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Admissions tests are the university-entrance exams sat in Year 12 or Year 13 alongside A-level study: TMUA and STEP for maths-heavy courses, ESAT for engineering and sciences, LNAT for Law, UCAT for Medicine and Dentistry, GAMSAT for graduate-entry medicine, plus Oxbridge interview and written-work preparation. Most schools don't teach to them. The landscape has shifted recently: ESAT and TMUA were first sat in October 2024, TARA a year later, and Oxford moves onto the UAT-UK suite from the 2026 cycle, with the MAT, BMAT, PAT and TSA retired or replaced. Tutoring helps most with format-specific past-paper practice, timing, and the problem-solving style these papers reward. Match the tutor to the specific test: STEP preparation, for example, is a specialism beyond A-level Maths teaching.