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Oxford TSA 2025

How did people find the TSA? I did mine on Friday.

Reply 1

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by Anonymous
How did people find the TSA? I did mine on Friday.

for section 1 i feel like the critical thinking questions were easier than in the past papers, but i still ran out of time at the end cuz i flopped some of the problem solving questions

Reply 2

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by Anonymous
for section 1 i feel like the critical thinking questions were easier than in the past papers, but i still ran out of time at the end cuz i flopped some of the problem solving questions
What did you get for some of the problem solving questions? For example, the one where a lady was cycling 10km daily starting at 70km and the question was about the distance from her house to some place. I got 65km. What about other questions?

Reply 3

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by Anonymous
What did you get for some of the problem solving questions? For example, the one where a lady was cycling 10km daily starting at 70km and the question was about the distance from her house to some place. I got 65km. What about other questions?

I don’t remember much but for some ps questions I got these:

1.

A square shaped running track and it’s abt the probability that 2 people will end up at the same corner after 4 mins

2.

The time question about the orchestra

3.

The sum of the shaded words (I didn’t know how to do that one)

4.

The red yellow and blue lights (I think those are the colours but there were 3 lights) and after how many seconds will they all be turned off at the same time

5.

The cheapest cost for the guided tour

Reply 4

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by Anonymous
I don’t remember much but for some ps questions I got these:

1.

A square shaped running track and it’s abt the probability that 2 people will end up at the same corner after 4 mins

2.

The time question about the orchestra

3.

The sum of the shaded words (I didn’t know how to do that one)

4.

The red yellow and blue lights (I think those are the colours but there were 3 lights) and after how many seconds will they all be turned off at the same time

5.

The cheapest cost for the guided tour


wanna check ans?

Reply 5

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by Anonymous
I don’t remember much but for some ps questions I got these:

1.

A square shaped running track and it’s abt the probability that 2 people will end up at the same corner after 4 mins

2.

The time question about the orchestra

3.

The sum of the shaded words (I didn’t know how to do that one)

4.

The red yellow and blue lights (I think those are the colours but there were 3 lights) and after how many seconds will they all be turned off at the same time

5.

The cheapest cost for the guided tour


i remember getting 5

Reply 6

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by Anonymous
for section 1 i feel like the critical thinking questions were easier than in the past papers, but i still ran out of time at the end cuz i flopped some of the problem solving questions

I only had 3 questions left that I flagged but forgot to do them but yeah I felt the exact same way

Reply 7

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by Mrnko1
I only had 3 questions left that I flagged but forgot to do them but yeah I felt the exact same way

what was the procedure for 5? The walk tour right? Do you only consider the Friday-Sunday bracket?

Reply 8

im pretty sure yeah it was only friday-sunday since they came on a sunday, but honestly ive phased it out of my head so much I wouldn't be much help to you
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by wdqwdwefwedwd
what was the procedure for 5? The walk tour right? Do you only consider the Friday-Sunday bracket?

Reply 9

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by Mrnko1
im pretty sure yeah it was only friday-sunday since they came on a sunday, but honestly ive phased it out of my head so much I wouldn't be much help to you

I am just panicking i feel like im getting -8 compared to my usual practices in terms of raw score

Reply 10

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by wdqwdwefwedwd
I am just panicking i feel like im getting -8 compared to my usual practices in terms of raw score
Atp too late to fret, what's done is done, and we can't go back in time and do it again. I'm nervous too, but I'm just praying really and that helps me. I know I did my best, and for me, I won't have any regrets because of it even if I don't get a score that's ideal for an interview. If I didn't, I'd also be panicking rn.

Reply 11

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by Anonymous
I don’t remember much but for some ps questions I got these:

1.

A square shaped running track and it’s abt the probability that 2 people will end up at the same corner after 4 mins

2.

The time question about the orchestra

3.

The sum of the shaded words (I didn’t know how to do that one)

4.

The red yellow and blue lights (I think those are the colours but there were 3 lights) and after how many seconds will they all be turned off at the same time

5.

The cheapest cost for the guided tour


did anyone get 1?

Reply 12

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by wdqwdwefwedwd
wanna check ans?

sure but tbf i dont remember much of it
for the question abt the guided tour i think i either got option b or c, something in between the largest and smallest value they provided for answers

Reply 13

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by Anonymous
did anyone get 1?
dm me wanna check

Reply 14

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by wdqwdwefwedwd
dm me wanna check


I got 0

Reply 15

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by Anonymous
I got 0

yeye

Reply 16

Original post
by Anonymous
I don’t remember much but for some ps questions I got these:

1.

A square shaped running track and it’s abt the probability that 2 people will end up at the same corner after 4 mins

2.

The time question about the orchestra

3.

The sum of the shaded words (I didn’t know how to do that one)

4.

The red yellow and blue lights (I think those are the colours but there were 3 lights) and after how many seconds will they all be turned off at the same time

5.

The cheapest cost for the guided tour


oh my god the sum of the shaded words one i didn't understand at all what was that even asking. also the input/output one confused me so much

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