1st July 2025
Mind Games: Motivation for UCAT Study
Before you pick up your phone to scroll through TikTok or Instagram or YouTube, 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. Cultivate a positive mindset ...
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30th June 2025
5 Key UCAT Tips to Boost Your Score
There is a wealth of strategies and techniques that are useful in boosting your UCAT performance. Each UCAT section and question type requires a slightly different approach. Relevant techniques are discussed in detail in the MedEntry UCAT courses. Here are five important tips that will help you in preparing for and sitting UCAT. 1. Work on your UCAT weaknesses Each of the four s ...
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27th June 2025
Getting the Most From Your UCAT Practice Exams
With every passing week, the date of your UCAT exam is inching closer. Perhaps you are working through the MedEntry curriculum modules, QBank, skills trainers and perhaps even UCAT subtest mocks. This will all aid your preparation, but an important question is, have you completed a full-length UCAT practice exam yet? Completing a full length UCAT practice exam can be intimidating and e ...
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26th June 2025
Balancing the UCAT and Hobbies
With the UCAT around the corner, summer break can quickly start to feel less like a holiday and more like an extended study period, it can be quite a stressful time for students. Many students will spend hours practising UCAT questions and completing UCAT practice exams, as well as devoting a large amount of time to UCAT preparation. However, this does not mean your hobbies and interests ...
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25th June 2025
Help! I Got a Poor UCAT Score for My Last Mock Exam – What Should I Do?
There will be a time in everybody’s UCAT preparation journey where scores may fluctuate or decrease. A single bad performance in a UCAT mock exam should not discourage you, but instead be a call to action. If you achieve a poor UCAT percentile or score, ask yourself, “How can I change my UCAT preparation so that this won’t happen in the live UCAT?” This blog out ...
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17th June 2025
Top 5 Under-Rated UCAT Preparation Strategies
There are hundreds of UCAT strategies out there, but not all are created equal. There are some UCAT strategies that are very important, but also completely under-rated by most UCAT candidates. Familiarising yourself with them will help you boost your UCAT performance. Ready? Here they are: 1. Learn how to speed-read Not enough students are working on improving their speed reading. ...
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15th June 2025
6 Little-Known Platform Features That Will Boost Your UCAT Scores
Technological advancements have revolutionized learning, making it more effective and efficient in all domains, including the UCAT. While you may be familiar with the basic features of the MedEntry UCAT platform, perhaps you are unaware of the lesser-known tools that can significantly enhance your UCAT study process and ultimately boost your UCAT scores. In this blog, we'll unveil 6 h ...
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10th June 2025
Group vs Individual Study for UCAT
Should I prepare for the UCAT with friends or alone? It’s a question many students ask themselves leading up to a major exam, including the UCAT. Although the answer will vary depending on personal preference, this article will endeavour to discuss some of the benefits and drawbacks of both group and individual preparation. For most, the answer lies somewhere between the two – i ...
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4th June 2025
When Should I Sit My First UCAT Practice Exam?
Whether you’ve already begun to prepare for the UCAT or are just setting up a UCAT study plan, you’ve probably asked yourself the question: when should I sit my first UCAT full length practice exam? Unfortunately, there’s no straight forward, cookie-cutter answer. The answer to this question can vary. However, it should be noted that there’s not necessarily a “wro ...
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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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