Eton Pretest

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My ds has applied to Eton. He is doing the admission test soon and attends a school that doesn't normally send boys to Eton. We haven't had a tutor just given him a little practice on nvr.
Can anyone give any tips, words of wisdom or pm? He's very excited and looking forward to it.

Thanks for that. I feel quite relaxed about it now. Ds is quite easy going too. Glad to hear you haven't had a tutor either.

Good luck to your Ds. You never know, we may cross paths at some point!

Go to the Flaming Cow, the burger place at the other end of the High Street.

Will check it out. Any other suggestions to use the time? Do we just drop ds off and then collect him three hours later?

You could wander over the river to Windsor, it's easy walking distance (hopefully it won't be raining!).

There are a couple of museums at the School.

Details here - please contact the relevant people.

(1) The Natural History Museum

(2) Museum of Eton Life

Good luck to your son!

My ds sat the pretest a couple of weeks ago. Leave it as late as possible before arriving at the big wooden gates. Couldn't be any less welcoming or more intimidating for both the boys and the parents!
My ds was not tutored in anyway. If it is meant to be, he'll get in - otherwise he's off to Oundle (which I think I may prefer anyway).
The computer test was very hard, my ds said, as did all the other boys doing it. The interview was easy - just questions of books he had read and what he liked doing (mostly sport) and what teams he supported. No taxing or "unnatural" questions that a 10/11 year old cannot easily answer.