UMAT 2010 thread.

[adomad]

why does the UMAT have to be so hard!!!

im thinking UWS over UNSW for med!!

 

[stevematic]

I plan to sit it next year.

 

[dolbinau]

why does the UMAT have to be so hard!!!

im thinking UWS over UNSW for med!!

Because of UMAT :S?

 

[SASOL]

I blame the lack of clocks
I had to sit right at the back and the only way I could tell the time was when they said 5 mins to go. Next year I am taking a watch. Not cool<_<
Next year I should get 100th percentile, seems to be a trend that you do **** one year then really good the next or vice versa. Gay gay gay gay gay exam.

 

[adomad]

Because of UMAT :S?

nah because UWS is only 5 years... and possibly because of the UMAT as i am a GWS person(yy)

 

[Desh]

hey i am doing sit too for the first time
anyone got any tips on how to prepare ^_^

 

[elixir]

I blame the lack of clocks
I had to sit right at the back and the only way I could tell the time was when they said 5 mins to go. Next year I am taking a watch. Not cool<_<
Next year I should get 100th percentile, seems to be a trend that you do **** one year then really good the next or vice versa. Gay gay gay gay gay exam.

i'm going to have to resit next year too (hoping this trend will happen for me!) i got the cutoff umat mark for UNSW rural entry....but i think it order to get an interview i'd have to get over 99 (wont happen), do unsw take applications into account at all when offering an interview? i like how jcu do...i totally agree that UMAt is an unpedictable exam, in the practises i was getting 100% in section 2! and it turned out to be my worst in the exam and section 3 was my worst in the practises and turned out to be my best....i knew i stuffed it up when i walked out of the room but felt somehow confident that if i sat it again i would do ok ( i hope this is the case) i would love to have anything over 50percentile.... its unfair you couldnt see a clock! - that guy who read out 5 minutes to go made me jump out of my skin and lose concentration every time! - not to mention he took over a minute to tell us each time- i just wanted him to say 5 minutes and be quiet! - not give us instructions on the next part of the exam....i think if i don't get into JCU i'll start a med/ health science degree next yr and retry for undergrad...if i dont get in it'll be post grad for me....

 

[chuckbass101]

get good high school marks! if u dun get an interview this time round u can always take a gap year, earn tons of money and try again with ur high school marks.

it also makes ur UMAT score u need lower at some unis. Have a good backup just in case u have bad highschool marks and a bad umat. i reckon its easier to get good marks in uni than it is to get over 99 in highschool so u can always apply non standard.

as for the actual test... enjoy it! no pressure

 

[elixir]

get good high school marks! if u dun get an interview this time round u can always take a gap year, earn tons of money and try again with ur high school marks.

it also makes ur UMAT score u need lower at some unis. Have a good backup just in case u have bad highschool marks and a bad umat. i reckon its easier to get good marks in uni than it is to get over 99 in highschool so u can always apply non standard.

as for the actual test... enjoy it! no pressure

i'm going to do med no matter what! - one bad test is not going to stop me doing something ive wanted to do since i was 4. i'm not going to get anywhere near 99, but because i'm rural it doesn't matter so much. a gap year is kind of out of the question - sorry but what exactly is a non standard applicant? - can i apply as a standard applicant again next year as i really want to get into UNSW as it means i can spend 3 yrs of the degree at home (wagga) because they have a clinical school here. but yeh my application was pretty good for jcu, i am rural, i have done a lot of work experience and i've heard of people getting into JCU with lower 90's ... so fingers crossed! - and i don't doubt at all that it would be easier to do wel in uni htan highschool.

i'm starting a med/health/clinical science degree in case i stuff up UMAT again and i wont have wasted a year towards post grad...my first "non med" preference is the new course at wollongong "medical and health science" and after that i put down "clinical science" at orange csu as it is aimed at getting people into post grad at USyd. Does this sound like an ok plan? all the med students i've talked to on work experience got into undergrad and didn't know much about the other pathways....is this the best way to go?

