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(02 Tips) Online Nmat
(02 Tips) Online Nmat
(02 Tips) Online Nmat
I. GENERAL TIPS
1. Time is your biggest enemy. Watch the clock, and don’t dwell too much on a single item.
2. Even if you don’t know the answer, put something in. It’s very hard to go back to a particular item,
and you might not even have time to do so.
3. Study the general weaknesses of other students. The common weaknesses (in no particular order)
include Quantitative, Inductive Reasoning, Perceptual Acuity, Chemistry, and Physics. Try placing a
lot of focus on these topics.
4. If you have no general weakness, it is better to exploit your strong points. For a subject that you
deem is your strong suit, you’ll probably take a shorter time to review. Personally, I reviewed the
subjects I found easiest to give more time for those difficult subjects. This schematic also allowed
me to recall the concepts better since my review date for the harder subjects is closer to my test
date.
5. From experience, a lot of people tend to undermine Social Science so use this to your advantage. It’s
not as difficult or deep as the other topics in Part II so I suggest reviewing this first and going back
to it when the test date is near.
6. Use the 10-minute break in between Parts I and II. Do not bulldoze through the entire thing.
7. Sleep early and eat something real quick before the test. I also suggest resting or doing light reading
the day before if you’re not feeling so confident.
8. Pray, pray, pray. Pray for what you need - whether it be knowledge/wisdom, confidence, focus, or so
on.
II. PER SECTION (Disclaimer: This is based on my own experience so it might be subjective)
1. VERBAL REASONING: The analogy part killed me, but you can make it up with reading
comprehension. Like what every other person says, read the question first. Reading comprehension
in the NMAT is not that hard, so you’ll do fine. For the analogies, you can broaden your vocabulary as
early as now to at least give yourself a fighting chance. I suggest speeding through this to give
priority to Quantitative, Inductive Reasoning, and Perceptual Acuity.
2. PERCEPTUAL ACUITY: This part - while already tricky - is even more difficult now that it’s online. The
figures aren’t beside each other; thus, making comparison harder. It’s easy to get carried away with
the time here, so be wary of the time. Like I said earlier, if you don’t know, put something in
regardless. The best way to get good at this, though, is through practice and familiarizing yourself
with common patterns!
3. INDUCTIVE REASONING: Comments are similar to perceptual acuity when it comes to the figures
portion. For the letter and number series, it’s best to familiarize yourself with the common patterns
and of course, to practice.
4. QUANTITATIVE REASONING: If you’re good at math, you’ll have no problem here given that the math
problems aren’t out of this world. Familiarize yourself with the four operations, PEMDAS,
pythagorean theorem, binomial expansion, and common formulas for word problems. It’s important
to be able to compute quickly and accurately so practice (especially for the estimations in the Data
Interpretation part)!
5. PHYSICS: Minimal computations (around 4 to 5). This part focuses more on physics concepts, with
the focus changing per day. Best to cover your bases on all topics listed in the UPLINK powerpoint
and the ultimate study guide in the drive.
6. CHEMISTRY: Given that we’ve had four chemistry subjects in MedTech, chemistry won’t be such a
challenging subject. Minimal computations are to be expected, with more concepts. Focus for most
sets in the November to December 2020 NMAT was mostly on inorganic chemistry, so look into
topics such as stoichiometry, molarity, molality, normality, periodic trends, and so on. Don’t forget
M1V1 = M2V2 because this literally saved my life. This may not hold true for your set so best to still
try to cover your bases.
7. BIOLOGY: Biology is the most unpredictable for Part II as it covers such a wide range of topics. While
some questions are memory work, there are a lot of application questions. For this section, I suggest
familiarizing yourself with as many topics as possible. You may have to do some additional
research. For plants, specifically, it’s really helpful to watch videos.
8. SOCIAL SCIENCE: This is the easiest to review for among all the four subjects in Part II.
Sociology-Anthropology and Psychology take the cake here, so focus on those. The UPLINK reviewer
is sufficient for this section; however, you should know how to apply the concepts as most questions
are situational.