BMAT test?

I just finished my bmat test. it was the worst test i have seen in my life.

as a result i have written this email and sent it to bmat and i am consdering sending a similar one to the universities involved. see if u guys agree with me and reply back to this
thread ;

Dear Bmat,

I have just sat this years BMAT test to find the test absolutely appalling.

How are you expected to have any time to even think in that exam? And i would like to know

how the test represents critical thinking and aptitude, when

a) the questions you have set are ridiculous in the sense that they are nothing like even

the hardest of the GCSE or Key Stage 4 exams as you have specified in your syllabus

b) they have no relation to a normal persons ability to think critically

c) such problems on the paper NEVER have to be dealt with on a medicine course (i have

several family members practicing medicine, who like me, have agreed that the type of

questions set are nonsense, not just in their own right - but in the time constraints in

which you have to solve them).

How do you expect a person to solve 30+ questions in 30 mins? So thats less than 60

seconds on each question? - a question which is so confusing it doesnt even test material

learnt but rather tests your abilty to sift through rubbish.
I would like to see any one of the people at bmat, complete the test paper and achieve

more than half marks. A simple question such as multiplying a 3 digit number by another 3

digit number takes about 60 seconds and you want students to work out questions which make

no sense?

This test on the contrary to its name, tests nothing. And since it's multiple choice, if

someone ever did get a good score, it was probably 80% due to luck of shading in of a

random circle on the answer sheet. How universities find this test to be worthy is beyond me.

What i request from BMAT is, for the developers of the test to sit down and to take a long

hard think about this test, its structure, the validity of the questions and the time

limit. The selection procedure to enter into a university is already as hap-hazard as it

can be without fools like the developers of the BMAT test thrusting this on to students

who have more important subjects to worry about.

Regards,

Mr.J.Fox.

u say that. but someone has to do something about it. just cant sit down and hope for everything to be fine.

can anyone remember what question 3 was from section 3? I just did section 2... didnt even look - since i ran out of time for first 2 sections.... thought it was quite intelligent to start as quickly as possible..

I was wondering what the views are from people who did the bmat and went to the special preparation course for it.

I just finished my bmat test. it was the worst test i have seen in my life.

as a result i have written this email and sent it to bmat and i am consdering sending a similar one to the universities involved. see if u guys agree with me and reply back to this
thread ;

Dear Bmat,

I have just sat this years BMAT test to find the test absolutely appalling.

How are you expected to have any time to even think in that exam? And i would like to know

how the test represents critical thinking and aptitude, when

a) the questions you have set are ridiculous in the sense that they are nothing like even

the hardest of the GCSE or Key Stage 4 exams as you have specified in your syllabus

b) they have no relation to a normal persons ability to think critically

c) such problems on the paper NEVER have to be dealt with on a medicine course (i have

several family members practicing medicine, who like me, have agreed that the type of

questions set are nonsense, not just in their own right - but in the time constraints in

which you have to solve them).

How do you expect a person to solve 30+ questions in 30 mins? So thats less than 60

seconds on each question? - a question which is so confusing it doesnt even test material

learnt but rather tests your abilty to sift through rubbish.
I would like to see any one of the people at bmat, complete the test paper and achieve

more than half marks. A simple question such as multiplying a 3 digit number by another 3

digit number takes about 60 seconds and you want students to work out questions which make

no sense?

This test on the contrary to its name, tests nothing. And since it's multiple choice, if

someone ever did get a good score, it was probably 80% due to luck of shading in of a

random circle on the answer sheet. How universities find this test to be worthy is beyond me.

What i request from BMAT is, for the developers of the test to sit down and to take a long

hard think about this test, its structure, the validity of the questions and the time

limit. The selection procedure to enter into a university is already as hap-hazard as it

can be without fools like the developers of the BMAT test thrusting this on to students

who have more important subjects to worry about.

Regards,

Mr.J.Fox.

There was a course preparation for it?

LOL! They're not going to pay a blind bit of notice. You're not expected to finish the paper, the questions are supposed to stretch you, and it's obviously not going to be like your GCSE/AS/A2 science exams, because they know you can do these sorts of papers - they've got your grades. Calm down, everyone found it hard, and you'll probably do better than you think. You'll never get into a uni with the attitude you're displaying above!