 

[ab06]

if u want to do grad med..do an undergrad degree tht u would enjoy and one tht u can see urself having a career in.. becos i dun wana sound like a pessismist but if one doesnt get into grad med then they wouldnt want to be stuck in somethinig which they picked only becos they thought it would help them with med..

 

[drremy88]

I want to do it again for funzies

 

[chuckbass101]

standard = high school leaver or gap yearer. non standard = uni student seeking to transfer into med

non standard med is "generally" harder to get into at most unis because there's less spots to applicant ratio. as such the interview cutoffs are usually higher and its more competitve for spots. not sure if this applies to UNSW though...

but i know lots of people who have transferred into med and virtually all of them had high school marks that would have made it impossible/extremely difficult to get in as a school leaver. they all said that science degree is *quote* hell easy. i smashed it! *unquote.* Thus they were able to transfer

 

[elixir]

if u want to do grad med..do an undergrad degree tht u would enjoy and one tht u can see urself having a career in.. becos i dun wana sound like a pessismist but if one doesnt get into grad med then they wouldnt want to be stuck in somethinig which they picked only becos they thought it would help them with med..

med is all i want to do, ever...and i will do it, but i thought about what u are saying the other day and it's kind of worrying me so i dont know what to do. the only other thing i know is music and i wouldn't want to do that as a career....andything that gets me a step into the health field is ok (for starters) but i really want to deal with people and health...so yeh i've applied for a mix of med/ biomed sceince/ med science/ health science/ clinical science....as i said my first non med preference is at UOW and im hoping that if i completed an undergrad degree there that i would have a good chance of getting into their grad med as well? all i want to do is med and i just wish someone could tell me the perfect path that would get me there...but life wasnt meant to be easy

 

[godoftoast]

I want to do it again for funzies

Me too. Just to see how UMAT differs from year to year.

 

[elixir]

Me too. Just to see how UMAT differs from year to year.

please dont! unless you need it because i bet you guys will do awesomely! and then my percentil will be lower...

 

[godoftoast]

please dont! unless you need it because i bet you guys will do awesomely! and then my percentil will be lower...

Not really, but assuming I get another good score in 2010 UMAT, if I am already in a med school, my results won't be in the applicant pool for whatever uni you are going for. Therefore your admission chances aren't affected. If I don't get into med this year, all bets are off, and I will try and blitz UMAT with a 100% this time.

 

[drremy88]

please dont! unless you need it because i bet you guys will do awesomely! and then my percentil will be lower...

but we may not be competing anyway

 

[elixir]

Not really, but assuming I get another good score in 2010 UMAT, if I am already in a med school, my results won't be in the applicant pool for whatever uni you are going for. Therefore your admission chances aren't affected. If I don't get into med this year, all bets are off, and I will try and blitz UMAT with a 100% this time.

is there any secret to umat? i was doing so well in the practise exams and other practise material from puzzle books etc and got in there and lost everything, couldnt concentrate, nothing made sense, ran out of time etc....got a really bad mark but it was expected, and i really want to do well next yr , i would be stoked with anything above 80th percentile. i'm not a gneius in any way i have just genuinely wanted to do med my whole life and i've tried so hard to get there, and i will....any advice to fix my umat next year would be much appreciated.

 

[elixir]

but we may not be competing anyway

i just figured it doesnt matter anyway i am rural and i apply differently. i wont get a mark anywhere near everyone else on mso, i think i quite possible got the worst umat of everyone on mso this year (yet it was 2nd best out of 7 at my school).....i see people complaining with high 80's and i would LOVE that.

 

[godoftoast]

I think it has more to do with controlling your nerves and your actual attitude on the day as opposed to going to **** courses or practising your butt off. Simply be calm and think of it as just a small exercise and then you will probably do well, or atleast better than what you think.