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Ege early period. Personal experience: how was the early exam in mathematics

Ege early period. Personal experience: how was the early exam in mathematics

24.09.2019

Every year, school graduates take state exams in late May and early June. This period is called the main period. The developers of the exams provided an opportunity to pass the state certification at a different time - an early period.

If you have objective reasons, then you have the right to sign up for an early time.

There are many stereotypes around this exam option. We intend to dispel them, so we will talk about the conditions and main characteristics regarding the early stage.

Criteria for early surrender

Graduates can take the Unified State Exam ahead of schedule if there is a good reason. It considers the situations that will take place during the main exam:

conscription;
stay in medical organizations according to the recommendations of medical staff in order to carry out medical procedures of various kinds and nature;
participation in domestic or international sports competitions, contests, training camps or olympiads;
moving on a permanent basis or in order to continue studying at a foreign university abroad;
evening education training;
training takes place outside the Russian Federation in another country with particularly difficult climatic conditions, but in a Russian educational institution.

An important condition is the fact that in order to confirm the above points, the educational institution must provide the relevant supporting documents.

Who can submit early?

Young people who have mastered the school curriculum have the right to choose.

This is about:

(both about those who graduated from school many years ago, and about those who received a certificate only a couple of years ago);
children who graduated from technical schools, lyceums, colleges and have the appropriate attestation certificates.

And, of course, this opportunity applies to current 11th graders who have one of the above reasons.

IMPORTANT: in order to get admission to the early passing of the state exam, you need to write an application addressed to the director, indicating the circumstance and attaching a copy of the supporting document.

Time spending

Annually in October-November, the dates of early state tests are published. Usually the period starts from March and ends at the beginning of April.

For example, in 2018, the delivery took place from 21.03 to 11.04.

To find out your key dates, check out the information on the website of the Federal Institute for Pedagogical Measurements.

Exam Difficulty

There is an opinion that the questions at the preliminary certification are simpler, because graduates of past school programs participate in them - those who have not gone through any topics and have not encountered a certain task format. And it is for this reason that many teenagers want to participate earlier.

This is the first and weighty delusion. Perhaps this was the case a few years ago. However, now there is no doubt about the validity of the collected options on the main and early periods. You just need to refer to the reviews and online analysis of assignments.

The guys who have passed this stage admit that the formulated questions are quite difficult. Most of the terms seemed familiar, but even they were so complicated that they caused trouble. High school students did not expect to see some tasks and turned out to be not ready for them. In this connection, they did not cope with the test - they did not score the required minimum points. According to experienced teachers, there are even more complex than usual questions.

The main thing in successfully passing the state test is quality training. Graduates who choose to take the exam early should take into account their degree of preparedness for the tests. It is better to set aside a couple more months for study, if possible. Otherwise, the pace of mastering materials should be accelerated.

The future of a teenager depends on the results of the exam, so haste is inappropriate here. Before making a decision in this matter, we strongly advise you to think carefully.

Applications for early passing the exam in 2017 were accepted until February 1 (inclusive), and the first exam was passed by schoolchildren and graduates of previous years already on March 23. This is two months before the main stage. In order not to be late next year, the site talks about the deadlines, required documents and ways to get the results of the exam.

Why before others?

Most often, the USE is passed ahead of schedule by graduates of previous years. They need an exam to enter the university. Currently, all Russian higher education institutions are asked to provide USE results upon admission, which are considered valid for four years following the year the exam was taken. In order to become one of those lucky ones who take exams earlier than others and enjoy the results a couple of months earlier, it is enough not to miss the application deadlines and collect all the necessary documents. But first things first.

I want to be one of the first! Can?

In order for everyone to pass the exam, it was divided into three stages: early, main and additional.

Early delivery is designed mainly for graduates of past years - those who want to improve their USE results or those who graduated from school before the introduction of the Unified State Exam. This year's graduates can also take the exams ahead of schedule, but for this, the school's pedagogical council must give permission. You can get it in the absence of academic debt and the full implementation of the curriculum.

In the additional examination period from September 5 to September 16, graduates who failed to score the minimum required scores, that is, to cross the threshold, in May - June, can take the exam in mathematics (basic level) or the Russian language.

The main requirement that should not be forgotten is that the exam is taken once a year. The exception is graduates of the current year who did not pass the USE in Russian language and mathematics (basic level). If you do not achieve the minimum scores in one of these subjects, you can retake it in an additional period. In other subjects, in case of failure, it will be possible to try your hand only next year.

