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bluesymum
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Old VR

Post by bluesymum »

Hello all, can anyone clarify if I could callously disregard the old VR(alphabet code)etc and steam ahead with syn/ant, cloze etc or am I likely to kick myself come September 2017 if dd is faced with a page of cryptic codes in her test??
I'm getting strange but well meaning advice from sanctimonious mum/friends to prepare for everything
but I'm worried that I will tamper with the delicate brain of my dd who's already wilting under the load of copious wordlists.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Daogroupie
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Bucks is 100% CEM so you can safely ditch the Old VR DG
Aethel
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Post by Aethel »

The info I received about codes were that they were "unlikely to be in CEM but never say never". So we did a few ten minute tests of them and then ignored them.

My DD sat a non verbal reasoning test for her backup school option and said codes were in there :) but it's not in any of the CEM prep material we've seen. So worth a quick visit, I'd say, but don't bother with all the "21 types". Better to go for breadth now and work on speed nearer the time.
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