How to pass the Unified State Exam? Do I need to take the Unified State Exam? How to pass the Unified State Exam for a graduate of previous years: step-by-step instructions
A lot is said and written about the Unified State Exam. But, basically, all the advice and recommendations are addressed to 11th grade graduates, but what about those who graduated from school several years ago, or college graduates, or, say, foreigners? Often, they do not have a clear idea of whether they will have to take the Unified State Exam or not, and the dry and concise text of the law is not always clear. “Ucheba.ru” decided to fill the gap and answer the main question of applicants of all ages and countries: “Who should and who can not take the Unified State Exam and why?”
Do previous high school graduates need to take the Unified State Exam?
This depends on the form of education that the applicant expects when entering the university. If your goal is evening or correspondence study, then, according to the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated February 24, 2009 “On amendments to the procedure for admitting citizens to universities for 2009/20010”, those who graduated from school before 2009 can proceed according to the results of the Unified State Exam , and on the basis of exams arranged by the university itself. If you intend to become...
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Who does not need to take the Unified State Exam
While school graduates are diligently preparing for the upcoming Unified State Exam and trying to cope with pre-exam anxiety, some categories of citizens who plan to enter a university this year will be able to avoid all these worries. Why? Yes, because they do not need to pass the Unified State Exam. But today we’ll talk about which categories of citizens can avoid this “terrible” Unified State Exam.
Graduates of secondary vocational educational institutions
Graduates of secondary vocational educational institutions, oddly enough, sometimes themselves do not realize that they can continue their studies at a university without passing the Unified State Exam. At the same time, it doesn’t matter at all whether you choose your “native” specialization or whether you enroll in a faculty that is radically different from the profession you received in a technical school or college. The only condition is the status of the educational institution: graduates of secondary vocational education do not have to take the Unified State Exam...
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Evgeniy, good afternoon!
Of course, you can do it. Entrance fees will depend on the basis of what education you plan to enroll in.
If based on secondary general education, then you will need Unified State Examination results. If you are on the basis of secondary vocational education or higher education, then you can apply based on the results of intra-university exams.
You can view the list of training and entrance areas at the link - http://abiturient.pgsga.ru/regulatory_documents_of_the_academy/pril1_2015.pdf
Veterans of military operations (from among the persons specified in subparagraphs 1-4 of Article 3 of the Federal Law of January 12, 1995 No. 5 “On Veterans”) upon admission have a preferential right to enrollment, information about this is here - http://abiturient.pgsga.ru /regulatory_documents_of_the_academy/special_rights.pdf
You can also clarify your questions with our admissions committee at:...
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Home Study, Universities Unified State Exam for part-time study Do I need to take the Unified State Exam for part-time study - find out about it right now
On our website you can find information about whether it is possible to enroll in a university by correspondence with a basic Unified State Examination in mathematics, and also ask questions to other users in the comments.
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To enter a higher education institution, you must provide the results of passing the Unified State Exam. There are subtleties that allow you to avoid passing the mandatory unified exams, regardless of whether applicants are applying for full-time or part-time study. For example, for those who have graduated from a technical school or college and want to continue their studies in a shortened program of their field, as well as for those who are applying for a second higher education. The pressing question is whether it is necessary to take the Unified State Exam to enter the institute for distance learning.
Is there a possibility of admission? bypassing the Unified State Exam...
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Since new educational standards obligated schoolchildren to take exams in the form of a large state test, Russian eleventh-graders and their parents devote the entire last year of school to preparing for the Unified State Exam. Do their peers who went to vocational schools after the 9th grade avoid this test?
Do they take the Unified State Exam in a technical school or college?
In a number of colleges and technical schools in our country, it is still impossible to avoid the state exam: first- or second-year students in so-called parallel education programs are required to take the Unified State Exam at the end of the academic year. After this, they receive a full-fledged certificate of completion of 11 classes.
This gives you the opportunity to choose:
Continue your studies and don’t go anywhere; Go to college.
There are also secondary educational institutions in which you can undergo the examination procedure at will.
There is no need to fear that the number of special and major disciplines will “outweigh” the training...