The main thing is not to forget your passport

For early delivery, students apply for participation in the exam at their school. Graduates of previous years must apply for participation in the Unified State Examination at the offices of the Regional Information Processing Center of Moscow (RTsOI). From the documents you will need a passport and an original document on education.

The application must list the subjects in which you plan to take the exams. For graduates of the current year, exams in the Russian language and mathematics (for any of the two levels) are mandatory, the rest can be chosen independently (most often, depending on the profile of the university).

A passport will be needed not only when applying, but also for admission to the exam itself - the data will be checked against the list of participants, which is printed out from the regional information system.

Regardless of when you have an exam, there is one application deadline. This year, early exams began on March 23 and will end on April 14. Applications had to be submitted by February 1, 2017 inclusive. After this date, only applications from those who had good reasons, such as illness, were considered. Applications close two weeks before the start of the exams.

The exam is available to everyone

Those who have already fully mastered the school curriculum have the unconditional right to independently choose between the early and the main wave of passing the unified state exam. This:

graduates of past years, regardless of the "statute of limitations" of the certificate (those who left the school many years ago and last year's graduates who want to improve their results have the right to take early exams);

graduates of technical schools, lyceums and colleges, who have already fully completed the development of the course of a general education school.

In addition, some categories of eleventh-graders also have the right to take the exam without waiting for the end of the last academic year. These include:

graduates of evening schools who this year will go to military service;

children who, after leaving school, leave for permanent residence in another country - regardless of whether we are talking about emigration or a student visa to continue education at a foreign university or college;

participants of all-Russian or international competitions, olympiads or competitions - if the period of competitions or training camps coincides with the main stage of passing the exam;

eleventh-graders who in May-June will be in sanatoriums and other medical institutions on health-improving or rehabilitation programs;

graduates of Russian schools located outside Russia - if they are located in areas with difficult climatic conditions.

In order to be able to take the exam ahead of schedule, eleventh-graders must write an application addressed to the director of their school, indicating the reason.

The main advantages of passing the exam in the early period

There is a common myth that the USE options for the early period are easier than for the main one. This is not the case, the level of difficulty of the options for all examinees of the current year is similar. However, some organizational features of the spring "wave" do allow some to achieve higher scores.

Less people - less nerves

The early period for passing the exam is incomparable in terms of mass with the main one. For example, in 2016 throughout Russia, 26,000 people passed exams ahead of schedule - and in the summer "wave" the number of examinees approached 700,000. As a result, not hundreds of extremely excited schoolchildren gather in metropolitan areas for exams - but only a few dozen people ( and in smaller settlements, the number of “early” can go to a few). In addition, some graduates of previous years who applied for the exam may change their mind by the day of the exam and not appear for the test - as a result, 6-8 examiners can sit in an audience designed for 15 people. Moreover, some of them will be adults who usually perceive the exam than the average schoolchildren, “wound up” by numerous conversations that the USE will decide their fate.

This makes the overall psychological situation during the exam an order of magnitude less nervous. And, as the experience of many graduates shows, the ability to calm down and concentrate during the passing of the exam plays a decisive role. In addition, with a small number of applicants, the time for preliminary briefing and “organizational questions” is significantly reduced: printing and distributing tasks, checking the coincidence of bar codes, monitoring the completion of forms, and so on. And this also reduces the "degree of excitement."

Clear organization

Early delivery of the exam is considered the official start of the examination campaign. At this time, only a few examination points are working in the regions, while the organization of work in them is given great attention. Therefore, despite the fact that it is during the early period that all procedural innovations are usually “run in”, failures, technical problems and organizational violations usually do not occur. And the probability of encountering, for example, a lack of additional forms or the absence of hours in the audience tends to zero.

Predictable microclimate in the classroom

Passing exams at the end of May and June is fraught with another danger - on hot days it can be very stuffy in the exam room, and the direct rays of the summer sun can add to the discomfort. At the same time, the organizers of the exams do not always agree to open the windows. In the spring, during the heating season, the air temperature in the classroom is more predictable, and you can always dress “for the weather” so that you don’t get cold and sweat during the exam.

Quick check

During the early period of the Unified State Examination, the workload on experts checking papers is much lower - and, accordingly, papers are checked faster. It’s still not worth waiting for the results the next day after the exams - the official deadlines for checking the work of the early period are usually 7-9 days, while the scores can be published a couple of days before the deadline. During the main period, students usually have to wait for the results of the exam for about two weeks.

