UMAT 'last minute' concerns

[lolipopper]

No for your first question, yes for the second.

Are you guys in the morning or arvo?

morning. hope i get at least a 180 overall. If i do, ill run in my street naked (at night lol).

[Limista]

morning. hope i get at least a 180 overall. If i do, ill run in my street naked (at night lol).

What does that mean? I've always wondered. Thought it was out of 134? My guess here is that your '180' is percentile related?

[pi]

UMAT and Undergrad Entrance Resources, Information and Links

Post 1 - Information and tips

What are UMAT scores and how do they work?
UMAT scores are used by universities as your UMAT requirement. Essentially, the UMAT has three sections, and each section is given a raw score (note that no-one except ACER knows how these are calculated!). Important to note that a raw score is not a percentage, percentile or an obvious indication of how many you got correct, and it's possible to get over 100 for any section raw score. These three raw scores are then totaled to give a total score which is then divided by three and rounded to the nearest whole number to give an overall score. This is then converted into a percentile score using a similar graph to below:

For example,
- Section 1 =
- Section 2 =
- Section 3 =
Therefore, total , and and overall to the nearest whole number rounded. Using the graph, 60 corresponds to 91%ile.

N.B. the graph changes slightly every year depending on how the cohort of the year performs on the UMAT, the above graph is for the 2011 cohort.

The results are then given to you online in September in the following form:

[Limista]

^ right, so getting a 180 overall in 2011 would be approx. 90 percentile. From lolipopper's statement then he'd be happy with a 90+ percentile. On the same wavelength finally! 

[pi]

Definitely worth giving the UMAT Resources thread a read

[Scooby]

are we allowed to bring in pens? 

[pi]

are we allowed to bring in pens? 

I'm inclined to say "no", but what would you use them for?

[lolipopper]

are we allowed to bring in pens? 

NO!

[McFleurry]

Morning 8 am
Yourself?

Morning
So pumped!

[nspire]

So is anyone else bringing their mobile phone? Do you think we'll be allowed to have them switched off in the test room?

[hardworker]

Has anyone sorted out the phone issue. To bring or not to bring?

[lolipopper]

Has anyone sorted out the phone issue. To bring or not to bring?

Bring it, but turn it off. out of the several VCAA exams i did last year, i always had my phone on me but switched off. It wont matter just relax and turn it off.