Natural sciences admissions assessment (NSAA)

Anyone doing the nsaa? Its in just over a week and I’m genuinely kinda nervous. Hows everyone else feeling? And any last minute tips from someone who’s already done it? I’m doing the chem, and section 2 is not going too well :/

Reply 1

Fibonacci28

15

Hi I'm a current NatSci student at cambridge.
My main piece of advice would be move on quickly if you can't do a question. You really don't have much time for each question and getting bogged down is where many people get stuck.
And really make sure you put your answers in the correct section of the form.

Reply 2

Aflik

OP

5

Original post by Fibonacci28

Hi I'm a current NatSci student at cambridge.
My main piece of advice would be move on quickly if you can't do a question. You really don't have much time for each question and getting bogged down is where many people get stuck.
And really make sure you put your answers in the correct section of the form.

Hey thanks for the advice! Do you have any section specific advice like for section 2, which seems to be mostly problem solving? How would you go about solving those?

Reply 3

Kong, Donkey

10

Original post by Fibonacci28

Hi I'm a current NatSci student at cambridge.
My main piece of advice would be move on quickly if you can't do a question. You really don't have much time for each question and getting bogged down is where many people get stuck.
And really make sure you put your answers in the correct section of the form.

Since you've already done the NSAA, is the timing strictly 60 mins for each section or are you free to flick between papers 1 and 2?

Reply 4

Fibonacci28

15

I can't remember exactly. I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be 60 mins for each section separately without flicking between the two. I certainly didn't go back to section 1