Time to develop an admissions strategy

Those who pass the USE ahead of schedule by the end of April know their results for sure - and they have another two months to analyze in detail their chances of entering a particular university in the chosen direction, "targeting" go to open days and so on. And, even if the results turned out to be lower than expected, there is plenty of time to find a way out of this situation.

In addition, graduating students who “shoot back” with exams can spend the last two months of school life in a very relaxed way. While their classmates are diligently preparing for exams, writing samples and running around tutors, they can go about their business with a sense of accomplishment.

Disadvantages of early delivery of the exam

Less preparation time

The main disadvantage of passing the exam in the early period is obvious: the earlier the exam date, the less time for preparation. This may be especially important for graduates of the current year - after all, some topics of the school course included in the USE program can be studied in the fourth quarter of the last school year. In this case, you will have to get acquainted with them on your own, or with the help of a tutor.

The first "running in" of changes in the KIM USE

Control and measuring materials for most subjects are undergoing changes, and the early period for passing the exam is also the first of all innovations “in combat conditions”. During the preparation for the exams of the main period, the examinees and their teachers use as "official guidelines" both the FIPI demo version and the versions of the pre-terms published "after the fact". Those taking the exam in the spring are deprived of such an opportunity - they can use only a demo version as an example of a set of tasks. Therefore, the chances of encountering an unexpected assignment during the early period are much higher.

Fewer opportunities to prepare

Schoolchildren taking exams in March-April do not have the opportunity to take part in mock exams, which usually take place at the very end of the school year. However, district departments of education usually conduct training exams at earlier dates - but most often this service is paid.

In addition, the use of services for self-preparation for the exam can also cause difficulties: laying out options corresponding to the KIM of the current year, the owners of such services, as a rule, are guided by the terms of the main period. And, if you are taking a subject that is expected to change dramatically this year, the chance that a month before the early exam you will be able to find a service with a sufficient number of “plausible” options that are well adapted to the exam of the current year is quite low.

Taking exams from home

Since the number of those taking the USE ahead of schedule is small, the number of examination points is also greatly reduced. For example, residents of all districts of a large (and geographically “scattered”) city can take the exam in this subject at only one point. And for those who live in remote or “problematic” areas of the city in terms of transport, this can be a serious disadvantage. Especially considering that exams in different subjects can be held in different places in the city, so the route and travel time will have to be recalculated each time.

Unified state exams in Russia take place in two "waves": the early period takes place in the spring, in March-April, the main one - after the end of the academic year, in the last days of May and June. At the same time, some categories of applicants have the right to independently choose the terms. And in order for the choice to be balanced, it is necessary to understand all the advantages and disadvantages of early exams.

Who can take the exam ahead of schedule

Those who have already fully mastered the school curriculum have the unconditional right to independently choose between the early and the main wave of passing the unified state exam. This:

graduates of past years, regardless of the "statute of limitations" of the certificate (those who left the school many years ago and last year's graduates who want to improve their results have the right to take early exams);
graduates of technical schools, lyceums and colleges, who have already fully completed the development of the course of a general education school.

In addition, some categories of eleventh-graders also have the right to take the exam without waiting for the end of the last academic year. These include:

graduates of evening schools who this year will go to military service;
children who, after graduation from school, leave for permanent residence in another country - regardless of whether we are talking about emigration or a student visa to continue education at a foreign university or college;
participants of all-Russian or international competitions, olympiads or competitions - if the period of competition or training camp coincides with the main stage of passing the exam;
eleventh-graders who in May-June will be in sanatoriums and other medical institutions on health-improving or rehabilitation programs;
graduates of Russian schools located outside the borders of Russia - if they are located in areas with difficult climatic conditions.

In order to be able to take the exam ahead of schedule, eleventh-graders must write an application addressed to the director of their school, indicating the reason.

The main advantages of passing the exam in the early period

Less people - less nerves

The early period for passing the exam is incomparable in terms of mass with the main one. For example, in 2016, throughout Russia, 26,000 people passed exams ahead of schedule - and in the summer "wave" the number of examinees approached 700,000. As a result, not hundreds of excited schoolchildren gather in megacities to the limit - but only a few dozen people ( and in smaller settlements, the number of “early” can go to a few). In addition, some graduates of previous years who applied for the USE may change their mind by the day of the exam and not appear for the test - as a result, 6-8 examiners may end up sitting in an audience designed for 15 people. Moreover, some of them will be adults who usually perceive the exam more calmly than the average schoolchildren, “wound up” by numerous conversations that the USE will decide their fate.

