What perecentiles should I be looking at?

[nacho]

Hi,
I'm doing the medentry course, and although i've been told that the percentiles for exams are quite inaccurate, i was still wondering as to what my percentiles should be around come a few weeks before the UMAT?
I'm hoping to get atleast a 93%ile in the UMAT (cut off for monash med last year) but just to be nice and safe/cosy, am aiming for a 96+.

So far, my scores are:
Exam 1
Section 1 - 28/44 = 69%ile
Section 2 - 26/40 = 40%ile  

Also, my section 1 drills range from around 12-15/20,
Section 2 is usually 10-15/15
and have not attempted section 3 yet, mostly just the eureka trainer
Thanks.

[pi]

I'm so behind in MedEntry, haven't done anything for weeks Holiday homework I suppose

I haven't done an exam yet, but:
Section 1 drills ~ 15/20 average  (lol)
Section 1 drills ~ 13/15 average
Section 1 drills ~ 13/15 average

In all fairness, I don't think MedEntry percentiles are representative of the real UMAT (your real percentile will be higher)

Just another question, are the real UMAT passages for Section 1 as long as the MedEntry ones (some of them are quite daunting, and would never fit on an A4 page)?

(sorry for the hijack nacho)

[Greatness]

Just another question, are the real UMAT passages for Section 1 as long as the MedEntry ones (some of them are quite daunting, and would never fit on an A4 page)?

OMG I know.... Then sometimes you have to go back and read like the whole thing :s

Yeah i havent been diong too great on the drills, scores range from 10-16/20 usually around 10-12 This is for section 1.

[pi]

Section 1 drills ~ 15/20 average  (lol)
Section 2 drills ~ 13/15 average
Section 3 drills ~ 13/15 average

^ ?
I think that they would have massive blobs of writing, medentry research their questions pretty well.

But some of those articles are like 1.5 pages long! If that represents the real UMAT, then I;ll need to do some hardcore study over the hols

[nacho]

Section 1 drills ~ 15/20 average  (lol)
Section 2 drills ~ 13/15 average
Section 3 drills ~ 13/15 average

^ ?
I think that they would have massive blobs of writing, medentry research their questions pretty well.

But some of those articles are like 1.5 pages long! If that represents the real UMAT, then I;ll need to do some hardcore study over the hols

Yea, i think the best strategy was to perhaps look at the question, and scan the text and see if you can find the asnwer. I've been told to not simply do everything in a systematic way, iassume it will save time, and taking into consideration, the average person's short term memory, you will not remember 1/10th of the 1.5 page text you read.
So:
- question, scan text
hopefully none of those though lol!

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[iNerd]

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[Graphite]

Which ones are you talking about that are 1.5pages long? Personally section 1 passages seem ok on medentry. However section 2 are quite long to me.