UCAT, getting a good NCEA score and smashing an interview may ...
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28th September 2020
What Interviewers look for in prospective medical students (Part 1)
Many of the skills that the UCAT aims to assess in prospective medical students are the same qualities that are required to be a good doctor. Whilst the UCAT can only assess what you put on a paper in multiple choice format; the medical interview that will follow, can look for these qualities in person. Your choice of words, body language, attitude and way of thinking will all be up for exami ...
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