21st May 2026
5 Top Tips for the UCAT Situational Judgement Test
Situational Judgement UCAT questions test a different type of non-cognitive aptitude, and can be challenging if you do not have an effective framework to answer them. This blog covers five key tips for success in the UCAT Situational Judgement test. 1. Identify the key issues in the scenario When reading the UCAT Situational Judgement scenario, it is important to read actively, i ...
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20th May 2026
How to Guess Strategically in the UCAT
No matter how well you've prepared for the UCAT, there will be moments during the exam where you're stuck on a challenging question, running low on time, or both. What you do in those moments can make a real difference to your final score and it comes down to knowing how to guess well. Guessing strategically is a legitimate and valuable skill, and this post will show you exactly h ...
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18th May 2026
Why Group Study Is Effective for UCAT Preparation
There is a fundamental difference in how you need to study for exams that test knowledge (such as school and university exams) and for high stakes tests such as UCAT, which assesses generic thinking skills. For the former, a lot of memorisation and recall are involved, so studying alone can be effective, and even preferred by motivated students who do not want to be distracted by less motivate ...
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14th May 2026
Is It Too Late to Start Preparing for UCAT 2026?
Want to apply to study medicine or dentistry but worried that it's too late to start preparing for UCAT? Then this blog is for you. So, is it, in fact, too late to start preparing for UCAT 2026? The short answer is: no. Improving your performance in UCAT is possible, no matter how late you start (unless you start preparing the night before UCAT, of course!). In fact, some past MedEnt ...
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13th May 2026
5 Tips for Acing UCAT (From Someone Who Succeeded on Their Second Attempt)
I remember walking out of the UCAT exam centre, the first time I had sat the UCAT, in a state of disbelief. Not because the UCAT exam was incredibly difficult or out of my depth, but rather the opposite: I had actually found the exam reasonable and doable, yet I was devastated with my UCAT score. In the months leading up to the UCAT, I had been in the throes of school assessments and leader ...
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12th May 2026
How Will Medical Schools Use UCAT? Here's a Summary
A common question among prospective medical students is how UCAT scores are used to select applicants into medicine or dentistry. Most universities use a combination of three factors when selecting students into domestic, undergraduate medicine or dentistry courses: UCAT ANZ scores Medical interview performance Academic performance (ATAR / IB or GPA) Some uni ...
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11th May 2026
Why Is My UCAT Score Not Improving? 3 Reasons and Solutions
Has your UCAT performance come to a standstill? UCAT prep score plateaus are frustrating, confusing, and even a little defeating. With exam day looming closer, it's easy to worry that you might not have what it takes. But luckily, with a few proven strategies, you can identify the cause of your problems, fix them, and get back on track on the path towards medical school. The T ...
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7th May 2026
Help! I Got a Poor UCAT Score for My Last Mock Exam – What Should I Do?
There will be a time in everybody’s UCAT preparation journey where scores may fluctuate or decrease. A single bad performance in a UCAT mock exam should not discourage you, but instead be a call to action. If you achieve a poor UCAT percentile or score, ask yourself, “How can I change my UCAT preparation so that this won’t happen in the live UCAT?” This blog out ...
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6th May 2026
UCAT ANZ 2026 Registrations Close on 15 May!
The deadline for UCAT ANZ 2026 registration and bookings is fast approaching. The UCAT ANZ is sat by thousands of students each year as a requirement for entry into medicine and dentistry programs across Australia and New Zealand. If you haven't yet registered, be aware that late fees apply once the standard deadline passes. Deadline Date Late Fee ...
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4th May 2026
6 Ways to Make UCAT Study More Effective
Decades of educational research shows that effective learners (for UCAT or other learning) have one, preferably all, of the following six characteristics. 1. Encounter challenging ideas or people Basically, this is Newton's First Law of Motion in action in the academic, cognitive, psychosocial, attitudinal and career-preparation dimensions of your education: a body will remain ...
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