Almost 8,500 students today face the Ebau entrance exams, which maintains the ‘pandemic model’, with more options
The almost 8,500 Murcian students who, starting this morning, take their first exams for the entrance exams to the University (Ebau) will face stiff competition to obtain a place in the degree they want to study. The ‘Covid courses’ have made up a cocktail of circumstances that have triggered the cut-off grades in almost all titles with a limited number of places, something that does not benefit them but that, in practice, has less impact than it appears: the average grades they have risen for everyone, so the cut-off rates are raised, but so are those of the students. In addition, the ‘numerus clausus’ are only an approximation of what could happen this year, but nothing beyond an orientation.
The access measures already pointed to the trend, but they picked up pace after the 2019-2020 academic year. The confinement forced the suspension of face-to-face classes and the administrations wanted to compensate students for the difficulties and damages caused by the pandemic with some flexibility in the Baccalaureate evaluations and a new selectivity exam model with more options, which allows you to choose between more questions. These measures were maintained the following year to compensate students for a blended year (with shifts to go to class on alternate days). This context, together with an increase in students who have been passing Baccalaureate and, therefore, increasing the competition for university places, has caused the rise in the ‘numerus clausus’.
At the University of Murcia (UMU), the areas of science and health sciences are the ones that require the highest cut-off marks. Mathematics is the star training of the moment. The Mathematics degree and the doubles that combine this degree with Physics and Computer Engineering have positioned themselves among the five UMU degrees that require students to be close to perfection in almost all Baccalaureate and Ebau exams. In the catalog of titles of the University of Murcia, 18 degrees were left with a cut-off mark above 11 out of 14, which represents a considerable increase compared to last year and a very demanding filter. Most are science degrees, healthcare or double degrees.
The ‘numerus clausus’ are only indicative; they collect the note of the last student who entered each degree last year, but this year they will change
The title with the most demanding cut-off mark is the joint program of Mathematics and Physics, which only admits ten students, all with records of excellence close to 10 in all subjects. The cut-off mark was finally 13.480 out of 14. It is followed by the double title of Mathematics and Computer Engineering, with an average also very high, above 13.46. The two double schedules with Mathematics have superseded Medicine, which is no longer the course with the most demanding qualification, and came third with 13,345. The rest of the degrees with the highest grades are science and health, in addition to double Education and Nursing. In any case, the court notes that were left last year are only indicative; They are the admission mark of the student with the worst grade who entered a certain degree the previous year, that is, the last one who entered. Thus, they are only an approximation of what can happen, since this year’s cut-off marks will be made up of the scores of the students who are examined from today.
At the Polytechnic of Cartagena (UPCT), the most demanding titles are Biomedical Engineering, with 12,867; and the double degree in Biomedical and Industrial Electronics, with a cut-off mark of 12.5.
8,452 Murcian students have enrolled in the University entrance exams (Ebau), of which 7,428 attend the general phase and 1,024 will do only the voluntary phase of specialty subjects. The figure represents a slight increase compared to last year, in which 8,388 students were enrolled (7,260 in the general phase and 1,128 for the voluntary phase). Of those who attend only the voluntary exams this year, half (514) are high school students who present themselves to raise their grade from previous Ebau calls. The rest (510) come from Vocational Training and do not need to be examined in common subjects.
More options to choose from
Both this year and next year, students will take the ‘pandemic model’ exam. The test format gives students more choice of questions. In previous editions, before the pandemic, in a standard exam, students had to choose between option A and option B, with four questions each corresponding to as many thematic blocks. Since 2020, however, most exams only have one option, which includes, for example, eight questions and the student can choose the four they want: for example, two from a content block, two from a second content block and none of the remaining two. These rules allow students to leave a percentage of the content of each subject without studying, because they can dodge a good number of questions. Each exam lasts 90 minutes, and is corrected according to the established criteria, and valued with a score between 0 and 10 points, with the possibility of including up to 2 decimal places. Like last year, the repechage for those who fail is held in July. The dates of the extraordinary phase are July 4, 5 and 6, 2022 (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday).
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7,428
students carry out the obligatory general phase, and 1,024 will do the voluntary phase to raise grades or because they come from FP. -
95.6%
of the students presented in 2021 to the Ebau approved. The average score also rose, reaching 7.15, compared to 6.8 the previous year.
The students will be divided into twelve locations, which in principle are consolidated as definitive for the coming years. Before the pandemic, the Ebau was divided into nine locations; with the health emergency, 25 were enabled, and last year it was organized in 15. The commission has decided to establish twelve this year: two in Lorca, four in Espinardo (the new one is located in the Faculty of Labor Sciences), two in Cartagena , one in San Javier and those in the Northwest, Altiplano and Cieza.
meeting points
Some of the measures that were taken in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic will be maintained after verifying their good results for the organization. In the first place, the appointment of the students before the exams is held at points outside the campus, where the responsible teaching staff will wait for them and lead them to the exam room. In addition, the students have received a satellite photograph in which they will be able to identify the exact place of their meeting points and the classrooms in which they must be examined, as well as the hours of each subject. Finally, there will once again be a hundred volunteers who will be at the venues to provide information and support to the students being examined. The mask is not mandatory but the UMU recommends its use.
Access qualifications rise, but so do student averages
The University of Murcia recommends arriving at the venues a little in advance, especially the four that are located on the Espinardo campus, given that around four thousand students will be concentrated there and there may be traffic complications. In any case, the UMU has contacted the Murcia City Council to request a reinforcement of public transport to the campus; as well as with the Government Delegation to request that the Civil Traffic Guard have a presence at road accesses.
The Baccalaureate counts 60% and the notes of the selectivity of the general phase the other 40%. In this way the note is calculated out of 10 points. Then, the grade of the two specific subjects is multiplied by their weighting, which is usually 0.2, and can reach the final grade of 14. The admission grade is the grade with which the students compete to get a place in the degree. college they want to study. The admission grade is calculated by adding the weighted grades obtained in the subjects of the voluntary phase to the university entrance grade (Baccalaureate plus general phase).
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