UMAT and Undergrad Entrance Resources, Information and Links

[Micheal Jackson]

Thank you so much for this!!

Also, do you know where to find the answers to the UMAT sample test by prepgenie?

[kpoplover]

Great guide if one was to start preparing for UMAT, how would you recommend they start their preparation? What should be one of the first things to study?  Thanks.

[pi]

An interesting study for those whose UMATs didn't go their way this year. You can improve next year! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24618021

[Maz]

An interesting study for those whose UMATs didn't go their way this year. You can improve next year! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24618021

Between 2000 and 2012, 158,909 UMAT assessments were completed
That figure is a lot smaller than I thought it would be...

[pi]

Between 2000 and 2012, 158,909 UMAT assessments were completed
That figure is a lot smaller than I thought it would be...

Probably accurate. I'd say in the year 2000, only about half the number sat the exam. Gets more competitive every year unfortunately!

[Monkeymafia]

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[kb123]

Thanks so much! This post is amazing and has helped me so much!!!

[m@ttyf]

I want to do ugrad medicine and found these videos really helpful for the umat. They are a good outline before you start studying for it and really make sense (I knew nothing much about the test before), thought I'd share!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVEIHmsGf5M&feature=em-upload_owner

[pi]

I want to do ugrad medicine and found these videos really helpful for the umat. They are a good outline before you start studying for it and really make sense (I knew nothing much about the test before), thought I'd share!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVEIHmsGf5M&feature=em-upload_owner

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[geminii]

Hey everyone!

I'll be sitting the UMAT this year, and I have a few questions about it -

1. I read on a website that the UMAT is out of 134 - is this true? Or has the number of questions changed?
2. What score out of the total score is enough to get into Monash Med?
3. What is the percentile cutoff for Monash Med, and what score out of the total score does this correlate to?

Thanks guys!!

[Quantum44]

 The percentile cutoff for Monash med is based entirely on your atar. I heard someone got in with an ATAR of 99.85 and a UMAT of 76th and another person got in with an ATAR of 96 and a UMAT of 99th.

[geminii]

The percentile cutoff for Monash med is based entirely on your atar. I heard someone got in with an ATAR of 99.85 and a UMAT of 76th and another person got in with an ATAR of 96 and a UMAT of 99th.

Thanks! Are you aware of how many questions are in the UMAT? Is it correct that it's 134? And what score out of 134 would correlate with a percentile score that'll give you a high chance of getting into Med?

[Quantum44]

I'm no expert at the UMAT as I'm doing it this year as well haha, but there are definitely 134 questions. They scale each section to 100 so the total score is out of 300. You'd be aiming for 85th percentile or higher to have a shot at med. I'd say around 185/300 would give you around this percentile but it's hard to say.

[geminii]

I'm no expert at the UMAT as I'm doing it this year as well haha, but there are definitely 134 questions. They scale each section to 100 so the total score is out of 300. You'd be aiming for 85th percentile or higher to have a shot at med. I'd say around 185/300 would give you around this percentile but it's hard to say.

Cool thanks heaps!

[mtse]

Hey everyone!

I'll be sitting the UMAT this year, and I have a few questions about it -

1. I read on a website that the UMAT is out of 134 - is this true? Or has the number of questions changed?
2. What score out of the total score is enough to get into Monash Med?
3. What is the percentile cutoff for Monash Med, and what score out of the total score does this correlate to?

Thanks guys!!

1. yes its still 134 questions however not every question is weighted equally. You are also not told which questions are worth more or less marks.
2. To secure an interview, I generally tell students to aim for 90th+ percentile. Naturally this can be lower if your ATAR is higher however it is best to aim for 97+ ATAR and 90+ UMAT
3. there is not cutoff for Monash Med - they just choose the highest ranking (500-600) students out of 1500+ applicants for the interview, then choose the top 242 students from the interviews to give a spot in the course.
The score to percentile conversion changes every year depending on the people taking the exam. So an extreme example: if everyone gets 1/134 questions, and you get 2/134 then you will get 100th percentile. But generally getting around 70% (90ish/134 = 205ish/300) will get you a 100th percentile, whereas 50% is about a 50th percentile. (as you can see it is not a linear conversion but rather a bell curve)
I personally got 198/300 = 98th percentile, had I got 1 or 2 more questions correct I would have got a 100th percentile. Generally less than 2 questions separate 98 to 99 to 100.

I promise you all of this info is reliable
I know the scores of over 200 medical students. I was involved with the monash med interviews this year and I am also one of the people responsible for looking after the new medical students starting this year. And I also work in UMAT/Interview training.