UMAT 2013 discussion thread

[Limista]

I'm going to be absolutely broken if I happen to do really well, but not well enough to make the cut...

There's a cut? Previous years I know it was 95 percentile-ish; this year I thought the line was unclear?

[pi]

There is no "cut" for Monash this year.

[Edward21]

This is a figurative cut haha, not an absolute term in what I meant there

[Edward21]

Omg, this post almost gave me a heart attack! I thought results had been released early D:

[datfatcat]

Does anyone know how common it is for people to get <50 for Section 2?

From 2012 graph for section 2:


*I also got below 50 for section 2

[pi]

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/medical/central/domestic.html#1
Probably a bit pedantic, but can anyone confirm that this is the 50-50-50 rule?

Looks like it to me.

[datfatcat]

Well done on getting in, must have absolutely bossed S1 and 3 (how's that for logic?"

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/medical/central/domestic.html#1
Probably a bit pedantic, but can anyone confirm that this is the 50-50-50 rule?

For 2013 entry (my year), Monash looked at the overall UMAT percentile.  Even though I didn't do so well in S2, I managed to score high in S1 and S3.  The 50-50-50 rule is new.

[Edward21]

I'm confused with the 50? Out of what? There was 134 questions, are they standardised for each section to be out of 80 or something?

[pi]

Short answer - no one knows.

[Edward21]

Short answer - no one knows.

Oh god Is this to ensure people that get high s1 and s3 don't get through with a lousy s2??? If I do well enough, this MAY suit me as I tend to do well equally over each construct, but without any results I'm going to keep silent  does anyone know what date results came out last year?

[pi]

21st September 2012, I broke the news here Re: Results Discussion

10 days-ish, sounds exciting

[thushan]

I'm confused with the 50? Out of what? There was 134 questions, are they standardised for each section to be out of 80 or something?

It's a standardised score between 0 and ~110. The number of questions you get right in each topic correspond to a standardised score, decided by ACER depending on how difficult the set of questions were compared to previous years.

For instance, in 2011 Section 1, 44/44 = 105, 43/44 = 92, 42/44 = 82, etc.

[pi]

Do I want to know how you know that to such specifics (seems like a bit of hearsay of non-ACER-official info)? LOL

[Edward21]

It's a standardised score between 0 and ~110. The number of questions you get right in each topic correspond to a standardised score, decided by ACER depending on how difficult the set of questions were compared to previous years.

For instance, in 2011 Section 1, 44/44 = 105, 43/44 = 92, 42/44 = 82, etc.

Interesting! Thanks

[Daenerys Targaryen]

Are our results usually released before Sep 27th?