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The question “Is it possible to enter college without the Unified State Exam?” remains open to many of us. Some applicants simply could not cope with the state exam, which is why studying at a university this year seems out of reach for them. Some did not even register for the Unified State Exam due to, say, constant work and lack of time to prepare. But at the same time, a person may need to go to college, for example, to obtain an education for a promotion. Today we’ll talk about ways to enter a university without passing the unified state exam, in particular, about how you can enroll in the correspondence department in 2015.
Absentee is the best way out
After the adoption of amendments to the law on education on February 24, 2009, everyone who failed to pass the Unified State Exam had a chance to go to college. This edition allowed applicants to bypass the need to pass state exams and receive an education in conditions of a small number of points scored or lack of time. One of these...
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Is it possible to enter an educational institution without the Unified State Exam?
This is not the first year, as we all know, that 11th grade graduates take an exam such as the Unified State Examination (USE). From the first days of their existence, these three letters immediately began to instill fear and horror in schoolchildren who fear for their future. Fortunately, taking the Unified State Exam has now become commonplace. After all, everyone rents it out.
However, in life there are still cases when a school graduate still does not have Unified State Exam results. Does this really mean that the child studied at school for 11 years in vain? Of course not. Even in such cases, it is possible to study at a secondary/higher educational institution. The main thing would be desire.
Then questions arise: where can I apply without the Unified State Exam, how can I apply without the Unified State Exam for correspondence? It is possible to enter college without the Unified State Exam! Just like going to college without the Unified State Exam. Is it possible to enroll in absentia without the Unified State Exam? And here the answer is yes! Let's take a closer look.
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So, what is the Unified State Exam? This is the Unified State Exam, which was established in all parts of the Russian Federation in 2009 and now brings fear to every graduate. Subjects such as mathematics and Russian are required. All subsequent subjects are optional and their choice varies depending on the place where the applicant is going to apply. We can immediately say that there is no way to avoid taking it if the student completes all 11 grades of school and is going to a higher educational institution. But there are several categories of applicants who can only take internal university exams.
This will be discussed below. How to enter a university without the Unified State Exam in absentia? Applicants to correspondence and evening departments of universities are admitted without the Unified State Exam. Foreigners and disabled people are also accepted there without passing the Unified State Exam. Also, without the Unified State Examination, only those people who certified the school before January 1, 2009 are admitted to universities. This is most likely due to the striking differences between...
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Admission to a university without a knowledge certificate
Persons who are granted the right to enroll without a ZNO certificate
According to the conditions for admission to higher education institutions in 2014, the right to participate in the competition based on the results of entrance exams at the university in competitive subjects or based on the results of an external independent assessment of their choice are available to persons who received complete general secondary education in 2007 or earlier.
This norm applies to persons who enter both the correspondence and full-time departments of higher educational institutions of Ukraine.
Also, persons with disabilities (disabled people of groups I and II, disabled children) have the right to participate in the competition based on the results of entrance exams in competitive subjects at a higher educational institution or the results of the educational examination of their choice.
The conditions for admission also provide the right not to take the Ukrainian Language and Literature Test for persons who are not certified in...
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1. Do those who want to enter a university to obtain a second higher education need to take the Unified State Exam?
No. This category of applicants undergoes entrance examinations, the form of which is established by the university independently.
At VGUES, entrance examinations for applicants with higher education are carried out in the form of computer testing in three subjects, the list of which depends on the chosen field of study.
2. Is it possible to enter a university without passing the Unified State Exam?
Yes, but only for certain categories of applicants.
In 2016, admission to a university without passing the Unified State Exam is provided for:
- graduates of technical schools or colleges;
- graduates of schools or lyceums;
- university graduates;
- foreign citizens.
3. Is it possible to enter a university based on the results of the unified state exam, confirmed by the Unified State Examination certificates of 2012?
Yes, it is possible and necessary, since applicants entering in 2016 have the last opportunity to use...
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Hello, dear reader!
Lately, I have been receiving a lot of questions from potential applicants, for example: “What should I do if I didn’t have time to register for the External Education Examination?”, or “And if I want to take the External Apprenticeship, do I need the External Assessment?”
In this post I will try to answer the most frequently asked questions regarding admission.
Question: Will I be able to enter the University without a foreign language assessment if I graduated from school in 2007?
