YOS Regular – Offline

• About YÖS

The Examination for Foreign Students, referred to as YÖS, has been designed for foreign students wishing to study in Higher Education Institutions in Turkey. Depending on the results of this examination, you can apply to Turkish Institutions of Higher Education.

YÖS consists of two different parts as follows: Basic Learning Skills Test and Turkish Language Proficiency Test. In order to study in the best universities in Turkey, you need to have received at least a 40 standard score and then aim at receiving more than this score in the Basic Learning Skills Test.

Basic Learning Skills Test is composed of 80 questions consisting of 45 IQ related questions and 35 Mathematics and Geometry related questions.

• YÖS Topics

YÖS exam is divided into 2 main categories: IQ Section and Mathematics. However, Mathematics Section has 3 subcategories: Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, and Geometry.

Topics covered on Mathematics 1 section are: Numbers; Rational and Decimal Numbers; Identities and Factorization; Ratios and Proportions; Exponentials; Radicals; First Order Equations; First Order Inequalities; Absolute Value; Permutation, Combination and Probability; Sets; Functions; Operation and Modular Systems.

Topics covered on Mathematics 2 section are: Polynomials; Quadratic Equations; Quadratic Inequalities; Quadratic Functions; Trigonometry 1; Trigonometry 2; Complex Numbers; Logarithm; Induction, Sequences, and Series; Binomial Expansion; Matrix and Determinant; Special Domain Functions; Limits; Indeterminate Forms; Definition of Derivative and Derivative of Functions; Applications of Derivative; Indefinite Integral; Definite Integral; Applications of Integral.

Topics covered on Geometry section are: Angles; Angles in a Triangle; Relationships in Triangle; The Auxiliary Elements in a Triangle; Special Triangles; Similarity and Area in Triangles; Polygons and Quadrilaterals; Parallelogram and Equilateral Quadranle; Rectangle and Square; Trapezoid and Deltoid; Length and Angle in a Circle; Power, Circumference and Area in a Circle; Line in Analytic Geometry; Circle in a Analytic; Solids; Vectors.

Topics covered on IQ section are: Passwords, Operations, Number Series, Numbers, Number – Figure Relations, Tables, Figure Relations, Graphs, and Perimeter and Area.

• Course Material

The essential learning materials for this course will be provided by the Instructor. All materials are suggested to help students develop their skills in decoding important information presented in text, numbers, and graphics; evaluating necessary information from different given sources; accumulating and arranging the information and establishing the relationships among them and cracking complex problems to arrive at an adequate conclusion; reading and understanding the written material; reasoning out and appraising the arguments; rectifying the written material in accordance with standard written English;  helping candidates in analyzing and reproducing a given argument.

• Learning, Grading, and Workload

This is a “Student Centered Learning” Course. All the materials will be used to develop your Critical Reasoning skills. This places responsibility upon each student to be present and prepared at each class and to participate actively in class and team discussion and work. The materials are offered to help your thinking about the skills you aim to develop.

You are grownups. The major responsibility for learning belongs to the student. Substantial outside effort is expected. Most students will be able to master this subject with a commitment of around one to two hours of homework.

Learning in this course is continuous and cumulative – each session is important. There will formal tests/examinations. Surprise quizzes are always a possibility. These tests, examinations, and surprise quizzes are designed to help you achieve a higher grade on the real GMAT Exam.

• Schedule and Assignments

The following schedule is a tentative one. The schedule and topics will be adapted around students’ needs, depending entirely on their progress.