{"id":1099,"date":"2024-01-09T14:09:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:36:57","slug":"what-parents-should-know-about-aps-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/what-parents-should-know-about-aps-scores\/","title":{"rendered":"What Parents Should Know About APS Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1099\" class=\"elementor elementor-1099\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAPS stands for Admission Point Score. Universities add up your marks in your best subjects to see if you qualify for a degree. Each faculty sets its own minimum, so a score that works for one course may fall short for another.\n\nLife Orientation is usually left out of the total. Maths and Physical Sciences often carry extra requirements.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Check the entry requirements in Grade 10, not after the final exams.\n\n<cite>Pieter van der Merwe, Maths Tutor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nCome to our Tertiary Applications Info Evening and bring your latest report. We will help you work out your score together.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-smiling-south-african-tutor-in-her-40s-holding-an-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"Smiling South African tutor in her 40s holding an open textbook and pen, standing in front of a whiteboard in a bright R\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-smiling-south-african-tutor-in-her-40s-holding-an-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-smiling-south-african-tutor-in-her-40s-holding-an-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-smiling-south-african-tutor-in-her-40s-holding-an-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-smiling-south-african-tutor-in-her-40s-holding-an-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-smiling-south-african-tutor-in-her-40s-holding-an-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-close-up-of-a-co-study-desk-with-open-notebooks-hi-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of a co-study desk with open notebooks, highlighters, sticky notes, a phone, a water bottle and a coffee mug, r\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-close-up-of-a-co-study-desk-with-open-notebooks-hi-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-close-up-of-a-co-study-desk-with-open-notebooks-hi-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-close-up-of-a-co-study-desk-with-open-notebooks-hi-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-close-up-of-a-co-study-desk-with-open-notebooks-hi-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerruimte-close-up-of-a-co-study-desk-with-open-notebooks-hi-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practise recalling, not rereading<\/h4>\n\n<p>Close your notes and write down what you remember. Then check what you missed. Lwazi Dlamini, our Study Skills Coach, asks learners to do this for ten minutes after every class. It feels harder than highlighting, but the facts stay with you much longer.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Space your revision over the week<\/h4>\n\n<p>Short sessions on three or four days beat one long night before the test. Come to a co-study desk at Leerruimte in Rondebosch, put your phone away and review one topic at a time. Small, regular effort is what builds memory.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APS stands for Admission Point Score. Universities add up your marks in your best subjects to see if you qualify for a degree. Each faculty sets its own minimum, so a score that works for one course may fall short for another. Life Orientation is usually left out of the total. 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