How to score maximum points on the Unified State Exam. How to increase pension points and earn a decent pension How to increase your Unified State Exam score
One of the most common reasons losing points on the Unified State Exam is a simple lack of time. For example, a graduate spent 40 minutes solving a difficult math problem for him, and in the end did not have time to solve the final option. Although those 2-3 tasks that remained unanswered would take less time in total - and would bring more points.
To prevent this from happening, you need to adhere to simple tactics that allow you to answer the maximum number of questions.
- Do not try to solve tasks in the order in which they are given in the KIM version of the Unified State Exam. First, give answers to all the questions that are simple for you - those where you can give an answer right away or have no doubt about the solution. If you are “floating” on a question, don’t know the answer, or understand that you will need time to think, move on to the next question.
- Once you have reached the end, count the number of questions left unanswered and determine how much time you have left to deal with them. Divide the remaining number of minutes by the number of tasks - and you will get the deadline allotted to you to think about each of them.
- Work with the remaining tasks according to the principle “from simple to complex” - first what can be done faster, then more difficult questions. If you cannot find the answer in the time allotted to yourself, move on to the next task. If you have some time left at the end of the exam, you can return to thinking about them. This way you will reduce the number of unsolved tasks to a minimum.
- In a situation of time shortage, all other things being equal, choose those tasks that can earn you more points.
What to do if the answer is unknown
“Chicken grain by grain” - this principle is perfectly suited for the Unified State Exam; the final score is gained from “little things”. Therefore, even if you are not sure that your answer is absolutely correct, take the chance to get points for “partial agreement.”
If you have a choice of, for example, four answers to a question and you don’t know, discard the options that seem least plausible to you, and then answer at random. If you need to establish a correspondence between two series of statements, proceed in the same way, find “pairs” that seem true to you and rely on fate in the main part of the task. If you need to list the main signs of a phenomenon, but you don’t remember which are the main ones, list at least some, this may also “work”.
Don't leave assignments with short questions unanswered. Even if you have no idea what it is about, write at least something, even if the chance of guessing is very small. An unanswered task means zero points with a 100% probability, and it won’t get worse, but maybe better.
Time planning: reserve “for the unexpected”
When people estimate how long it will take them to complete a task, they tend to make optimistic forecasts and underestimate the labor costs. This is a scientifically established fact called the “planning fallacy.” When we make plans, we assume that everything will “go well” and do not take into account possible difficulties or losses - and as a result we do not fit into the allotted limits. This can play a fatal role in the exam - especially if, for example, you left transferring the answers to the forms until last.
To avoid trouble when planning your time for the Unified State Exam, you need to provide an “emergency reserve” of 20-30 minutes just “just in case.” If the exam lasts 3 hours, assume that you should complete it in two and a half. The “reserve” will be left for you to check your work or think about tasks left “for later.”
What you can’t “save” on on the Unified State Exam
Despite the fact that during the exam every minute counts, and you want to reduce “formalities” to a minimum, gaining a little time to complete tasks, there are things on which you cannot save time.
Checking barcodes on forms and CMM options. They must match. If an error was made when completing the packages and you did not notice it, your work may be checked using another option, and, naturally, the answers in this case will be incorrect.
Reading the text of tasks with short answers. Pay special attention to whether you must choose correct or incorrect statements, write down the answer in numbers or letters, and so on. You can emphasize the requirements for an answer directly in the question - this will help prevent mistakes.
Transferring answers to forms. Don’t put it off until the last minute; it’s better to fill out the forms step by step as you finish working with one or another block of tasks. Pay special attention to the part with short answers - the forms are checked automatically, so letters and numbers must be written clearly and legibly. If you made a blot or accidentally scratched a pen on the form, duplicate the answer in the part of the form that is intended for correcting erroneous answers (“dirt” can lead to incorrect recognition of answers by the computer). Follow the numbering of tasks.
