Possible to get better at UMAT? (1 Viewer)

[enigma_1]

I'm getting 7 out of 15 in UMAT drills and stuff. Is there still time to increase the score or is it a skill that must be inherited and cannot be learnt?

Note the drills are like mini quizzes on each section.
I haven't moved onto practice papers yet as I only recently decided to do UMAT.

Regards

 

[Medman]

I studied 1 month for the UMAT. So yes it can but it depends on individuals.

 

[enigma_1]

Oh okay, wow that's really good! I struggle with the logical reasoning and the empathy sections. How do I efficiently get better at these? I feel like I'm mostly guessing and checking Since it's writing, I feel like there's no DEFINITE answer. Do you have any tips on how I could improve? Cheers

 

[enigma_1]

Bump

 

[Futuremedstudent]

Improve your vocab and your grammar. Review different literary techniques like emotive language.
Read many books or magazines
Also do some comprehension questions for example the ones from selective school test, NAPLAN, or any english book
Finally do as much UMAT papers u can.
Good luck

 

[Xt]

I'm getting 7 out of 15 in UMAT drills and stuff. Is there still time to increase the score or is it a skill that must be inherited and cannot be learnt?

Note the drills are like mini quizzes on each section.
I haven't moved onto practice papers yet as I only recently decided to do UMAT.

Regards

Was in your position at the beginning of UMAT prep - completely unsure how they arrived at a specific answer when everything seemed to be the same. Eventually, I nutted it out - requires a ton of effort. Do 2 hours of prep everyday and read widely (increase your vocab!!).

And analyse all the answers and make sure you actually understand, don't just gloss over them. After a while it'll eventually hit you and it becomes pretty easy. Practice Practice Practice, UMAT is a marathon, expect to take a couple months before it finally hits you.

 

[Medman]

GAMSAT questions are a bit too extreme. I could not even understand half of what they were talking about when I was actually doing it.

 

[kcwm]

For section 1 and 2 you need to do a practice paper, check your results, and for every question you got wrong you need to go through the question until you fully and completely understand why it is you got it wrong, and why it is that the correct answer is the right one.
There is only one correct answer to these s1 and s2 questions. It is very possible to work these out. Until you understand why you're making the mistakes you are you won't be able to properly improve. Just doing the questions over and over reinforces your inefficient or incorrect thinking patterns and you won't improve.
If you don't understand one of the answers then get someone to explain it to you and work through it with you.

And just as a side note, all reasoning skills you have are skills you have learned at some point, you weren't born able to sit a UMAT test, just able to learn how think rationally. If you have learned bad habits it might be hard to rectify them, but, at least for s1, these skills can be learned by anyone who is getting anywhere near the required ATAR.