King's Coll;ege Wimbledon Entrance test information!

Hi there! I am preparing for upcoming entrance test 16+. Could you please provide guidance on which two subjects I should choose for registration? I understand that most interviews will focus on those subjects. Additionally, I would like to know how to prepare effectively for them. What should I expect the general written assessment to be like? Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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Original post by Happymom

hey! i got a place for this september, applying for maths, physics and chemistry (+ further maths as my 4th) and here are the details i remember:

The written test was split into three: maths, english and general. Maths was pretty easy, with a lot of algebra. for english it was creative writing similar to gcse english lang ones. For me, general was def the hardest, and was short on time. It had two parts - first was multiple choice which was pretty hard overall, second was an argumentative essay, where they give you a choice of 2 questions and give you some data to back up your points, and you just have to form the argument.

For the interviews, i was interviewed in Physics, Chemistry and General. The questions were all pretty easy, in phys it was mainly on forces and motion with some other things mixed in, about a ball bouncing. for chem, is was super easy abt g1 metals and organic chem. in both they asked me what i liked about the subject, so maybe prepare answers to this. For general it was what you would expect and prepare for any school interview, and the hardest question i'd say i got was "if you had to ask one question to get to know someone, what would you ask?" and then they proceeded to ask me the question i had said.

Overall it was not too difficult and i would recommend doing ALOT of practise papers and questions, and also reading over what you wrote on the application questions before the interview. I'd say to pick the subjects you plan on doing for a-level as they r probs the ones you are good at and are passionate about. i have a friend who applied in subjects she wasn't doing and ended up being waitlisted so may not be the best strategy.
Hope this helped, feel free to ask any more questions!