14th August 2025
Didn’t Do Well in UCAT? Here’s How to Bounce Back in 4 Steps
The UCAT is one of the three criteria for most undergraduate medicine schools in Australia, and often holds equal weighting to ATAR. The UCAT may determine whether or not you receive an interview offer at certain universities, so many students put in the extra mile to maximise their UCAT results. There are many factors that can influence performance in UCAT, and receiving a lower mark than e ...
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14th August 2025
5 Easy Ways to Start Preparing for Medical Interviews Now
So you’ve made it through the UCAT and now all you want to do is breathe a sigh of relief and forget about the whole medical entry process. But it’s not over yet! Medical interviews are a very important and challenging aspect of the medical entry process. Medical interviews are worth up to 40-50% of the entry criteria for medicine, and at some universities, are the only f ...
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31st July 2025
How Will Universities Use UCAT ANZ Scores?
With the UCAT testing period soon to be over and with students receiving their UCAT ANZ results, a common question is: how will universities use UCAT scores? Every university is different when it comes to entry into medicine and dentistry, and entry requirements can be complicated and confusing. Most undergraduate medical and dentistry courses across Australia and New Zealand require cand ...
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15th July 2025
2026 UCAT Workshop Dates Now Available
We're pleased to announce that Dr Ray’s 2026 UCAT Workshop dates are now live. Whether you're planning to sit the UCAT in 2026 or preparing for a future year, these workshops provide an excellent foundation for your preparation journey. What Are MedEntry's UCAT Workshops? MedEntry's online, two day UCAT workshops are designed to provide you with a compre ...
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14th July 2025
How to Interpret Your UCAT Scores
If you have just sat UCAT, congratulations! You have made it through one of the toughest and most gruelling tests of your life. This blog contains information on how to interpret your 2026 UCAT ANZ score report. How do I access my UCAT rcore report? After sitting UCAT, you will receive an email from Pearson VUE notifying you that your UCAT score report is available to view. You w ...
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8th July 2025
Is UCAT Stressing You Out? Here's How to Use Stress to Your Advantage
You may have heard that stress negatively impacts performance, particularly in a high-stakes, intellectually challenging exam like the UCAT. You may have been told that if you are too stressed in the lead-up to an important exam such as the UCAT, you won't do well. You may have been advised to look for ways to relieve your UCAT-related stress. While this may be true, in some cas ...
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26th June 2025
Top Tips for UCAT Verbal Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning is one of the most difficult and time pressured subtests of UCAT. In fact, up to 20% of students each year fail to answer every question – that is, they run out of time to even randomly guess some UCAT Verbal Reasoning questions! This blog describes five key strategies to help you boost your speed and performance in the UCAT Verbal Reasoning subtest. ...
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25th June 2025
5 Tips for UCAT Exam Day
Huiyi scored 99th percentile in UCAT (average cognitive score 790). In this blog, she describes her top 5 tips for UCAT test day. 1. Don’t panic This might sound like another one of those easier said than done things that people around you might say, but it’s actually so important on the day itself! Plan ahead in advance for transportation to and from the UCAT exa ...
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23rd June 2025
UCAT Intensive Classes Starting Soon!
Do you feel you a need for additional guidance for the upcoming UCAT? Did you miss the MedEntry 10-week UCAT Weekly Classes? Don’t despair! MedEntry is running a set of four UCAT Intensive Classes, running on both Saturday and Sunday across two weekends at the end of June and start of July. Who teaches the UCAT Intensive Classes? UCAT Intensive Classes will be run by an ...
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2nd June 2025
How to Simulate the Live UCAT Testing Experience From Home
The University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) is a crucial stepping stone for aspiring medical and dental students. While practicing questions and timing yourself is essential, there's another layer of preparation that many candidates overlook: simulating the actual testing day experience. By recreating the official UCAT testing environment at home, you can familiarize yourself with the pro ...
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