The national exam is not an easy test. Successful completion of compulsory and elective disciplines determines not just an exam grade, but the opportunity to enroll in your chosen university, get your dream job, build your desired career, achieve success in life and financial well-being. It's one thing if you fail an exam due to poor health or insufficient preparation in the subject.
But it’s quite another to lose your chance to pass an exam because you were found to be in possession of a prohibited item. It is not difficult to protect yourself from this danger - you just need to familiarize yourself with the list of acceptable sources of information and equipment that you are allowed to bring from home and use during the exam.
The list of permitted subjects for the Unified State Exam is updated annually
What can you bring with you to the Unified State Exam?
The list of items, reference materials and devices that you can use on is not at all random. Every year, the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation issues a corresponding order, which sets out what you can take with you to each of the exams, and what belongs to the category of strictly prohibited things. Check out the list of permitted items and materials so you don’t get into trouble in 2016 and don’t lose your chance at a happy future due to your own stupidity.
What can you use on the Unified State Examination in mathematics?
You may use a ruler when taking the math exam, so be sure to bring one with you. Attention: all reference materials permitted for use are issued on site, complete with the exam card!
What can you take for the Unified State Examination in Geography?
Don't forget to bring a ruler and protractor from home - these items are allowed. Also, when taking geography tests, students can use a non-programmable calculator. When choosing a calculator, pay attention to the fact that it can add, subtract, multiply, divide and root, as well as perform trigonometric operations (calculate sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, arcsine, arccosine and arctangent).
Only calculators with basic level functions are allowed on the Unified State Exam. In order not to expose yourself to the danger of being kicked out of the exam, make sure that your “computer” cannot store an array of data in memory. Otherwise, you may be suspected of using cheat sheets to solve test tasks. Do not buy modern models that have means of communication and wireless data transmission - such functions of the calculator are also prohibited!
What can be used on the Unified State Exam in chemistry?
When passing the national exam in chemistry, you can use a ruler brought from home. It is allowed to use a non-programmable type calculator, which also makes it possible to perform calculations of trigonometric functions. Along with the exam ticket, you will be provided with reference materials in the form of:
- periodic table of chemical elements;
- tables indicating the degree of solubility in water of various compounds;
- electrochemical voltage series of metals.
What can you take for the Unified State Exam in physics?
Each student can bring with them a non-programmable calculator that will provide the ability to calculate trigonometric functions. When working with a ticket, you are also allowed to use your own ruler. Along with your ticket, you will receive reference materials permitted for use during testing.
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As additional resources, students receive equipment that provides the ability to reproduce sound, as well as cassettes or disks that contain listening tasks.
What should you not take with you to the Unified State Examination?
Disciplines not listed on our list do not involve the use of additional materials or items, so bringing anything with you is strictly prohibited. Before going to the exam, make sure that you do not have with you:
- smartphone or regular mobile phone, smart watch, pager or any other communication device;
- electronic computing devices (programmable calculators) and reference materials;
- camera, player, video equipment;
- written notes or printed materials (cheat sheets).
Remember: if you notice anything from this list, the commission members will decide to remove you from the exam, after which they will enter this information into the protocol.
So, this year your child will face a real test - passing the Unified State Exam. You are probably worried, if not more, then at least as worried as your high school student, because this is so important! But it’s very difficult to understand all this, the children don’t want to explain anything, and the official websites are drowning in bureaucracy.
The editors of the site come to your aid and tell you everything in detail and more vividly than Rosobrnadzor. Take notes and tell the children if they don’t know.
- What is the Unified State Exam? Do we really need it?
The Unified State Exam is a form of state final certification for educational programs of secondary general education. Simply put, the final exam at graduation from school. The Unified State Exam is mandatory; without passing it, the child will not be able to receive a certificate and enter college.
- OK. We'll have to go. How many subjects do you need to take?