Answer:
Yes, for the first year of an evening or part-time bachelor's degree. You will have to take entrance exams.
Question: Is it necessary to take the ZNO for admission to postgraduate education?
Answer:
No no need. The ZNO must be taken only for admission to the first year of a bachelor's degree or second year of college.
Question: If I pass only 2 subjects well, but score less than 124 points in the third, what should I do?
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There may be several options:
1. Enter...
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I can’t tell you about this, but in general, a friend of mine enrolled in the 4th year, and after graduation, both of them only took testing at the university
If you are entering the first year on a general basis and the Unified State Exam is listed in the entrance tests, then you probably need to. I think it’s better for you to check with the university you are going to enroll in.
That is, you applied for the Unified State Exam, studied for 2 years, and now want to enroll in another university?
No, you go to the admissions office with your old Unified State Examination certificate. And if there is no required exam, you take it at the university.
The Unified State Examination can only be submitted once.
If many years pass, and your result is overdue (like 5 years), then you will pass the entrance exams
I want to study in 2 at the same time. You can take as many Unified State Exams as you like. my results are valid until 12/31/2013
You cannot take the Unified State Exam five times. Once and that's it. Then you either act based on these results, or when the deadline is up, you pass...
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Specifics of admission to the correspondence department
There is a correspondence course in almost every university. It is not available except in private universities that work on an individual program. Such educational institutions have an individual plan, and for them it is not a priority to provide students with the opportunity to combine work and study. But for other universities, both private and public, there is still a goal to provide beginning specialists with such an opportunity as combining work and study.
In fact, there are certain specifics of admission to the correspondence department. On our forum you can increasingly find questions of this nature. The first goal that students pursue when asking such questions is to obtain an answer related to a description of the admission procedure, and they also want to know how easy it is to enroll in distance education compared to full-time education. There is a tendency to assume that it is easier to apply for a part-time course. In fact, this is true, because the competition for such...
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If an eleventh grader does not score the minimum required for a positive grade in one of the required subjects (Russian language or mathematics at a basic or specialized level), he can take the exam again. This can be done on the reserve days provided for by the unified exam schedule. And, if successful, the graduate has every chance of entering a university in the year of graduation.
If unsatisfactory result again– you can try to pass the exam again, in additional autumn terms. In this case, there will no longer be a chance of entering a university - but a school leaving certificate (which is not issued in the case of a “D” in one of the required subjects) will allow you to continue your studies at a college or technical school.
It should be noted that:
- graduates who do not meet the threshold in two compulsory subjects at once do not have the right to retake the Unified State Exam this year - they will have to continue the struggle to obtain a certificate in a year;
- if a graduate has passed mathematics at both the basic and specialized levels and has passed the threshold for at least one of these exams, the exam is considered passed;
- retaking the Unified State Examination in mathematics is possible both at the basic and at the specialized level (at the choice of the examinee);
- Graduates of previous years do not have the opportunity to retake an exam that they passed unsatisfactorily.
Graduates who do not score the minimum number of points in their elective exams will be able to retake the exam only next year.
Who else has the right to retake the Unified State Exam in additional terms?
Unified State Exam participants who started taking the exam but were unable to complete the test for a valid reason, documented, have the right to retake the exam on reserve days. The most common case is a deterioration in health during the exam (the fact of illness must be recorded by a doctor).
In addition, those who during the exam encountered technical and organizational “overlaps” at the Unified State Examination point (for example, lack of additional forms, power outages, etc.) have the right to retake the test. In addition, if the organizers of the Unified State Exam committed violations in the conduct of the exam, the results of all participants may be canceled and the tests will have to be repeated.
Note! If a Unified State Exam participant is removed from the classroom for using a phone or caught trying to cheat, his results are canceled, and the right to retake the exam at additional times is not granted - and he will be able to try his luck again only after a year.
Who can improve their exam results this year?
Only graduates of previous years have the opportunity to improve their exam results without waiting for next year - they can retake the Russian language or specialized mathematics in additional autumn terms.
Many people believe that a Unified State Exam participant who has passed the threshold but did not pass the exams well enough can, of his own choice, retake one of the exams in order to improve his scores. Unfortunately, this is a myth - for such cases, the rules for passing the Unified State Exam do not provide for a second attempt.
