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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 2: Process of Elimination in HPAT multichoice
Process of Elimination or POE in HPAT: the best of a bad bunch. Comprehensive advice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation. Once you have established what the HPAT question is asking you need to act efficiently and narrow down your options to reach the correct answer. Using the Process of Elimination or POE method can greatly improve your chances of scoring highly on ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 3: HPAT questions involving percentages
comprehensive UMAT advice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation. What you need to know about percentage % questions before starting your HPAT preparation: Problems involving percent are common on the HPAT. The word percent means "divided by one hundred." When you see the word "percent," or the symbol %, remember it means 1/100. For example, &nb ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 4: HPAT probability questions
Comprehensive UMAT advice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation Probability questions in the HPAT: you're probably reading this sentence right now... We know what probability means, but what is its formal definition? Let's use our everyday logic to define it. If there is no chance that an event will occur, then its probability of occurring should be 0. On the othe ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 5: Counting Problems in HPAT
Counting problems in HPAT: an essential summary. Your HPAT questions explained by the team at MedEntry as part of our new section HPAT test tactics and preparation. They may seem simple on paper, but counting problems contained within the HPAT exam can often cause much confusion among students. If you can understand the basic principles of counting problems and recognize when ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 6: statistics problems on the HPAT exam
comprehensive HPAT advice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation. How to approach statistics problems on the HPAT exam: Frequently a feature of HPAT multi choice, understanding the language of statistics and how to answer those questions involving statistics on the HPAT exam is essential for HPAT success. Below, we have explained, as succinctly as possible, what you need to know in or ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 7: worded mathematical problems
Worded mathematical problems on the HPAT exam: translating worded problems into mathematical symbols. Comprehenisve HPAT advice from the team at MedEntry HPAT preparation. Possibly the most confusing questions on the HPAT 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 in ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 8: staying cool under pressure for the HPAT exam
With HPAT 2014 looming on the horizon, we thought we would address the issue of nerves and anxiety that can happen on HPAT test day. Below is a simple check list of HPAT test tactics that you can utilise to overcome this HPAT pressure and tips on how to tackle the actual HPAT exam itself. Firstly, don’t doubt yourself! Just because you don’t feel like you’ll be at the top, doesn’t mean you’l ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 9: coping with HPAT stress and HPAT anixety prior to the HPAT exam
Coping with HPAT stress and HPAT nerves prior to the HPAT 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 that your learn to ov ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation part 10: coping with HPAT stress and anxiety on HPAT test day
Pressure, pressure: coping with nerves and stress on the actual HPAT test day. Having done HPAT practice exam, after practice exam, after practice exam, most HPAT candidates will be raring to go come July 31st. Whilst HPAT preparation is key to your HPAT success, it is not the only factor that will affect your HPAT performance on the actual HPAT test day. Being able to cope with the nerves a ...
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1st July 2015
HPAT test tactics and preparation: an overview
HPAT test tactics and preparation: HPAT test tactics and preparation part 1: Avoiding multiple confusions in the multiple choice section of HPAT HPAT test tactics and preparation part 2: Process of Elimination in HPAT multichoice HPAT test tactics and preparation part 3: HPAT questions involving percentages HPAT test tactics and preparation part 4: HPAT probability questions ...
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