Chances of getting into Medicine? (1 Viewer)

[youngsky]

Hey guys,

So the UMAT and my trials are coming up, and both begin in the same week. I'm aiming for UNSW and UWS medicine atm, and if that doesn't work out then going a bit further, e.g. UNCLE would be fine too.

Currently go to a top 30 ranked high school and getting ATAR estimates around 99.00-99.50, and in terms of the UMAT, I have done a couple of practice exams and got 124/134 ish. I have a feeling that I may be a little off the mark though. So, I'd like to know what the odds are of getting into medicine (so far) from some people who have had the experience?

Cheers

 

[Kiraken]

Your ATAR should be fine for uws med and possibly unsw med but u need to pick up ur UMAT score in the actual exam

 

[emilios]

OP what UMAT scores are you referring to? If that 124/134 was on Medentry then go accept your MD right now. If it was one of the ACER practice exams, you might wanna get your hands on another paper between now and next week cos those ones are a bit too easy. If you can pull 124/134 on the actual UMAT then you'll probably get offers from most unis in the country.

Anyway you seem like a smart bloke, you should get in (unlike me lol).

 

[bangladesh]

Your ATAR should be fine for uws med and possibly unsw med but u need to pick up ur UMAT score in the actual exam

If he pulls a 124/134 raw score in the actual umat, his score will be off the chart in the 100th percentile..

 

[Kiraken]

Wait 124 average raw score of the sections or 124 combined mark?

(Sorry, UMAT might have a different format from when i did it in 2011)

 

[Queenroot]

Hey guys,

So the UMAT and my trials are coming up, and both begin in the same week. I'm aiming for UNSW and UWS medicine atm, and if that doesn't work out then going a bit further, e.g. UNCLE would be fine too.

Currently go to a top 30 ranked high school and getting ATAR estimates around 99.00-99.50, and in terms of the UMAT, I have done a couple of practice exams and got 124/134 ish. I have a feeling that I may be a little off the mark though. So, I'd like to know what the odds are of getting into medicine (so far) from some people who have had the experience?

Cheers

Someone give him a Nobel prize

 

[emilios]

Someone give him a Nobel prize

Freaking naturals. I think he's talking about the ACER exama though, which most people ace.

 

[emilios]

Wait 124 average raw score of the sections or 124 combined mark?

(Sorry, UMAT might have a different format from when i did it in 2011)

All 3 sections are together now so the raw mark would be 134. Out of the whole exam OP only lost 10 marks.

 

[bangladesh]

Wait 124 average raw score of the sections or 124 combined mark?

(Sorry, UMAT might have a different format from when i did it in 2011)

so what he meant is getting 124 of the 134 questions right.

 

[youngsky]

OP what UMAT scores are you referring to? If that 124/134 was on Medentry then go accept your MD right now. If it was one of the ACER practice exams, you might wanna get your hands on another paper between now and next week cos those ones are a bit too easy. If you can pull 124/134 on the actual UMAT then you'll probably get offers from most unis in the country.

Anyway you seem like a smart bloke, you should get in (unlike me lol).

Yeah it was the ACER practice exams, not Medentry cause I haven't bought anything from them. Btw are you referring to a particular Medentry test paper or you mean to say that Medentry papers are generally harder?

By 124/134 I mean out of 134 questions I answered 124 of them correctly, just clarifying

 

[madharris]

Wait 124 average raw score of the sections or 124 combined mark?

(Sorry, UMAT might have a different format from when i did it in 2011)

not good enough

 

[Kiraken]

All 3 sections are together now so the raw mark would be 134. Out of the whole exam OP only lost 10 marks.

Oh shit lol that is amazing hahaha

 

[cub3root]

Are you Asian?

 

[tlaw666]

UNSW is pretty hard to get into for medicine from what i've heard, but it sounds like you can definitely have a good shot at it. If you don't get into unsw you'll definitely get in somewhere else. gl bro

 

[iStudent]

That UMAT score o_o

 

[emilios]

Yeah I dont mean to burst your bubble, but myself and many other people I know get like 110-120 on the ACER tests but like 84-85 on the Medentry, which are a better reflection of the actual paper.

You could be a genius for all i know, all im saying is that the ACER ones are generally too easy and you should try another company's for good measure.

 

[bangladesh]

Depends on which acer you do, 1 and 2 is easy but 3 is harder. Many of the questions in practice test 3 are straight out of last year's umat exam.
Has anyone done the third one?

 

[Futuremedstudent]

Ur atar could be good enough but u should aim for 90+ umat percentile

 

[youngsky]

Yeah I dont mean to burst your bubble, but myself and many other people I know get like 110-120 on the ACER tests but like 84-85 on the Medentry, which are a better reflection of the actual paper.

You could be a genius for all i know, all im saying is that the ACER ones are generally too easy and you should try another company's for good measure.

Yeah I do think that particular ACER test didn't fully represent what questions might be encountered...

Anyway I happened to have one of those Medentry papers on hand - finished the paper just now. Was a fair bit more difficult.
[S1: 38/44] + [S2: 29/36] + [S3: 27/30] = 94/110? :S

 

[Kiraken]

that's a great score lol