Blogs
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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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 career. This blog contains information on how to interpret your 2025 UCAT ANZ score report. How do I access my UCAT Score Report? After sitting UCAT, you will receive an email from Pearson VUE notifying you that your UCAT score report is available to view ...
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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 on performance, particularly in an intellectually challenging test such as UCAT. You may have been told that if you are too stressed in the lead up to an important exam such as 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 cases trying to g ...
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7th July 2025
UCAT Results: Common Questions Answered
With the UCAT testing period underway, you may be asking questions such as: When and how will I get my UCAT results? How does scoring work in the UCAT? How will universities use my UCAT scores? This blog answers your questions about UCAT results. When and how will I get my UCAT results? You will receive an email from Pearson VUE within 24 hours (usually within an hour) of ...
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2nd July 2025
UCAT ANZ 2025: A Student's Experience
I have just completed UCAT 2025! What a relief to have it done. There were no surprises and I felt well prepared thanks to MedEntry’s UCAT preparation. Here’s how the day went: Arrival and registration I sat UCAT in a morning session. My confirmation email from Pearson VUE said that I should arrive at least 30 minutes before my UCAT testing appointment, which I di ...
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1st July 2025
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. & ...
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29th June 2025
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 to help you stay calm, focused, and ready to excel. The day before UCAT Ensure that you have every ...
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28th June 2025
Checklist: Are You UCAT Ready? 10 Essentials for UCAT Success
With UCAT rapidly approaching, many students begin to madly grind out UCAT questions, without pausing to consider their overall plan of attack for UCAT. It is important that you take a few moments to reflect and check that you are indeed UCAT ready. This blog outlines a checklist of 10 essential tasks to complete before your UCAT test day. 1. Check your ID Acceptable identifi ...
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