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Admissions 2015

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:48 am
by katea
Hello,
I have registered my DD for the admissions process for entry in September 2015. Can anyone help with what the Initial Assessment in October consists of? On the website it just says a computer based assessment in verbal and non-verbal reasoning. Looking at the threads from previous years it was an English and maths Assessment? Is this the first year of using the computer based testing? Is it a multiple choice format? I don't have any particular preparation in mind for DD but would be good to have an idea of what to expect. Do the past papers on the website relate to the January assessments?
Would be grateful for any assistance and to "meet" other parents who are going through this!

Re: Admissions 2015

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 6:46 pm
by HowardH
The Initial Assessment has indeed been altered for this year. There will be a computer-based test only lasting about 80 minutes. The past papers do indeed refer to the January Residential exams.

Re: Admissions 2015

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:27 pm
by katea
That's helpful to know, thank-you.

Re: Admissions 2015

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:53 pm
by J.R.
I really hate to have to ask this Howard, but has the ability to wield a pen and pencil disappeared from the entry criteria these days ??

I suppose calculators are also now extinct.

MInd you, having said that, in my day there were no such thing as calculators, apart from your fingers and toes, that is.

Re: Admissions 2015

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:14 pm
by HowardH
Only from the Initial Assessment stage.

Re: Admissions 2015

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 8:25 pm
by curiousmum
My daughter didn't get through to the interviews and she was really upset by it ! She was seriously ill so she's blaming that so I was just wondering whether it was possibly to try for upper sixth ? So she can try again if she wants ? or is it just lower? :?

Re: Admissions 2015

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 11:14 pm
by LongGone
"MInd you, having said that, in my day there were no such thing as calculators, apart from your fingers and toes, that is." JR

Couldn't play BlackJack unless you were naked , eh?

Re: Admissions 2015

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:51 pm
by J.R.
LongGone wrote:"MInd you, having said that, in my day there were no such thing as calculators, apart from your fingers and toes, that is." JR

Couldn't play BlackJack unless you were naked , eh?

Shouldn't that be 'African American Jack' ?

:axe:

Re: Admissions 2015

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:50 am
by HollyVanhorn
I had registered my kids to Long Island preschool. There admission process is quite easy. Preschool is a place where children learn and develop. Preschool provides emotional, physical, social as well as intellectual support to all children. For more information you can visit http://www.callingallkidsagain.com online.