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OC to Selective: The 9 Shifts That Matter
The selective test isn't just a harder OC test — it demands different things, in specific, identifiable ways. This guide sets out the nine shifts that matter most, drawn from analysis of the official papers, so you know exactly where OC preparation stops covering you.
Inside the guide
- The reasoning shift: from spotting the answer to constructing it
- Maths on screen: visualisation without a pencil
- Paired extracts — and a question format OC never uses
- Poetry, and the kind of reading selective keeps rewarding
- The component your child has never practised
- …and four more shifts most families only discover on test day
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