UMAT again

[yyajeed123]

Is there any point in doing the UMAT again in your first year of uni and applying again through vtac/interstate? Do any unis consider it or is it solely how you're going at uni/ATAR?

[pi]

Is there any point in doing the UMAT again in your first year of uni and applying again through vtac/interstate? Do any unis consider it or is it solely how you're going at uni/ATAR?

I know that UTas does, not sure about others

[yyajeed123]

Ok, thanks for that!

[paulsterio]

Just go through with what you're doing, sit the GAMSAT and apply for graduate entry, that would be the path I see as easiest from here

[TheMentalist]

Hi, just wondering what are other universities that would consider it if you re-taking UMAT while studying a degree at uni? Or do you have to take a gap year and do UMAT again? If that is the case, is it worth taking gap year?

[pi]

Hi, just wondering what are other universities that would consider it if you re-taking UMAT while studying a degree at uni? Or do you have to take a gap year and do UMAT again? If that is the case, is it worth taking gap year?

Not sure about the first q, maybe look up non-standard entry on each uni's website

But I know many who have taken gap years with success, it's a bit of a risk (as in you could waste a year), but it's an option many take.

[Surgeon]

If I don't get into undergraduate medicine, I think I may consider re-sitting the UMAT if several universities around Australia would consider it. Especially Adelaide. Wouldn't be willing to go to UTas however.

I mean I won't really lose anything except the cost of sitting the UMAT. I'll be in biomedicine/science or something working towards post-grad med but if I do well enough on the UMAT to get an offer for undergrad med, why not take it?

[D27RII]

There are few universities that will accept your application for undergraduate medicine once you have already started another course. UTAS is the only one that I am aware of. Personally, once again this is only my opinion, I would base my decision of whether or not to take a GAP year and resit the UMAT on two things:

1. My ATAR, if my ATAR was good (i.e above median for those who get into monash, like 99.4 or more, or even down to 98.5 for a chance) then I would consider resitting the UMAT as improvement in the UMAT is likely to help me get the interview offer this time round. However if I did well in the UMAT, like 95 percentile or higher and my ATAR was moreso the reason that I did not get an offer - Then I probably would not resit the UMAT as the margin for improvement is low and I would not be able to improve my ATAR. So if your UMAT was your key weakness, and you personally feel that the next time round you can improve your UMAT score, then the GAP year would be a good idea.

2. This would for me be the clearest and most important factor - what my other plans for the GAP year are? Seriously, personally I would LOVE to have taken a GAP year and did some work, travel, anything, even a year of free time to myself to do absolute zilch, nada, nothing productive at all would have been awesome. Especially if you do end up getting into a course with 30-ish contact hours a week. So if you always had that travel plan to head off to Europe, parents to pay for it or a job offer to earn some money for it - whatever, maybe even a cadetship, anything at all, then go for the GAP year - they are never a waste of life, and seriously, they can be definitely worth graduating a year later.