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TSA Section 1 2023 / Oxford E&M (2024 entry) thread

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Original post by ame3em

What did everyone get for country question with the paints?

Which question was that again?

Does anyone know when the paper gets released on the tsa website? i’m assuming it’s after Jan 9th but I was just wondering

Original post by Anonymous

Which question was that again?

It was a a few blobs with were meant to be countries with borders and u had to paint them with 4 diff colours but they couldn’t be adjacent

like on a map which maps need 4 separate colours so that no countries share a border with the same colour

Original post by Anonymous

Which question was that again?

Original post by angie12345

like on a map which maps need 4 separate colours so that no countries share a border with the same colour

Oh that one, I think I got B, though not entirely sure.

OP

Original post by ame3em

Does anyone know when the paper gets released on the tsa website? i’m assuming it’s after Jan 9th but I was just wondering

its like the summer next year so not for a long time

Original post by willf2206

its like the summer next year so not for a long time

Ah ok thank u!!

Original post by Anonymous

Oh that one, I think I got B, though not entirely sure.

i got the one with the massive blob on the right i think it was E but could be a different one

Original post by willf2206

how did everyone find it
I ran out of time and had to randomly guess for last 3/4

It was tricky, and I totally flopped the essay section.

Original post by Anonymous

i got the one with the massive blob on the right i think it was E but could be a different one

same that one had to be it surely it needed more than four

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Original post by willf2206

how did everyone find it
I ran out of time and had to randomly guess for last 3/4

Quite tricky! Glad I'm not the only one who ran out of time towards the end, didn't help that there were some noisy kids outside at one point but mostly i was able to keep my head down.

Yeah I think the parallel reasonings and problem solving questions were hard and the timing was so tricky

do you guys remember what you put for the parallel reasoning Qs?

and the 2nd question - hot drinks and cold drinks.

Original post by Anonymous

Oh that one, I think I got B, though not entirely sure.

I ended up getting C, I originally put B but realised you could do it with 3 and then panickedly changed to C. In order for it to be correct, you needed to have 1 country landlocked by an odd amount of countries.

Original post by Anonymous

do you guys remember what you put for the parallel reasoning Qs?

and the 2nd question - hot drinks and cold drinks.

This one, of the top of my head, I think I put 600

Original post by jamfina

I thought the critical thinking was harder than usual but the problem solving was easier and cause that’s usually my worst bit I finished with a few minutes to spare. I BOMBED the essay though, truly the worst thing I’ve ever written.

GOD SAME, it’s humiliating how bad it was… No seriously, the mere idea of that piece of paper being shipped off to oxford is a disgrace

Tbf, I enjoyed the Essay and feel I did quite well with that; it was quite a nice question for me (the voting one) so I feel I did quite well on that.

Original post by Anonymous

do you guys remember what you put for the parallel reasoning Qs?

and the 2nd question - hot drinks and cold drinks.

I put 630

Original post by Anonymous

I put 630

If I recall correctly my workings were

18 + (18×2/3) = 30
30 x 14 = 420
12 + (12×2/3) = 20
20 × 9 = 180

180 + 420 = 600

Original post by Anonymous

If I recall correctly my workings were

18 + (18×2/3) = 30
30 x 14 = 420
12 + (12×2/3) = 20
20 × 9 = 180

180 + 420 = 600

Oh I forgot to account for the hourssss

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