Do you think it is possible to improve UMAT marks in 5/6 months?

So the exam is in July and I've been doing some practice questions, but haven't put in consistent effort. I was wondering if 5/6 months is enough time for me to improve my marks (while studying for the HSC)?

How long do you guys think i should spend everyday on UMAT?
How much did you do?

well.. there is a lot of debate on whether doing heaps of practice exams for umat actually helps or not. There are MANY threads on mso talking about umat prep and how you should go about it. You can use the search function to check them out.

And to answer your question I would recommend that you should spend majority of your time focusing on HSC don't spend too much time on trying to 'improve' your umat, because there is no real way to prepare for umat in the first place. Just make sure you are familiar with the type of questions in each section and that you finish each section in the set time.

Hope this helped. Good luck.

I think it's important you tailor your study to suit the entrance requirements of your target university.

Case I: Monash (new version)

I think I can manage a 90 UMAT with reasonable effort and a high ATAR to get me a second round interview.

Case II: Monash (old version)

In this version UMAT was the sole tool used for getting an interview with no second round and the cut off was 94%le. Hence, it would be illogical to devote more time to your ATAR because even if you get from 99.5-99.9 they won't give you an offer (unless you get 99.95); consequently, you'd dedicate time to UMAT to get that 94 instead of the 90.

Hope it all goes well for you

I think its definitely possible to improve in that period, even with about 1-2 hours a week (and up that to 3-4 about a month out). Section two is probably the hardest to improve in and for that I recommend reading/watching more emotionally charged books/movies and building your vocab by learning the definition of any emotions you are unfamiliar with.

I only started preparing for mine a month and a bit out, and kicked myself for it walking out of the exam room. Turns out it didn't matter anyway but starting to prepare now is certainly a good idea!

You can definitely improve! Especially in Section 3. The harder you work in that section (in particular), the easier it will be to form strategies and techniques, both of which will help you enormously on the day and give you an advantage over others Another area for improvement (that could tie in with your HCS studies too) is practising "speed-reading". Try on Science (especially Biology) textbooks. Just read as fast as you can whilst maintaining some (well, a good) idea of what is going on. Study + UMAT practice in one go! Will definitely help for Section 1 (and sometimes Section 2). A great way to practice Section 2 is actually talking to random people and seeing how they react to different things, and then drawing conclusions from those. Also, maybe think about how the general population would react in any said conversation too, will definitely help. I wish I had done more of this too, as most "preparation companies" get Section 2 training completely wrong in my opinion

My preparation was very lazy, maybe 1 hour every week (from mid-February) and then like 2hrs/day in the week or so leading up to the exam. I did alright in the end, but I still think that if I worked harder I probably could have done better. The fact that you're thinking about all of this now shows that you are on the right track Good luck!

You can improve, but either way, why not start now? What's there to lose? You might walk out of the test wishing you'd started prepping earlier, and you'll be having major what if moments, not what you want after finishing the UMAT.

I found time management the biggest problem I had with the UMAT - I wish I'd spent more time prepping last year of Sections 1 and 3, on figuring out the questions faster, and being able to quickly prioritise. So yes, you don't really have anything to lose in my opinion by starting now.

I faced the same thing with ksana, that is time management. I found that I had trouble finishing the exam in time. I think my prep for it helped me in targeting my weakness and trying to improve on that. So, I suppose you may have to find out what your weakness is and target on that and imo, 6 months is plenty; just set aside some time every week to work on it. Even if it doesn't help in your 'knowledge/skills/ability etc' I think doing regular prep helps get you in the right frame of mind and test taking habit.

Yes, that's a great time to improve in my opinion. I believe UMAT prep effectiveness will taper and you can only get much better during a certain time frame (Ie, more time than 6 months will only give you a little more improvement).

Good luck!