UMAT Prep: Tips To Design An Effective Study Schedule

UMAT preparation is not that easy and the matter seems all the more tough when you start wondering about how to schedule your planning in order to get the maximum output in return! However, the fact remains that how you want to create your daily schedule completely depends on your convenience, lifestyle, interest, stamina, and potential. It is absolutely your duty to identify your strengths, in order to draft your daily schedule for the UMAT prep and otherwise. However, perhaps a few general tips would enable you to make things easier.

In The Morning: You have to decide at what time you want to wake up. Make sure that you settle for a time which you will be comfortable with on a regular basis. If you are not an early riser, do not force yourself to wake up at 6:00 a.m. However, also ensure that you do not wake up too late, as even that can harm your preparation.

1. Wake up at a fixed time every day. If that gets difficult, then set an alarm or ask someone to wake you up.
2. Freshen up as fast as possible, and sit down with your UMAT practice materials. Try to judge whether you would be able to use this time effectively for solving UMAT test papers. If you think that you cannot, then use this time to revise. Go through whatever you have learned on the previous day, and the day before. Your mind tends to be in its freshest form in the morning. Therefore, whatever you learn or read in the morning can actually linger on in your memory for a longer period of time. Go through your UMAT revision notebooks, and your vocabulary book.
3. If you are involved in other academic curriculum, then use the rest of the morning to go through those materials.
4. Make sure that you dedicate at least two hours in the morning for UMAT practice.

In The Afternoon: You cannot use this time for UMAT preparation, if you are a student and still have a school to attend. However, on a day when you don’t have school, you can do a lot of productive things in the afternoon.

1. Definitely gather a set of UMAT practice papers and start solving them. In order to complete the entire paper within the set time, sit with a stopwatch.
2. If you think that you still have some energy left, sit with the second set of paper after a short break. Without a break, solving the questions might get extremely boring and monotonous.
3. If you think that you need a siesta, then do not extend it to more than an hour.
4. Your lunch should be proper and healthy, as your brain is best stimulated by rich nutrients.

In The Evening: Evenings can be one of the best times for preparation. However, it can also turn out be one of the most unproductive times of the day, as it is preceded by a lot of events and experiences, some of which can be quite distracting. Therefore, figure out different ways to overcome these distractions and make full use of this time. Also, ensure that you dedicate each and every evening for your UMAT test preparation without failure, irrespective of whether you have a holiday or not!

1. If you feel that you got distracted by something before, then indulge in something destressing and entertaining. Sports can be a good solution to enable a more productive preparation. Swimming, tennis, basketball, or even working out can turn out to be extremely fruitful.
2. These activities should be followed by an intense UMAT practice. Dedicate at least five hours for your evening preparation session, where you can solve two papers, back to back. We would suggest you to sit with your papers at 5:00 p.m, so that you can wrap it up by 10:00 p.m. Even if you fail to abide by the time constraints, you should not extend your practice session beyond 11:00 p.m.
3. Solving two papers may get hectic on a normal day, where your preparation gets limited by other activities. On such days, do not take the pressure of solving two papers and instead, limit it to just one. Solving two practice papers on a week day is quite a decent performance. However, on a holiday, with all your efforts, you should be able to solve three papers.
4. If you think that you need a break in between, then do not prolong it to more than 20 minutes. Use this time to solve UMAT quizzes and puzzles. You can also watch some good programs on the TV, provided it is not distracting.

At Night: Studying at night is not recommended. However, if you feel that you are comfortable with it, then do not study after 12:00 a.m. Use this time for other studies. If you think that part of your practice was incomplete, then try to solve these questions and figure out the various methods that could lead to the solution. You can also call up or ping a few of your friends, (who you are sure to be still awake), to ask for their advice.