Is it possible to retake the Unified State Exam in a year?
The right to retake the Unified State Exam for people who have already graduated from school is practically unlimited. After a year, you can retake the Unified State Exam in any number of subjects – both compulsory and elective.
By this time, a former student has already received the status of a “graduate of previous years” and can:
- improve your result in a single subject by retaking only it (the results of other tests are valid for four years);
- retake all subjects;
- change your “profile” and take exams in other disciplines;
- If the university admissions committee awards additional points for your final essay, you can retake it too.
Graduates of previous years can take exams either in the early or in the main period - at their own choice, but they cannot take exams twice in one year.
Is it possible to retake the Unified State Exam if I have already entered a university?
You can retake the Unified State Exam more than once, regardless of how long ago you graduated from school. This can be done by students, graduates of technical schools and lyceums, and people who already have higher education.
Therefore, if a graduate did not get enough points for admission to the “dream university” and took the documents to a less prestigious educational institution, or was disappointed in the chosen field of study and wants to radically change the field of study, student status will not become an obstacle.
The only “but”: when applying to take the Unified State Exam, a graduate of previous years must present a school leaving certificate - and the original documents are kept at the university. In this case, you need to clarify in advance with the dean’s office what you will need in order to temporarily receive a document on education. As a rule, universities issue original certificates against receipt for a short period of time without any problems. When submitting documents to retake the Unified State Exam, the certificate is not submitted, but only presented - so it is enough to receive it in your hands for just one day.
High school students prepare very seriously to take the Unified State Exam, because their chances of entering universities depend on the results of this exam. However, there is a category of people who will be able to avoid pre-exam anxiety and the problem of choosing what to take for the Unified State Exam in order to get into the chosen department at the desired university. We will talk further about who and how can enter a university without passing the Unified State Exam.
How not to pass the Unified State Exam: legal ways
It should be remembered that everyone will have to take the compulsory Unified State Exam at school (Russian language and mathematics). Without this, you will not be able to obtain a high school diploma. Also, we will not consider deliberately dishonest ways of not passing the Unified State Exam, since this will automatically classify the applicant as a fraudster and can bring him a lot of trouble. And there are several legal ways to bypass the state exam (that is, not take the subject Unified State Examination) when entering a university:
- Win (or become a prize-winner) the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren or the University Olympiad for applicants. The winner will have a real chance to enter a municipal university without the Unified State Exam into the faculty that matches the profile of the Olympiad.
- Receive a gold medal upon graduation. Some universities accept medalists without the Unified State Exam. Unfortunately, there are very few such educational institutions.
- Enrolling in a European university where teaching is conducted in Russian is the easiest option. To enter a higher education institution in Europe or the USA, it is enough to have a certificate with final grades (and the higher they are, the better, since the average score is assessed). True, not everyone manages to enroll in a foreign university immediately after school. In most European countries, school lasts for 12-13 years, so Russian schools are considered incomplete. That is, in order to enter a foreign university without any problems, you will need to study at a domestic university for 1-2 years, which means you will have to take the Unified State Exam.
- Complete a secondary vocational educational institution before entering a university. At the same time, you can enroll both in your “native” specialization and in any other faculty. The main thing to remember is that only graduates who have received secondary vocational education (secondary vocational education) are exempt from the Unified State Examination, but graduates of non-profit vocational education (primary vocational education) cannot avoid taking the unified state exam.
- Graduate from a foreign school or university (having received a graduation diploma). Russians who received education abroad, as well as foreign citizens who want to obtain higher education in the Russian Federation, are exempt from passing the unified state exam.
- Graduate from one Russian university. When receiving a second higher education, passing the Unified State Exam is not required.
In addition, citizens with disabilities who do not have Unified State Exam results at the time of admission are exempt from the Unified State Examination. Sometimes students who have already entered a university are interested in: if they have already taken the Unified State Exam, do they need to take it again when moving from one university to another? The answer is no. If the programs of universities differ, then the student may be required to take the difference, that is, exams in those subjects that were not available at the previous university, but the exams are not taken in the form of the Unified State Exam.
What documents are needed for admission to a university without the Unified State Exam?
