Harris Westminster Entrance Exams

Alright cheers! I'm taking Maths Further Maths Physics and Chemistry with exams in Maths and Physics

Damn, good luck XD Do you know what degree you want to do?

Somehow I do!? I want to do a degree in physics and later on go into research. What about you?

Medicine, if I don't make it then a degree and a conversion degree thing (GDL?) to become a lawyer. Or midwifery (a senior one though)

Good luck with getting into medical school! How much is Harris Westminster helping you with that?

Thanks ^.^ Quite a bit, there's medical society, lectures and a new cultural perspective has been introduced this coming term for BMAT preparation

Thanks ^.^ Quite a bit, there's medical society, lectures and a new cultural perspective has been introduced this coming term for BMAT preparation

I'm taking the biology and chemistry exam. I study AQA for science at the moment. Do you think it will be a problem in terms of the content covered? As every board is different and AQA isn't known for being the most thorough.

What cultural perspectives did you do this term and how did you find them?

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Hey, I did the chemistry entrance exam and tbh it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Just go over GCSE content and it will be alright.

For the maths interview; it really depends on who interviews you. I got a really nice teacher and it felt more like a conversation rather than an interview. He did ask me to prove the sine and cosine rule which was alright, but he gave me the choice on what I wanted to be interviewed in and being the maths geek that I am trigonometry was the first thing that popped into my head, but in general you have nothing to be worried about.

Some people didn't even do the exam/interview, they just brought their results on results day and enrolled, so I guess that could be an option

I did terribly in the chemistry exam, I answered only a handful of questions. Though if I were to do it again I would have done much better because I didn't revise enough for it.. last year we had to do entrance exams on all four topics rather than choosing two and as I wasn't expecting to go to the school I skipped it. Then by chance a month or so later they said they were doing a second one for those who didn't come to the first and my dad forced me to go so I did and as a result I only had a short time to revise- I chose to focus on maths and biology. Tips would be to revise GCSE chemistry, the parts that you're not as good at because anything can be on the test. From last year I remember calculations and the empirical formula

My maths interview was horrific XD I was so nervous that when he (I had the head teacher of all people) asked me what half of 1 was I said 5 instead of 0.5 *sigh of embarassement*. I honestly think my entrance exams saved me. He had a piece of paper, folded it in a certain way and asked me to work out the angles without giving me any. He helps you when you get stuck

To help decide between my sixth form amd hwsf, how much help does hwsf give for university exams such as mat and step?

A significant amount (far more than my old school was giving to their sixth-formers).

I'll add some detail to that when I have time - for reference, I'm in year 13, doing Maths at Uni.

Hi. I'm in year 12 at the moment and would like to pursue a maths-based degree. Hence, doing a STEP exam is something I'll have to put into consideration in the coming months. Quick question: how did the school help you with STEP perperation? I've heard that it's quite different from the conventional A-level exams, and is certainly something to dedicate some time to consididering its importance and relative difficulty. Were there any lunch/after school sessions with maths teachers? And if so, what was the time spent doing? Going over past paper questions, I presume?

Sorry for all the questions, but browsing the STEP TSR thread's really gotten me riled up about it

They gave me a lot of support. There were afternoon sessions every week with one of the maths teachers (initially they were about BMO1 but after that we focussed on STEP); I was in a group of 3 or 4 students. Yeah, we went through past problems, and he (the teacher, a Hungarian guy, absolute legend) would go through the techniques that come up a lot in them, and really show us the kind of mindset you need when you're tackling the problems.

You have to do a lot of work on your own just going through the papers if you want to do well on STEP, no matter how good your teacher is, but having someone who really knows his stuff to guide you really does help.

When did the afternoon sessions begin and for how long were they? Do year 12s also do them?

And what universities have you applied for? Do hwsf help with oxbridge applications much?

Thanks a lot 😆