Umat

[vamsiaus]

I don't know if i'm posting this on the right thread but here goes.
I have done about 3 Medentry UMAT tests during my 2 week holidays, and apart from the fact that it took me more than an hour than it should take me; my average ended up to be 66%. Now considering i don't know anything about UMAT, is that score respectable, or is it something that i should be dissapointed about.
I have heard that the UMAT is really(x1000) hard and competitive and that universities such as monash give a higher emphasis on my UMAT score than even my ENTER. So... to sum it all up; what percentage should i be expecting to get on my practice tests to get ready for the UMAT and what percent would i need in the actual UMAT to get into a course such as Medicine.
Thankyou. Any help greatly appreciated.

[shinny]

Is that 66% average a raw score or the percentile scores that MedEntry provide?

If it's a raw score, then I can't really interpret it since the difficulty of exams differs a lot.

If it's a percentile score, then technically, I'd say that 66 percentile will NOT get you into Medicine. HOWEVER, most people have not even begun to do the MedEntry exams (I hadn't until after midyears) and the ones who have actually started tend to be the more diligent, and well, smarter students. This can easily skew the percentile rankings, and just due to the low amount of students being ranked at the moment, further skew the percentiles.

Still, you've got PLENTY of time left to improve so don't worry too much yet. As for UMAT scores, the cut off last year for Monash was around 93 percentile for an interview (and I know a few who got in with this borderline UMAT so it's not a huge disadvantage), and for other unis, it's around the same (90 percentile plus?).

[vamsiaus]

yes, sorry ummm these are raw scores not percentiles

[shinny]

How about the percentile scores? Or don't MedEntry have them up yet since there's not enough data to work off

[vamsiaus]

no, umm i have the medentry tests but i am not doing the tests with Medentry(as in their website). So i don't get the percentiles, just the raw mark for me to calculate a percentage.

[shinny]

Not much I can help you with in terms of how you're going then =S Maybe get a friend to compare raw vs percentile scores to get a rough idea of where you stand.