Check and double check. It is especially important for the mathematics exam, where those taking the Unified State Exam often make “offensive” computational errors. Therefore, it is better to carry out the calculations again before transferring the answer to the form and, if the answers do not agree, look for an error. But when taking an exam in other subjects, do not repeat the answers mechanically - read the task again, compare your answer with the conditions, make sure that everything is written correctly.
But what you can “save” on, if necessary, is writing draft essays. Impeccable literacy and “polishedness” of each sentence is critical only for an essay in the Russian language, but even here, points for strikeouts in the text and blots are not reduced. Therefore, if you feel that there may not be enough time, sketch out only the outline or main theses of the work, and write the text directly on the form.
Vika Details 05/17/2018 15:02 DetailsLife hacks for applicants: how to increase your scores beyond the Unified State Exam?
Despite all the possible disadvantages, the Unified State Exam opens almost all universities to a child - you just need to send copies of documents and exam results. But school graduates are not the only lucky ones in this regard - now they can get the required passing score not only with the help of the Unified State Exam.
And how, read the advice of the head of the Autonomous non-profit organization "Center for the Psychological Health of Citizens", a development consultant Yu, organizer of career guidance games on the “Atlas of Future Professions” (Skolkovo) in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Valentina Lukina:
- For a gold medal, you can receive up to 10 additional points when entering different universities.
- The final essay is written by absolutely all schoolchildren in December. The essay is an admission to take the Unified State Exam and is stored in the database. For example, at the National Research University Higher School of Economics you can get up to 10 points for this essay. It is important to indicate in your application upon admission that you have a final essay.
- Points for various achievements - intellectual (Olympiads), sports, creative. Some universities take into account the results of Olympiads over the past 4 years. And victory at the All-Russian Olympiad for schoolchildren guarantees admission to a budget-funded place. However, you need to understand that if a student is the winner of the Olympiad in Physics, he will enter a specialty where physics is not a core subject, he will enter as part of the general competition, but his results in physics will be equal to 100 points.
- For passing the GTO standards in some universities you can get an additional 5 points.
- New this year are points for volunteering. To do this, you need to register with one of the social organizations; a volunteer book will be created for the student, where all the results of volunteer activities will be recorded.
Important! All achievements must be documented.
What about NEFU named after M.K. Ammosov?
In 2017, at NEFU you could get an additional 1 point for the final essay, and 2 points for passing the GTO standards.
What is the minimum score?
The score can be minimum, passing and average. The minimum score is the lower threshold of points in subjects; with fewer points, the university will not accept documents. Each university sets its own minimum score threshold for each subject. The passing score for 2018 will be known only in August, so you need to focus on the passing score of the previous year - this indicator increases slightly every year. The average score is not the most important and necessary indicator; it is calculated by adding all the scores and dividing by the number of exams passed.
Medical certificate, is it necessary?
According to federal law, a medical certificate is not required for most specialties. There is a list of specialties that require a medical certificate of form 086, and there is also a second list of specialties that require a certificate of form 302N. This is a certificate with a large number of specialists. It may be needed in those specialties that place increased demands on health. For example, to some technical universities or for psychological and pedagogical education. If a student plans to enroll in a central university in the country, it is best to obtain a medical certificate in advance at the place of residence.
I have high scores, why didn't I get in?
In 2017, there were cases when an applicant was second in the ranking of applicants for a budget-funded place, but was still not accepted. The reason is that you did not submit the original documents and the application for consent to enroll in the university on time. Admission to the university takes place in two waves. Firstly, you need to submit the originals before August 1, because on August 3 an order is issued on the enrollment of applicants for 80% of budget places. In the second wave - originals are accepted until August 6, an order is issued to enroll the remaining 20% of applicants.
Do copies of documents need to be notarized?
It is a myth. The admissions committee only needs copies of your documents, and I recommend keeping the originals with you while the ranking of applicants is being formed. A notarized power of attorney may be useful for your relative or friend who will submit documents in your place.
How can I submit documents?
Documents can be sent to the admissions office by mail, by email, by proxy through relatives, through the applicant’s headquarters, or bring it in person.
