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Managing stress during UMAT UCAT exam preparations

by Sachin M, 23 June, 2016

How Useful is Stress?

Everyone stresses. Without fail, by the time you finish year 12, you will find that either you have been stressed about ...

A group studying for UMAT UCAT

by Kynan N, 20 June, 2016

Group Study and the UCAT

You may often hear that study groups are the way to go when studying, but is that really the case? More importantly, does that really apply to the ...

Biggest mistakes to avoid UMAT UCAT

by Sarah R, 16 June, 2016

Biggest mistakes made in the UCAT

They say that learning from your mistakes is arguably one of the most effective way to learn. But rather, wouldn’t it be more effective if we could just learn from everyone else’s mist...

Taking a gap year to resit UMAT UCAT

by Sachin M, 13 June, 2016

Taking a Gap Year to Resit the UCAT?

After taking the UCAT® Exam, it’s a common thing to consider your options moving forward. Of course, I hope for most of you this involves preparing for VCE® Exam/HSC® Exam and getting...

Improving vocabulary for UCAT UMAT section 2

by Sachin M, 09 June, 2016

Section 2 in Oblique: Vocabulary List (Part 3)

A vital part of Section 2 is improving your vocabulary. This doesn't mean you ought to know a lot of big words but rather that you should be able to distinguish between the meaning of very similar words, a s...

Practice reading people to improve your UMAT UCAT section 2 score

by Sachin M, 06 June, 2016

Section 2 in Oblique: Reading People (Part 2)

Section 2 is a difficult section for a lot of people. While some people view it merely as reading comprehension, anyone who has actually attempted the questions quickly finds out that...

UMAT UCAT Section 2 Overview

by Sachin M, 02 June, 2016

Section 2 in Oblique: What Do They Want? (Part 1)

 

It’s fairly common knowledge that section 1 of the UCAT 2026 tests your IQ and se...

How to Take a Person's Medical History

by Sachin M, 24 May, 2016

Beyond UCAT Preparation: Taking a Medical History

The very first thing you learn in the first year of medical school is how to take an accurate medical history. To be honest, this is a skill that is hammered into you continually until your final year. If yo...

Study for Marks vs study to learn

by Sachin M, 23 May, 2016

Study to Learn or Study for Marks?

This truly is the age-old question for all academics and students. It seems a little vague but the question encourages you to reflect and think about why you are studying. Generally...

Staying organised while preparing for UMAT UCAT

by Kynan Ngai, 17 May, 2016

Tools for staying organised

As you begin to seriously work towards securing your place in Medicine and understanding the UCAT requirements for medicine, you’ll find that staying organised and focused in your ...