Blogs
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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29th May 2025
UCAT Learning Platform Updates
At MedEntry, we're constantly improving the platform—not just by adding new UCAT questions, refining existing ones, and updating learning resources, but also by enhancing the overall user experience. Our goal is to ensure students can prepare as effectively as possible. This blog highlights some of the latest updates and improvements we’ve made to support your learning journey. ...
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19th May 2025
5 Tips for UCAT Timing
If you ask any candidate sitting UCAT what the hardest part of the UCAT is, they will inevitably say one thing: timing. All questions in the UCAT are do-able if you are given unlimited time. If sufficient time is given, most students would be able to score very highly in UCAT. However, UCAT is designed intentionally to give you less time than is required to answer UCAT questions. Thi ...
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19th May 2025
7 Tips for Using the UCAT Calculator
I managed to score 880 out of 900 in the UCAT Quantitative Reasoning section. A significant reason for this was my ability to use the UCAT Calculator quickly and effectively. In this blog, I discuss my top tips for using the UCAT Calculator. Learning to use the UCAT calculator took my mind off the time-consuming and seemingly never-ending calculations required to answer UCAT Quantitative Re ...
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16th May 2025
Equipment You Need to Get UCAT Ready!
The saying goes, ‘A bad workman blames his tools’, but it’s also true that having the right tools plays an important role in the successful completion of any task, including UCAT. For example, imagine trying to chop down a tree with a kitchen knife! Not only is it important to select the right tools, you also need to use them efficiently and effectively. So, what equipm ...
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6th May 2025
Should I Attend a MedEntry UCAT Workshop?
MedEntry workshops have become famous over the years for their engaging, effective and enjoyable nature. You may be wondering whether you should attend a MedEntry UCAT workshop. The answer is a resounding yes! Here are three reasons why: MedEntry UCAT Workshops are Comprehensive MedEntry UCAT workshops cover everything you need to know for UCAT success, including: De ...
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2nd May 2025
Which Medical Schools Can I Apply to If I Am Currently Studying at University?
Certain medical schools, such as Monash University, do not allow candidates to apply if they are currently studying at university or have completed an undergraduate degree – they only accept school leavers. However, many universities do accept students who are currently studying at university. This blog outlines them in detail, including who is eligible and how students are selected. ...
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30th April 2025
4 Steps to Transform Your Weakest UCAT Subtest Into Your Strongest
Although I had been preparing for UCAT for over 6 months, with less than 2 weeks to go until the UCAT, I still wasn't feeling confident about UCAT Quantitative Reasoning. I was consistently scoring in the high 80th or 90th percentiles for other UCAT subtests on the MedEntry online platform, but was still ranging from 40-70th percentile in UCAT Quantitative Reasoning. Since I was happy with ...
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24th April 2025
Medicine – The Big Picture
So you're going into, or in your final year of schooling, and you're set on being a doctor. There are lots of ways you can keep hold of medicine as the big picture throughout this long and sometimes arduous year. By putting some of these points into action now, you will increase your chances of getting straight into med, boost your motivation over the year, and be an awesome doctor in ...
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