UMAT/ATAR

[shaiga95]

If you get an ATAR of 98-99 would sort of UMAT would you need to be in with a  good chance to get into MBBS

[paulsterio]

At which university?

[thushan]

If you get an ATAR of 98-99 would sort of UMAT would you need to be in with a  good chance to get into MBBS

No idea. Depends on interview. Know someone with a 96.4 atar and 98 umat and got a bonded place. Know another guy who got 99.4 atar and 100 umat and got a bonded place.

[shaiga95]

At Monash

[paulsterio]

It depends on your interview, but defs 97th+ percentile to be on the safe side, because a 98.00 - 99.00 ATAR would be below the median.

[pi]

A higher UMAT than the cut. Which by my own speculation will be 92-93. The interview matters a lot too.

[shaiga95]

What is the median atar

[pi]

For metropolitan students, around 99.3-99.4

[shaiga95]

When did you guys start preparing for the UMAT , the summer holidays?

[shinny]

I started just after mid-year exams, giving around 6 weeks of solid cramming. There's quite rapidly diminishing gains with UMAT study from my experience.

[paulsterio]

Shinny is right, with the UMAT, you tend to gain very quickly at the start, especially for Section 3, then it sort of drifts off a bit - think lograithmic graph.

But the thing is, if you persist and keep at it long enough, you'll end up finding a few breakthroughs which will increase your marks drastically. For example, when I learnt how to solve questions using a table in S1, my average S1 marks increased by a constant 3-ish marks every exam, so it does help to practice.

[BoredSatan]

Wow Paul did you seriously drop out of monash med??

[pi]

Wow Paul did you seriously drop out of monash med??

He hasn't dropped out, but perhaps a more private conversation with him may be more appropriate