If you sent your documents using one of the three methods, be sure to call the admissions office in a couple of days and find out the date the documents were received and the registration number assigned to your documents. It is very important to ensure that your documents are received.
After registration, your data is entered into the database and immediately reflected on the university website. An important point is that you should not delay submitting documents. On July 26 at 18:00 the acceptance of documents ends and the databases are closed.
Application for admission.
The application form is quite lengthy, so I recommend downloading the form from the university website and filling it out at home in a calm environment, not forgetting to write down all your achievements, for which the university gives additional points.
Now you can apply to five universities, three directions in each - a total of 15 applications for admission.
How to get a discount on tuition fees?
At NEFU, the cost of education per year is about 200 thousand, not every family can afford such an amount. However, the university provides large discounts. If a child scores a certain number of points, the discount can be 50%. Discounts are also given for studying at an association school. For example, in 2017, for many applicants, the cost of training was not 200, but 100 thousand rubles and below.
In addition, in the first year there is often a dropout of students; if you study well, then in the 2nd or 3rd year you can transfer to a budget place.
General Tips
Many schoolchildren prefer to study alone, without adults. I still recommend going with your parent. When a child is alone, he may not pay attention to something or hear something. important information or not asking the right question.
To be sure of admission, you need to realistically assess your capabilities. If last year the passing score for admission to a university was 250, and your score was 190, your chances of getting in are minimal. For convenience and clarity, you can make a list of desired universities, indicating the desired specialty, the number of budget places and the passing score.
And you should always study the website of your university - the rules and requirements for admission vary among many universities.
Good luck on your final exams!
Based on materials from the newspaper "Your Right. Far East", Victoria Sunthavong.
Not every future pensioner can independently calculate how much he will receive monthly when he retires. Since 2015, a new procedure for the formation of pension rights and calculation of pensions has been introduced. The concept of “labor pension” is no longer in the legislation. Since January 2015, there are two types of pensions: insurance, which is calculated according to a new pension formula using pension coefficients (points), and funded, which citizens form independently.
Every year a person works is valued in pension points. They are calculated based on the amount of insurance premiums paid by the employer and depend on the size of the official salary. Accordingly, the higher the salary, the more points.
In 2015, citizens born in 1967 and younger can choose: either refuse to form a funded pension and direct all insurance contributions paid by the employer towards an insurance pension, that is, into points, or continue to form a funded pension, and, therefore, reduce contributions by insurance
Your future income after a well-deserved retirement can be represented as follows: pension = A x B + C + d, where:
A - pension points, the number of which depends on length of service, level of official salary and retirement age. This sets the maximum number of points a person can earn in a year. In 2015, the maximum number of points per year for those who refused to form a funded pension in favor of an insurance pension will be 7.39 and will gradually increase to 10 points by 2021.
B - the cost of one pension point, annually approved by the law on the Pension Fund budget. In 2015, the cost of a pension point is 71.41 rubles.
C is a fixed payment, the annual indexation of which is provided for by law to an amount not lower than the inflation rate. From February 1, 2015, it is 4,383 rubles. 59 kopecks For certain categories of citizens (disabled people of group 1, for citizens who have reached the age of 80, for citizens receiving a dependent supplement) the amount fixed payment installed in a larger size.
d - funded pension, which is formed only for citizens born in 1967. and younger, who contribute 6% of the insurance premium rate to her fund. It is necessary to decide on the choice of a 6% tariff, or refuse to form a funded pension in favor of an insurance pension (with a 0% tariff) before December 31, 2015.
You can only create your Express Entry profile if you qualify for one of Canada's federal immigration programs.
Applicants accepted by the system into the Express Entry database (EE pool) are assessed through the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS), which automatically provides scores based on the following indicators:
- Core human capital factors – age, education, language
- Basic human factors of the accompanying spouse, if any
- Combined factors (Skill transferability factors) - several combinations of age with work experience and language skills
- Extra points for a provincial nomination, employment contract with a Canadian employer, or study in Canada.
