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ESAT - how did everyone find it

basically the title, how did you find the esat this year if you took it?

obviously obey the rules and dont leak questions.

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Reply 1

The september ones were quite chill, I took maths 1 physics and bio and although I didn’t really prepare besides like 10 papers, I got average 5.5

Reply 2

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by Anonymous
basically the title, how did you find the esat this year if you took it?
obviously obey the rules and dont leak questions.

It was... interesting.
i felt confident with about 50% of my answers, but the other 50% i may as well have guessed.

Reply 3

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by totally_human
It was... interesting.
i felt confident with about 50% of my answers, but the other 50% i may as well have guessed.


Which paper did u find best, I personally found physics best but maths 1 atrocious

Reply 4

maths 1 sucked( guessed like 10 qs) , maths 2 was better, physics was the nicest, the time pressure rlly hit me hard

Reply 5

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by totally_human
It was... interesting.
i felt confident with about 50% of my answers, but the other 50% i may as well have guessed.

bro me two, i was just telling my parents about it like its so much time pressure to do the questions esp for maths 1, and they dont believe me and proceeded to say try harder

Reply 6

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by husnain_x613
Which paper did u find best, I personally found physics best but maths 1 atrocious

oh by FAR physics 1- we havent actually done magnetism in class yet so I had to learn it myself for the ESAT, but despite that it was wayyyyy better than Maths 1 & 2. also i really liked Maths 1, i found 2 the worst

Reply 7

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by leonzzzzzzz
bro me two, i was just telling my parents about it like its so much time pressure to do the questions esp for maths 1, and they dont believe me and proceeded to say try harder

good god trying to explain the ESAT to my mom was horrendous, she was a teacher so shes very pushy academically, and she was NOT best pleased that i guessed like 30 questions

Reply 8

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by totally_human
good god trying to explain the ESAT to my mom was horrendous, she was a teacher so shes very pushy academically, and she was NOT best pleased that i guessed like 30 questions


How much marks do you reckon we would need to get about a 5.5 / 6 cos ik from students who already attend imperial thats what they attained last year

Reply 9

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by husnain_x613
How much marks do you reckon we would need to get about a 5.5 / 6 cos ik from students who already attend imperial thats what they attained last year

I cannot find any info about how the scores are calculated, but i reckon for a 6 it'd be about 16-17 marks or something?? what are you applying for??

Reply 10

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by totally_human
I cannot find any info about how the scores are calculated, but i reckon for a 6 it'd be about 16-17 marks or something?? what are you applying for??


Aero engineering 😭

Reply 11

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by husnain_x613
Aero engineering 😭

omg me too!!! Where else have you applied?? and what were your predicteds??

Reply 12

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by totally_human
omg me too!!! Where else have you applied?? and what were your predicteds??


Ive applied to Imperial, UCL, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and i am predicted
A* in Physics A* in Maths A* in Economics A* in EPQ 😭 wbuu

Reply 13

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by husnain_x613
Ive applied to Imperial, UCL, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and i am predicted
A* in Physics A* in Maths A* in Economics A* in EPQ 😭 wbuu

I applied to Imperial, bath, nottingham, bristol, and birmingham. A* physics, A* maths, A computer science, A* EPQ, and B in AS further maths (im learning it myself) !!!

Reply 14

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by totally_human
I applied to Imperial, bath, nottingham, bristol, and birmingham. A* physics, A* maths, A computer science, A* EPQ, and B in AS further maths (im learning it myself) !!!


Have you heard back from Birmingham, and those are some really good predictions

Reply 15

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by husnain_x613
Have you heard back from Birmingham, and those are some really good predictions

so are yours!! i heard back from Birmingham last night actually! AAA for maths physics and cs, or if i make it my firm choice i get AAB if i get an A in EPQ. Out of curiosity what was your EPQ on?
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Reply 16

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by totally_human
so are yours!! i heard back from Birmingham last night actually! AAA for maths physics and cs, or if i make it my firm choice i get AAB if i get an A in EPQ. Out of curiosity what was your EPQ on?


Thats really good then theres me who hasnt heard back from anyone😔 and my epq is on what a sustainable aviation future would look like and to what extent initiatives currently being executed really to address this really are. How about ur epq?

Reply 17

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by husnain_x613
Thats really good then theres me who hasnt heard back from anyone😔 and my epq is on what a sustainable aviation future would look like and to what extent initiatives currently being executed really to address this really are. How about ur epq?

i wouldnt worry too much! Imperial often takes a long time to send out offers, and though im unsure about the others, it took a pretty long time for me to hear from Birmingham! My EPQ is titled "How viable Mars as a planet for a future human colony"

Reply 18

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by husnain_x613
Ive applied to Imperial, UCL, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and i am predicted
A* in Physics A* in Maths A* in Economics A* in EPQ 😭 wbuu

May I ask which course did yo appy to on UCL. I like the uni but I couldn´t find any aero eng courses...Thanks

Reply 19

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by ricardoj
May I ask which course did yo appy to on UCL. I like the uni but I couldn´t find any aero eng courses...Thanks


Mech engineering bro i doubt ima get an offer but my ucas application is strong

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