London Academy of Excellence 2014 Applicants

Altab

Who else has applied for LAE? I got my assessment day on the 8th (March). Anyone else got theirs on that date?

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Reply 1

gum1941

LOL Hello

I'm at LAE now

Don't worry too much about the assessment day, it's nothing major. Last year, they made me do a VRT (verbal reasoning test) - something you can't revise for. Just make sure you do ALL THE QUESTIONS, even if that means guessing like the last couple.

Reply 2

thenextchemist

Hi!

I've got it on the week after 8th of March.
A lot of people got it on the 8th of March, I don't know anyone whose got it on the 16th!! :frown:

LAE's not my first choice anyway, but looking forward to it.
It might change my mind.

Reply 3

1020Noddy

Mine is on the 22nd! :frown:

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Reply 4

Altab

They told me on the email that I dont have to do a Verbal Reasoning Test :biggrin:

Reply 5

Altab

Original post by Bloom77

Hi!

I've got it on the week after 8th of March.
A lot of people got it on the 8th of March, I don't know anyone whose got it on the 16th!! :frown:

LAE's not my first choice anyway, but looking forward to it.
It might change my mind.

There is no assessment day on the 16th, if Im not wrong. They are on the following dates;1st March, 8th March and 22nd March.

Reply 6

1020Noddy

I know! We have a dragons den thing instead.. I would much rather prefer the verbal reasoning. It sounds a lot less daunting

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Reply 7

thenextchemist

Original post by Altab

There is no assessment day on the 16th, if Im not wrong. They are on the following dates;1st March, 8th March and 22nd March.

sorry, I meant 22nd. lol, I just doubled the date, no idea why I did that.

Reply 8

Altab

Im just worried about the interview :/

Reply 9

Pecnut

During the summer, I was actually looking for somewhere to transfer to finish off my A-levels for my A2 year having just come out of AS. I decided to apply to the LAE as well as a list of other places so they called me in to complete an application and an interview. Soon after I completed the paper application there, they gave me the renowned "Verbal Reasoning Test".

I opened the paper... The first question was something like "What is the fourth letter of the third day of the week after Monday?" Or something along those lines. I answered it then had a look at the next few questions which were just as ridiculous, laughed to myself, stood up and left. It was totally and utterly stupid...

Reply 10

DebkoX

Mines also on the 8th March. It isn't my first choice but it never hurts.

Reply 11

Altab

Original post by DebkoX

Mines also on the 8th March. It isn't my first choice but it never hurts.

I wonder how many people are going to turn up, LOL by the way do you have to do a VRT exam?

Reply 12

thenextchemist

Original post by Altab

I wonder how many people are going to turn up, LOL by the way do you have to do a VRT exam?

We don't have to do it.
It's just an interview and the dragons den thing.
Is the dragons den thing just trying to sell a product?

Reply 13

Altab

Original post by Bloom77

We don't have to do it.
It's just an interview and the dragons den thing.
Is the dragons den thing just trying to sell a product?

I think we make our own product in group and then present to the audience

Reply 14

Altab

I had my assessment day today and it was good. The interview was not THAT stressing, the only hard question was about the school's motto ''what to do when you don't know what to do''. The dragon's den thing was the easier part, you create your own group of 9 and we had to create an educational game for primary school children and then present infront of a panel consisting of 4 sixth formers and 1 teacher (the other groups in the back). Our group (Eton) was the best !

Now I just wait for their reply to see whether I get a conditional offer or not.

Reply 15

DebkoX

I also had mine yesterday. The dragons den activity was good and whilst my interview went well I got kinda annoyed. The physics teacher to my left who was conducting another interview kept intervening and making snide comments. E,g, I was told to list my favourite films, I said "Avengers" and he intervened by saying "Avengers Assemble, get the name right" even though its actually "Marvels the avengers assemble"
We also had a question asking where would we go at any time in the universe on a magic carpet. I said to see the Big Bang and he again butted in with some dull explanation before I asked "If it's magic, doesn't that mean science is irrelevant now?"
Overall though my interview went fine. The only issue is the interviewer said that it isn't for creative people. They're incredibly academic and only want the top grades. He said I suit the college. But it might not meet my demands.

Reply 16

gum1941

Original post by DebkoX

The only issue is the interviewer said that it isn't for creative people. They're incredibly academic and only want the top grades. He said I suit the college. But it might not meet my demands.

I guess so, LAE is very exam focused and they focus on you getting the grades so that you can get into the universities of your choice.

Who was your interviewer btw?

Reply 17

DebkoX

Original post by gum1941

I guess so, LAE is very exam focused and they focus on you getting the grades so that you can get into the universities of your choice.

Who was your interviewer btw?

Asian man. Very kind, told me he was a maths teacher.

Reply 18

gum1941

Original post by DebkoX

Asian man. Very kind, told me he was a maths teacher.

Ah, that'll be Mr. Chotai. He's quite inspirational. AND he's like SUPER SMART! 9 A*s at GCSE o.O He's only 25, and yet he's done so many things. (he also used to be a stockbroker at Wall Street)