Hi guys, I've applied for Westminster School Sixth form and as my options I have chosen French, Spanish, Maths and Physics. The entrance exams are next week and I would really appreciate any advice from anyone who has been through the exams, particularly the ones I'll be taking. I would also like to know whether I should sort of plan my personal statement in advance seeing as it seems we'll only have 15 minutes to write it. Regarding the Spanish exam, the prospectus said something about the last section being a writing section about 'something the student can relate to' (something like that...), so will we have a selection of questions or can we write about anything? Also if anyone took both French and Spanish, are the layouts similar? I also haven't studied Physics for a year (I did it last in year 9), will this be a huge problem? Maths is my biggest weakness I'm actually not doing great in that and I imagine everyone else will be amazing, but has anyone managed to get through by doing well in three and kind of meh on the forth? My chances of getting in a pretty slim since I'm coming from a state school and I only found out about the school a few days before the deadline (I literally applied 3 hours before the deadline...). I'm just going to give it my best shot, I'm really not sure how much predicted grades matter because I feel like I've just been gliding through GCSEs without really working hard, it's like GCSEs are just memorizing and they wont really prepare me for Westminster exams, but anyway:
Already achieved:
Biology A*
Predicted:
Maths: 8 (A*)
English Lit:8 (A*)
English Language:8 (A*)
Art: A*
RE: A*
French: A*
Spanish: A*
Drama: A*
Physics: A*
Chemistry: A*
Latin: A*
I would really appreciate any help (I'm kinda desperate.. >.<) xxx