Approximately twice a month, the Canadian government selects candidates with the highest scores, who receive an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence. Therefore, it is very important to make every effort to get the maximum possible number of points for yourself, because your chances of immigrating to Canada literally increase with every point. You can use our Express Entry Points Calculator to see exactly how your points stack up and where you can improve them.
How to Improve Core Human Capital Factors
The advanced CRS scoring system can award up to 600 points for basic human factors and transferability skills, which take into account data such as a candidate's age, education, language and work experience.
If you take steps to improve your human factors, you can earn extra CRS points, which are never a bad thing. These could be the following actions:
- Independent acquisition of an academic degree, diploma, certificate
- Obtaining an academic degree, certificate diploma by the accompanying spouse
- Improving your language skills (English and/or French), retaking the language test
- Improving language skills (English and/or French), retaking the language test with the accompanying spouse
- Additional work experience
- Additional work experience for an accompanying spouse
The most profitable way to increase your CRS points is to receive a nomination from a Canadian province. This will immediately give you an additional 600 points to your existing ones. Yes, without these points people also receive their invitations to submit documents, however, we can say with all confidence that with them you will receive your invitation in the next selection.
Provincial nominations are the shortest route to permanent residence in Canada.
The Canadian federal government allows provinces and territories to select their own immigrants. Today there are 10 provinces and three territories in Canada. With the exception of the province of Quebec and the territory of Nunavut, they all have their own Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs), which allow them to nominate candidates who want to immigrate to Canada and agree to live in a particular province.
Each Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is tailored to the needs of a specific province or territory and invites immigrants who will find it easier to establish a life in that region and who will benefit it most.
Most Canadian provincial programs are clearly linked to the federal Express Entry immigration selection system. Express Entry candidates who are nominated by a province or territory receive an additional 600 CRS points out of a maximum possible 1,200. When added to the existing core human factors and skills transferability points, an invitation to apply in the next round is virtually guaranteed.
Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) that provide 600 CRS in Express Entry:
- British Columbia/British Columbia PNP ()
- Manitoba/Manitoba PNP ()
- Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program ()
- Ontario Immigration Nominee Program ()
- New Brunswick/New Brunswick PNP (
This year, universities are enrolling applicants according to a new scheme and adding points for personal achievements. Representatives of universities, institutes and branches of higher educational institutions spoke about changes in the 2015 admission rules at the round table.
experts
Sergey Umanets
Moscow Academy of Entrepreneurship under the Moscow Government.
Director of the Tula branch
Irina Tsekhmistrenko
Russian Economic University named after. G. V. Plekhanov.
Deputy Director of the Tula branch for educational work
Anzhelika Zhukova
Tula Institute of Economics and Informatics.
Anna Bolobova
Tula Institute of Management and Business named after. N. Demidova.
Responsible Secretary of the Admissions Committee
Nadezhda Stempin
Tula State Pedagogical University named after. L. N. Tolstoy.
Responsible Secretary of the Admissions Committee
The admission campaign will begin soon. Are there any changes to the university admission procedure this year?
A special feature of this academic year for graduates was the division of the Unified State Examination in mathematics into basic and specialized levels. If mathematics is included in the list of entrance examinations of a university for any direction, then it must be mathematics at a specialized level, the minimum passing score for which is 27.
It is also important that you only need to pass the Unified State Exam in Russian with 24 points to get a certificate, but to enter a university you need to score at least 36 points.
Another important innovation is that universities have the opportunity to assign points for the individual achievements of applicants during admission. In addition to the total points on the Unified State Exam, you can get a maximum of 20 points. Additional points for individual achievements significantly increase the applicant's chances of admission.
Of these twenty points, a maximum of 10 can be obtained for an essay that graduates have already written in schools. The university rechecks the essay and assigns its own grade (evaluation criteria are developed at the federal level).
The second 10 points can be awarded for sports achievements, participation in the volunteer movement, and academic achievements. For what exactly and how many points - each university decides independently, but the same rule for all is that the sum of all these achievements cannot exceed 10 points, even if the applicant has sports victories, a certificate with honors, and a prize-winning place at the Olympiad. In this case, he selects those achievements that are most highly valued in this educational institution.
