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The Auckland MMI, Casper and the Otago Dentistry interview, in plain words.
The Auckland MMI is asynchronous now: the Kira Talent format, explained
What happens at a station, second by second, and why most prep pages describe the wrong format.
6 min read- MMI
Auckland MMI practice questions: ten example stations
Original examples across the kinds of questions Auckland publishes, with the real timing.
5 min read - MMI
Auckland MMI 2026: the date, the day, and what to have ready
One sitting, one time, everybody at once. The day itself, when scores land, and what changes for 2027.
5 min read - MMI
What the Auckland MMI scores you on
Seven domains, eight attributes, and the rule that three are marked per station without telling you which.
7 min read - MMI
How to structure a 3 minute recorded MMI answer
No interviewer to prompt you, no second take. What a three minute answer has to do differently.
6 min read - MMI
Auckland is dropping the UCAT: what changes for 2027 and 2028 entry
GPA stops being a ranking lever, UCAT disappears, and Casper arrives at half the weight.
5 min read - MMI
The MMI is not only for medicine: pharmacy, optometry, imaging, audiology and dietetics
Six programmes, one interview, and roughly 2,500 applicants a year nobody writes for.
5 min read - Casper
Casper versus the MMI: what each one is measuring
From 2028 you sit both, weighted equally. They reward almost opposite things.
5 min read - MMI
The Auckland MMI, answered: applicants’ real questions from the UoA webinar
Notes, marking, the platform, ID, finishing early, results. The applicant questions from UoA’s own webinar.
7 min read - MMI
How to prepare for the Auckland MMI without paying anyone
The free options are real and we will name them. Then we will be straight about what we add.
5 min read - Casper
Casper test NZ: Auckland medicine from 2028
Half of the 2028 ranking, how it differs from the MMI, and what is still unknown.
7 min read - HSFY
Otago vs Auckland: Which Med School Route Suits You?
Otago ranks you on marks alone. Auckland, from 2028, ranks you on an MMI and Casper with GPA as a threshold. The two routes compared honestly.
6 min read - HSFY
How to Get Into Dentistry in New Zealand (2027)
Otago dropped UCAT for dentistry in 2024. Here is what counts now: the 65% average, the 60% floor, the interview, and real entry scores.
8 min read
Try an unseen Auckland style station on camera, with the real timing. Free to start, no card.