Romanian
exams
High school entrance examination (8th
grade) in
Romania
To enter high school in Romania, you need to pass an exam at the
end of VIIIth grade.
It consists of a mathematics exam, a Romanian language
exam (grammar and writing),
and for some high schools with certain profiles, an additional aptitude
test. There are two
types of schools: regular high schools and "professional " (or
"vocational") schools that
concentrate on giving you skills for a particular type of job. If you
get more than 50% on all
exams, depending on your grade, you can go to your choice of high
school or a professional
school (you go to your choice of school in descending order, according
to your grade). You
do not need to pass the exam to get into a professional school, but you
do need if you want
your choice of such a school. After the first exam session, for those
who
failed or did not show,
there is a second session when you have again a chance to get onto the
remaining available
places in high school or professional schools. If you fail again, you
are placed in the remaining
spots in professional schools.
Would you get into a romanian high school? A note on statistics: In
2003 (the only year I could
find the relevant official statistics on the internet), about 70% of
students passed the exam in the
first session, and about half of those remaining passed in the second
session (for a total of about
85% passing in both tries). The percentages have small fluctuations
over different years.
Official Math exam papers (in Romanian)-
contain graphs as well
Practice math exam 2001
Math exam 2003
Math exam 2005
English translations of the tests (no graphs;
find them above)
Practice math exam 2001 (in english)
Math exam 2003 (in english)
Math exam 2005 (in english)
Baccalaureate examination (12th grade):
Physics and Math
In order to be
able to register for college, you have to have passed a nationwide
comprehensive
examination at the end of high school, on several subjects (the
particular subjects depend partly
on the focus of your high school). The minimum passing grade is 50 %
for each subject.
For science oriented high schools
(as opposed to humanities oriented) both math
and physics are part of the exam (math is always
present, maybe at an easier level, but
physics might not be). The math exam covers all the subject
matter taught, but the
Physics exam covers only the subject matter up to the
middle of 11th grade. In the
second half of 11th grade and in 12th grade one is taught Special
Relativity, Elements of
Atomic and Nuclear Physics, but it is not required for the
baccalaureate.
Here are some physics and math exams (for the science orientation) from
the last years:
Original
Physics exam papers (in Romanian)- contain graphs as well
Bac Physics exam 2004
Bac
Physics exam 2005
Bac
Physics exam 2003
Original
Math exam papers (in Romanian)- contain graphs as well
English
translations of the Physics tests (no graphs;
find them above)
English
translations of the Math tests (no graphs;
find them above)
Bac math exam 2000 (in english)
Bac math exam 2001 (in english)
Bac math exam 2002 (in english)
Bac math exam 2003 (in english)
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