The following information has been received by the school and is relevant for this year's Yr 11 students interested in studying medicine or one of the other medical courses at a university which requires completion of the UMAT.
Beginning with current Year 11's, all applicants
intending to sit the UMAT in 2019 for entry to university in 2020 will need to
sit the new University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT). From 2019 onwards, the
UMAT test will be discontinued.
UCAT will become be a mandatory admissions test
for the Doctor of Medicine (provisional entry) and Dental Science at The
University of Queensland.
The registration for the UCAT will open in March 2019 and close in mid-May. The UCAT will be offered on a choice of dates throughout the month of July, rather than on one single date.
The test consists of five, separately timed, subtests:
- Verbal Reasoning
- Decision Making
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Abstract Reasoning
- Situational Judgement Test
For more information about the new test,
including testing dates and format visit UCAT
online.
Preparing for UCAT
UCAT ANZ have a number of preparation materials available to assist students in preparing for the UCAT - these include:
UCAT ANZ have a number of preparation materials available to assist students in preparing for the UCAT - these include:
- Pactice examinations (timed)
- An online, interactive tutorial that teaches students how to approach questions and useful test strategies
- An incredibly detailed bank of example questions
We
strongly encourage students to use the officially produced materials.
Candidates should be aware that whilst there are many commercial companies
publishing books and offering coaching for our tests, the UCAT ANZ Consortium
does not work with any of these companies or endorse the use of their
materials. Taking advantage of these opportunities can cost candidates a great
deal of money and we would advise you to be sceptical about claims they can
help you do well in the test by coaching.
You can find the official preparation materials here
You can find the official preparation materials here
