The selectivity tests which this June thousands of students are facing throughout Spain (In Catalonia alone, some 40,000 have registered to take the exams) serve to establish a list from which, and taking into account that there is a single university district in Spain, students can choose where to study a degree. The tests that are carried out from last Monday (they began in Murcia and Aragón) until next Thursday (when they finish in Catalonia) follow a common criteria marked by the Ministries of Education and Universities. The universities themselves also participate in its preparation, through the Conference of Rectors.
Yes indeed, each autonomous community determines exactly what content each test has, according to the resumes high school in each territory. Hence, some voices denounce, when grievances occurthat there are currently 17 different selectivity exams.
THE NEWSPAPER has asked young people from all over Spain, from the places where the Iberian Press group It has a head, from Coruña, Avilés and Figueres to Córdoba, Mallorca and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, what worries them.
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Thus, political disagreements aside, what young people are really worried about is being able to get enough grade to be able to study the desired career. Most will not know for sure until next July, when they are published. the so-called cut-off notesthat is, the score that each university degree requires based on the student demand received during pre-registration.
Every year selectivity leaves its pearl. This time, for example, the Castilian Language and Literature test given to the Aragonese students, with the letter of the song ‘Badly’ by Rosalía as protagonist. Beyond that, the History of Spain and the Physical they are, in many cases, the ‘bone’ of selectivity.