Different times, different results?

[jane1234]

It's not that much of an advantage to have it in the afternoon session. Sure, you guys had to get up earlier, but at least the UMAT was the main thing on your mind. You would have already been in the mindset of taking an exam. Most of the 1:30 people would have been doing other things before the UMAT so they wouldn't have been as "fresh" and ready to take the test. I know after I got up I was just lazing around in the morning and was not as alert as I could've been if I'd had the morning session.

Point is, there are pros and cons to both sessions. I don't think they should give people different scores.

And if you had the morning session, you should have just gone to bed earlier...

[pi]

Point is, there are pros and cons to both sessions. I don't think they should give people different scores.

+1, my thoughts exactly! I don't see any significant reason to compare



(although it does seem that most of the really pro UMAT lords on VN and at school were in morning, so even if they separate sessions, I'm not complaining ) 

[luken93]

(although it does seem that most of the really pro UMAT lords on VN and at school were in morning, so even if they separate sessions, I'm not complaining ) 

Don''t say that, you're worrying me now hahaha

[pi]

(although it does seem that most of the really pro UMAT lords on VN and at school were in morning, so even if they separate sessions, I'm not complaining ) 

Don''t say that, you're worrying me now hahaha

I'm being serious. Most people at school had overenthusiatic parents who signed up on the first day --> morning sesh. dw though, pretty sure your ACER prac scores were higher

AND, I highly doubt they'll be splitting up seshes, so it won't matter anyway.

[jane1234]

(although it does seem that most of the really pro UMAT lords on VN and at school were in morning, so even if they separate sessions, I'm not complaining ) 

Don''t say that, you're worrying me now hahaha

I'm being serious. Most people at school had overenthusiatic parents who signed up on the first day --> morning sesh. dw though, pretty sure your ACER prac scores were higher

AND, I highly doubt they'll be splitting up seshes, so it won't matter anyway.

Hahaha now I think they should score differently... all the lazy bums who didn't really care about the UMAT would have been in the second session with me.

[paulsterio]

i think they shouldnt really split up the scores, cause then people will start purposely signing up late to get into the afternoon session or signing up really early to get into the morning session, which ever gets marked up!

obviously that creates an unfair discrepancy, and either way, i did it in the morning, and i didnt feel disadvantaged at all? and i usually wake up at like 7.30!

[D27RII]

Actually - just a heads up, having more sleep before an event that your body considers to be important is not necassarily a good thing.

Many people may not get enough sleep before the UMAT due to "nervousness" - but that should not affect their tiredness the next day too much, the initial morning 'hangover' and weay eyes fade off by the time you get ready, and a quick 15 minute nap (nothing more!!!!) in the car on your way will cleanly wipe away any fatigue, hence the amount of sleep before one day will really not make any difference at all - I would nto recommend this lol, but I honestly even dare to think that an all-nighter before the UMAT may not impact your performance as much as you think it would - your body prepares itself psychologically for these event

The problem arises when there is CHRONIC sleep deprivation ORRR too much sleep - not getting enough sleep during the week leading to the UMAT will definitely cause fatigue and tiredness during the exam, AND getting more sleep than normal before the exam will actually also increase your 'sleep hangover' duration and can also make you more tired.

So basically - go to sleep whenever you want and wake up at your alarm (for the morning sessions) and for the later sessions, jump out of bed whenever you naturally regain consiousness, as going 'back' to sleep never helps (unless u go back to sleep long enough to resume REM cycles - but that takes 90 mins atleast


soooo TAKE HOME MESSAGE

having a morning session won't and shouln't harm your concentration as a one-off shortage in sleep will not actually cauase you to be that tired, (in fact in some cases, in the short run it can increase awareness, but that is somewhat different - dw about it)

so getitng a little less sleep before the UMAT is not the end of the world.... it shouldn't hurt you

if anything, having an afternoon session and unecassarily sleeping in  and stacking over 8 hours of sleep can cause you to be more tired and "hungover" than someone who wakes up with less than optimal sleep.