UMAT results 2014

[Valyria]

Almost every university other than JCU and Bond University from my knowledge. 87 is more than enough, now you need to work on your ATAR

I thought Griffith and UNSW were exempt from the 50-50-50 rule?

[Reus]

I thought Griffith and UNSW were exempt from the 50-50-50 rule?

I doubt UNSW

[thushan]

I thought Griffith and UNSW were exempt from the 50-50-50 rule?

Griffith doesn't consider UMAT.

I don't think Flinders has a 50/50/50 rule either.

[Professor_Oak]

Griffith doesn't consider UMAT.

I don't think Flinders has a 50/50/50 rule either.

Do you happen to know how UQ considers umat? I read Pi's thread about cut offs but I've also heard that they've accepted people with scores as low as 70th percentile in the past.

[thushan]

The way UQ does it is -

Hurdle ATAR 99.05 (equivalent to OP 1)

and ranking is entirely on sum of UMAT scores, using section 1 as a tiebreaker. In 2014, the UMAT cutoff was 180 [overall score of 60], with a 66 on Section 1 being the cutoff on tiebreaker (for unbonded). For bonded places though it was 169 [overall 56] with a section 1 tiebreaker of 70.

UMAT total 180 is approximately 85-90th percentile.
UMAT total 169 is approximately 70th percentile.

No interviews.

[Professor_Oak]

Damn I got a total of 176 (scores added to 177 though), guess this year was a harder paper!

By tiebreaker are we only talking about two people with the exact same UMAT score? Or is my 67 in section 1 going to help me in this regard?

[thushan]

Your score will be 177 then

And yeah, two people with the exact same UMAT score, that is on the cutoff.

[Professor_Oak]

Oh that's a shame for me then.

Do you know which university is typically the easiest to get into for med (other than JCU)? Be it provisional or undergrad.

[yangsta999]

That's brutal considering you got 99! Does anybody know which universities specifically go by the 50:50:50 rule other than UNSW and Monash? I got above 50:50:50 but then again I only got 87.

UNSW definitely does not use the 50-50-50 rule. My friend got 89th percentile with less than 50 in S2 last year so he was out of the selection pool for Monash but is currently studying medicine at UNSW.

[LiquidPaperz]

when do you guys suggest practicing for 2015 umat? ive got all the resources such as medentry all the papers etc, its just a matter of hwen to start, and really, how to start. I can't simply dive into papers can i? is their certain videos i should watch to ease me into prep.

Im in Year 11 doing 2 3/4s, so ill wait until those exams are done before even considering to practice.

Thanks

[ras]

I started prepping for the UMAT in early December last year. I just started by reading through the guides and watching prep videos. The first exams I did were the ACER practice exams as they tend to be a tad more accessible than external companies (so I thought I'd ease my way in). I think with prep it's important to find a balance between the UMAT and actual subjects, and everyone has different ways of structuring prep.

[datfatcat]

For me, I started doing prep one month before the actual umat