Your Essential Guide to UK Medical School Applications: UCAT, UCAS, Interviews & Beyond

Welcome to the Blue Peanut Medical School Blog—your trusted resource for navigating the challenging and competitive journey into medicine. Whether you're in sixth form preparing your UCAS personal statement, studying for the UCAT, or gearing up for interviews such as MMIs or panel formats, our blog provides expert guidance at every stage.

Created by practising NHS General Practitioners and experienced medical educators, each article distils practical strategies, up-to-date insights, and insider knowledge to help you achieve your dream of securing a place at a UK medical school.

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How to Prepare for UCAT During The Lockdown?

The first step is to get familiar with the style of questions which are in the UCAT. UCAT consists of 5 sections. Getting your head round the different questions styles is critical, and will allow you to score the highest marks. One way of doing this is revising the same ‘section-style’ questions in the same block

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What can Aspiring Medics do to Prepare for Medical School during the Lockdown?

Currently, we all find ourselves in the comfort of our homes, twiddling our thumbs thinking about what we can do with our time. While the temptation for spending hours binging through the latest Netflix series may be high, it’s also crucial to utilise this time to ensure we are continuing to drive closer towards our goals, and during this lockdown, we can do both!

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MMI Interviews Candidate Feedback - Advice for students

In general, all our students performed very well. You all had a decent attempt at all the MMI stations you came across and we advise you continue this excellent effort. We would like to give some specific advice in order for you to continue to improve as you learn and challenge yourself over the next few weeks.

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