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Melannie
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:30 pm |
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Hi
We are looking into applying to Habs Girls, STAHS and Highgate girls this Dec/Jan
From reading around the application procedures and exam links, I understand that the exams for each school consist of:
English Comprehension English Writing Maths Non-verbal reasoning
Please could someone confirm if my research is correct? I'm particularly unsure of how much non-verbal reasoning comes into play for these papers; is it 10% overall the others making up 30% each or are all of these weighted equally?
Any feedback greatly appreciated
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examprepper
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:18 pm |
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My DD sat the first two last year. She did not report any non verbal reasoning in either exam, there may have been a little at interview stage, hard to gauge as they covered a range of tasks.
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Daogroupie
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:22 pm |
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Joined: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:01 pm Posts: 10291 Location: Herts
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Habs girls and St Albans have an English paper and a Maths paper with a 50/50 weighting. They do not have a NVR paper.
Highgate which is a co-ed school , not a girls school, have an English and a Maths paper and also some NVR/VR questions but the main focus is English and Maths.
You would do the same preparation for all of these schools.
A lot of the dds applying will sit all three of these schools except for some more local to Highgate and St Albans.
Have you started preparing? DG
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Middlesexmum
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:39 am |
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Does anyone have any tips for the English paper at Habs Girls?
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Melannie
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:32 pm |
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We recently sat Latymer and are on the 193-450 waiting list (IC), so trying to ensure that we have some good options available as the commute will be long for our daughter and she may not get in
It looks like we can continue to build on her grammar preps as you've kindly shown that the papers are a mix of English comp, free writing and Maths
Thank you for your points
Greatly appreciated
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Melannie
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:04 pm |
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Also, would you happen to know how the acceptance procedure works please? All three schools have an acceptance date deadline of 5th March. If my dd is fortunate to receive an offer from any off these three, does one have to pay a term's fees or some form of deposit to secure her place by this date?
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Sla212
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:18 pm |
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Acceptance of a place at Highgate had to be accompanied by a non-refundable payment of £3,000 this year.
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Daogroupie
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:28 pm |
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Joined: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:01 pm Posts: 10291 Location: Herts
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The date 5th March gives you four days after state school national allocation day. You will need to send the deposit with your acceptance. DG
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Melannie
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:46 pm |
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Joined: Sun Oct 22, 2017 8:45 pm Posts: 45
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Thanks for the clarification all. Much appreciated
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Sla212
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Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:16 pm |
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It's probably worth adding that all the Indies over-offer so you don't always have until the deadline (last year it was 6 March) to accept. By 6 March last year Highgate had received all their acceptances/declined offers & had already started offering to their waiting list. Just something to bear in mind!
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