Posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2018, at 2:50:37
In reply to Re: one of my favorite FDOTM, posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2018, at 2:33:06
and the UMAT is only 15%
60% grade.that's for interview selection. and then 25% from interview and (the journals lead me to believe) 'definite yes' and 'definite no' can be the outcome of interview.
we can't talk about the UMAT questions... and i don't want to...
it was just incredibly odd, to me, that i did really really well on their section two ('understanding people') practice questions (that's not the surprising bit)... I mean... I'm not surprised I did well on that. I mean, I've studied quite a bit of English Lit. My understanding of mood and tone and theme and so on... And then my study of psychology, too. From behaviorism to psychodynamic theories to developmental to freud and jung and so on... My study of de-escalating things and so on...
It would surprise me, no end, if I didn't do really well on section 2. I mean... I've worked really hard at understanding people most particularly (but not limited to) writing... Over how many years?
And practice test seemed to confirm that...
But I did poorly at it in the exam. And the questions seemed... Odd. There was a clear answer in teh practice questions (IMHO) and there was not a clear answer in the actual test questions. It seemed like a personality test, to me. But... Well... What personality characaterists are the looking for?
A good person?
Seems not...
I did poorly. Huh.
Anyway... The UMAT is no longer. England is going to be administering their test for NZ and Australia from next year.
Do I have any reason to expect that would be less of a farce?
And then what of the STEP...
NZ... Makes teh whole wide world look bad. Someone really needs to do something...
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