Clever kids

[midget]

My sister has just booked the guest room at a retirement block of flats in Horsham. The Manager asked if she knew anything about the town, so she mentioned CH and was told "You have to be ever so clever to get in there". My sister didn't disillusion her, but doesn't it just make you feel good? (After you,ve stopped laughing of course). She also said that quite a lot of local families apply.

[J.R.]

Not sure about that, Margaret.

I never took the 11+ because I'd already passed the entrance to CH, and was told it was harder than the 11+ of the day.

Still - Make me feel a little better !

[gemmygemmerson]

I get that at school now, when I say i am going to CH. They imply that only really clever people get in. I don't correct them even though it does make me feel a bit weird.

[Hannoir]

Even my family are under the illusion that I am clever. They should really know better.

[Great Plum]

Unluckily my parents know the truth!

[Mid A 15]

All I know is that there were a lot of people cleverer than me at CH in my time.

Whether that makes them very clever or me thick is for others to decide!

[midget]

All I know is that there were a lot of people cleverer than me at CH in my time.

Whether that makes them very clever or me thick is for others to decide!

I know the feeling!
Maggie

[blondie95]

there were a lot of people cleverer than me at CH-Hannah you were one! But there were also a lot of people who werent cleverer but could perform well in exams therefore making themselves look cleverer. Then there was me who is not clever and cant really make myself look clever!

But then what do you deam as clever?

[peter2095]

Even my family are under the illusion that I am clever. They should really know better.

I second that

[99yorkpj]

hehehe..... clever? clever? hmmm.... maybe just to the outside world, although CH does get pretty high exam results. I never really understood as in my whole 2 years as a dep and a grecian no-one seemed to do any work. The pained expressions on peoples faces before going into big school on exam day was a pretty good indicator of that too. Yet they usually came out smiling. Maybe just good at cramming? Possibly. Who knows.
My personal belief is there is a cheating poltergeist who glides round whispering answers in the ears of people it likes- the ones who didnt work, while cackling at the ones who did.

[icomefromalanddownunder]

Some time ago I threatened to post some questions from the 1965 entrance exam that applicants for LCC places were subjected too, and here they are:


from the Arithmetic paper - time allowed, 45 minutes (for 10 questions):

Question 4
A box measuring 18cm x 38cm x 39cm is to be packed with books 19cm long, 13cm wide, and 3cm thick. Descirbe how the books should be placed in the box so that no space is wasted, and calculate how many books can be fitted in in this way.

Question 7
In a class of 40 children, 19 of them have brothers, 23 have sisters, and 8 have both. How many have brothers but no sisters? How many have neither?

Question 9
Do the following calculations in the binary scale:-

(i) 101 + 1011

(ii) 1001 - 111

(iii) 110 x 11

Blimey! I must have been smart! No calculators for us then, and I'm not sure that I could manage to get the right answer even with Excel to help.

The binary question reminds me that we used to write notes in binary code. Then trinary, etc. So many brain cells sacrificed to the grape


Moving along to the English paper. Time allowed, one hour for 4 questions:

Question 2
(a) write down fifteen things which can depend on electricity. (Example: a cooking stove).
(b) Explain why three of these are particularly useful when run by electricity. You need write only one sentence about each.
(10 minutes)

Question 4
Write a conversation between either a bus-conductor and a deaf old lady, or a shop-assistant and a lady choosing a hat.
(20 minutes)


General Paper

Question 2a
Describe how any two of the following work:-
a roundabout
a level crossing
a zebra crossing

2b
Explain as carefully as you can why man has invented the following:-
telephone, refrigerator, omnibus, blocks of flats.



Question 3
Name any other country you would like to live in. Give five reasons for your choice, and then write down five things you enjoy in England.


Question 4
Name 5 books you have read recently with their authors.
Describe in about half a page the plot of any one of them, and say why you enjoyed it.


So I reckon the LCC kids (Munch, Juliane, myself. Any others in the forum) were pretty smart. Well, definitely smarter than I am now

Caroline

[englishangel]

Binary code, now that's a memory. Could do the books one standing on my head though.

[Mid A 15]

Some time ago I threatened to post some questions from the 1965 entrance exam that applicants for LCC places were subjected too, and here they are:


from the Arithmetic paper - time allowed, 45 minutes (for 10 questions):

Question 4
A box measuring 18cm x 38cm x 39cm is to be packed with books 19cm long, 13cm wide, and 3cm thick. Descirbe how the books should be placed in the box so that no space is wasted, and calculate how many books can be fitted in in this way.

Question 7
In a class of 40 children, 19 of them have brothers, 23 have sisters, and 8 have both. How many have brothers but no sisters? How many have neither?

Question 9
Do the following calculations in the binary scale:-

(i) 101 + 1011

(ii) 1001 - 111

(iii) 110 x 11

Blimey! I must have been smart! No calculators for us then, and I'm not sure that I could manage to get the right answer even with Excel to help.

The binary question reminds me that we used to write notes in binary code. Then trinary, etc. So many brain cells sacrificed to the grape


Moving along to the English paper. Time allowed, one hour for 4 questions:

Question 2
(a) write down fifteen things which can depend on electricity. (Example: a cooking stove).
(b) Explain why three of these are particularly useful when run by electricity. You need write only one sentence about each.
(10 minutes)

Question 4
Write a conversation between either a bus-conductor and a deaf old lady, or a shop-assistant and a lady choosing a hat.
(20 minutes)


General Paper

Question 2a
Describe how any two of the following work:-
a roundabout
a level crossing
a zebra crossing

2b
Explain as carefully as you can why man has invented the following:-
telephone, refrigerator, omnibus, blocks of flats.



Question 3
Name any other country you would like to live in. Give five reasons for your choice, and then write down five things you enjoy in England.


Question 4
Name 5 books you have read recently with their authors.
Describe in about half a page the plot of any one of them, and say why you enjoyed it.


So I reckon the LCC kids (Munch, Juliane, myself. Any others in the forum) were pretty smart. Well, definitely smarter than I am now

Caroline

I was an LCC entrant in 1965. I assume boys and girls would have done the same paper if they were the same age.?

Those questions don't ring any (even distant) bells though.

[Katharine]

I was an LCC entrant in 1965. I assume boys and girls would have done the same paper if they were the same age.?

Did CH or LCC set those exams? My brother and I both sat the Almoner's Nominees Exam (set by CH) at the same time and we did sit the same papers.

[Mid A 15]

I was an LCC entrant in 1965. I assume boys and girls would have done the same paper if they were the same age.?

Did CH or LCC set those exams? My brother and I both sat the Almoner's Nominees Exam (set by CH) at the same time and we did sit the same papers.

I THINK the way it worked was that CH set the papers but the LCC had a number of places available.

AKAP was another LCC boy from 1965 but hasn't posted for a while. The LCC became the GLC in 1965 so I think we were probably the last to get in by that particular route.