UMAT

Authored by Calem, editing by ashllis91 When I received the UMAT results last year it took me a while to work out exactly what the scores you get mean, so I thought I’d write this article so that people can quickly interpret their results as soon as they are sent out. As you probably already …

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This will be the first time many of you will sit the UMAT, and it can be a very confusing, nerve-wracking process. The following is just some information of what to expect, and some advice on what to do on the day of the exam: DONT tire your brain out beforehand. Do a few questions …

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Applying for the UMAT: Who Needs to Apply? The following university courses use UMAT as part of the selection criteria, and as such, you should apply for the UMAT if you have an interest in these courses: South Australia University of Adelaide: Medicine, Dental Surgery Flinders University: Clinical Sciences/BMBS, Vision Sciences, Health Sciences/Physiotherapy, Health Sciences/Occupational …

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UMAT: INTERPRETING RESULTS What do my scores mean? When you receive your results, they will look very similar to what is shown above. In previous years, percentiles were provided for each and every section but that practise has now been abandoned. There are three sets of results you’ll have to decipher: Overall Score Your overall …

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UMAT QUESTIONS: Section 3 The UMAT exam is one of the most difficult to prepare for as it is often very difficult to find resources on it. This article will provide sample questions and worked solutions which attempt to mimic the style, structure and type of questions asked in the UMAT exam. When going through …

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UMAT QUESTIONS: Section 2 The UMAT exam is one of the most difficult to prepare for as it is often very difficult to find resources on it. This article will provide sample questions and worked solutions which attempt to mimic the style, structure and type of questions asked in the UMAT exam. When going through …

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UMAT QUESTIONS – Section 1 The UMAT exam is one of the most difficult to prepare for as it is often very difficult to find resources on it. This article will provide sample questions and worked solutions which attempt to mimic the style, structure and type of questions asked in the UMAT exam. When going …

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Section 1: Information Section 1 is the Logical Reasoning and Problem Solving section. Questions assess your ability to comprehend, draw logical conclusions, reach solutions by identifying relevant facts, evaluate information, pinpoint additional or missing information, and generate and test plausible hypotheses. Questions may be word based problems, or graphical representations, and may include anything from …

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Section 2: Information Section 2 of the UMAT is “Understanding People.” Questions assess your ability to identify, understand, and, where necessary, infer the thoughts, feelings, behaviour and/or intentions of the people represented in the situations. In short, this section focuses on being able to emphathise with the emotions that someone is feeling and being able …

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Section 3: Information Section 3 is the Non-verbal Reasoning section. All the questions are based on patterns or sequences of shapes and are designed to assess your ability to reason in the abstract and solve problems in non-verbal contexts. This section has 38 questions, which must be completed in 50 minutes. It is generally considered …

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