Countdown! The third round of the entrance exam will be held on March 9th! As a rule, as long as there are vacant places, the examination time is basically the same at each of the Besaith campuses. Therefore, students should concentrate on preparing for the exam and strive to go ashore as soon as possible!
In the face of the upcoming entrance exam, do you feel pressured and unable to grasp the key points of preparation for the exam? Don't worry, we've prepared Besai's Reflections** lectures and exam preparation strategies to help you get one step closer to an offer!
Up to now, the total number of admissions has reached 120+ in the 2024 academic year. Since the 2023 academic year, SEMI students have received a total of 290 offers from popular international schools, among which BSS has been admitted to 10+ campuses around the world, and the admission grades cover all age groups from T to G9.
With the rich experience accumulated in the preparation of the Besaith exam, coupled with the analysis of the previous two rounds of entrance exams, at 13:00 pm on February 28, Jerry, the head of the language group, and Andriy, the head of the science group, will bring accurate test information in the live broadcast room**! Covering 7 major cities in China: Shenzhen, Huizhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu and Nanjing.
01. MAP reading
In the BS Entrance Exam, MAP Reading is an adaptive computer-based test that automatically adjusts the difficulty according to the student's answers. If a student does it more and more difficult, it means that the score will be higher, and if it is easier to do it, the score may be lower. The main test points of MAP Reading will involve:
Vocabulary questions: to test students' understanding and mastery of vocabulary, such as pronunciation, word meaning, ** near antonyms, etc.
Informational texts: such as expository essays, newspaper articles, etc., to test students' understanding of the ideas and important information of the text.
Literary texts: such as **, poetry, drama, etc., which test students' understanding of texts, literary terms, literary rhetorical devices, etc.
Advice on how to prepare for the exam
1.Strengthen the vocabulary foundation, especially the vocabulary questions that are best used to improve the score.
2.Pay attention to map reading mock test tests, and find out your weaknesses by interpreting score reports. If you need to make an appointment for a mock test, you can consult [Senior Brother].
3.Systematically study the content of the three major test points (literary texts, information texts, and vocabulary questions), and review and summarize them through a variety of methods.
4.Older students should focus on the type of questions on the subject of the assault poem.
5.Pay attention to the examination of questions, carefully brush the questions, do a good job of reviewing the wrong questions, and carry out special exercises under the guidance of the teacher.
6.Practice difficult problems that go beyond the current score (e.g., history, speech, constitutional texts) and gradually build up relevant basic concepts and ways of thinking.
02. Independent writing in English
Besaith's English writing is difficult, which tests students' vocabulary, language expression, grammar foundation, knowledge, article framework and logical thinking. During the preparation period, students should grasp two key points: first, a complete writing framework to ensure that the essay is clearly structured and organized; Secondly, within 30 minutes, you can quickly conceive and write an article with moderate length and rich content.
A new trend that has emerged in the previous two rounds of exams is that in the senior year, there will be a situation where both discussion and literary analysis essays will be emphasized, and students need to pay enough attention to both genres.
Advice on how to prepare for the exam
1.Master the academic writing skills, including the structure and norms of different styles of articles, so that you can have food in your hands and do not panic.
2.Pay attention to the practice of past past questions, memorize high-quality model essays and understand the ideas for solving questions.
3.Accumulate the necessary ideas for common test topics, learn to use the method of universal reasons to come up with corresponding arguments, broaden your thinking, and improve more academic vocabulary and phrase expression.
4.For students preparing for the G9 Upper Grade, it is important to learn how to write literary analysis essays, and it is necessary to systematically improve their reading, analysis and writing skills.
03. Oral interview
Speaking interviews are randomly scheduled during the MAP Reading, Math, or Writing exams, and students may be called away at any time, so be prepared in advance. Generally, it includes three parts: self-introduction, picture talking, and interactive Q&A.
Combined with the content of the previous two exams, looking at pictures and speaking will be a very critical section. When the content of the exam may not be daily, when the plot cannot be accurately described, students need to use their imagination to express more feelings, associations and guesses, properly reflect their divergent ability, and at the same time avoid cold spots.
Self-introduction is flexible, and students have to rehearse it repeatedly, whether it is a whole introduction or a sub-point presentation. For some common greetings and other expressions, students should quickly judge the applicable occasion and be able to express them fluently, so as to make a good first impression on the interviewer.
Advice on how to prepare for the exam
1.Gradually form a good mental outlook, pay attention to politeness and basic interaction requirements, and show excellent etiquette awareness and high emotional intelligence.
2.Frequently participate in mock interviews, before each practical test, Saimi students will face interviewers and teachers with different backgrounds and personalities through mock interviews and other methods, experience different questioning styles, enhance their ability to deal with various interview scenarios and various novel topics, and be more comfortable in the interview.
3.Pay attention to the ability to react on the spot, especially in the face of some complex situations, pay attention to cultivating game-breaking ideas and show a proactive side.
4.Strengthen the ability to look at pictures and speak, especially pay attention to the practice of descriptive ability, not only to describe things logically and clearly, but also to diverge the imagination of thinking.
5.Pay attention to the richness of words and sentences, for example, when facing several similar questions, students should not answer in the same way, reflecting the accumulation of their own vocabulary and sentence patterns.
04. Mathematical self-proposition.
The examination of mathematics is mainly based on the school's own propositions, using the English paper, which is directly benchmarked against the school curriculum of BSS, and the content of the examination mainly focuses on the knowledge points of the previous one to two school years, covering a wide range of knowledge points and some over-the-top knowledge points. The question types are mainly calculation questions and text questions, and there are also a few drawing questions.
Regarding the number of questions, judging from the previous two exams, it was stable at about 30 questions. (20 questions for individual campuses).
Advice on how to prepare for the exam1.To lay a solid foundation in mathematics, you must be familiar with and master the core knowledge points of each grade level.
2.Focus on improving computing skills, including the accuracy and speed of calculations, strictly following calculation rules and making good use of calculation skills (splitting and complementing, calculation rate).
3.To strengthen the ability to read questions, that is, the ability to grasp the quantitative relationships in text information, students should not only accumulate subject vocabulary, but also cultivate the ability to label information when reading questions and analyze the quantitative relationships based on these information to complete the columnar formula.
4.Strengthen the ability to express mathematics in English. In the process of learning, it is necessary to master the English expression of numbers, graph operations, etc., and try to write the answer steps in English.
5.Do a good job of summarizing the wrong questions, sort out the wrong questions according to the knowledge section, analyze the reasons, and review them category by category before the exam.
6.Adapt to the exam mode. Before the test, you need to complete at least 2 full-scale mock tests to adapt to the intensity of the BSS self-proclaimed mathematics test and the all-English test environment.