There are still only two compulsory subjects to pass - Russian language and mathematics. No new items were introduced this year; that awaits us only in 2020. The child has the opportunity to choose additional elective subjects (needed for admission). You can take the following disciplines: physics, chemistry, history, social studies, computer science, biology, geography, literature and foreign languages. Except for mathematics, all subjects are assessed on a 100-point system.
- What's wrong with mathematics?
The fact is that the Unified State Exam in mathematics is divided into basic and specialized. The child can choose what he needs (or he can choose to take the subject in two options). The basic level is necessary to obtain a certificate and be able to enter a university where mathematics is not an entrance exam. The basic level will be assessed using a five-point system. And the exam in mathematics at the profile level is taken by schoolchildren planning to enter a university in which mathematics is included in the list of mandatory entrance tests. And in this case, the exam will be graded on a 100-point system.
- Okay, does everyone get admission to the Unified State Exam?
In order to obtain admission to the Unified State Examination, you must:
- submit an application to take the Unified State Exam in selected subjects (this year - until February 1);
- receive all annual grades in all academic subjects at school not lower than “satisfactory”, no “F” grades;
- submit the final presentation in the Russian language.
- Okay, when will these exams be? And where?
The Unified State Exam schedule is official, general throughout Russia. You can view it on the official Unified State Exam portal and on the Rosobrnadzor website. To take the Unified State Exam, children are sent to another school, where exactly the students will be told at their educational institution closer to the exams. But you won’t have to travel far - it will be one of the district schools.
- What to do if two Unified State Examinations take place on the same day? How to break up?
No need to break up. The schedule is already known; there are reserve days for all such subjects. When submitting an application, you just need to indicate the date of participation in the Unified State Exam that is convenient for you.
- And if my child is disabled, he may not take the Unified State Exam?
Maybe. For disabled people and children with limited health capabilities, another form of passing is provided - the GVE (state final exam). It is easier, but it has its drawbacks: it is also automated and cannot serve as an entrance test to a university. The university will not accept his results, but will assign new entrance tests, which may be either easier or more difficult for the student.
- Okay, I changed my mind, it’s better to take the Unified State Exam. Will they provide him with the necessary conditions?
Certainly. Firstly, the exam time for children with disabilities is increased by 1.5 hours (and by 30 minutes in foreign languages). Secondly, you can choose a “special seating arrangement,” that is, ask the child to be seated alone in the audience. Thirdly, all children will be provided with the necessary technical equipment (if necessary: computers, magnifying glasses, sound amplification equipment, forms in Braille, etc.). Also, children can freely move to the toilet, take breaks for medical procedures or for a snack. In extreme cases, the Unified State Examination is also carried out at home.
- Okay, but how does this Unified State Exam go?
Any exam starts at 10.00 local time. It is undesirable to be late - no one will increase your time and no one will repeat the instructions. You can take with you: a passport (required), a gel pen, capillary pen with black ink (also required), medicines and food (if necessary), teaching and educational tools (for mathematics, a ruler; for physics - a ruler and a non-programmable calculator; for chemistry - non-programmable calculator; in geography - ruler, protractor, non-programmable calculator). Unified State Examination participants with disabilities receive special technical equipment.
Everything else is handed over at the entrance to a special storage area.
After checking the documents, the child will be taken to his place; he cannot change it. Then the briefing begins, if something is wrong with the set of tasks (the integrity of the packaging is broken), you need to say about it at this moment, then this will not be a reason for an appeal. After the instructions, you need to open the package, make sure that everything you need is in place, the text is well printed, the paper has no defects, the assignment is in Russian, not mathematics, etc. The children will be told everything that needs to be checked.
Next, the registration form is filled out, after which the student begins the task. After completion, you need to fold all the sheets and take them to the examiner. That's it, you can go home, you don't have to wait until the end of the exam.
- Can you write it off?
It's a bit complicated. There are jammers everywhere, mobile communications are unavailable, even if a child carries a phone with him. You can go to the toilet, but under “escort” you won’t have time to read much. For a cheat sheet that they saw, the child can be removed from the Unified State Examination, taken out and his work not checked. In addition, there are cameras everywhere. It's better to be prepared.
