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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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 outlines ...
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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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4th May 2026
UCAT Scoring and Scaling: How Does It Work? Part 2
The blog “UCAT Scoring and Scaling: How does it work? Part 1” explained how the scoring and scaling of UCAT works. In this blog we will discuss what all that means for you in practice. Negative marking There is no negative marking in UCAT. Why? There is a lot of educational research and literature on this point, but in summary, if there is negative marking, risk aver ...
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4th May 2026
UCAT Scoring and Scaling: How Does It Work? Part 1
A common question among students preparing to sit the UCAT is, "How does UCAT scoring work?". This blog answers that question. Practical implications for the UCAT test taker are covered in Part 2 of this blog. Many UCAT companies claim that they can predict UCAT scores and percentiles from the number of UCAT questions that you answer correctly. This is unfortunately completely mis ...
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30th April 2026
How I Scored 99th Percentile in the UCAT
I am now a medical student at Monash University, but I remember being in exactly your position, desperate for tips that would help me perform well in the UCAT. So, here you are – the five most important practices that helped me score 99th percentile in the UCAT. Found my ‘Zone of Excellence’ Finding my ‘zone of excellence’ was life changing for me ...
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29th April 2026
Keeping the Balance
Keeping the balance is something we all struggle with in our final year of schooling, myself included. At the commencement of the year, I jumped into everything. Then, at the end of term one, I crashed, and in term two I tried to do nothing. Neither of these worked for me, and over the remainder of the year I learnt some important lessons about keeping the balance. Not only was I happier ...
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