For admission you will need:
- application and questionnaire (forms for them must be obtained from the admissions committee);
- diploma of secondary or higher education (a notarized copy is possible);
- passport;
- six photographs measuring 6x4;
- military ID (for men);
- medical certificate in form 086 (for full-time care).
The deadline for submitting documents is from June 20 to July 25. The law also defines submission deadlines for different categories of applicants:
- for applicants to study in areas of training (specialties), for admission to which additional entrance tests of a creative or professional orientation are carried out - until July 5;
- for applicants to specialties for which additional specialized entrance examinations are conducted, as well as those entering universities based on the results of entrance examinations conducted by the university independently - until July 15.
It should be taken into account that not taking the Unified State Exam when entering a university does not at all mean that you can enter there without any exam at all. At the university itself you will have to pass entrance tests, just not in the form of a unified state exam, but in another form (oral, written, or in the form of an interview). The list of such tests is determined by the educational institution itself. Therefore, before enrolling, you should call the admissions office of the chosen university and clarify all the details. In addition, you should inquire annually about how not to take the Unified State Exam upon admission both on the official website of the Unified State Exam and at the university you are going to enroll in, since the law may change.
Since 2009, the Unified State Exam has been considered mandatory for school graduates. Students who have studied at school for eleven years are required to take Russian language and mathematics, as well as their chosen specialized subjects, in order to receive a certificate of secondary general education. But what should those who want to leave an educational institution a couple of years earlier do? Do they need to take the Unified State Exam after 9th grade? And what about those who studied at colleges, technical schools or at an institute - you will learn about this in this article.
Do I need to take the Unified State Exam after 9th grade?
Certification is required at school after grades 9 and 11. That is why schoolchildren have the right to study for only nine years. However, they will have to take the State Examination, which is an analogue of the Unified State Exam. It also serves to control acquired knowledge, but its results do not affect competitions for secondary vocational education institutions. Only the certificate received plays a role.
First, you need to find out whether ninth-graders need to take the Unified State Exam.
Do I need to take the Unified State Exam after college or technical school?
Compared to previous years, today fewer institutes are ready to enroll applicants who have received secondary vocational education, but have not passed the final state certification. Also, the Ministry of Education is increasingly saying that it is necessary to cancel the opportunity for college and technical school graduates to enter universities if they do not have Unified State Examination scores. There is a possibility that the conditions between secondary school students and former schoolchildren who have completed 11 grades will become equal. However, the question remains how it works now.
There are two options for the development of events:
A student after graduating from college, for example with a profession of “Cook,” wants to continue his education at the institute in the same direction. In this case, there is no need for him to take the compulsory or core subjects of the Unified State Exam; it will be sufficient to successfully pass the entrance examination directly at the university.
A person, after several years of studying in a certain specialty, understands that he wants to further develop in a completely different area and chooses a university and faculty in a different direction. Then he is simply obliged, like former eleventh-graders, to take the Unified State Exam.
The same is true for those who graduated from technical schools. There are a number of universities that are ready to enroll former college students immediately into the second or third faculty, but in practice this is quite rare.
Do I need to take the Unified State Exam after college?
People who have already received a certificate of first higher education are often concerned about whether they, like schoolchildren, need to take the Unified State Exam in order to get a second one. An important fact is that the second higher education is always carried out on a paid basis. Each university sets its own rules for admitting applicants who already have a bachelor's or specialist's degree. Some institutes look at grades obtained in the past while studying, while others conduct entrance tests or interviews. But there is no need to take the Unified State Exam. According to the law, the age limit in Russia for entering a university is 50 years. Even those who graduated from school earlier, before the introduction of the Unified State Exam, have the right to enter college on a general basis.
Although you do not need to take the second higher Unified State Exam, the requirements set by the university for applicants are still high. It is assumed that those wishing to obtain a second diploma are serious about this matter and intend to gain real knowledge.
On May 28, the main stage of the Unified State Exam began in Russia. This is a mandatory unified state exam for all 11th grade students. Based on its results, students are issued a school leaving certificate and are enrolled in universities.
Ekaterina Miroshkina
monitors the Unified State Examination
The Unified State Examination is taken strictly according to the schedule. On one day, one exam for all graduates of all cities.
