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SW London Girls' Private & Grammar - applying for year 7 in 2023

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EmotiveBubblez · 28/09/2022 07:18

i myself have been looking for this thread and have been unsuccessful. Saw a couple people mention it over the past day or so on the 2022 one.

so here we go, albeit a bit late.

has everyone visited all the schools on their lists?

how many schools are everyone applying to?

what schools are you applying to?

how is the preparation going?

i know some exams have taken place, how did they go?

wishing all the whirls good luck with preparation and exams, hope we all find the right schools for our daughters.

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Daydreamscometrue · 04/12/2022 06:41

@secondaryquandries it is a long wait when the exam is so early in December.

secondaryquandries · 04/12/2022 01:31

@Daydreamscometrue just looked it up and we hear from Kings in Jan re. interviews. Ages! To be honest we would be proud if he passed but for some reason my son is not keen.

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 23:15

@Geville thanks and you!

Geville · 03/12/2022 23:04

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 21:51

@Geville we will be grateful for whatever we get to be honest. Tiffin was a pleasant surprise after a no at Sutton. To his credit he knew he'd messed up at Sutton as he panicked. Didn't find out his score as he passed Greenshaw.

Good luck with it all🤞

Geville · 03/12/2022 22:01

bettyjane · 03/12/2022 21:52

Oh no. Hope it passes quickly for them. Still poorly here! Lots of nasty bugs around

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Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Hope your DC gets better soon too. Yes lots going around.

bettyjane · 03/12/2022 21:52

Geville · 03/12/2022 21:22

We did. Just hope DS is better in the amount of time given until the next go around. He's got a temp of 39 degrees tonight and gone to bed with no dinner :( couldn't eat as feeling so unwell.

I'm very glad we didn't go!

And he's only just got better from a nasty cough and cold. I can't believe how he's come down with something else. Poor wee thing. I think it must be all the stress.

It's a relief to be given another date though, isn't it? How's your DC? All better I hope.

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Oh no. Hope it passes quickly for them. Still poorly here! Lots of nasty bugs around

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 21:51

@Geville we will be grateful for whatever we get to be honest. Tiffin was a pleasant surprise after a no at Sutton. To his credit he knew he'd messed up at Sutton as he panicked. Didn't find out his score as he passed Greenshaw.

Geville · 03/12/2022 21:42

Thank you. That makes sense then. You have a bright DC! We got a no from KGS and we tried Tiffin but didn't get pass first stage so that makes sense. Do you have a favourite yet?

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 21:36

@Geville yes we've got an interview at KGS

Geville · 03/12/2022 21:24

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 20:52

In comparison to other exams it was harder than KGS but not as hard as Tiffin round 2

Have you had a yes from KGS? If you got to Tiffin round 2 then sounds like KGS would have been a yes for you.

Geville · 03/12/2022 21:24

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 20:52

In comparison to other exams it was harder than KGS but not as hard as Tiffin round 2

DS said the same about Emanuel. Harder than the KGS maths, he couldn't do the last question. English was OK and VR he ran out of time on the last few questions. Said VR was quite hard. Easier than some practice papers we'd done but not the easiest.

Geville · 03/12/2022 21:22

bettyjane · 03/12/2022 20:42

Did you get the email from them this evening?

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We did. Just hope DS is better in the amount of time given until the next go around. He's got a temp of 39 degrees tonight and gone to bed with no dinner :( couldn't eat as feeling so unwell.

I'm very glad we didn't go!

And he's only just got better from a nasty cough and cold. I can't believe how he's come down with something else. Poor wee thing. I think it must be all the stress.

It's a relief to be given another date though, isn't it? How's your DC? All better I hope.

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 20:52

In comparison to other exams it was harder than KGS but not as hard as Tiffin round 2

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 20:51

@Dallasdays my DS missed 3 questions on the VR because he didn't know the answers and ran out of time.

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 20:49

@se21mum my DS said he liked the English. The maths was hard at the end and the VR was ok.

Dallasdays · 03/12/2022 20:48

se21mum · 03/12/2022 20:36

I just wondered how other DC found the level of difficulty of the Emanuel exam? My DC found the English paper difficult but not the Maths or VR.

My DS said he found the maths and English straightforward but the VR time pressured and he didn't finish it

SamPoodle123 · 03/12/2022 20:48

@se21mum my dd said the same. She said the math and VR easy. The English a little tricky. But she also is not a fan of writing loads for exams.

bettyjane · 03/12/2022 20:42

Geville · 03/12/2022 12:55

You're amazing!! Thank you so much. I got through just now. Why didn't I see this myself? Another fail!!

Damn process is so stressful without illness on top.

Someone picked up and thanked me for letting them know and said they'd had about a dozen today who hadn't been able to make it due to colds/coughs so hopefully there will be an extra date for the poorly ones!

They wouldn't confirm it though. Scary!

Fingers tightly crossed.

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Did you get the email from them this evening?

se21mum · 03/12/2022 20:36

I just wondered how other DC found the level of difficulty of the Emanuel exam? My DC found the English paper difficult but not the Maths or VR.

KindergartenKop · 03/12/2022 20:07

@hollyferry at Hampton my DS found the last few maths questions tough and couldn't do some, but didn't run out of time iyswim.

In the maths paper they will add fiendish ones on the end to distinguish between the very good and the excellent candidates. This is helpful for scholarships etc.

hollyferry · 03/12/2022 19:02

Gosh quite varied feedback. Thanks all. Did anyone finish Hampton Maths paper?

KindergartenKop · 03/12/2022 18:47

@secondaryquandries my son found the reasoning paper for Claremont very long too, he didn't finish. But said the others were ok. Snacks definitely the best but he didn't realise you were allowed two sausage rolls so was disappointed.

AC7001 · 03/12/2022 18:45

And for Math:
for the Hampton paper only 1 person he knows knew how to do each question and can complete the paper (so supposedly only careless mistakes from full marks)
For the KCS paper: almost every one completed with time to spare, though most were caught by 1 or 2 questions and didn't know how to do, the rest are easy.

Daydreamscometrue · 03/12/2022 18:43

@secondaryquandries a few of DS's friends sat KCS today. When do you find out about interviews? Is it similar to SPS?

AC7001 · 03/12/2022 18:42

Quite strange as my son found:
Hampton: Math very hard, VR moderately hard, English easy
KCS: Math quite easy, VR quite hard, English ok