How can I find out what exactly a particular university awards points for, and how can I provide evidence of my achievements?
All information about recording individual achievements must be posted on the university website as a separate document. When submitting documents, the applicant must indicate his achievements in the application for admission and present diplomas, certificates, etc. confirming them. As for the essay, the university commission takes it from the federal information system.
An applicant can apply to several universities at once. How many educational institutions and how many specialties can you enroll in in 2015?
There are no changes here: 5 universities, three areas of training in each. At the same time, enrollment, as before, is based on priorities - each applicant who indicates several areas of training must rank them from the most interesting to the least interesting. Documents can be submitted to universities either in person or by mail, or through an online application if educational institutions are located in other cities. When sending by mail, take into account the time: documents must arrive at the selection committee no later than July 24.
What is the enrollment pattern for 2015? What changed?
Traditionally, applicants for budget-funded places are enrolled in two stages, and this year these stages received quantitative confirmation. Applicants are enrolled in the first wave for 80% of the total number of budget places, in the second - 20%. As before, only those who submit original documents to the admissions committee are accepted. But if previously applicants who did not bring the originals in the first wave might not get into the second, since there were no places left, then this year there will definitely be 20% of the places.
However, it is very important for the applicant to correctly navigate where to submit the original certificate. We advise you to set your priorities in advance and decide on the choice of university. If you have high scores on the Unified State Exam and you understand that you have every chance of getting into the first wave of a particular university, we advise you to immediately submit original documents there so as not to miss your budget place.
If you do not do this, your place may be taken by an applicant with lower scores, and there will not be enough places for everyone in the second wave.
Have the deadlines for submitting documents and enrollment changed this year?
Yes, in 2015, admission of documents begins at all universities on June 19 and ends on July 24 for the first wave of applicants. A common deadline for accepting original documents has been established for all universities: strictly 18.00 on August 3. This applies to admission to budget places, and for tuition on a paid basis, the terms of enrollment are set by the decision of the organization. As a rule, this is the 20th of August.
Do universities increase the minimum Unified State Exam scores set by Rosobrnadzor?
Each university decides this for itself: we have the right to increase the minimum scores relative to the Ros-obrnadzor scale, but we cannot lower them. In a number of educational institutions, these scales coincide, but many universities set their own minimum: for example, 30 points in mathematics instead of 27, 40 in Russian (the Rosobrnadzor minimum is 36) and so on.
In 2015, did the number of budget places for applicants decrease?
As statistics show, in many universities the number of budget places, on the contrary, has increased. I would like to note that budget places are also available for distance learning.
Another interesting point: today it is possible to study for free even at commercial universities. Educational institutions have developed benefits for successful applicants: with a high score on the unified state exams, the student is given a 100% discount on the first semester, and with excellent results in all sessions, you can not pay for studies for the entire period of study.
Is it true that you can now enter a university only based on the results of the Unified State Exam? That is, people who graduated from school before 2009 will have to take the unified state exam?
Yes, indeed, persons who have only a general secondary education can enter a university (both full-time and part-time) only on the basis of the Unified State Examination results. In this case, the year of graduation does not matter.
We wish future graduates success in passing the Unified State Exam and admission to the university of their choice!
What will you get extra points for?
10 points- maximum for individual achievements:
- silver/gold TRP badge
- Certificate of secondary general education with honors
- participation/winning places in Olympiads, etc.
- volunteer activities
- status of champion and prize-winner of the Olympic, Paralympic and Deaf Olympic Games, etc.
10 points- maximum grade for the final essay written in the final year of school. An essay written at school will be rechecked by a university commission and evaluated in accordance with federal criteria.
A total of 20 points can be obtained in addition to the total points on the Unified State Exam.
Admission dates 2015
- July 19-24 - acceptance of documents.
- 18.00 On August 3, the acceptance of original certificates ends.
- August 4 - order to enroll the first wave.
- 18.00 On August 6, the acceptance of original documents for the second wave ends.
- August 7 - order to enroll the second wave.