2011 UMAT Question Thread

[HERculina]

a bit unrelated but i wash wondering CAN YOU DO UMAT IN YR 11? :O

[pi]

a bit unrelated but i wash wondering CAN YOU DO UMAT IN YR 11? :O

No, and I don't see why you'd want to...

[Zien]

No but I can understand why she would want to know. It'd be like taking the GAMSAT in the 2nd year of the undergrad course to see how you go since the results are valid for two years. If not that great, then retaking it in the final year would perhaps give her a slight edge since she's already exposed to that level of difficulty and style of questions already.

[Russ]

Except UMAT results aren't valid for two years, so there's really no reason to take it. If you do great the first time, it's worthless / if you do crap then that doesn't help you for the next year

[Graphite]

Can you take GAMSAT in 1st year just to be even more prepared for the 2nd year one?

[Russ]

Not meant to but you could if you lied about your date of completion.

If you do, you're an idiot though.

[Zien]

"UMAT Scores are valid for two years. This means they can be used in an application for admission to any of the UMAT Consortium universities in the year following the test, and/or one year later. For example, results from UMAT2010 are valid for application to enter an undergraduate medicine or health science course beginning in 2011 and/or 2012 (but not in 2013)." - ACER

[Russ]

Weird, I thought it was one year. Must be for GAP year students I guess, but in that case taking it in year 11 would be a good idea (but since you're not allowed to do that...)

[Zien]

Yep, can't take it in Year 11. High-stakes tests ftw..

[Graphite]

People who did UMAT last year told me to do some exams early as during the UMAT time, its unlikely you will be able to do 10 exams properly+the ACER ones. So do you think exams are more valuable than drills? I don't wish to save exams which I won't be able to finish at the end and use exams as drills pretty much.

Anyone like to comment about this?

[Graphite]

I chose B, it seems to be correct and no assumptions need to be made. In C rather, you have to assume all variables are fixed but the mineral supplement.

[pi]

I would actually choose A, just as:
B: sheep are always 'growing'
C: an assumption
D: an assumption

But its out of A and B for me (not 100% sure though)

[Graphite]

I reckon A is pretty good just that its a bit weird how they say it decreases in Jan but doesn't include december.

[nacho]

it's not B, because the mass of sheep is generally the same at 39kg.
I don't know about A, because the first half of january, the growth rate is the same, and as the mass decreases from there onwards, you would be saying that 'with fewer minerals (as mineral decreases over second half of Jan - March) the less sheep grow' which is practically C. And A would be wrong because there is not a decrease all throughout Jan.
D is wrong because they do not keep growing, they remain steady size at 39kg
What's wrong with C ? I'd put that down

Edit: C may seem like an assumption, but A is already disproved, B does not work and nor does D

[Graphite]

it's not B, because the mass of sheep is generally the same at 39kg.
I don't know about A, because the first half of january, the growth rate is the same, and as the mass decreases from there onwards, you would be saying that 'with fewer minerals (as mineral decreases over second half of Jan - March) the less sheep grow' which is practically C. And A would be wrong because there is not a decrease all throughout Jan.
D is wrong because they do not keep growing, they remain steady size at 39kg
What's wrong with C ? I'd put that down

Aha! That is what I missed, the constant at 39kg. Thank you!