15th September 2025
Registrations to Sit UCAT UK 2025 Closing Soon!
Registration and booking to sit UCAT UK 2025 will close Friday 19 September 2025 (12 noon BST)! If you have not yet registered to sit UCAT, please do so immediately. Remember that this is your only chance to sit UCAT in 2025 – if you miss the registration and booking deadline, you will need to reapply next year. To register and book your test, please visit the UCAT consortium booking ...
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11th September 2025
Applying to Dental School Strategically Part 3: Where to Apply With a Low UCAT Score
With the UCAS October 15th deadline soon approaching, narrowing down the 16 dental schools into 4 is a difficult decision. To improve your chances of securing a place in dental school, it is important to use your UCAT scores, predicted or achieved A-Level grades and GCSEs strategically to ensure you apply to dental schools where you are most likely to be offered an interview. In this blog, ...
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9th September 2025
3 Top Tips for Creating Your Personal Statement
Writing your personal statement can be daunting. It is challenging to craft an original and personal document which effectively communicates your experiences and achievements. In 2025, UCAS changed the format of the personal statement from a free-flowing text to three distinct questions: Why do you want to study this course or subject? How have your qualifications an ...
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5th September 2025
Applying to Dental School Strategically Part 2: Where to Apply With a Medium UCAT Score
With the UCAS October 15th deadline soon approaching, narrowing down the 16 dental schools into 4 is a difficult decision. To improve your chances of securing a place in dental school, it is important to use your UCAT scores, predicted or achieved A-Level grades and GCSEs strategically to ensure you apply to dental schools where you are most likely to be offered an interview. In this blog, ...
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4th September 2025
Applying to Dental School Strategically Part 1: Where to Apply With a High UCAT Score
With the UCAS October 15th deadline soon approaching, narrowing down the 16 dental schools into 4 is a difficult decision. To improve your chances of securing a place in dental school, it is important to use your UCAT scores, predicted or achieved A-Level grades and GCSEs strategically to ensure you apply to dental schools where you are most likely to be offered an interview. In this blog, ...
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2nd September 2025
Dealing With Disappointing UCAT Mock Scores: 3 Tips
So you’ve been preparing for UCAT by working through the UCAT guides and attempting UCAT practice questions and exams. Then one day you receive a disappointing UCAT mock exam score. So what should you do? Is it time to freak out? Is it time to give up on your medical entry dream? No! Read on for three key tips. 1. Understand what a UCAT score means and how they are calculated ...
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29th August 2025
How to Study for the UCAT When You’re Sick of Studying
Let’s set the scene – the UCAT is fast approaching but you can’t stand the thought of sitting at your desk one more minute for UCAT prep. I’ve been there. The secret to igniting your motivation to study is variety – and lots of it. As someone who is change averse and largely a homebody, I always rolled my eyes at this advice, thinking that I already kne ...
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28th August 2025
Nutrition Is Important for UCAT Test Day
Napoleon Bonaparte once famously said "an army marches on its stomach", and that is as relevant for UCAT as it was for the French armies that Bonaparte commanded. Those who are about to participate in an important event, be it sports or social, make sure that they eat right to perform at their best. Making sure you put the right things into your body in the lead-up to UCAT is vital ...
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26th August 2025
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 (1880 and below). In this blog, we will be referencing previous cut-off scores in the old format w ...
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25th August 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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