On May 28 they took geography and computer science, on June 14 they took social studies, and the main stage will end on June 20 with literature and physics. Then there will be reserve days. A few more days are reserved for those who could not come for a good reason.
We have examined the complex issues that concern graduates and their parents during the Unified State Examination period.
Can I change elective exams? If you indicated one subject in the application, and now decide to take another?
Additional exams could be chosen until February 1st. You cannot simply change the list of exams - only for a good reason, with the permission of the commission and if there are at least two weeks left before the exam.
A valid reason in such cases is, for example, when a university suddenly includes a new subject in the list of entrance exams. This is a violation on the part of the university, but it happens.
If you have chosen several exams in reserve in February, you don’t have to come to the one you don’t need.
You don’t have to donate the extra ones
For example, if the application indicated computer science, physics, history and social studies, and after computer science it became clear that there were enough points, you may not come to history and social studies. Nothing will happen for this.
If a graduate decides to enroll in another university and does not have enough exams, he will have to wait until next year. This also happens: it is unpleasant, but not fatal.
What happens if you don’t show up for the exam you need to take?
If you do not come for a good reason - for example due to illness - you can take the exam on reserve days. After the main stage is over, those who missed the exams will be allowed to take the exams. A valid reason must be supported by documents. If there are no documents, you will not be allowed to take exams on the reserve day.
If you fail to pass the Russian language and basic mathematics at all, you will not be issued a school leaving certificate. But these subjects will be allowed to be retaken this year.
Do not come to mandatory meetings - only for a good reason
A missed elective exam will only be retaken after one year.
If you realize that you cannot come to the exam, be sure to call your class teacher and subject teacher. They will tell you what to do next, where to go, what documents to collect and when you can retake it. You can call teachers even late in the evening or early in the morning: during the Unified State Examination period they are usually always in touch, because they are sometimes more worried than the graduates. At least that's what all the teachers we talked to told us.
When will the Unified State Exam results be known?
Typically, inspections at all levels take a maximum of two weeks. Results may be published earlier, but not later than the scheduled date. The quickest test will be basic math.
Who checks the work? How objective are the assessments?
Each work is checked by several people. The test part is checked by the computer. There are clear instructions for checking, so subjectivity is almost excluded. There may be different interpretations for oral subjects or essay, but usually the deviation is one or two points. If the examiners have different assessments, the result will be determined in favor of the graduate.
All forms are anonymous. Work for verification is distributed among experts automatically. No one knows that this particular student wrote a particular work. And students do not know who will get their work, even if they try to leave some kind of mark on the form.
After verification in your region, the work can be sent for cross-regional verification. And then, until March 1 of the next year, they are randomly checked again.
It's better not to negotiate with anyone
Negotiating with the commission, looking for acquaintances and paying money for verification is a huge risk. It is illegal. And no one can guarantee that everything will work out: the examination of the Unified State Examination is strictly controlled, including at the federal level. If something like this is discovered, everyone will be punished. And the exam results will not be counted at all, even if the work is really well written.
If you don’t agree with the results, what should you do?
File an appeal. There are two working days for this after the results become officially known.
The chance that you will be able to win one or two points is small. But if it is there, it is better to use it: sometimes enrollment in a budget place depends on one point.
It is worth filing an appeal if you know for sure that, for example, the essay was written perfectly. You cannot appeal the test part based on the results of your answers. The maximum that can be counted on is that the signs were not recognized correctly during the check, but the chances are slim.
Sometimes, based on the results of an appeal, the number of points is reduced, although the graduate was counting on an increase. You need to think carefully before drawing attention to your work.
How to find out the answers to the Unified State Exam in advance? They say they can be bought or found in other regions.
No. Leakage of Unified State Examination results is excluded. If some websites offer to buy test answers, they are scammers. No one knows the content of the test materials before students sit down at their desks and the exam officially begins.
Sometimes teachers themselves say that they found out what the options would be. Or one of the inspectors offers to buy them through an acquaintance. Don't trust anyone.
There are no answers to the Unified State Examination. What they sell is not the answer
There have already been cases when parents paid 50 thousand rubles or even more, but there was not a single match.