Clear organization

Predictable microclimate in the classroom

Passing exams at the end of May and June is fraught with another danger - on hot days it can be very stuffy in the exam room, and the direct rays of the summer sun can add unpleasant sensations. At the same time, the organizers of the exams do not always agree to open the windows. In the spring, during the heating season, the air temperature in the classroom is more predictable, and you can always dress “for the weather” so that you don’t get cold and sweat during the exam.

Quick check

During the early period of the Unified State Examination, the load on experts checking papers is much lower - and, accordingly, papers are checked faster. It’s still not worth waiting for the results the next day after the exams - the official deadlines for checking the work of the early period are usually 7-9 days, while the scores can be published a couple of days before the deadline. During the main period, students usually have to wait for the results of the exam for about two weeks.

Time to develop an admissions strategy

Disadvantages of early delivery of the exam

Less preparation time

The first "running in" of changes in the KIM USE

Control and measuring materials for most subjects are undergoing changes, and the early period for passing the exam is also the first presentation of all innovations “in combat conditions”. During the preparation for the exams of the main period, the examinees and their teachers use as "official guidelines" both the FIPI demo version and the versions of the pre-terms published "after the fact". Those taking the exam in the spring are deprived of such an opportunity - they can use only a demo version as an example of a set of tasks. Therefore, the chances of encountering an unexpected assignment during the early period are much higher.

Fewer opportunities to prepare

Schoolchildren taking exams in March-April do not have the opportunity to take part in mock exams, which usually take place at the very end of the school year. However, district departments of education usually conduct training exams at an earlier date - but most often this service is paid.

In addition, the use of online services for self-preparation for the USE can also cause difficulties: laying out options corresponding to the KIM of the current year, the owners of such services, as a rule, are guided by the terms of the main period. And, if you are taking a subject that is expected to change dramatically this year, the chance that a month before the early exam you will be able to find a service with a sufficient number of “plausible” options that are well adapted to the exam of the current year is quite low.

Taking exams away from home

The order of the Ministry of Education and Science on the approval of the USE schedule for the current academic year is published in November - a maximum of the first decade of January. The procedure for conducting a unified state exam provides for three stages: main, early and additional. The dates of each of them are set annually by the Ministry of Education.

Dates of early and main stages

Usually, the early testing period starts on March 21 and ends on April 10-11. The first exam of the main stage is held around May 27-28, the dates of the rest are in June. Up-to-date data can be found on the official website of the GIA information support (ege.edu.ru).

The USE schedule provides for reserve days for the delivery of all subjects.

Early delivery of the exam

To early tests in all disciplines of the unified state exam are allowed:

Persons who graduated from school in previous years (until 2013 inclusive) and wish to enter universities.
Graduates who have fully (without academic debts) completed the curriculum and successfully passed the final essay, who, for good reasons (these include moving, sports competitions, etc.) will not be able to participate in the main stage of the exam.
Persons who previously graduated from school with a certificate.

The conditions and rules for conducting the exam in the early period do not differ from those established for the main stage.

Innovations in the schedule

After the introduction of the Unified State Examination, a number of improvements appeared in the schedule aimed at optimizing the conduct of exams:

Mathematics was divided into two levels - basic and profile, for the delivery of each of them a separate day was allotted.
Graduates who failed the Unified State Examination in compulsory subjects (Russian and Mathematics) were given the opportunity to retake the exams in September.
The statistics of entrance campaigns to universities revealed that about a third of applicants pass social studies. In view of this, the USE schedule was changed, and a separate day was allocated for the exam in this discipline.

Two years ago, a pilot USE in mathematics was conducted in Moscow schools for 10th grade students. Positive marks received on the training test were counted as passing ones for obtaining a certificate of secondary education. Negative grades could be retaken to the next year.

Reserve days in the schedule

For graduates who for some reason could not pass the exam at the appointed time, special reserve days are allocated in the schedule. Students can exercise the right to take the exam on additional dates if:

Subjects were selected, the days of testing for which coincide.
The student did not appear for the exam or could not complete the testing that had been started for a good reason.
The graduate did not pass one of the compulsory disciplines.

Absence due to illness is considered as a valid reason. In this case, the eleventh grader is required to provide a certificate to the educational institution where he was registered. Next, the school submits the documents to the examination committee, which sets a new date for passing the tests based on the USE schedule.