12th October 2026
What Is UCAT 2027?
UCAT stands for University Clinical Aptitude Test. It is one of three main criteria used by most universities in the UK to select students into medicine and dentistry (the other two criteria being performance in school/university and interviews/personal statement). Unlike traditional school and university exams which assess knowledge, UCAT assesses generic skills, including verbal aptitud ...
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2nd October 2026
Applying to Dental School Strategically Part 3: Where to Apply With a Low UCAT Score
With the UCAS October 15th deadline approaching, narrowing the UK's dental schools down to four choices is a difficult decision. To improve your chances of securing a place, it is important to use your UCAT score, predicted or achieved A-Level grades and GCSE results strategically, applying to dental schools where you are most likely to be invited to interview. In this blog series, we e ...
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2nd October 2026
Applying to Dental School Strategically Part 2: Where to Apply With a Medium UCAT Score
With the UCAS October 15th deadline approaching, narrowing the UK's dental schools down to four choices is a difficult decision. To improve your chances of securing a place, it is important to use your UCAT score, predicted or achieved A-Level grades and GCSE results strategically, applying to dental schools where you are most likely to be invited to interview. In this blog series, we e ...
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2nd October 2026
Applying to Dental School Strategically Part 1: Where to Apply With a High UCAT Score
With the UCAS October 15th deadline approaching, narrowing the UK's dental schools down to four choices is a difficult decision. To improve your chances of securing a place, it is important to use your UCAT score, predicted or achieved A-Level grades and GCSE results strategically, applying to dental schools where you are most likely to be invited to interview. In this blog series, we e ...
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1st October 2026
Final UCAT UK 2026 Test Statistics Available!
The UCAT UK 2026 final statistics have been released, which will help students to interpret their UCAT 2026 scores. The UCAT consortium has developed a UCAT score to percentile calculator that will help you to convert your 2026 UCAT scaled scores into an estimated percentile ranking. You can find the percentile calculator and the final statistics on the UCAT UK test statistics page. ...
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26th September 2026
Applying to Medical School Strategically: Part 5 - Where to Apply with a Low UCAT Score
In this blog series, we are discussing how you should use your UCAT scores strategically when applying through UCAS in order to maximise your chances of securing a place at medical school. In this blog, we will focus on which universities you should consider applying to with a low UCAT score. Older figures are shown as originally published on the pre-2025 four-subtest scale (out of 3600). ...
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24th September 2026
Applying to Medical School Strategically: Part 4 - Where to Apply with an Average UCAT Score
In this blog series we are exploring how to use your UCAT scores when applying to medical school. Depending on the UCAT score that you have achieved, you should apply to universities which will maximise your chances of securing a place in medicine. Here, we will discuss the universities that you should consider applying to if you have achieved an average UCAT score. Older figures are show ...
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24th September 2026
Applying to Medical School Strategically: Part 3 – Where to Apply with a Good UCAT Score
In this blog series we are exploring how you should use your UCAT score strategically when applying to UCAS for medical school to maximise your chances of securing a place. Here we will be focusing on which universities you should consider applying to with a good UCAT score. Older figures are shown as originally published on the pre-2025 four-subtest scale (out of 3600). Unmarked figures ...
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22nd September 2026
Applying to Medical School Strategically: Part 2 - Where to Apply with a High UCAT Score
In this blog series we are exploring how you should use your UCAT scores when applying for medical school, in order to maximise your chances of securing a place. This blog details which universities to consider applying to with a high UCAT score. Older figures are shown as originally published on the pre-2025 four-subtest scale (out of 3600). Unmarked figures are displayed on the current ...
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22nd September 2026
Applying to Medical School Strategically: Part 1 - Using Your UCAT Score
With the UCAS October 15th deadline approaching, narrowing the 40+ medical schools in the UK down to 4 is a difficult decision. To improve your chances of securing a place, it is important to use your UCAT score, predicted A-Level grades and GCSE results strategically, aiming to apply to medical schools where you are most likely to be invited to interview. This blog series will detail how ...
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