What is the quality of MedEntrys products?
- Your performance in the UMAT will only improve if you practice on questions which simulate the real UMAT. Practicing on questions which are unrelated to those in the UMAT or questions that have a different structure to those in the UMAT may adversely affect your performance. It is like preparing for a Physics exam but finding at the exam venue that in fact you are being examined on Biology.
Numerous students have been misled by the purchase of practice tests which have little resemblance to the real UMAT, which resulted in them performing poorly. Please make sure you do not become one of these unfortunate students – you only get one chance per year. Further, do not make purchases or assumptions about the quality of products based on free sample questions. Numerous students have made purchases based on the fact that the sample questions ‘looked good’, only to find that questions provided were of extremely poor quality and did not simulate the UMAT.
- Be wary of practicing on "past UMAT practice materials/papers". Remember that the UMAT is continually evolving. Preparation materials that are a year or more old are usually out of date.
- In general, quality is inversely proportional to quantity. It is easy to put together and sell thousands of poor quality questions which have little resemblance to UMAT questions. However, preparing top quality questions which simulate the UMAT takes time, expertise, knowledge, skill and resources.
- A survey of medical students has shown that most students had the time and motivation to do about 500 questions (about 5 practice exams). This is due to factors like the pressures of school work, the pre-test preparation required, and the fact that the extent of improvement plateaus after completing a few tests. Having access to too many poor quality practice questions which you are unlikely to complete will only make you feel guilty. This is not the feeling you want to have on that crucial day.
- Numerous students, in the past, have been promised thousands of questions by some providers. Unfortunately, the students have been provided with only a few poor quality questions. Further, they have had access to them only at a very late stage.
- The format of UMAT is constantly changing and evolving (for example the introduction of BTF questions in Section 2 and Patterns and Sequences questions in Section 3). Amazingly, some materials are being sold in the old format since the sellers do not have and/or do not want to spend time and resources updating the materials.
- The UMAT does not have questions like those in LSAT (see http://www.lsac.org/index.asp). Some materials are being sold with LSAT type questions. Don’t end up wasting money and more importantly being misled. Further, knowing use of pirated material may mean prosecution. So please beware!
- Sections 1 and 2 of the UMAT have four possible options for each question. Beware of materials that are being sold with five options.
- Avoid the cheapest product. Remember, good services are seldom cheap and cheap services are seldom good.
