16th December 2022
Making Time for UCAT: Eat That Frog!
Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. – Mark Twain Brian Tracy’s 5 minute YouTube video discusses a time management strategy that has changed many people’s lives (including mine!). It discusses time management in the context of the workplace, but the strategy is applicable to UCAT and high ...
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14th December 2022
When Should I Start Preparing for the UCAT?
This is a very common question that students ask about UCAT. When you first start to research UCAT it can seem overwhelming and confusing. You may have many questions such as: How should I approach UCAT preparation? When should I start my UCAT prep? Do I need to prepare for the UCAT? These are all very valid questions, and this blog explores them in more detail. Is it worth ...
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28th June 2022
Checklist: Are you UCAT Ready? 10 Essentials for UCAT Success
With UCAT rapidly approaching, many students begin to madly grind out UCAT questions, without pausing to consider their overall plan of attack for UCAT. It is important that you take a few moments to reflect and check that you are indeed UCAT ready. This blog outlines a checklist of 10 essential tasks to complete before your UCAT test day. 1. Check your ID Acceptable identifica ...
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16th June 2021
UCAT Intensive classes now available!
UCAT Intensive classes now available! Need additional guidance for the upcoming UCAT? Missed the UCAT Weekly classes? Don’t despair! MedEntry is running a set of UCAT intensive classes, running from 11am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday across two weekends at the end of June and start of July. UCAT classes will be run by an experienced tutor who has achieved 99th percentile in t ...
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7th October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation part 6: statistics problems on the UCAT
How to approach statistics problems on the UCAT exam: Frequently a feature of UCAT multi choice, understanding the language of statistics and how to answer those questions involving statistics on the UCAT exam is essential for UCAT success. Below, we have explained, as succinctly as possible, what you need to know in order to answer this style of UCAT question. Statistics is the stud ...
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7th October 2020
UCAT Test Tactics and Preparation: An Overview
UCAT Test Tactics and Preparation part 1: Avoiding multiple confusions in the multiple choice section of UCAT UCAT Test Tactics and Preparation part 2: Process of Elimination in UCAT multi-choice UCAT Test Tactics and Preparation part 3: UCAT questions involving percentages UCAT Test Tactics and Preparation part 4: Probability questions UCAT test tactics and preparation part 5: Cou ...
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7th October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation Part 10: coping with UCAT stress and anxiety on UCAT test day
Pressure, pressure: coping with nerves and stress on the actual UCAT test day. Having done UCAT practice exam, after practice exam, after practice exam, most UCAT candidates will be raring to go come July. Whilst UCAT preparation is key to your UCAT success, it is not the only factor that will affect your UCAT performance on the actual UCAT test day. Being able to cope with the nerves and a ...
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7th October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation part 9: coping with UCAT stress and UCAT anxiety prior to the UCAT exam
Coping with UCAT stress and UCAT nerves prior to the UCAT exam We all know that sick feeling in the bottom of our stomachs just prior to walking into a big exam; we’re jittery, shaking and generally thinking that we’d rather be anywhere else but here. Nerves can be debilitating in the most terrible way for even the brightest of students. Thus, it is crucially important ...
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7th October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation part 8: practical tips for staying cool under pressure in the UCAT exam
With UCAT just around the corner, and UCAT preparation of most students well and truly under way, we thought we would address the issue of nerves and anxiety that can happen on UCAT test day. Below is a simple check list of UCAT test tactics that you can utilise to overcome this UCAT pressure and tips on how to tackle the actual UCAT exam itself. Firstly, don’t doubt yourself! Jus ...
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7th October 2020
UCAT test tactics and preparation part 7: worded mathematical problems
Worded mathematical problems on the UCAT exam: translating worded problems into mathematical symbols. comprehenisve UCAT advice from the team at MedEntry UCAT preparation. Possibly the most confusing questions on the UCAT exam, worded mathematical problems can actually be solved relatively easily if you understand how the question is written and what the words of the question really mean ...
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