Built by students,
for students.
We sat the PAT to get into New College, Oxford. We know how it feels. So we built the tool we wish we had.
Our story
We faced the challenge ourselves.
As students who studied for the PAT recently, we know how stressful exam-time can be. The biggest constraint we faced was a lack of past-paper material that was actually relevant.
Papers from pre-2016 are outdated. The syllabus has changed significantly since then and the old material reflects it.
Most PAT/MAT questions are long-form. Helpful for interviews, but not the punchy MCQ format of the modern ESAT or TMUA.
MAT questions only cover maths, and sometimes assume calculus knowledge that is not relevant for the ESAT.
Very little chemistry and biology material exists outside of NSAA past papers. That is a huge gap for ESAT candidates.
What you really need is a large, unending corpus of maths, physics, chemistry and biology questions trained on the latest NSAA, ENGAA, ESAT and TMUA past papers, grounded against each exam's official syllabus as a hard guideline, with full worked solutions, variable difficulty, and an intelligent tutor to guide you through each one. That is what we built.
The question bank
5,000+ questions and growing.
The question bank is a live, self-improving ecosystem. Every question and worked solution generated gets stored for instant retrieval β so anyone who encounters the same problem benefits from work that has already been done. Gaps are detected automatically: when the system identifies under-covered topics, it generates new questions to fill them. And if one subject becomes over-represented, generation is automatically rebalanced across subjects to keep the bank well-rounded.
Nothing is locked in. If a worked solution needs correcting, users can flag it and suggest an amendment β and the solution can be regenerated or manually updated. The bank improves continuously from real usage.
Trained on olympiad material
To push difficulty to the top end, the model was also trained on IMO, BMO and Physics Olympiad problems. Higher-difficulty questions draw on this to produce genuinely hard, multi-step problems.
Automatic answer verification
Every generated question goes through an automated post-verification step that independently solves the problem and checks the result matches the provided answer key. Questions that fail are discarded and regenerated.
Worked solution coherence check
A second verification pass checks that the worked solution is logically consistent with both the question stem and the correct answer. This catches cases where the solution explains a different route to the right answer.
Distractor explanations
After answering, hover any wrong option and click "Why?" β the AI explains the specific misconception or reasoning slip that leads someone to choose it. Generated once, stored permanently, available instantly to every student who encounters that question.
Generation takes around 25 seconds per question because of these verification steps. The numbers below reflect the live state of the bank right now.
Exam landscape
What exams will I need to sit?
In 2024 the system changed significantly. Previously, STEM entrance exams ranged across the PAT, MAT, NSAA, TMUA, ENGAA and STEP. Now, all science-based ones have been consolidated into just two exams: the ESAT and the TMUA.
Discontinued as of 2024
The MAT (Mathematics Admissions Test), PAT (Physics Aptitude Test), and BMAT (BioMedical Admissions Test) have all been discontinued. Do not rely on them as your primary prep material.
Engineering & Science Admissions Test. Covers maths, physics, chemistry, and biology. Required for most STEM courses at Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial.
We can help βTest of Mathematics for University Admission. Required for maths, computer science, and economics courses at Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial.
We can help βCheck the course page for your chosen university to confirm which test you need. A full breakdown is below.
By university
Course β exam lookup
Select your university to see which test each course requires.
| Course | Admissions Test |
|---|---|
| Mathematics | TMUA |
| Mathematics & Statistics | TMUA |
| Mathematics & Computer Science | TMUA |
| Computer Science | TMUA |
| Computer Science & Philosophy | TMUA |
| Physics | ESAT |
| Physics & Philosophy | ESAT |
| Engineering Science | ESAT |
| Chemistry | ESAT |
| Biochemistry (Molecular & Cellular) | ESAT |
| Biomedical Sciences | ESAT |
| Medicine | UCAT |
| Most non-STEM courses (previously TSA) | TARA |
| Materials Science | β |
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