RGS Guildford 2019

[Elpis2019]

And now it begins!!!

My son says the question was:
The distance from the earth to the moon is 30X the earths diameter. The earths diameter is roughly 12,960km. The speed of sound is 300 m/S. A rocket goes at the same speed. How long would it take the rocket to get to the moon and back. He also got 60 days.

((12960100030*2)/300)/60/60/24=30 days... no?

Naturenurture hope that's the correct answer my DS just guessed as he ran out of time. Thought the question was really interesting so wanted to come back home and solve.

I'm sure it doesn't matter. Most will have guessed at the last few. It's great they are such keen problem solvers though!

Yes grebnew I think you are right -
Distance to moon is:
12960 x 30 = 388800km
Speed in km per h is:
300 x 60 x 60 / 1000 = 1080 km p h
Time taken for a one way trip
Is:
388800 / 1080 = 380 hours or 380 / 24 = 15 days. So for a round trip it’s 30 days, if the order was as mentioned in previous posting the answer would have been B.

GHS and Tormead?

Yes, GHS and Tormead out yesterday.

Do you know roughly how many kids they take per yeargroup? And how many applied this year?

380 applied with about 130 seats

Apparently a fair number did not turn up - not sure why?

That seems low. A lot less than previous years. Last year there were 700 applicants

I don't know about others, but had KCS Wimbledon been on any date bar the 12th, DS would have sat that exam. RGS has always been our first choice though, so we gave KCS a miss.

The 2018 thread says c400 sat the exam. Not sure where these numbers come from but I would guess this year is not so drastically different to other years.

I thought on Saturday 12th they said c.a. 450 supposed to sit exams a portion were 13+?

The 380 and 130 I mentioned earlier was directly from Mr Cox and the admissions head as we were walking out on the 12th hence would not trust anything else!

Has anyone received the "no" letter yet ?
Thanks.

If last year is anything to go by Indont think we will know till weds/Thurs next week.
I believe scholarship letters received tmrw.

Elpis2019 - Ok thank you!

Scholarship letter received today! Any ideas to what to expect?

Well done congratulations

Congratulations to you and your DS! (What time does your post get delivered?!)

Thank you. Knowing he has secured a place is such a relief. Received an email no posts!

Scholarship letter here too. Was not expecting that...!

Detege Congratulations! Was it an email or letter and was it today ?

Email first thing today