27th June 2026
Tips for UCAT Test Day and the Night Before
With UCAT test day fast approaching, it's important to be thoroughly prepared, not just academically, but also in terms of logistics and your mental and physical well-being. This blog provides essential tips for the day before, the night before, and the day of your UCAT test to help you stay calm, focused, and ready to excel. The day before UCAT Ensure that you have everything ...
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27th June 2026
Checklist: Are You UCAT Ready? 10 Essentials for UCAT Success
With the UCAT rapidly approaching, many students begin to frantically grind through UCAT questions, without pausing to consider their overall plan of attack for the UCAT. It is important that you take a few moments to reflect and check that you are indeed UCAT ready. This article outlines a checklist of 10 essential tasks to complete before your UCAT test day. 1. Check your ID Ac ...
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26th June 2026
What Will UCAT Test Day Be Like?
For many students, sitting UCAT can be a daunting prospect. UCAT is a very different experience to standard high school or university examinations, not to mention how important it is when determining entry into medicine. This blog describes what to expect on the day of UCAT. Before test day Before sitting UCAT, it is worth keeping in mind that attending your test is considered a ...
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23rd June 2026
What Is a Good UCAT Score?
A common question from students is “What will be a good UCAT score this year?”. Understanding UCAT scores can be confusing. This blog aims to answer common questions about UCAT ANZ scores and provide guidance on interpreting your results. What will my UCAT score report look like? Your UCAT ANZ score report will be structured as follows: Your scores in each o ...
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16th June 2026
Dealing With Disappointing UCAT Mock Scores: 3 Tips
So you’ve been preparing for UCAT by working through the UCAT guides and attempting UCAT practice questions and exams. Then one day you receive a disappointing UCAT percentile. So what should you do? Is it time to freak out? Is it time to give up on your medical entry dream? No! Read on for three key tips. 1. Understand what a UCAT percentile means and how they are calculated ...
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11th June 2026
Optimising Your Health for UCAT: What I Learned From Getting the Flu 2 Days Before My UCAT Exam
Imagine you're a hardworking student. You have consistently studied for the UCAT for several months and you are feeling pretty well prepared for the UCAT exam itself (hopefully this is not too hard for you to imagine?). Maybe you have a week before UCAT exam day and while you are beginning to feel the nerves of the situation, you are really not too worried. Because why should you be? You h ...
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9th June 2026
How I Scored 900 in UCAT Quantitative Reasoning
Eassen scored an incredible 900 in UCAT Quantitative Reasoning (the highest score possible). In this blog, he shares how he scored 900, including his five top Quantitative Reasoning tips. Tip 1: Familiarise yourself with the UCAT keyboard shortcuts As we all know, the UCAT is infamous for its immense time constraints. One way students can help to ease the time pressure is by using ...
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3rd June 2026
How I Scored 900 in UCAT Decision Making
The UCAT Decision Making subtest poses several challenges, including various question types, limited time, and difficult questions. However, I managed to score a perfect 900 on the Decision Making subtest. There were several strategies that allowed me to bring my score up from the 600 range to the 800-900s. Here are my top 5 tips. Tip 1: Understand each UCAT Decision Making question typ ...
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28th May 2026
I Didn’t Get a Good Enough UCAT Score – What Should I Do?
The UCAT testing period is a big month for many students. It can feel really disappointing if, like me, you logged in to see your UCAT score report and were met with a non-competitive score. I understand that it can feel like the world is ending, and all hopes have been flushed down the toilet, but I am here to tell you otherwise! Note: For information on what is a 'good' UCAT sco ...
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27th May 2026
How I Scored 900 in UCAT Verbal Reasoning
UCAT Verbal Reasoning is widely known as the hardest and lowest scoring UCAT subtest. The average UCAT Verbal Reasoning score over the past five years has been 601 out of 900. Sara scored an amazing 900 in UCAT Verbal Reasoning (the highest possible Verbal Reasoning score!). In this blog she shares her top 5 UCAT Verbal Reasoning tips. Tip 1: Learn to speed read One of the biggest ...
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