Our In-school Admissions Test Support

We can run full or half-day seminars as well as weekly classes to help students with their preparation for the admissions tests they will have to sit as part of their application to university.

Students will receive a test workbook, attend a class on test strategy, look in depth at example questions as well as sit a mock test, which will be marked and returned to the students along with a booklet giving advice on best practice answers.

Our Seminar Leaders

Our seminars are lead by test experts, each of whom have done significant research into the skills required for the test, the marking structure and the most common pitfalls for students. To find out more about our Seminar Leaders, please get in touch with Lucinda on Lucinda.Fraser@oxbridgeapplications.com.

How we structure our Admissions Test Seminars

Our seminars are fully tailored to the skills which the exam is testing as well as the requirements of your students.

Below is a typical structure for a three-section test, such as the BMAT or the TSA Oxford.

For an easily-printable PDF of our BMAT-day structure, click here.

Time	Programme	Details
On a date to be arranged, approximately two weeks prior to the event	Mock Test	Students will be sent our mock test and asked to complete this under timed conditions. This would ideally be done in school supervised by teachers, but could be done at home, outside school hours. The essays will be collected in at the beginning of the day, marked and returned to the school within two weeks of the event.
9am - 10.15am	Section 1 - tackling questions and best-practice answers Pop quiz	Our consultant will talk students through the content of section 1, strategies for solving problems quickly and correctly. This session will be completed with a quiz to ensure that students understand the techniques involved and feel more confident answering questions from section 1 under time pressure.
10.15am - 10.30am	Break
10.30am - 11.45am	Section 2 - tackling questions and best-practice answers Pop quiz	Our consultant will talk students through the content of section 2, strategies for solving problems quickly and correctly. This session will be completed with a quiz to ensure that students understand the techniques involved and feel more confident answering questions from section 2 under time pressure.
11.45am - 11.50am	Short Break
11.50am - 1pm	Section 3 - tackling questions and best-practice answers A challenging exercise on choosing questions and structuring essays	Our consultant will talk students through how to choose their question and how to plan and structure their essay. This section of the day will focus on test strategy so that students know how to make the most of their time in the exam, how to plan their argument and how to use their knowledge and examples effectively. This section will be completed with a challenging exercise on choosing between difficult questions and planning essays to ensure that students can put into practice the techniques involved.
1pm - 1.45pm	Lunch
2pm - 4pm	Mock Test	Students will sit a 2 hour mock examination.
4pm - 4.15pm	Farewell and review of learnings of the day	Students will finish with a review of the day and some key points to take with them. MCQ answers to both tests will be distributed, essays will be collected in and students free to go. Our consultant will remain to answer any final questions from students.
Within two weeks of the event	Both marked BMAT essays are returned to students at their school with full written feedback on their performance.

Our In-school Admissions Test Support

Our Seminar Leaders

How we structure our Admissions Test Seminars

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