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I've applied for Imperial Physics and I'm going to sit my ESAT in Jan. Apart from doing the past ENGAA papers, are there any more efficient way to practice or learn the syllabus? Or any other ESAT sources? I don't want to waste this precious chance :< thank you!
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Reply 1
Original post by lululemontea
I've applied for Imperial Physics and I'm going to sit my ESAT in Jan. Apart from doing the past ENGAA papers, are there any more efficient way to practice or learn the syllabus? Or any other ESAT sources? I don't want to waste this precious chance :< thank you!

@mosaurlodon any advice? Thanks.
A lot of people made the mistake of just doing the engaa papers once.
what I did was I did each paper once, then collated every q I got wrong, and literally did them again and again until I knew completely how to answer the q. (dont do the qs you get right again, obvs this will waste time)

Also as you prob know already the real killer is time, so you should sit every exam in timed conditions, maybe even a little time less just to get you used to the pressure.
A lot of the people I talked to after the exam said they could prob answer the qs reasonably accurately any other day, but in that exam room, with the timer literally dropping in front of you with intense pressure its a completely different story.
So really drill down on time - if you nail this, youre pretty much sorted.

since you have about a month, just focus on doing the engaa papers (some qs again as well) as anything else id say is a waste of time.
and again DRILL ON TIME, focus on finding the fastest way to get the answer, not just any way to get the answer.
good luck
Reply 3
Original post by mosaurlodon
A lot of people made the mistake of just doing the engaa papers once.
what I did was I did each paper once, then collated every q I got wrong, and literally did them again and again until I knew completely how to answer the q. (dont do the qs you get right again, obvs this will waste time)
Also as you prob know already the real killer is time, so you should sit every exam in timed conditions, maybe even a little time less just to get you used to the pressure.
A lot of the people I talked to after the exam said they could prob answer the qs reasonably accurately any other day, but in that exam room, with the timer literally dropping in front of you with intense pressure its a completely different story.
So really drill down on time - if you nail this, youre pretty much sorted.
since you have about a month, just focus on doing the engaa papers (some qs again as well) as anything else id say is a waste of time.
and again DRILL ON TIME, focus on finding the fastest way to get the answer, not just any way to get the answer.
good luck

Thank you for the advice!

Does anyone know anything about ESAT Ninja? I tried some of the practice questions and found that they are quite different from the ENGAA papers. Is it worth spending time doing those questions on ESAT Ninja?

Thanks!
a few of my friends used that, but they said the qs there tended to be easier than the ones youd find in esat/engaa, so be wary using it
I looked at the ESAT UAT UK website and found that there isn't any section 2 (Advanced Physics) of the ENGAA papers provided in the preparation materials. May I ask if they are still assessed in the Physics part in ESAT? Thank you.
Original post by lululemontea
I looked at the ESAT UAT UK website and found that there isn't any section 2 (Advanced Physics) of the ENGAA papers provided in the preparation materials. May I ask if they are still assessed in the Physics part in ESAT? Thank you.


yes, those types of questions won’t be asked. the content is similar to physics 1 of ESAT but the advanced physics questions are more difficult compared to first ENGAA section which is why they’re crossed out on all the papers in paper 1, and paper 2s (physics) aren’t given. but it may still be good practice to do them to work on problem solving skills if you’ve run out of all the section 1 questions :smile:
Original post by deathgrips14
yes, those types of questions won’t be asked. the content is similar to physics 1 of ESAT but the advanced physics questions are more difficult compared to first ENGAA section which is why they’re crossed out on all the papers in paper 1, and paper 2s (physics) aren’t given. but it may still be good practice to do them to work on problem solving skills if you’ve run out of all the section 1 questions :smile:

I am much more relieved after seeing your answer! Thanks! 😃

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