24th May 2024
Attention Parents: 5 Ways to Help Your Son or Daughter in the Lead Up to the UCAT
Year 12 is a stressful time. Add in UCAT and the pressures of getting into medicine, and stress levels can rapidly sky rocket. As a parent it is easy to succumb to feelings of powerlessness as you watch your son or daughter struggle to prepare for such an important and difficult exam. However, there are many things you can do to boost their performance and have a positive impact on their wellb ...
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2nd May 2024
Which Medical Schools Can I Apply to If I Am Currently Studying at University?
Certain medical schools, such as Monash University, do not allow candidates to apply if they are currently studying at university or have completed an undergraduate degree – they only accept school leavers. However, many universities do accept students who are currently studying at university. This blog outlines them in detail, including who is eligible and how students are selected. ...
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29th November 2023
Australian Doctor Magazine Publishes MedEntry UCAT Sample Questions
A common question asked by Doctors who graduated from medical school many years ago is, 'So, to get into medical school these days, you don’t just need top school marks?' The answer is, yes, the medical entry system changed about 25 years ago and school marks (i.e. ATAR) is no longer the only requirement to obtain a place in medical school. There are two other hurdles: a gener ...
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2nd October 2023
UCAT Prep Grant for Rural Victorians
According to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, people in remote areas of Australia are less likely to have a GP nearby and even less likely to have a specialist. Studies have also shown that individuals who have experience living in rural and regional locations often return to these areas to pursue their professional careers. Therefore, there is a clear need to ...
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19th September 2022
Medical Entry: Obtaining Work Experience During COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Obtaining work experience is an important part of the medical school entry process. However, obtaining work experience has become significantly more difficult with the recent COVID-19 pandemic and resulting restrictions. Many hospitals have temporarily cancelled their work experience programs, and other health facilities are understandably reluctant to accept students into their organisations. ...
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10th October 2021
Ranking of Australian/New Zealand Medical and Dental Schools
Just as you would go to Wiki on the internet to obtain unbiased information on a topic, you have come to the right place to obtain unbiased information regarding medical school rankings in Australia and New Zealand. The reputation and prestige of the University is not as important in Australia in general, as in the USA. In the USA there is a hierarchy of universities with Ivy League Univers ...
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4th July 2021
Pathways into medicine: my experiences with UCAT and GAMSAT
Living in our corner of the world and having a desire to pursue medicine will mean that at some point you will encounter either the UCAT or the GAMSAT. I experienced the former a multitude of times and the latter most recently, and have achieved success in both. This blog will guide you through both exams and pathways. If you are a student pursuing medicine in New Zealand, the UCAT will be ...
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26th June 2021
University of Sydney, Newcastle, UNSW or UWS?
Many students who live in and around Sydney will have to make decision about whether to study medicine at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Newcastle or Western Sydney. Follow this link for a simple comparison of UNSW vs. USyd medicine. Apart from issues discussed in the above blog, the following may be of use: Newcastle is likely to have a wider diversity of student intak ...
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7th June 2021
Medicine at USyd or UNSW?
A brief comparison of studying medicine at UNSW and USyd. Whilst the release of final ATAR results may still be a while away, it is important for high achieving students to consider now whether they would choose to study medicine at UNSW or USyd. Below is a simple and concise outline of what each of the UNSW medicine and USyd medicine pathways, respectively, entail. USyd does not offer a ...
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28th September 2020
Is This My Only Shot at Getting Into Medicine?
Many students sit the UCAT for the first time thinking that they must to do well in UCAT because it is the only way for them to be accepted into their dream uni degree, medicine. This is untrue! This thinking places an enormous amount of unnecessary pressure on students. The reality is there are numerous ways to be accepted into medicine, although they are not necessarily the ideal pathways. S ...
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