UMAT study tips, how do we go about it?

[stonecold]

^^^

I agree, but the problem is, you're going to be juggling a lot of other things then, and you can't really afford any setbacks.  Also you wouldn't really wan't to fall behind on unit 4 because you were too busy doing umat prep.

[vexx]

^^^

I agree, but the problem is, you're going to be juggling a lot of other things then, and you can't really afford any setbacks.  Also you wouldn't really wan't to fall behind on unit 4 because you were too busy doing umat prep.

well perhaps it's more beneficial to "fall behind on unit 4" then it is to not do the UMAT prep in that time. considering that the amount done instead for the UMAT could be the amount that gave you just enough %ile to get an interview for medicine or dentistry or whatever you needed a certain UMAT score for.

however, doing a few practice drills or half a prac exam a day isn't really gonna affect much of your other studies during that month and a half anyways.

[naved_s9994]

i agree with vexx

[stonecold]

hehe, i'm prob just too keen and can't help myself from jumping straight into it

btw medentry forums are fair shit.  they should get VN admin to show them how to run a proper forum!

[vexx]

hehe, i'm prob just too keen and can't help myself from jumping straight into it

btw medentry forums are fair shit.  they should get VN admin to show them how to run a proper forum!

there's a forum?!?! i have to check it out.. by shit you mean very empty?

[stonecold]

hehe, i'm prob just too keen and can't help myself from jumping straight into it

btw medentry forums are fair shit.  they should get VN admin to show them how to run a proper forum!

there's a forum?!?! i have to check it out.. by shit you mean very empty?

yeah it is pretty empty, but the UI and formatting is also really lame/budget.  but all that really matters is the content of the materials, which looks to be quite good.

......and for a good forum, we already have VN

[superflya]

i know a relative who got 200+ with very little prep, so we should be good

[stonecold]

how do the grades work?
and do you sit the tests on a computer or on paper?

[vexx]

i know a relative who got 200+ with very little prep, so we should be good

or not:(
i've read about people preparing for over a year and getting under 50%ile

hopefully we actually do, do well! WE CAN DO IT

[vexx]

how do the grades work?
and do you sit the tests on a computer or on paper?

you sit the test on paper i would have assumed?

the grades work by each section is marked out of something (like /65 or /45), then they are all scaled weirdly so each section is out of /100, and then you get a final score out of /300 which corresponds to a percentage. so that 200+ is usually 100%ile. and 180 is around 90%ile.
ect

[stonecold]

^^^
thanks vexx

lol i sure hope we all do awesome.
i want VN to be regarded as highly as mac.rob and mhs someday.

[lakersfan_10]

how do the grades work?
and do you sit the tests on a computer or on paper?

you sit the test on paper i would have assumed?

the grades work by each section is marked out of something (like /65 or /45), then they are all scaled weirdly so each section is out of /100, and then you get a final score out of /300 which corresponds to a percentage. so that 200+ is usually 100%ile. and 180 is around 90%ile.
ect

i think for the last couple of year monash med takes interviews from around 93%ile and above

[stonecold]

^^^

when are the interviews, and what, they don't even wait to see your atar first?

[vexx]

how do the grades work?
and do you sit the tests on a computer or on paper?

you sit the test on paper i would have assumed?

the grades work by each section is marked out of something (like /65 or /45), then they are all scaled weirdly so each section is out of /100, and then you get a final score out of /300 which corresponds to a percentage. so that 200+ is usually 100%ile. and 180 is around 90%ile.
ect

i think for the last couple of year monash med takes interviews from around 93%ile and above

the most recent interviews for 2010 entry had a cutoff of 90%ile, but yeah the year before for 2009 entry was 93%ile.

so stonecold- there's a UMAT cutoff for interview (stated above) and no ATAR is taken into count until after interview, which they said requirement is "high 90s" everything is taken into consideration in the end with the interview being counted for the most.
it just sucks that umat decides everything initially

[stonecold]

that blows big time!  does anyone know what percentage of students offered interviews are given an offer?

also some numbers would be good.  anyone know how many people actually sit the UMAT every year?
Say for example 2,000 sit the UMAT, and the cutoff is 93%, the top 7% will get interviews.  i.e. 140 students
Then "x" percent of those students get offers?

...and whilst I am asking a million questions, *sorry*  how long does each section go for and how many questions are in each section?