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PAU (selectividad)

The PAU, also called selectividad, is the university access exam in Spain, taken at the end of Bachillerato. Lumi helps you keep your subjects’ content before the papers.

In short

The PAU is the Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad, which replaced selectividad and the EBAU. It is taken at the end of Bachillerato and has papers on common subjects and on subjects of your chosen track. The admission grade combines your Bachillerato average and the PAU result, and is used to get into the most sought-after degrees. Exact arrangements, dates and contents depend on the autonomous community, so check the official guidance of yours.

What goes on your cards

For the PAU, put definitions, formulas, dates, authors, mechanisms and vocabulary from each subject on cards, following the official syllabus of your community. The cards keep the content in mind, the papers train you to use it in the time you have.

A study rhythm

The PAU comes right after the end of Bachillerato. If you start revising in winter, you can space your passes. For a test a few weeks away, a gap of a few days between two passes is a good starting point (Cepeda et al., 2008). Keep the end for past papers.

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