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AAS scholarship test practiceAcademic Assessment Services (AAS)
Academic Assessment Services sets scholarship papers for independent schools across Australia. Its paper leans harder on general reasoning than the other boards do — pattern, sequence and figural questions that look nothing like schoolwork and are the part most candidates have never seen before the day.
The paper
What the AAS paper asks
Mathematics
40 questions in 40 minutes. Up to five options, no calculator.
General Reasoning
60 questions in 40 minutes — verbal, figural and spatial. Fast: about 40 seconds each.
Reading Comprehension
40 questions in 40 minutes — six texts, including poetry and advertising.
Question counts are estimates. AAS publishes a 40–50 minute limit for each test and no per-section question count, so the counts above — and the mix within each section — come from sample papers rather than from AAS.
Where it is used
Schools that test with AAS
Victoria
Ballarat Clarendon College
New South Wales
Knox Grammar School
AAS publishes no participating-schools list, so this is drawn from each school's own scholarship page and is not a complete one. Confirm with the school before you register.
Go deeper
AAS Testing Explained: Scholarship Exam Format and Practice
AAS means Academic Assessment Services. See what its scholarship test covers (Reading, Reasoning, Maths, Writing) and where to practise for free.
- More on the AAS paperAbstract Reasoning on the AAS Test: The Five Question TypesThe five Abstract Reasoning question types on the AAS scholarship test — shape analogies, sequences, growth patterns, overlays and cube views.
- More on the AAS paperVerbal Reasoning on the AAS Test: Why It's Mostly VocabularyWhat the verbal half of AAS General Reasoning actually tests — vocabulary, analogy and classification — and why it deserves more prep time than the puzzles.
The other boards
A school tests with one board, and different schools on the same shortlist often use different ones. If your child is sitting for more than one, they are sitting more than one shape of paper.