If a teenager living near you has been appearing more nervous than usual or has bigger than usual bags under the eyes and other signs of exhaustion it might not be as a result of their social life but of their cramming. For three days this week 777 young people who have been attending 50 different schools and colleges around the province have been taking the selection exams for the University of Almeria admissions for this academic year, their last opportunity to gain a university place for themselves this year. They are taking the pruebas de selectividad in five centres around the province; one in the university itself (where 392 students are sitting the exams) and the others in Aguadulce (104 students), El Ejido (146 students), Huercal-Overa (95 students) and Albox (40 students).
The university entrance examinations are taken simultaneously in all of Andalucia and consist of two parts, the first a general paper on three subjects studied by all baccalaureate students: a commentary on a philosophical or historical text, an analysis of a text in Spanish, and an analysis of a text in a foreign language. The other part is specific to the type of baccalaureate course the student has been studying, e.g. science and technology or humanities.
The majority of students take these exams in June at the end of the academic year. This June 2,037 students took the selectividad exam in Almeria of whom 93 per cent passed.
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