So, how did y'all go on UMAT 08??????

[bilgia]

For the people who have just sat this years umat, what are your opinions?

For me,
Section 1: Was pretty long winded with many deduction questions, it was a killer for me....I had lot of questions to go, i think like 13 when the announcer said 10mins....i managed to only get 5 more when time ended..just guessed the rest. This is my second time sitting the umat,...oh shit i hope i did better than last year.

Section 2: Was much easier on the brain, but there were some tricky questions with similar emotions...i think i went decent on it, but i really cant tell.

Section 3: This was a winner for me, i managed to figure out patterns quite easily and there were maybe 2-3 hard questions which i think i weeded out before time ended.

[chid]

It was okay overall,

Section 1: I was disappointed with the way I handled the time pressure in this section. I guessed a number of questions.
Section 2: Felt okay, but there were a lot of 'close' 50-50 answers.
Section 3: I found this okay. But there were still some harder ones.

bilgia I thought that people doing an undergraduate course already couldn't sit the UMAT. So can you still enter undergraduate health science courses if you're already at uni then?

[username]

I thought the puzzles for section three were incredibly hard, but then again, I always do. Section 1 and 2 were okay, but I agree, section 1 was too long.

[beezy4eva]

Section 2 & 3 were easy.
I screwed up section one, didnt have enough time. Had to just put bs for the last 6 or 7.

[orangez]

Section 1 was definitely long-winded -- couldn't finish the last 5 and ended up guessing them (I was so tempted to go back to this section  ).

Section 2 was much better.

Section 3: I hate the ones where you have to find the correct order and select the middle one. It's so freaking hard *I'm wondering how my tutor got 100% on it* Otherwise, the rest weren't too hard.

[ed_saifa]

All of it was so hard

[iamdan08]

Section 1: Long and hard

Section 2: Ok, finished with plenty of time, but i was the same as chid, getting quite a few answers down to 2 options. Felt the answers were fairly ambiguous.

Section 3: Really good! Finished with time to spare. Happy.

Overall, i think its kind of hard to say how i went, as your score depends on so many variables (apparrently). Guess i will just have to wait and see.

[andrew.tran]

section 1: PWNED IT, suprisingly, lucky i didnt have to read half the stimulus (info) material coz i got background knowledge. So it was straight to the questions for me.

SECTION 2: wat the hell do half of the words mean, pretty average.

SEction 3: not bad.

[Toothpaste]

Section 1: Was pretty long winded with many deduction questions, it was a killer for me....I had lot of questions to go, i think like 13 when the announcer said 10mins....i managed to only get 5 more when time ended..just guessed the rest. This is my second time sitting the umat,...oh shit i hope i did better than last year.

Section 2 & 3 were easy.
I screwed up section one, didnt have enough time. Had to just put bs for the last 6 or 7.

Section 1 was definitely long-winded -- couldn't finish the last 5 and ended up guessing them (I was so tempted to go back to this section  ).

ditto all    I guessed heaps from section one due to the time restraints.

In 2 and 3 I had time left over (and had the biggest urge to go back to section one lol, but I followed the rules ) ... but can't be so sure about my answers.

Hope everyone's relieved

[beezy4eva]

Section 3: I hate the ones where you have to find the correct order and select the middle one. It's so freaking hard *I'm wondering how my tutor got 100% on it* Otherwise, the rest weren't too hard.

Advice a bit too late, but for the easier ones there was usually two the same. One is the first and the other is the last.

[merlin]

Yeh, have to agree, Section 1 for was pretty bad, ended up guessing the last few questions, whilst section 2 and 3 were pretty good

[merlin]

So now I want to know how are our scores are calculated, in terms of percentile...etc?

[Toothpaste]

So now I want to know how are our scores are calculated, in terms of percentile...etc?

I don't think anyone knows how they're calculated .. it's all hush hush with the UMAT. ACER doesn't reveal anything about the marking system.

EDIT: re-read your post. You get percentile, overall score and er.. what was the other one..?

[polky]

Section 3: I hate the ones where you have to find the correct order and select the middle one. It's so freaking hard *I'm wondering how my tutor got 100% on it* Otherwise, the rest weren't too hard.

Advice a bit too late, but for the easier ones there was usually two the same. One is the first and the other is the last.

THAT IS MY TACTIC TOO LOL.

I don't know, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  *shrugs*

My experience was like the rest.  Section 1 - was very pressed for time and ended up guessing quite a few.  Sections 2 and 3 were relatively easier and I had time left over.

Overall though I don't think I did that well, especially for Section 1!

[Glockmeister]

Funny, I seem to feel the same way about each of the sections of the UMAT as most of you. Section 1 was a killer.

Results come out in September yeah?