Anyone recently sat the STAT test???

[Hannahbanana]

Just after some advice regarding the STAT test.
To apply for the course I want to do at uni next year as a mature age student I have to sit the STAT test in october, so I am just wondering if any one has recently sat it (in the last couple of years will do) and how hard did you find it?

I haven't used my brain cells for a while and was wondering if you did any sort of prep before you sat the test or if you just looked at the sample questions?

Any advice you can give me would be great!!

[Hannahbanana]

Just giving this a bump to see if anyone has sat it in the last few weeks cos I know there have been some run latley. Any advice and how hard did you find the multiple choice section??

[Traveller]

Sorry I missed this post before. I am sitting the STAT test tomorrow morning, very nervous! No advice for you as I am in the same boat but wanted to say good luck.

[My Three Sons]

No advice as i didn't do one, but wishing you both the best of luck for the STAT and getting into your courses.

[Hannahbanana]

I am sitting it in the arvo and am concerned as I sat down and did the practice test last night and only got 58% right...... I am hoping the practice tests are way harder than the real thing (a bit of wishful thinking I know). I hope my mummy brain departs for the day and my real brain switches on...lol...

[Traveller]

remember there is no negative marking, so you don't lose points for a wrong or missed answer. Most people (I am told) will not complete the test in the 2 hours so try and relax and concentrate on each question rather than rushing to try and get more answered. I am also assured by a friend who sat it 2 years ago (and got an excellent mark) that you will get a higher marl of you skip completely the units that have you stumped and go back to them if you have time later.

[Shades]

I will be doing the STAT on the 19th of October and I'm so petrified I think I just peed a little bit.

[willow5]

Good luck Shades!!!

How did everyone else go?

[emc2]

I will be doing the STAT on the 19th of October and I'm so petrified I think I just peed a little bit.

Assuming it is still the same it's just like the end of year 12 test - so it's a lead pencil one where you fill in the dots. It's been the same for decades in terms of filling it in. Multiple choice.

It's testing things like your language skills, maths skills, logic skills so they're the things to study up on.

[Traveller]

Don't be petrified Shades, it really isn't too bad. Just make sure you carefully read the questions and you'll be find

[~MummaBear~]

I am also sitting the STAT test in Nov, i am feeling ok about most of it but the essays scare me!

[Shades]

QLD unis apparently only require the multiple choice test so no essays for me thank goodness.

[morgansmummy2008]

Hey all

I recently sat the STAT test....I was feeling pretty confident having done the practice papers and was completing them well within the time frames and scoring between 59-65 out of a possible 70 HOWEVER the test on the day was so so so much harder, do not have results through yet but have a feeling they will be terrible
I feel i would have been better off not doing it!! I sat the test in order to apply for BMid at UTS, I did already meet entry requirements having previously studied at diploma level (although in an unrelated field) but just wanted some extra 'brownie' points as competition is fierce! Requires a result of 87 or above to get in and if I havnt made it (im pretty sure I wont have) I cant simply choose not to give results on my uni application as UAC have them on file, which is who you apply to to get into uni also.

SIGH...oh well, too late now. Does anyone know if you can resit at any point?? lol

Good Luck to all awaiting results xxx

[morgansmummy2008]

Does anyone know when and how results are given this year? They never even mentioned it on test day??
Thanks and good luck to anyone else waiting

[Traveller]

it should be on the VTAC website what the date is. The you just need to log onto VTAC and you will get them, although they post a letter out to you too.

[hannanat]

Like Traveller said, it's really important that you read the question and answers carefully. I know that should be a given, but most of the questions have 2 answers that are quite similar. I did it at the end of 2008 and that's the thing that sticks out the most in my memory.

Brain training websites are helpful too.

[Traveller]

And try to train doing things like sudoku or logic puzzles. There were quite a few logic type puzzles when I sat it so they will get you thinking in the right way.

[Shades]

Well I did the sample q's and got 56, so I'm rooted if the real test is much harder