Medicine 2025

[SoTiredNeedHoliday]

Hi All,
Is anyone helping their child prepare for UCAT and med school applications for 2025 A levels? Looking for any guidance and support out there.

Presently we're

• looking for UCAT tutoring to help DS in the lead up to the test which she wants to sit in August
• talking about what schools she might apply for
• supporting her in her A level revision

I'd love to hear from others

[maybemedmum]

Hello!
There's a thread for prospective 2025 applicants' parents over here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/higher_education/4773726-medicine-2025-entry (if the link works!). There are quite a few of us already, and some helpful pros (@mumsneedwine!). I don't know if you've looked through any of the previous years' threads, but they've always been really helpful and hopefully the one for our kids' cohort will be too.
DD is planning to use MedEntry for UCAT prep I think. She's hoping to sit it in early August, so planning to start more intensive prep in June.
We have planned a few open days for the summer - places she thinks she'd most like to go. Will probably do a couple of more targeted visits in early Autumn once she has her UCAT score.
DD is doing the IB rather than A Levels, so the revision and schoolwork is all a bit different (more subjects, more coursework). I think one of the hard things for potential medical students is keeping their actual work focused and centred in among all the other preparations they need to do.

[mumsneedwine]

Helloooo 😊. Here to help if wanted.

[SoTiredNeedHoliday]

thank you both. I've just hit 'watch' on the thread suggested and will read through it now. @maybemedmum were you recommended MedEntry? There are so many options but I have no idea which are better ones.

[mumsneedwine]

@SoTiredNeedHoliday MedEntry or Medify are the usual choices. Need about 6-8 weeks prep. This book is very useful too. And there are times practice tests on the UCAT website, as well as lots of practice resources for free.

[Randomactofkindness]

My DD has applied for 2024 entry - happy to answer any questions - send me a PM

[JuanPablo]

Hello! I have three children - two current medical students and my DD in Y13. Tbh we have tried everything and different approaches for each. The first used the 1250 book (I can see it is now 1300 book) and medify and was fine. The second needed a bit more guidance, we watched youtube videos and got some ucat tutoring from theukcatpeople (which was brilliant btw), and the third again was fine on her own (scored 3040) but got some interview coaching from the same company. She just got into King's, Keele & Queens Belfast so we are over the moon for her. All in all I think it can be done yourself just may need help in some areas!

[Groundhogday2021]

Dd sat UCAT last September and used Medify to help her prepare for it. She did less than 6 weeks prep 🤦🏻‍♀️ but did do a 2hr mock exam on Medify every single day in the 2 weeks prior to the exam date and thinks this was invaluable. I think the students have to peak at the right time and so over prepping might be counter-intuitive as they can start to overthink their answers. It’s all about timing.
I guess everyone is different but what I’m trying to say is that it is certainly possible to ace the exam without a tutor.

[C0NNIE]

@Groundhogday2021

Dd sat UCAT last September and used Medify to help her prepare for it. She did less than 6 weeks prep 🤦🏻‍♀️ but did do a 2hr mock exam on Medify every single day in the 2 weeks prior to the exam date and thinks this was invaluable. I think the students have to peak at the right time and so over prepping might be counter-intuitive as they can start to overthink their answers. It’s all about timing.
I guess everyone is different but what I’m trying to say is that it is certainly possible to ace the exam without a tutor.

This. The most important thing is to practice under timed conditions. It’s not that the questions are particularly, it’s just that they have to be answered correctly very quickly.