Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment; 3x interviews
Interview 1: personal statement; Interview 2: subject questions; Interview 3: subject questions
Re-reading your personal statement
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Test taken: Natural Sciences Admissions Assessment (NSAA)
Number of interviews: 3
Skype interview: no
Time between interviews: not provided
Length of first interview: 20 minutes; Length of second interview: 30 minutes; Length of third interview: 30 minutes
One interview involved discussion of my personal statement. The other two interviews each were conducted by a pair of interviewers and each interviewer asked questions about their subject (maths, materials, chemistry, physics). Kind of like a 30 mins
I prepared by doing lots of fully independent study - some past papers and looked over syllabus. Going over year 9 maths proved useful for some reason. I watched lots of Youtuber videos made by current students/alumni who talked about their interview experiences. Also did some Physics Olympiad questions. Also, re-reading your personal statement is a very good idea!
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