Where to go for UMAT help?

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Hi guys,

Just wondering where I should go if I need some help with the UMAT. Do you guys recommend Medentry? NIE? Any other programs? Or perhaps a UMAT tutor?

Thanks.

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MedEntry seems to be the most popular.

However I know of people who get 100%le with no MedEntry.

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First of all, I do not recommend a UMAT tutor. It is said that you cannot study for the UMAT test, and through my experience I believe this is in many ways true.
The reason why I do not recommend a UMAT tutor is because no one really knows the "proper" way to handle the test, and by listening to someone else tell you how they do something, you may be confusing yourself as what you should be really doing is figuring out your own strategies to tackle specific types of problems that come up every year in the UMAT.

For this reason, I think purchasing a program (I would recommend MedEntry, it's probably the most reliable and similar to the real thing) MAY help you develop the skills and techniques that may enhance your performance, but isn't particular "necessary" to do well. Many kids at my school did well with no training whatsoever, so you can do well without buying MedEntry.

Oh and also, by enrolling to undertake the UMAT test, you're provided with one free copy of a sample paper. You can also purchase another sample paper for $20, so I would recommend using these two tests, and potentially even analysing them carefully, as they are released by ACER (the company that like does everything for the UMAT) and thus these questions are likely to be most emblematic of the questions in the real exam.

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Thank you for your advice, it was helpful
So Medentry is better than NIE?
Are there any other companies out there?

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I think there's something called face2face.

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i tried a face2face paper once, medentry seemed to be a lot better in comparison. I cant comment on NIE, but given that almost everyone in Victoria uses medentry, I would just do the same so that you won't be missing out on anything that everyone else may have in the case that you do pick NIE or some other company paper. Medentry is fine, and useful enough to be practised with.