Teachers are not scammers, they want the best and may themselves think that they have got the right options. They sit and decide the night before the exam, as if to help. And then during the exam it turns out that the tasks and answers are different.
There is only one benefit in such schemes: if you take any options somewhere and solve them yourself, this will help you better prepare for the Unified State Exam.
Can I take my phone to the exam?
It is forbidden. You cannot take anything to the exam except your passport and a pen. For some items you are allowed to take a ruler, calculator or protractor. Where the exam is held, there are metal detectors at the entrance.
Even if you managed to smuggle your phone in, you still probably won’t be able to use it. Here are some real situations where graduates tried to use the phone and failed.
Ivan put the phone in the pocket sewn to his underpants and said that the detector reacts to piercings. He carried the phone and left it in the toilet. I wanted to take time off during the exam and consult with the teacher via WhatsApp.
After the exam began, inspectors inspected the toilets and removed all stashes of communication equipment. It was a shame to go get a phone, and Ivan was left without a new Samsung. Until September, he was afraid that somehow it would be discovered that it was his phone, and the exam results would be canceled.
Everything worked out well: Ivan passed the exam himself and received a good score. If he had been caught, he would not have entered this year.
Anya carried the phone in her bra, hid it securely in the toilet, and no one found it. During the exam, Anya asked for time off, took the phone, but was unable to use it. There was a device on the floor to suppress the communication signal. The phone turned out to be useless.
At the Unified State Exam in mathematics, Anya relied on her phone: last year her friend succeeded. As a result, Anya missed five points and now her parents pay 80 thousand rubles a year.
Vitya carried the phone in his sneaker straight into the classroom where the exam was being held. I was afraid to leave it in the toilet because they might find it. Vitya didn’t need a communication signal either: he had no intention of writing or calling. He photographed the physics formulas on his phone in advance. I wanted to take time off and take a peek if a difficult task came up.
Vitya almost succeeded. But at 10:30 the phone vibrated with a call from the grandmother, who was very worried about her grandson. He was not accepted into physics and was unable to get into a good technical university.
Some manage to both carry the phone and use it. But this is a violation.
Can you bring cheat sheets? Will they be able to be used?
Theoretically, it’s easier to carry cheat sheets than a phone, but it’s better not to bring them in - this is also illegal. Inspectors do not have the right to ask a student to undress, grope him or check his pockets. The metal detector does not respond to crib sheets, but they are found in the toilets and taken away before the exam begins.
You won’t be able to use cheat sheets or additional literature directly during the exam. Video cameras are installed in all rooms and broadcast on the Internet. It is monitored in real time and then selectively reviewed after the exam.
It also happens like this.
Zhenya wrote a list of words with the correct accent on masking tape and stuck it on her legs under her skirt.. Zhenya is an excellent student and knows Russian well, but all her friends did this, and she too, just in case. The cheat sheet was of no use to her: she already knew the words.
Two hours later, Zhenya asked to go to the toilet and forgot about the tape. The crib sheets peeled off and slid down to my knees under my tights. This was noticed by a member of the commission in the corridor. Zhenya should have been removed from the exam in disgrace. She miraculously and with tears managed to persuade the inspector not to report the violation. And although Zhenya was met halfway, she was so worried that she wrote the essay poorly and didn’t get enough points for the journalism department. To be fair, almost all currently practicing journalists advise against going to journalism departments.
Vika and Lisa made history cheat sheets for two. They also took answers to tests that were sold to them as if they were real. To avoid being caught, they divided it all in half. Classmates ended up in different classrooms and agreed in advance to meet at 11 o’clock in the toilet.
They asked for time off, as agreed, at the same time, but did not take into account that they were being taken to different toilets - each was taken to the one that was closer. It didn’t work out to meet, but Lisa needed the crib sheets that Vika took with her.
Cheat sheets should be written before the exam just to remember better. You should not take them with you to the exam. There are no ideal options without risk; everything cannot be foreseen. Something can always go wrong, and not only the budget, but also the school leaving certificate will be at risk.
Is it possible to negotiate with the exam committee to help? Can you give me some advice?
No, no one will tell you anything. You can only ask a question after filling out the form. It must be answered loudly and clearly. Calling a member of the commission over and asking for help in a whisper will not work.