- When and how will the results be announced? What if I don't like them?
The results should become known approximately three days after passing, they will be transferred to the educational institution, and they can also be checked on the Internet. If you and your child are not satisfied with the score, you can file an appeal within two working days after the official announcement of the results. This is a personal meeting with independent experts, where you and your child can look at the work and try to prove that Gogol wrote Onegin. It’s true that it won’t work.
- Can they lower the score on appeal?
When considering an appeal, the conflict commission completely rechecks the examination work. So yes, the result can change in any direction. And if anything happens, it is no longer possible to appeal.
- What is the passing grade now?
36 points in Russian language and 27 points in specialized level mathematics. The remaining minimum scores can be found at the disposal of Rosobrnadzor.
- What if I didn’t pass?
If a student fails to pass a compulsory subject, he has the right to retake it at an additional time (approximately two weeks later). If you “fail” again, it will only be in the fall, in a special center, and until that time you will not be given a certificate. Children can also retake the Unified State Exam upon receiving a passing score (that is, to improve their score). If it doesn’t work out again, in the summer with a new wave of graduates. And so on ad infinitum.
As for elective subjects, if the student does not score the minimum number of points, he can retake it only after a year.
- Fine. Everything seems to be clear with the Unified State Examination. What about admission?
And we will tell you about this next time.
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What can you use on the Unified State Exam? Let's figure it out.
You must take it with you to the Unified State Exam. passport!
You cannot use a mobile phone during the Unified State Examination. Mobile devices are handed in upon entering the classroom. If you are suddenly noticed at the Unified State Exam with a mobile phone (with a book, with a notebook...) - you will be removed from the exam. The results will be cancelled.
On the Unified State Exam mathematics You take with you pens (black gel) and a ruler. It turns out that many graduates do not know: you can use a ruler on the Unified State Examination in mathematics! But you can’t take a compass (logical: what if someone uses it as a bladed weapon?). And therefore, when preparing for the Unified State Exam in mathematics, learn to draw circles by hand. At first they will look like potatoes with shoots, but each time they will turn out better.
In the version of the basic Unified State Exam in mathematics, you will have the necessary reference material. The main thing is to know in advance how to use it.
The version of the profile Unified State Examination in mathematics also contains “reference material” - in the form of 5 trigonometry formulas. Of course, this is not enough to solve problems! We hope that by the time you take the Unified State Exam you will have learned more than a measly 5 formulas!
Should I take cheat sheets for the Unified State Exam? Risky. Although one schoolchild from Kazakhstan made a cheat sheet 11 meters long and was even able to use it, after which he ended up in the Guinness Book of Records. But not everyone will be so lucky, and it is more likely not to get into the book of records, but to be removed from the Unified State Examination.
But it makes sense to make yourself the perfect cheat sheet before the exam. Place, for example, all the necessary geometry formulas on a sheet of paper. While you write them, design them, make drawings for them, you remember the material perfectly. First, check the textbook. Then - from memory. After that, you can safely leave this work of art at home, because you already remember everything.
On the Unified State Exam physics You can (and should) take a non-programmable calculator with you. This is a calculator “with functions” - allowing, in addition to arithmetic operations, to calculate sine, tangent, logarithm, square root and much more.
When are you preparing for the Unified State Exam? physics, use just such a calculator. No need to replace it with your mobile phone! Because you won’t take your mobile phone to the Unified State Examination.
On the Unified State Exam chemistry You can also bring a calculator. And they will also give you: the periodic table (it replaces a dozen cheat sheets!), a solubility table, an electrochemical series of metal voltages. If you skillfully use this wealth, you can pass the Unified State Exam in chemistry.
On the Unified State Exam geography– You can take a calculator, a ruler and a protractor.
You don’t need to take anything for the Unified State Examination in subjects other than pens.
