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To those who wrote the ESAT this year….can I ask

- Would you consider past engaa papers good preparation for the esat ?

- What were the main differences between past engaa papers and this year’s ESAT?

- Any other tips for preparation?

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Harik0

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Original post by Anonymous

To those who wrote the ESAT this year….can I ask
- Would you consider past engaa papers good preparation for the esat ?
- What were the main differences between past engaa papers and this year’s ESAT?
- Any other tips for preparation?

1.

ENGAA is definitely very good prep, you can use it alongside NSAA and possibly TMUA.

2.

The main difference was time pressure, it was similar to 2023 ENGAA time pressure, which itself was significantly more time pressured than most ENGAA past papers. The Maths 2 test probably had less words than would generally be expected, more just direct questions rather than problem solving.

3.

Try to practice under timed conditions. The hard part generally isn't the actual questions, which generally aren't too bad, but instead running out of time is the issue. I would recommend 10% less time during practice since the actual thing will be done when you're super nervous, etc. Some people recommend practicing using a whiteboard, since that will be used for the actual thing. I'm not too sure about this, but it might help.

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Original post by Harik0

1.

ENGAA is definitely very good prep, you can use it alongside NSAA and possibly TMUA.

2.

The main difference was time pressure, it was similar to 2023 ENGAA time pressure, which itself was significantly more time pressured than most ENGAA past papers. The Maths 2 test probably had less words than would generally be expected, more just direct questions rather than problem solving.

3.

Try to practice under timed conditions. The hard part generally isn't the actual questions, which generally aren't too bad, but instead running out of time is the issue. I would recommend 10% less time during practice since the actual thing will be done when you're super nervous, etc. Some people recommend practicing using a whiteboard, since that will be used for the actual thing. I'm not too sure about this, but it might help.

This is excellent advice and much appreciated. Thank you

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Sarave

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Original post by Harik0

1.

ENGAA is definitely very good prep, you can use it alongside NSAA and possibly TMUA.

2.

The main difference was time pressure, it was similar to 2023 ENGAA time pressure, which itself was significantly more time pressured than most ENGAA past papers. The Maths 2 test probably had less words than would generally be expected, more just direct questions rather than problem solving.

3.

Try to practice under timed conditions. The hard part generally isn't the actual questions, which generally aren't too bad, but instead running out of time is the issue. I would recommend 10% less time during practice since the actual thing will be done when you're super nervous, etc. Some people recommend practicing using a whiteboard, since that will be used for the actual thing. I'm not too sure about this, but it might help.

Hello, I have a question. The ESAT cover topics from the entire two years of A levels / IB. By the time we write ESAT in October, several of these topics would not yet be covered at school. So…can I ask whether you learn those topics by yourself?

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Harik0

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Original post by Sarave

Hello, I have a question. The ESAT cover topics from the entire two years of A levels / IB. By the time we write ESAT in October, several of these topics would not yet be covered at school. So…can I ask whether you learn those topics by yourself?

does it? looking at the spec, i can't immediately see anything that is year 13 content. there might be a couple topics at most, and maybe a couple things like series that you don't do if you only do single maths rather than maths and further maths. if i remember correctly, there were at most a couple extra things, and i just learnt those early because you're going to learn it anyways, so might asw do it for ESAT.

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Sarave

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Original post by Harik0

does it? looking at the spec, i can't immediately see anything that is year 13 content. there might be a couple topics at most, and maybe a couple things like series that you don't do if you only do single maths rather than maths and further maths. if i remember correctly, there were at most a couple extra things, and i just learnt those early because you're going to learn it anyways, so might asw do it for ESAT.

Thank you, topics like nuclear physics and waves are covered in y13. But good advice, thank you

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Harik0

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Original post by Sarave

Thank you, topics like nuclear physics and waves are covered in y13. But good advice, thank you

from my experience with those questions (this year and in past papers), you can generally do the vast majority with GCSE knowledge, although it might be useful (though not necessary) to look at the A level content (especially the more mathematical stuff like formulae)

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