thank you! probably one of the most helpful videos i've seen because it's not just generic and helped me realise why i might not be improving as much as i like
The TSA is next week and I’ve been practising for weeks but I’m stuck on 23/22 and I can’t seem to improve. The problem solving is always where I drop marks and I’ve tried to identify patterns but nothing feels like it’s changing
Congratulations on your offer & well done! Thank you so much for your advice. Found it very useful. Do you recommend the two books that you first showed with regards to it made a big difference to your TSA practice? I am looking at the book on Amazon but wondering if it will realistically help me do the TSA test questions quicker & more accurately or is it just a book that tells you the theory behind TSA and not useful for the test practice? Please advise. May I also ask if you don’t mind me asking what was your TSA score? Asking only as it will help me roughly gauge the range what I should be working towards although I realise no two years are the same and the TSA scores vary year to year. Kindly advise. Many thanks
Thank you so much!! I don't really recommend the first two books, no. Especially this far into the process - I'd label them probably as pre-starting books to understand what "Thinking skills" are/ spare questions of which you'll find many online, for free. And yep, my TSA score was 76.8 :)) But do take it with a pinch of salt as 2020 scores were much more differently distributed compared to 2019 scores, so that may either be really good for your year, or just above average x All the best with your TSA!! Keep going
Thank you so much for sharing!!!:))) one question : may I ask how did you manage to improve so fast after your 2015 paper?😭(I was checking your results in the spreadsheet haha) I haven’t done the 2017-2020 paper and the results so far are quite disappointing like 35-50….. is it still possible to improve now🥲? Thank uuuu
@@oxfordemofferholder2522 Thanks for the motivation! I had a lot of trouble trying to locate TSA conversion tables to convert raw -> scaled. Were you able to find those or did you use a specific raw score as a general indicator that you were in the ideal scaled range?
@@proviv7858 hey, no worries. I did use the conversion tables (they're generally quite easy to find if you google TSA (year) conversion table). But generally, I tried to just keep improving my raw mark - aiming for 40+ (although I attained that only once/twice in my practise papers)
hey, my revision schedule was quite intense (when I didn't have school), so towards the end of august/ beginning of september I was doing like 6+ hours a day of tsa. My revision followed on from what i identified as my weak points and then I did tonnes of questions on those; assigning practise papers to certain days, then marking those on the same day and identifying which parts I got wrong and planning how I'd work to understand the q better. It very much was a schedule that changed daily depending on what I'd need to focus more on etc. and included just a lot of practising questions/decoding answers till I got very good at them on my next goes. I also repeated a lot of past papers
This has been the best and most clear video on how to improve at the TSA. Thank you so much!!!! 🙏🏾
thank you! probably one of the most helpful videos i've seen because it's not just generic and helped me realise why i might not be improving as much as i like
Thank you for the video! As an applicant this year I’d really appreciate your advice on interviews too!
no worries at all! Will try and get to that!
The TSA is next week and I’ve been practising for weeks but I’m stuck on 23/22 and I can’t seem to improve. The problem solving is always where I drop marks and I’ve tried to identify patterns but nothing feels like it’s changing
Hello, this was super helpful, can you share the google document for your compiled TSA notes that you mentioned! It would be very useful!
watching this video one week before is very upsetting
Thank you so much !! Are you going to be uploading more
yes! will try and upload an interviews prep vid x
Do you still have the doc from 7:39 in the video?
Thank you for the video!! Will you do the video about your personal statement?
yess i'm trying to edit it currently, it's just taking a short while to! x
it's out now x
Hi! Great video, thanks! Could you please send your google sheets template for recording your past papers. Thanks :)
Sorry yes, I will try and paste it in the video description right now x
This is very useful thank you!!
Congratulations on your offer & well done! Thank you so much for your advice. Found it very useful. Do you recommend the two books that you first showed with regards to it made a big difference to your TSA practice? I am looking at the book on Amazon but wondering if it will realistically help me do the TSA test questions quicker & more accurately or is it just a book that tells you the theory behind TSA and not useful for the test practice? Please advise. May I also ask if you don’t mind me asking what was your TSA score? Asking only as it will help me roughly gauge the range what I should be working towards although I realise no two years are the same and the TSA scores vary year to year. Kindly advise. Many thanks
Thank you so much!! I don't really recommend the first two books, no. Especially this far into the process - I'd label them probably as pre-starting books to understand what "Thinking skills" are/ spare questions of which you'll find many online, for free. And yep, my TSA score was 76.8 :)) But do take it with a pinch of salt as 2020 scores were much more differently distributed compared to 2019 scores, so that may either be really good for your year, or just above average x All the best with your TSA!! Keep going
me watching this after deciding to apply for oxford 2 weeks ago lol
does any1 have any tips for timing. The questions dont seem that hard but the time conditions and the pressure on you really messes you up
Thank you so muchh, this helped a lott
awh no worries! I'm glad it did ;) x
Thank you so much for sharing!!!:))) one question : may I ask how did you manage to improve so fast after your 2015 paper?😭(I was checking your results in the spreadsheet haha) I haven’t done the 2017-2020 paper and the results so far are quite disappointing like 35-50….. is it still possible to improve now🥲? Thank uuuu
Thank you for this!! It was amazing :))
No worries! Glad it was useful!
Starting End-September shittttt
dw, you can still do it ;) - u just gotta grindd
@@oxfordemofferholder2522 Thanks for the motivation! I had a lot of trouble trying to locate TSA conversion tables to convert raw -> scaled. Were you able to find those or did you use a specific raw score as a general indicator that you were in the ideal scaled range?
@@proviv7858 hey, no worries. I did use the conversion tables (they're generally quite easy to find if you google TSA (year) conversion table). But generally, I tried to just keep improving my raw mark - aiming for 40+ (although I attained that only once/twice in my practise papers)
now how the hell am I supposed to do the problem solving questions in 20s😭
Is it bad I'm starting now 😭
Hi, can I ask why you attempted the essay part of the TSA since for E&M only Section 1 is required?
When I applied, it was required but they cut it the year after me! ;)
What did your revision schedule look like?
hey, my revision schedule was quite intense (when I didn't have school), so towards the end of august/ beginning of september I was doing like 6+ hours a day of tsa. My revision followed on from what i identified as my weak points and then I did tonnes of questions on those; assigning practise papers to certain days, then marking those on the same day and identifying which parts I got wrong and planning how I'd work to understand the q better. It very much was a schedule that changed daily depending on what I'd need to focus more on etc. and included just a lot of practising questions/decoding answers till I got very good at them on my next goes. I also repeated a lot of past papers
Which was your score at TSA?
I got 76.8 x
What was your TSA score??
I got 76.8 x