NBT resources
Exemplar Questions from official NBT website:
NBTs (National Benchmark Tests) are multiple-choice tests that assess a learner's academic literacy and mathematical skills, to measure their academic readiness for tertiary institutions. Many South African universities require a learner to write the NBT. This is because the NBTs are designed to supplement the NSC results, and to help institutions meet the needs of the upcoming learners as effectively as they can.
List of Public universities that require NBTsThere are two tests:
Don't bring: A calculator, dictionary, or ruler
It's been basically a year since I wrote the NBTs (1st July 2023). I wrote both AQL and MAT and passed both thankfully :D. The AQL test was easier than MAT for me. I also felt that writing AQL was easier since it was written in early morning, as opposed to the MAT test which was written not even an hour after we finished AQL.
I felt that writing in the holidays between term 2 and term 3 was the best for me, since most of the content for both Math and English would've been covered. After writing both test, I felt that most of the questions were answerable and that there was no new content; just REALLY tricky questions (especially in the MAT test).
BRING FOOD! The Cafetaria and food shops aren't guaranteed to be open depending on the day that you write. I wrote on a Saturday and didn't see any cafe's or shops open. As a result, I didnt have much energy and wasn't fully focused when writing MAT.
