STEP · In preparation
STEP mock papers are being rebuilt
The STEP papers are being rewritten to the same standard as the ESAT papers. Until they meet it, nothing is published here.
Why the page is empty rather than half full
There were eight questions here, and they were sound: every answer key had been proved by computer algebra and every wording read and confirmed. They were made before the ESAT standard existed, though, and the page had to explain a way of working that has since been replaced. Two accounts of how a paper is made, on one site, is one too many.
Rather than leave them up under a description nobody should have to read, they are withheld until they can be rebuilt the way the ESAT papers are. Nothing is lost: they are kept, and the rebuild is a rewrite rather than a fresh start.
What they will be
The same standard as the ESAT papers, which are published in full and free to use today:
- Built to feel like the real paper. The same length, the same pace, the same kind of traps.
- Every option worked out. Each wrong answer is one a real student reaches, and the solution names the slip.
- Mapped to the specification, question by question. Every question is written against a named sub-topic, so coverage is a fact that can be counted rather than a claim.
- Read by a person. None of the above tells you whether a solution explains anything, which is why every one of them is read as well.
You can see exactly what that produces: the ESAT worked solutions are free, complete, and the same writing these will be.
Useful in the meantime
The STEP overlaps the ESAT more than its name suggests: both reward speed on the same core mathematics, and the method matters more than the topic list on either.
Where to go from here
Every paper, practice question and guide on this site is free to read. These are the things worth doing next.
- Find out where you actually stand - Fifteen questions, twenty minutes, scored instantly, with a worked solution for every one you miss
- Practise by topic at full paper depth - Practice questions in every module, filed by topic and skill, each worked in full
- See what can actually be checked about this tutor - What is published, counted from the pages themselves, and the credentials behind it
- Enquire about one-to-one preparation - For candidates who want the gap closed rather than mapped. Places are limited and taken by application
- Books for admissions test preparation - The ESAT Move Register, a book of shortcuts for the ESAT, with a preview of its pages
The diagnostic and the practice questions linked above are free and stay free. One-to-one places are limited and taken by application, not by the hour.