MedStart is a UMAT Preparation College that is committed to ensuring you have the best possible opportunity of acing your UMAT, and ultimately entering Medicine or Health Profession of your choice.

Our unique learning system helps you master the UMAT program with -

1. Personal and Comprehensive Teaching in small groups. Our classes are taught in small groups (average 8 students). Small groups also allow our UMAT Teachers to get to know you and to respond to your individual learning style. Our courses systematically breakdown each section of the UMAT, identifying the typical question types, and giving you strategies to tackle them.

2. Excellent Question Quality and Academic Standards. We have 1000s of the best questions in a variety of formats that will help you prepare for your UMAT. Our Advanced Online System lets you learn at your own pace. Our practice drills allow you to train for the specific demands of each section and question type, whilst our set of 10 practice exams allows you to condition yourself to the style, structure and difficulty of the "real thing".

3. Exceptional Follow-up Support. We know how important the UMAT is to you, so we are with you every step of the way. On top of our Online Tutor support, we provide weekly tutorials for a period of up to 10 weeks after your classes, so that you can tackle the difficult questions, overcome conceptual roadblocks, and refine your exam strategy.

In deciding which course to go to, you need to be mindful of three main concerns.

1. Quality of Teaching

In selecting a UMAT Course, you should be confident of the quality of the course Teachers, and the way in which they deliver their courses. At MedStart, we believe in our UMAT Teachers, our methods, and our learning format.

Our UMAT Teachers have extensive experience with the UMAT program, and are effective and approachable communicators.

Through meticulous research, we have also developed a systemic and methodical approach to the UMAT that shows students how to deconstruct the typical questions in each section with simple and easy-to-apply frameworks. This helps students to breakdown and solve a question quickly and accurately – an essential process in succeeding in the UMAT.

Most importantly, our classes are taught in a small-group format. This ensures that our teaching is responsive, personalised and effective. Teaching in small groups ensures that your are given adequate attention and that our teaching can be customised to your needs. In contrast, many courses are taught in large group lecture with 80+ people. Whilst these courses may be good in "rallying" pump-up motivation, they are less effective in training the specific skills you need to master the UMAT, and catering for your individual needs.

2. Quality of Questions

It is important that the course you select has a comprehensive selection of questions with the right level of difficulty. Doing practice questions is the best way to develop proficiency in the UMAT, allowing you to apply, practice and master the frameworks you have learnt in class.

You should be careful that the course you select has questions designed specifically for the UMAT. There are many forms of psychometric testing, including exams such as GAMSAT, GMAT, LSAT, and whilst these may offer limited helping in training general technique, to score the best UMAT marks you need specific and focused practice. That's why we've made sure that all our questions are completely in line with the style, format and difficult of the ACER UMAT examinations.

Secondly, practice questions should be reflective of the standards of difficulty in the UMAT. Some courses offer questions that are excessively difficult in an attempt to 'showcase' the quality of their course. However it is better to train with UMAT questions that are of equal or slightly harder difficulty than the ACER UMAT exam. At MedStart, we rigorously calibrate our course so questions are reflective of the standards demanded in the UMAT.

3. Quality of Follow-up Support

Finally, you need to be aware of the follow-up support you will receive as part of your UMAT Course. As you practice for the UMAT, you will invariably encounter roadblocks in understanding or applying techniques to solve questions. Whilst we provide full worked solutions and email support to our questions, we understand that you may need more personalised feedback to help you overcome any difficulties quickly.

That's why we offer personalised follow-up support every week to our students through our UMAT Care program. Each week, you may book in for up to an hour a week, and you will receive help in a group of no more than three students.

Seminar learning is severely limited because of its size. When you have 80 people crammed into a lecture hall, it is impossible to tailor the course for you. By its very nature, it caters for the general UMAT student, without offering anything specific to your level or learning style.

To be fair, the seminars are usually effective in "pump-up motivation", as you will meet many like-minded people eager to enter Medicine or the Health Sciences. However, if you are short on time, and looking for results, small group UMAT Preparation is much more effective since our UMAT Teachers can explain concepts on a more personal level, tailor instruction to meet your needs, and respond to your learning style.

MedStart, in it's commitment to setting the standard of excellence for UMAT Preparation, is the only UMAT Preparation Centre that includes 2 Mock Exam and Reviews as part of their Comprehensive and UMAT Care packages.

We hold the first Mock Exam straight after the course to uncover weaknesses and consolidate the frameworks learnt in class. The second Mock Exam is held in the week before your UMAT, to ensure maximum preparation for the real thing.

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Preparing for UMAT in Year 11 is an excellent idea, because it will free up your time in Year 12 to study for your school leaving exams. Moreover, since UMAT is a skills-based exam, you are not likely to forget the techniques even after a year is passed.

Entry for most health science courses in University require three main criteria for admission (ATARs, UMAT Scores and Interviews). In your final year, you will be under a lot of time pressure preparing for up to five subjects at school and the UMAT. Furthermore, the UMAT is usually just before your school Trial Exams (that usually count for 40% of your Assessment Mark), which makes this situation even worse. Many students end up facing a trade-off between preparing for the UMAT and preparing for their school-leaving exams. Failure to achieve high marks in either can cost you your place in the Medicine.

Hence, preparing for UMAT early is not only possible, it is extremely beneficial.

At MedStart, we encourage students to start preparing for their UMAT early (because it will free up your time in Year 12 to study for your school leaving exams. Also, since UMAT is a skills-based exam, you aren't likely to forget the techniques even after a year is passed).

If you are in Year 10 or 11 and you enrol into our UMAT Comprehensive or UMAT Care Courses, we will give you an EXTRA years access to our MedStart Online Learning System. Free of charge!

If you would like to join our personalised and results-focused UMAT Preparation Courses, simply enrol here.

Or you can call us on 1300 99 UMAT (1300 998 628) and let our Student Services Team know which course you wish to join.

To find out the specific entry requirements for the course you are interested in, please contact the University directly.

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Interviews are a crucial aspect of the selection process for Medicine and other Health Science Courses and are weighted at more than 50% of the total selection criteria in some Universities.

In the same way that you would not go into a job interview unprepared, you should not go into a Medical Interview unprepared. Knowledge of the types of questions you will be asked, coaching on your interview technique and enhancing your communication skills will dramatically improve your chances of getting into Medicine.

Don't leave the last hurdle to chance. MedStart's Interview Blitz Program gives you personalised, custom-made Interview Training to ensure that you get into Medicine.

If you are looking to blitz the Interview and get into Medicine, MedStart provides small group Interview Training that is highly personalised.

1. Personalised UMAT Interview Training

Rather than showing you the standard, memorised answers that most students present, our Interview Program provides you with insight into the motivations for the interview questions, and how to present sophisticated and unique responses that draw on your own individual experiences.

The UMAT Interview Training Program is taught by our Head UMAT Teacher, and will also focus on helping you develop effective communication skills, and how to handle unexpected questions successfully.

2. One-on-One Mock Interview

Our one-on-one UMAT Interview Training provides a real-life simulation of what it is like to be in an interview. The 1-on-1 Mock Interview gives you the invaluable opportunity to integrate the techniques you have learnt, in a real-life interview environment.

You will receive critical analysis and feedback on your interview manner, content of your response, and overall impression, so you can present at your best in the real interview.

MedStart also provides an Application Review Service, Interview Bibles and University Admission Bibles to get you into Medicine.

If you would like to enrol in our personalised and results-focused Interview Training Courses, simply enrol here.

Or you can call us on 1300 99 UMAT (1300 998 628) and let our Student Services Team know which course you wish to join.