Everything about Fuvest totally explained
FUVEST (from
Portuguese Fundação Universitária para o Vestibular, "Universitary foundation for Vestibular") is a
Brazilian autonomous institution connected to the
University of São Paulo responsible for its
vestibular examinations. For that reason, USP's vestibular itself is usually called "Fuvest". The Fuvest examinations also applies for candidates willing to go to Santa Casa Medical School. Santa Casa is a private college and USP is a public university.
FUVEST's exam is considered the most competitive vestibular, and one of the most demanding. Every year, an average of 160 000 candidates sit their exams, which usually last several days.
Tests
FUVEST's exam is split into two
phases. The First Phase consists of a 90
multiple–choice questions test, taken by all applicants (
vestibulandos) in late November, or early December. They have 5 hours to answer the questions with the following subjects:
Portuguese language and
Brazilian/Portuguese Literature,
Math,
Physics,
Chemistry,
Biology,
Geography,
History, and
English language. Also, according to the candidate's guide, up to 10% of these questions will bear interdisciplinar questions.
Following the First Phase, FUVEST publishes the
Nota de Corte (from
Portuguese, meaning "Cutoff Mark" or "Cutoff Score"). The Cutoff Score is the result of a simple expression and its value is different for each major. Every candidate who has obtained a score equal to or higher than the Cutoff Mark automatically qualifies to advance to the Second Phase.
The Second Phase is usually held in early January and consists of up to four exams. The
Portuguese exam is required of all candidates. The remaining required exams differ however depending on the candidate's intended major. For example, prospective
Engineering majors are tested in Math, Physics and Chemistry, while
Law School applicants have to take History and Geography exams, and
Medical School candidates are examined in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. No career requires a foreign-language exam in the Second Phase. All Second-Phase exams consist of ten write-in questions requiring a dissertative answer, with the exception of the Portuguese language exam which, in addition to the ten regular dissertative questions, also includes a student-written essay. Candidates have four hours to solve the Portuguese exam, while the other exams last three hours each. In the current format, candidates normally take only one exam per day over a period of three or four days. Some majors also require specific exams: applicants for
Architecture,
Design and
Arts must attend for such tests.
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