VCE Year 12 Class of 2015

[pi]

I am trying to, but I always get about 70% of the logical reasoning incorrect. I ALWAYS get down to two answers, but cannot distinguish between the two, that is, I don't know the difference between 'Greg understands' and Greg acknowledges'.... fml.

As a general comment to all those complaining about the UMAT, I once thought all that stuff they test for was pretty useless too.

I guess having had a bit of experience, I can see the merits of the three section types now. Section 1 relevance is fairly self-explanatory. Section 2 stuff, that most people really dislike, is really what we deal with in our psych rotations, whereby slightly different connotations (unhappy vs low mod vs sad vs depressed vs suicidal -all these sliding scales are of up-most importance) can lead to different paths of diagnostic and clinical thinking. Pattern-recognition in Section 3 is a vital skill for physical examination, pathology and radiology (to name a few!). Sure, you won't be "picking the middle" looking at a rash, but the core skills are more relevant than you think.

Complain about it if it helps you sleep well at night, but don't dismiss it as completely irrelevant

Also can't get on section zero so I'm just gonna have to trust my instincts on the day ahah

If you paid for a service, you should tell someone when you can't get on. I'm not involved, but maybe this thread will help? 2 things.....

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Yeah I'm relying on that happening
Also can't get on section zero so I'm just gonna have to trust my instincts on the day ahah

I'm quoting someone else here:
ATARnotes sent out an email about how section-zero can be accessed. Have you checked your email folders?
Basically, the website is on the domain: http://umataccess.com/

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have y'all been studying?

hoping the UMAT cohort generally performs badly (apart from you guys) so we can get good percentiles lol

Ok, haven't done as much as I'd hoped to- the 29th july just kinda creeped up on me. I've done two whole practice ones though (one NIE one ACER), and hoping to do the other two tomorrow and tuesday...

And Yeah hope you guys smash it too (if smashing UMAT is a thing haha)!

Yeah I'm relying on that happening
Also can't get on section zero so I'm just gonna have to trust my instincts on the day ahah

to add on to what bangli_lok said I just asked Brenden to send it to me again and he'll send you the username/password shenanigan

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Ok, haven't done as much as I'd hoped to- the 29th july just kinda creeped up on me. I've done two whole practice ones though (one NIE one ACER), and hoping to do the other two tomorrow and tuesday...

And Yeah hope you guys smash it too (if smashing UMAT is a thing haha)!

to add on to what bangli_lok said I just asked Brenden to send it to me again and he'll send you the username/password shenanigan

Yeah I've got the password and user name just can't figure out how to access any questions

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Yeah I've got the password and user name just can't figure out how to access any questions

After typing in the username password details into  http://umataccess.com/ it should take you to the original (pre new website) front page, then go "resources" and then "Umat" as you would before the update? Otherwise it may help to send someone in charge a PM

[odeaa]

After typing in the username password details into  http://umataccess.com/ it should take you to the original (pre new website) front page, then go "resources" and then "Umat" as you would before the update? Otherwise it may help to send someone in charge a PM

Yeah I've done that and I just get this

I'll chuck brenden an email, sorry for spamming the thread

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Yeah I've done that and I just get this
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I'll chuck brenden an email, sorry for spamming the thread

Then click "log in" and log on to your account! (That's what I did and it worked)

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Then click "log in" and type log on to your account! (That's what I did and it worked)

The gods of umat just aren't happy with me I guess

[cosine]

As a general comment to all those complaining about the UMAT, I once thought all that stuff they test for was pretty useless too.

I guess having had a bit of experience, I can see the merits of the three section types now. Section 1 relevance is fairly self-explanatory. Section 2 stuff, that most people really dislike, is really what we deal with in our psych rotations, whereby slightly different connotations (unhappy vs low mod vs sad vs depressed vs suicidal -all these sliding scales are of up-most importance) can lead to different paths of diagnostic and clinical thinking. Pattern-recognition in Section 3 is a vital skill for physical examination, pathology and radiology (to name a few!). Sure, you won't be "picking the middle" looking at a rash, but the core skills are more relevant than you think.

Complain about it if it helps you sleep well at night, but don't dismiss it as completely irrelevant

If you paid for a service, you should tell someone when you can't get on. I'm not involved, but maybe this thread will help? 2 things.....

That is totally understandable. That being said, how can we tell the difference between 'sad' and 'depressed'? Can you give us a short example on how to distinguish between the two? Or maybe another example if you wish xD

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The gods of umat just aren't happy with me I guess
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Oh no as in there you type in your username and password, not the credentials sent to you

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Oh no as in there you type in your username and password, not the credentials sent to you

Ahaha I see, alright thanks man

[tashhhaaa]

That is totally understandable. That being said, how can we tell the difference between 'sad' and 'depressed'? Can you give us a short example on how to distinguish between the two? Or maybe another example if you wish xD

S2 is my best section I think, the other sections I get like 30th percentile lol (I know...) & that was from about 3 MedEntry drills
I'm trying to study more but I've had so many SACs this week & more next week and the week after

as for your question, I'd think of it like this:
sad is when something bad or unfortunate happens and you're upset for a little while but depressed is when those feelings last for a long time and you can't get out of bed and stuff

very basic, lame explanation but just observe people around you... you can practise S2 all the time!

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Ahaha I see, alright thanks man

Did it work??

[tashhhaaa]

I am trying to, but I always get about 70% of the logical reasoning incorrect. I ALWAYS get down to two answers, but cannot distinguish between the two, that is, I don't know the difference between 'Greg understands' and Greg acknowledges'.... fml.

How about you?

I'm hopeless at most questions honestly not feeling confident at all

[cosine]

S2 is my best section I think, the other sections I get like 30th percentile lol (I know...) & that was from about 3 MedEntry drills
I'm trying to study more but I've had so many SACs this week & more next week and the week after

as for your question, I'd think of it like this:
sad is when something bad or unfortunate happens and you're upset for a little while but depressed is when those feelings last for a long time and you can't get out of bed and stuff

very basic, lame explanation but just observe people around you... you can practise S2 all the time!

How do you know what percentile you got? Today i did a practice prep genie one and scored 48/70 (69%) but not sure if this is good or bad?