11th April 2024
Mind games: Motivation for UCAT study
Yes, we’d all rather be on Tiktok or Instagram or YouTube, but before you pick up your phone to scroll through social media, read this! Motivating yourself to prepare for UCAT can be difficult. You should not expect to always feel motivated to prepare for UCAT – no-one feels motivated all the time. However, there are proven methods to help boost your motivation for UCAT prep. ...
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16th December 2023
What's The Best UCAT Preparation Course?
If you wish to study medicine or dentistry, chances are you need to sit UCAT. UCAT is an important component of entry into most undergraduate medical and dental degrees across Australia and New Zealand. UCAT is a very difficult, time-pressured test, very unlike school or university exams. Quality UCAT preparation is therefore essential. There are hundreds of UCAT preparation courses availab ...
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31st March 2023
BRAND NEW MEDENTRY UCAT APP NOW AVAILABLE!
MedEntry’s highly anticipated, game-changing, brand new UCAT app has just been launched! It is available now on the App Store and Google Play. The MedEntry App allows you to sharpen your UCAT skills on the go, anywhere, any time and on any device! Wherever you are, you can turn a few spare minutes into an opportunity to boost your UCAT score. Global leaders in IT, educational te ...
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7th March 2023
Managing UCAT With Other Commitments
As many of you would have noticed, UCAT preparation takes time. And I mean a LOT of time! It’s often overwhelming trying to get those practice exams you’d promised yourself to get done as well as study for that first chemistry quiz if you’re in Year 12 or dealing with a cranky boss at work. In many cases, students often lose time, confidence and their interest in UCAT sinc ...
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21st December 2021
UCAT Prep Courses Perth
MedEntry has been training students to get into medical schools in Australia (21 years), New Zealand (19 years), Ireland (13 years) and the UK (3 years) and is run by doctors and academics. Students interested in pursuing medicine or dentistry need to sit the UCAT in July-August every year. MedEntry is a government-accredited Registered Training Organisation specialising in UCAT preparation ...
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8th October 2021
UCAT Books
Have you ever thought about using books to prepare for the UCAT? Before you go and spend your money on UCAT books there are a few things worth considering: The live UCAT is not on paper! So practising using books is like practising on a grass court for a tennis competition when the match on the big day is going to be on clay court! Unlike online materials which can be regul ...
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16th September 2021
Optimising your performance in UCAT: Lessons from Sports Psychology
Preparing for the UCAT is similar to preparing for a marathon: it requires training, preparation and strategies to optimise your performance on the test day. Just as an athlete prepares for a major sporting event, so you must prepare yourself to sit UCAT, which is one of the most important exams that you will face in your career. We can learn much from athletes about optimising performance ...
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6th September 2021
How to Prepare for the UCAT in Year 11
So you’re in Year 11 and thinking about pursuing a career in medicine. You’ve got great grades as well as the people skills to become a doctor, so there should be no problem getting in. Then you find out about the UCAT. You hear that it is a major obstruction to your journey, and only a select few are able to succeed in it. You hear about all the people who have done poorly despite studying so ...
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2nd April 2021
Why 6 weeks preparation isn't enough for UCAT
UCAT Consortium Universities (UCATCU) claim that intensive, sustained preparation for UCAT is not necessary. They advise that 6 weeks of preparation is sufficient for UCAT. There are many reasons why UCATCU make such claims. To give yourself the best chance of succeeding in UCAT, it is important that you are sceptical of these claims. UCATCU’s claims are designed to discourage student ...
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21st March 2021
Is it too late to start preparing for the UCAT?
The short answer is no. Studying for the UCAT is possible and no matter how late you start, you will still be able to improve, just like with any other subject. The long answer is: it depends on how much time you put in and how effectively you do it. At this stage, it’s important to study SMART. Trying to do as many UCAT papers as you can will also take up a lot of your time. You are ...
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