UMAT Discussion Thread 2016

[grindr]

Does anyone have the book UMAT456 or UMAT123?
What are your thoughts on the material?

[Maz]

Out of curiosity...
anyone here doing UMAT...are you gonna do the AM session or the PM session?

just out of curiosity...i'm still trying to decide what to put down as a preference 

[Swagadaktal]

Out of curiosity...
anyone here doing UMAT...are you gonna do the AM session or the PM session?

just out of curiosity...i'm still trying to decide what to put down as a preference 

I'm doing the Geelong session - does anyone know if that's AM or PM. I really prefer PM because my mind in the morning is stil a bit fried and I peak in the afternoon soo

[The Usual Student]

I'm doing the Geelong session - does anyone know if that's AM or PM. I really prefer PM because my mind in the morning is stil a bit fried and I peak in the afternoon soo

same brother, it is insane. The difference between my morning umat and my afternoon umat is like 10 percentiles.

[Maz]

i don't know if i should do morning or afternoon...im a morning person like most days I'm awake at 5:30, some days even 4ish, and my sleep in is 6:30. so i could do the morning one...but I'm kinda worried that i might feel dead that morning and not feel like doing it so early.

the problem with the afternoon one is that, knowing me...ill get up that day and do umat study. and even if i force myself not to do intensive study, i will still do some study. Because of that I'm kinda worried that by the time the actual test starts ill be mentally tired

idk what to do 
any advice would be appreciated (please)

[Swagadaktal]

i don't know if i should do morning or afternoon...im a morning person like most days I'm awake at 5:30, some days even 4ish, and my sleep in is 6:30. so i could do the morning one...but I'm kinda worried that i might feel dead that morning and not feel like doing it so early.

the problem with the afternoon one is that, knowing me...ill get up that day and do umat study. and even if i force myself not to do intensive study, i will still do some study. Because of that I'm kinda worried that by the time the actual test starts ill be mentally tired

idk what to do 
any advice would be appreciated (please)

I'd do morning - you're used to it so why not :O

[The Usual Student]

i don't know if i should do morning or afternoon...im a morning person like most days I'm awake at 5:30, some days even 4ish, and my sleep in is 6:30. so i could do the morning one...but I'm kinda worried that i might feel dead that morning and not feel like doing it so early.

the problem with the afternoon one is that, knowing me...ill get up that day and do umat study. and even if i force myself not to do intensive study, i will still do some study. Because of that I'm kinda worried that by the time the actual test starts ill be mentally tired

idk what to do 
any advice would be appreciated (please)

If I was you, I would go afternoon. The thing is, the decision to not study is easier then trying to keep yourself awake and mentally alert for the umat in the morning. Hence, logically, it is safer to go with the afternoon. If you have trouble with that, sit down and watch a movie or meet up with some friends before the umat.
Point is,
In one scenario, you can't control your ability to stay awak
In the other scenario, you struggle with not worrying about the umat and hence you study,
IMO, the second one seems easier to get around.

[JellyBeanz]

I'd recommend going in the afternoon, honestly sometimes the feeling in the morning is horrible and sometimes it's great, but we never know how we will be feeling on the day. The afternoon gives you sometime to gather your thoughts and relax a bit before attempting it.

[Photon]

How is everyone going with their UMAT preparation?

I'm going to be taking the UMAT next year and I want to know which preparation course you guys chose and why. Also whether or not it was of any benefit to you?

Good luck with your preparation, I hope you guys all get the scores you're aiming for.

[Swagadaktal]

How is everyone going with their UMAT preparation?

I'm going to be taking the UMAT next year and I want to know which preparation course you guys chose and why. Also whether or not it was of any benefit to you?

Good luck with your preparation, I hope you guys all get the scores you're aiming for.

Yo come back to me after umat results come out
if they're good ill give my advice. But right now im drowning with this umat stuff soooo ----- not sure if my advice is any good for now.
Past students would be best equipped to answer this

[Sine]

How are people finding section two, I've usually been getting down to 2 answers and ending up just guessing from there.

Any tips?

[Swagadaktal]

How are people finding section two, I've usually been getting down to 2 answers and ending up just guessing from there.

Any tips?

Yeah that about sums it up.
What i do is narrow it down to two options then go back and look at the text and find evidence from there.
For some questions which require you to guess what the person's going to do next, or how they're feeling before or after an interaction, I like to think of the thing holistically before making a choice.

And try not to overcomplicate stuff. Some questions are just so wtf??? but most of them are not ya feel? So the more obvious choice is generally better

[The Usual Student]

How are people finding section two, I've usually been getting down to 2 answers and ending up just guessing from there.

Any tips?

I actually end up doing some working out for section 2
I always boil it down to 2 answers and from there i write out a few ideas around the options. Nothing more then a few words
But i think of thinks such as time Eg Anger and Annoyed are responsive emotions vs fed up and frustrated which carry connotations of being long term.

Generally, i find it comes down to connotation and like what Swag said, evidence from the text. I try to match the subtle connotations of the answer with the subtle ideas of the text.

[Sine]

Yeah that about sums it up.
What i do is narrow it down to two options then go back and look at the text and find evidence from there.
For some questions which require you to guess what the person's going to do next, or how they're feeling before or after an interaction, I like to think of the thing holistically before making a choice.

And try not to overcomplicate stuff. Some questions are just so wtf??? but most of them are not ya feel? So the more obvious choice is generally better

I actually end up doing some working out for section 2
I always boil it down to 2 answers and from there i write out a few ideas around the options. Nothing more then a few words
But i think of thinks such as time Eg Anger and Annoyed are responsive emotions vs fed up and frustrated which carry connotations of being long term.

Generally, i find it comes down to connotation and like what Swag said, evidence from the text. I try to match the subtle connotations of the answer with the subtle ideas of the text.

Thanks for the help

Has anyone done any of the "new" medentry exams?
If so what were your raw scores and percentiles (if you would like to share)? (I know medentry percentiles don't really mean anything just interested)

[Maz]

out of curiosity, how much time are you guys spending on umat prep? like how often will you do it