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Medical School Preferencing

2nd September 2025

Medical School Preferencing

Applications to study at most undergraduate medical courses close at the end of September. To apply, you will need to visit the Tertiary Admissions Centre for each state. MedEntry recommends that you apply for as many courses as possible, in order to maximise your chances of obtaining a place. For details about how to apply to medicine, check out our dedicated blog. Most states offer mul ...

 

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How Will Medical Schools Use Interviews for Postgraduate Medicine? Here’s a Summary

26th August 2025

How Will Medical Schools Use Interviews for Postgraduate Medicine? Here’s a Summary

So, you've completed your GAMSAT and now you're working hard to achieve high grades in your undergraduate degree. But what about your medical interview? Medical interviews are perhaps the most under-recognised part of the postgraduate medical admissions process. Highly capable graduates who have excelled in their GAMSAT and GPA have unfortunately missed out on a place in medicine due t ...

 

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Preliminary UCAT ANZ 2025 Test Statistics Released!

25th August 2025

Preliminary UCAT ANZ 2025 Test Statistics Released!

UCAT ANZ 2025 preliminary statistics have been released, which will help students to interpret their UCAT 2025 scores. The UCAT consortium has developed a UCAT score percentile calculator that will help you to convert your UCAT scaled scores into an estimated percentile ranking. The UCAT percentile calculator is expected to be released concurrently with 2025 UCAT ANZ final te ...

 

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Didn’t Do Well in UCAT? Here’s How to Bounce Back in 4 Steps

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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Convert Your UCAT Score into a Percentile: 2025 MedEntry Calculator

18th July 2025

Convert Your UCAT Score into a Percentile: 2025 MedEntry Calculator

Wondering what your predicted UCAT percentile ranking will be? MedEntry has released a calculator that will help you convert your UCAT scores into estimated percentile rankings, giving you valuable insight into your performance relative to other candidates.   The UCAT Percentile Calculator The MedEntry UCAT percentile calculator produces estimated percentile rankings using t ...

 

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2026 UCAT Workshop Dates Now Available

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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How to Interpret Your UCAT Scores

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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Is UCAT Stressing You Out? Here's How to Use Stress to Your Advantage

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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UCAT Results: Common Questions Answered

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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UCAT ANZ 2025: A Student's Experience

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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