Arkwright Scholarships 2015

Original post by ruudiwolf

I've done a project on cantilever deflection. I had to complete a project quickly, because I only started it in the Christmas holidays, so it's quite simple :/

woah what is that it sounds complicated

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Original post by umarguerita

woah what is that it sounds complicated

Complicated equations but it's not too bad. I did some work on that for the Engineering Education Scheme.

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Arrrgg!! how are you meant to revise for the aptitude test?!! I've looked back at some of the past papers and some of them contain a lot of advanced stuff. I'm most worried about the technical design part and don't know what to do to prepare for it. Am I meant to revise mechanics? moving parts? gears? omg I don't know and it's really stressing me out. Somebody help please.

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I've learnt:
materials - 5 metals, 3 plastics and 3 smart materials
manufacturing methods that could be used with the metals and plastics
adhesives/assembly methods
finishing methods
a few electrical components
5 gear mechanisms and 3 (very basic) pulley systems
Hope that helps but if it doesn't have a look at Chlorophiles post in the 2014 applicants thread where he's written a large post with some useful links.

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Original post by Dave1999

Thanks, you sound really prepared for this aptitude test.

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Original post by umarguerita

Thanks, you sound really prepared for this aptitude test.

Haha I'm just trying to prepare the best I can, I really hate going into exams/tests not knowing what I could do!

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Original post by Dave1999

Haha I'm just trying to prepare the best I can, I really hate going into exams/tests not knowing what I could do!

That's what makes it a good exam! It's an aptitude test, it's not designed to test how much you know, it's designed to test your creativity and aptitude at engineering and design :smile:

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Original post by Chlorophile

That's what makes it a good exam! It's an aptitude test, it's not designed to test how much you know, it's designed to test your creativity and aptitude at engineering and design :smile:

I understand what you mean but I thought the more I knew the more knowledge I would have and therefore I could apply this to the task they set to improve my response?

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Original post by Dave1999

I understand what you mean but I thought the more I knew the more knowledge I would have and therefore I could apply this to the task they set to improve my response?

Obviously do a bit of learning: make sure you know the basic fundamentals, the toolkit you're going to need to implement. What I mean is that there's only so much you can do. Learning a massive list of materials isn't going to help you if you don't know how to design a good product or if you're not creative enough to come up with a novel solution.

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What's the likelihood of actually making it to the interview stage?

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Original post by Chlorophile

Ah okay I see what you mean :smile:

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Well the exam's tomorrow so good luck everyone :smile:

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tanyapotter

good luck guys!! i remember taking this test last year.

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ruudiwolf

Good luck guys, hope it goes well for everyone!

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