MedEntry HPAT Preparation

It is inappropriate for ACER/some universities to claim that UMAT and interview coaching is undesirable, for several reasons. For example:

• Student Services of all universities engage in coaching of their students in CV and interview preparation for employment.

• UMAT coaching is education in a broad sense which is same as what universities do, so how can that be deemed unworthy?

• Undertaking UMAT coaching is an indirect indicator of motivation, just as obtaining a degree is an indicator of a person's motivation to persist.

• Universities are big businesses these days and teach any course where there is demand. It has resulted in many Mickey mouse courses (see below*), yet they claim coaching for the generic and transferrable skills involved with UMAT training is unacceptable.

In Britain, the educational authorities have begun testing for cognitive enhancing drugs which are increasingly being used by students before exams and tests. ACER and universities should be concerned about such problems rather than generic skills training for the UMAT. 

Dr Ed Boyapati 
MedEntry UMAT Prep
http://www.medentry.edu.au

*Universities teach strange Courses such as Mail Order Brides; Tightwaddery; The Phallus; Sex, Rugs, Salt & Coal; Finding Dates Worth Keeping; Art of Walking; Daytime Serials; Maple Syrup; Campus Culture and Drinking: 

http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/top-25-strangest