Can I take food with me? It turns out not. Do you know why the Unified State Exam lasts not 4 hours, but 3 hours and 55 minutes? Because it is believed that in 4 hours you will get hungry and you will need to be fed, that’s the rule. And you can live 3 hours and 55 minutes without eating. Therefore, you won’t be able to bring a sandwich, pizza, or nuts.
Please have breakfast at home before the exam! Just not cucumbers with milk! You don't need to drink a lot of coffee either. Coffee in excess can cause drowsiness and at the same time is a diuretic.
You can bring water to the Unified State Exam if there is no cooler or water bottles in the classroom where the Unified State Exam is being held.
You can take food with you to the GVE exam.
What else do schoolchildren take with them to the Unified State Exam? Why don’t they take it! But you don't need to do this. Once there was a news report that one girl took a snake with her to the Unified State Exam in Russian. During the exam, he crawled out, scared the applicants and observers, panic began, he was already crawling, everyone was screaming and trying to escape, then the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived. The reptile died. The girl explained her action by saying that the snake was bored alone at home. This is, of course, creative, but cruel to the snake and to your classmates.
Good luck on the Unified State Exam!
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Main stage Unified State Exam 2018 will begin on May 28th. We will tell you about what you can take with you to the exam, what you are prohibited from doing during the Unified State Exam, and what to do if a graduate missed the exam due to illness.
Unified State Examination 2018 schedule for secondary school graduates
Main stage
Additional period
What you can take with you to the Unified State Exam 2018:
- black gel or capillary pen,
- passport,
- medications and food (if necessary),
- a ruler for a mathematics exam, a ruler and a non-programmable calculator for a physics exam, a non-programmable calculator for a chemistry exam, a ruler, a protractor and a non-programmable calculator for a geography exam,
- Unified State Exam participants with disabilities will receive special technical equipment.
How is the Unified State Exam conducted?
All exams begin at 10 a.m. local time, Unified State Examination participants begin at 9 a.m. You must present your passport at the entrance.
If you are late, the duration of the exam will not be extended, and general instructions on filling out forms will not be provided separately.
The organizers accompany the Unified State Exam participants to the classrooms. In the classroom, the passport is checked again and sent to the workplace according to the automated distribution lists. You cannot move to another place!
Unified State Exam participants must carefully listen to the instructions, receive individual sets of examination materials, and draft copies from the stamps of the educational organization on the basis of which the Unified State Exam is held.
What is prohibited during the Unified State Exam
Have with you communications equipment, electronic computer equipment, photo, audio and video equipment, reference materials (except those permitted, which are contained in the CMM), written notes and other means of storing and transmitting information.
Remove examination materials, writing materials, written notes and other means of storing and transmitting information from the classroom.
Take photographs of exam materials.
Talk to each other.
Exchange any items between USE participants.
Leave the audience without the accompaniment of the organizer.
For violations of these requirements, the participant may be removed from the exam, and his work will not be checked.
Minimum Unified State Exam scores
For 2018, no fundamental changes are planned in the procedure for conducting the Unified State Exam, GIA-9 and the final essay. As in previous years, for eleventh grade graduates there will be only two compulsory subjects - mathematics and Russian language.
The minimum threshold for admission to universities, established by Rosobrnadzor, is the following scores in compulsory subjects: 36 points in Russian language and 27 points in specialized-level mathematics.
Unified State Examination participants who completed the examination work ahead of schedule can hand it over to the organizers and leave the examination site without waiting for the end of the exam.
A graduate who missed the Unified State Exam due to illness must provide the school with a medical certificate. The school promptly transmits information to the state examination commission so that it can assign the graduate another day to take the Unified State Exam, provided for by a unified schedule.
The results of the Unified State Exam for admission to undergraduate and specialist programs are valid for four years following the year in which such results were obtained. (according to Part 2 of Article 70 of the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” dated December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ)
If a Unified State Exam participant (current year graduate) receives a result below the established minimum number of points in one of the compulsory subjects, he has the right to retake it in additional terms provided for by the unified schedule. If a Unified State Examination participant does not receive the minimum number of points in elective subjects, retaking the exam is provided only after a year.
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