Gymnasium preparation holiday courses

Why should you take a holiday course?

If students want to be admitted to a Gymnasium in the canton of Zurich, they must first successfully pass the Gym exam. Every year in March, several thousand Swiss students write the so-called central entrance exam. This exam is not exactly easy and about half of the participants do not pass. Depending on the type of high school, different criteria are weighted in the Swiss Gymi exam.

In the case of qualification for a long-term Gymnasium, which takes place in the sixth grade of elementary school, 50% of the examination grade of the Gymi examination and 50% of the preliminary grades in German and Math from the February report of the sixth grade count. In contrast, for the short-term Gymnasium, no previous grades are included in the qualification at all. This means that when going to a short-term high school, the performance in the Gymi exam alone determines success and failure.

In both cases, however, the grade from the Gymi exam plays a decisive role for the students. Almost every year, many students have great problems with the independent preparation for the Gymi exam and therefore do not pass it. For this reason, we at Lern-Forum have been offering Gymi preparation courses for Swiss students for years. In the vacation course, the participants are ideally prepared for the upcoming Gymi exam, so that they pass the exam, are admitted to the Gymnasium and can successfully continue their desired school career.

Gymnasium preparation holiday courses

With the Gym preparation vacation courses, Swiss students are optimally prepared for the upcoming Gymi exams in March. We rely on comprehensive and varied teaching materials and exercises to completely cover the individual examination areas.

In our vacation course, each student receives comprehensive preparation for the upcoming exam. In doing so, we rely on the appropriate exercises and teaching materials to achieve the best possible results. Of course, we also take into account the different focuses of the central entrance examination for the long-term high school and the short-term high school.

In the latter, 90 minutes of Mathematics, 45 minutes of German, and 90 minutes of essays are tested, whereas the Gymi exam for long-term high school only includes 60 minutes of Mathematics, 45 minutes of German, and 60 minutes of essays. However, not only do the two exams differ, but so do the individual students. Therefore, in our vacation course Gym prep each student is individually supported, for which students and parents have thanked us again and again.

Unfortunately, many students often start preparing for the Gymi exam much too late. In view of this, we offer our extensive vacation course not only during the summer vacations, but also during the autumn vacations, the Christmas vacations as well as the sports vacations and the spring vacations. During the vacations, our Gym Prep Course takes place Mondays to Fridays and all subjects that will be asked in the corresponding exam are covered.

Alternatively, students in the sports vacations also have the opportunity to participate in our vacation course as a full-day program. This is a well-structured as well as concentrated preparation week, including a delicious lunch, with which the students can strengthen themselves in the meantime.

In our Gym prep vacation course, we offer the students many different exercises, so that a large spectrum of content is covered, and the students never receive the same exercises several times. In this way, we ensure the maximum learning success of all participants and prepare them ideally for the upcoming Gymi exam, so that students can continue their school career successfully at the Gymnasium!