Such requests have no practical meaning. The committee consists of teachers in other subjects or administrative workers.
Members of the commission are monitored by other commission members, public observers, Rosobrnadzor and the prosecutor's office. Everything is very strict. If someone helps a graduate, they will be fined.
If everything is correct on the draft, but there is an error on the form, which answer will be counted?
The answer that is on the official form is always counted. Drafts are not graded.
You need to properly allocate time to check your work and have time to rewrite everything without errors.
What if I feel bad during the exam?
You need to contact a healthcare professional. He is always present in the audience. Then they will act according to the situation. If it is not possible to continue the work, this will be recorded, but the results will not be evaluated. It will be possible to retake it on a reserve day.
If you need to take medication during the exam, this is permitted. If you need to drink juice, eat sweets or get an injection, that’s also possible. You can bring water or chocolate with you, but you won’t be able to use them as cheat sheets: everything will be checked. If they find inscriptions, they will be removed without the right to retake.
If you don’t get enough points this year and you can’t study for a fee, what should you do?
If you fail to score even the minimum in basic subjects, you will not be given a certificate. Basic subjects will be offered to be retaken on a reserve day or in the fall.
If the scores are above the minimum, but still low, you can retake the exams in the required subjects next year and choose the best result.
Unified State Exam results are valid for four years. For example, if a graduate did well in Russian and biology, but got nervous in mathematics and missed three points, you can retake mathematics in a year and apply to the university again.
It is unreasonable to postpone admission just because you don’t have enough points to get into a prestigious university. Anything can happen in a year.
A simpler university is better than waiting a year
There is no guarantee that next year you will be able to pass the exams well, and the passing score will not be increased. It is better to choose a faculty or university that is simpler, and then look for options for transferring or enrolling again.
Ksyusha wanted to become a microbiologist or virologist. She chose biology and chemistry from additional subjects, but she was unable to enter the medical academy for free. In order not to waste a year, Ksyusha submitted documents to the Institute of Food Production, where chemistry was also required. She entered on a budget and got a room in a dorm. The following year, she changed her mind about taking the Unified State Exam again and remained at her university. Now Ksyusha has already received a diploma, works as a food technologist at an international enterprise and earns five times more than her doctor parents.
If there are not enough points at all for admission to the budget, there is an option not to enroll, prepare, and retake the Unified State Exam next year.
Sergei also wanted to become a doctor, but did not pass biology well and did not pass the budget. He had a deferment from the army, so in order not to lose a year, he entered a medical college in his city and was preparing to retake the Unified State Exam. If it hadn’t worked out, Sergei would have stayed in college, studied to become a paramedic and still worked in medicine, as he dreamed of.
But he succeeded. The following year, he retook biology and, with the same results in Russian and mathematics, entered the cardiologist's degree. By that time, he had also managed to get a referral from their local cardiology clinic, which also helped.
What are the ways to do well on the Unified State Exam?
To pass the Unified State Exam well, you need to prepare for it. It's better to start in tenth grade. You can prepare on your own or with a tutor.
Shortly before exams, it is most effective to solve tests from previous years. The tasks in the Unified State Examination are standard and in different years there may be very similar ones. If there is a tutor, he will select the correct preparation method taking into account the student’s abilities.
What is the best thing to do before the exam?
Graduates need to sleep. You can't sit up all night over your textbooks or look for answers for this year. Not getting enough sleep and being nervous is the worst thing.
In the morning you need to have breakfast, dress comfortably and arrive where you are supposed to by 9 o’clock. The exam will start at 10 o'clock, but it is better to arrive early to look around and adjust.
You need to come to the exam rested and calm.
You can submit your Unified State Exam results to five universities at the same time. Each has three faculties. All information about specialties, documents, the number of budget places and passing scores is published on the websites of universities.
If you can’t enroll on a budget, think about where to get money to pay for your studies. It's better to take care of this before the exams, just in case. Find out at the institute how to transfer to the budget from the second year, if this is practiced. If you try, you can save a lot of money.
Experiment with faculties and universities. At one institute there is competition for 100 people per place, while at another there may be a shortage even for a similar specialty. The prestige of a university does not guarantee anything.
Invite the student to look for options for part-time work. You can transfer to part-time, work in shifts or remotely.
