Revised UMAT Structure For 2012 + Revised Practice Material

So glad I don't have to sit it again... barely scraped through last time

Originally Posted by koochkooch

I stumbled across this today while looking for GAMSAT resources (how it led me to the UMAT page is a mystery, but regardless I thought I'd share it with MSO). Note everything in brackets is the 2011 format

Section 1: Logical Reasoning and Problem Solving
Number of questions: 48 (44)
Time in minutes: 70 (65)
Section 2: Understanding People
Number of questions: 44 (40)
Time in minutes: 55 (50)
Section 3: Non-verbal Reasoning
Number of questions: 42 (38)
Time in minutes: 55 (50)

Source: Structure and Content | About UMAT | UMAT

I also noticed this: "UMAT practice materials are currently being revised. They will be available for purchase again towards the end of 2011." So more practice material should be on its way (even though the statement suggests it should already be out - maybe I'm just blind and can't find the new material).

This year will be my fourth attempt at the UMAT (and hopefully my last!).

P.S. Apologies if this has already been mentioned elsewhere

Thanks for the links! Are they trying to make UMAT a little less daunting with the new look? =_= its not really working...
Question for koochkooch: what does the numbers in the brackets mean? And with the unis listed on Universities | UMAT, are they the only ones accepting UMAT?
>_< Thanks

They're always increasing the number of questions to differentiate people. Last year I got some ACER practice materials from my careers advisor, that he had from 3 years before, and the booklets had information on the number of questions and time given. I compared them to the 2011 ACER practice materials and I noticed the number of questions had increased as well as the time given. Luckly I'm done with the UMAT forever!