13th June 2019
UCAT Timing Feature
Anyone who has sat a UCAT practice exam under timed conditions will know that the hardest part of UCAT is the timing. How is it possible to answer 233 challenging UCAT questions in 180 minutes? Well, it is possible to score highly in the UCAT despite the challenging time constraints. However, it is vital that you become familiar with the extreme time pressures faced in UCAT, and develop the s ...
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5th June 2019
Timed Conditions Feedback toggle
When completing any Exam, Subtest Mock or Drill on the MedEntry LMS, you are presented with heaps of instant feedback, including the portion of students who chose each multiple choice option: MedEntry has added a new feature – allowing you to toggle the popularity by whether or not the Exam/Subtest Mock/Drill was completed under timed conditions: Note: these popularity bars only s ...
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31st May 2019
IMPROVE YOUR UCAT TIMING WITH MEDENTRY’S UCAT TIMING TRAINER
Timing is of the essence in UCAT. If you were given sufficient time to answer UCAT questions, the majority of students would perform very well. However, the UCAT Consortium intentionally gives students insufficient time to answer UCAT questions, in order to distinguish the top UCAT candidates from the rest. Because timing is so important, MedEntry has developed a UCAT ‘Timing Trainer’ feature ...
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29th May 2019
UCAT VIDEO GUIDES
MedEntry understands that every student learns differently. This is why our UCAT Guided Curriculum offers several options for UCAT preparation. Work through the comprehensive strategy guides for each UCAT subtest, review guided video solutions covering each type of UCAT question, or watch animated videos which illustrate important UCAT principles. Now you can access all of your UCAT videos wi ...
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24th May 2019
PERSONALISED UCAT PREP: CONTINUE PRACTICING FEATURE
As part of our commitment to providing high quality, personalised UCAT prep, MedEntry is delighted to launch our ‘Continue Practicing’ feature. This feature uses LMS data collected from your UCAT preparation to date to suggest where to focus your future UCAT prep efforts. This will help you prepare for the UCAT effectively and efficiently. Once you have completed a UCAT drill, subtest mock o ...
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15th May 2019
PERSONALISE YOUR UCAT PREP: RECORD YOUR UCAT TESTING DATE!
At MedEntry, we believe each student is different, and that UCAT prep should be tailored to the individual. This is reflected in the design of our UCAT curriculum, which provides students with a variety of learning options to prepare for UCAT. MedEntry encourages all of our students to inform us of your UCAT testing date. This information will be used to provide appropriate UCAT tips, reminde ...
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26th April 2019
Remarking of Decision Making Yes/No Questions
In order to better simulate the grading of the UCAT, MedEntry has updated how certain Decision Making questions are graded in Practice Exams and Subtest Mocks. Decision Making questions with 5 drag and drop YES/NO options, are now graded out of 2 marks, which are awarded as follows: Correct Yes/No responses (out of 5) Mark (out of 2) 0, 1, 2 or 3 0 4 ...
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16th April 2019
MedEntry’s Updated Medical Schools Admissions Guide Now Available!
MedEntry is delighted to release our free, printable medical school admissions guide that covers everything you need to know about getting into medicine in New Zealand. This guide covers: Entry criteria, including UCAT and interviews How to apply to study medicine Medical entry pathways, including undergraduate and graduate entry What you should be doing if you ...
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8th March 2019
New UCAT Feature To Help With Timing
Most students would agree: by far the hardest part of UCAT is the timing. Very few students are able to complete every UCAT question within the time limits. In fact, every year in some subtests of the live UCAT, 1/5 of students run out of time to even make a random guess! Understanding of time management in UCAT is therefore essential. MedEntry makes this easy with personalised UCAT data anal ...
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28th February 2019
MedEntry’s UCAT Practice Exams are optimised for UCATSEN!
What is UCATSEN? UCATSEN (University Clinical Aptitude Test Special Educational Needs) provides certain students sitting UCAT with 25% extra time when sitting the test. UCATSEN is available to students with a medical condition that impacts upon their ability to perform in testing settings such as UCAT, for example, those with learning disabilities. How do I apply for UCATSEN? If yo ...
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