percentiles vs overall scores

[Slumdawg]

AH I HATE YOU UMAT
BLOODY WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME

So true. Section 2 was really bad for me too. I didn't think I did that badly in section 2 if anything section 3 I thought I'd epically failed not 2.

[coletrain]

they should release the results for UMAT the same time as VCE results so no-one gets depressed

[slothpomba]

That could just make you double depressed if worst comes to worst

[lisafaustina]

i kept telling myself the whole time that id be all cool about UMAT and never check it, but I COULDNT RESIST. and i deeply regret it

[slothpomba]

i kept telling myself the whole time that id be all cool about UMAT and never check it, but I COULDNT RESIST. and i deeply regret it

Had to see sooner or later right?

[lisafaustina]

i kept telling myself the whole time that id be all cool about UMAT and never check it, but I COULDNT RESIST. and i deeply regret it

Had to see sooner or later right?

yeh now im more motivated actually, even though im depressed
looks like ill be heading off to state library every day from now on

[slothpomba]

Yeah, im more motivated too.

The way i see it is, no use worrying about something you can't change, if you can't do anything about it worrying isnt really going to get you anywhere.

Wow, all the way to the state library?

I just go to my local one

[matt123]

AH I HATE YOU UMAT
BLOODY WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME

ur telling me
i got 100th percentile in 1 section
thought i was the shiz

then found out i got like 26th percentile overall

how do u think i feel?
and worst part is
im gonna get a highish enter .. the whole years waste .. the whole year trying to get into med/pharm
every day waking up and hoping.

then umat results come out
and guess what
" im not even going to be considered" as my overall score was under 140 ..

[lisafaustina]

Yeah, im more motivated too.

The way i see it is, no use worrying about something you can't change, if you can't do anything about it worrying isnt really going to get you anywhere.

Wow, all the way to the state library?

I just go to my local one

haha well my local library is a hole, and state library is the best place to study
yeah true, im just gonna focus on my ENTER!!!!

[lisafaustina]

AH I HATE YOU UMAT
BLOODY WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME

ur telling me
i got 100th percentile in 1 section
thought i was the shiz

then found out i got like 26th percentile overall

how do u think i feel?
and worst part is
im gonna get a highish enter .. the whole years waste .. the whole year trying to get into med/pharm
every day waking up and hoping.

then umat results come out
and guess what
" im not even going to be considered" as my overall score was under 140 ..

DONT WORRY! THERE IS STILL LA TROBE PHARMACY FOR US!
and we can still transfer -_- although i dont like the idea of it...

[Russ]

^^ Incorrect. I spoke to the Chief Selective Officer or whatever his title is on open day. He told me that there was a strong preference towards the "Biomedicine" students from Melbourne. I said, "It doesn't make sense that you would chose a science student over a biomedicine student unless personality flaws are present. Biomedicine students received ATAR's far higher and it would all be in vain..." He replied, "Yes well that's the logical approach but we don't discourage kids from Science but it is possible to do Post Grad Medicine. You are right though, obviously there is a preference towards the Biomedicine students assuming they have the personalities to match..."

What was his name? The uni might want biomed students because they're a stronger cohort, but there's no formal preference towards them. GPA + GAMSAT = interview, course never comes into it. If they see a science student with good marks and a good interview performance, that's all they care about. From my reading of what he said, it sounds like he was just equivocating and saying "either pathway is possible"

[slothpomba]

Yeah, its not like they actively discriminate against Bsc students, your post kind of made it sound like this and i thought id make that fact clear for everyone else reading.

[andy456]

Wait, how do I read my results... there are numbers everywhere?
What is my overall score??
And  the one in the bottom right??
I dont get whats for what

[Russ]

me? I was saying they didn't!

Wait, how do I read my results... there are numbers everywhere?Huh?

Look at the number in the box on the right, that's your overall score (should say it next to it). Look at the graph someone posted in this thread (or on the ACER website) and find out your percentile, then compare it to the chart for your desired course.

The other numbers are the section scores that were used to calculate your overall score. Unless one is extremely low, they're not as important as the overall score.

[slothpomba]

me? I was saying they didn't!

Not you russ, mbbs was kind of making it out that way