With Enem - National High School Exam - you can enter the university, in Brazil, and also in some universities in Portugal.
Its importance is so great that today many universities use the ENEM score as the only criterion for selecting candidates.
There are others, in turn, that use the exam grade to complement the entrance exam.
Sisu, Prouni and Fies
Sisu, Prouni and Fies are programs that use the Enem score to select candidates.
To do so, you need to enroll in the intended program using the enrollment number and password you use at Enem, more precisely on the Inep website. Pay attention to the dates when these entries can be made!
- Sisu - Unified Selection System: offers places at public universities without students having to take the entrance exam.
- Prouni - University for All Program: grants scholarships to private universities.
- faithful - Student Financing Fund: finances higher education graduation in courses that are not free.
Enem proofs
Enem tests are divided into two days:
first day of test
On the first day, the participant has 5:30 am to answer 45 multiple-choice questions for each of the following areas of knowledge in high school, that is, 90 questions in all:
| Languages, Codes and their Technologies | Portuguese Language, Literature, Foreign Language (English or Spanish), Arts, Physical Education and Information and Communication Technologies. |
| Human Sciences and its Technologies | History, Geography, Philosophy and Sociology. |
| Essay | Essay-argumentative text with a minimum of 7 lines up to a limit of 30 lines. Essays that have 7 or fewer lines are reset to zero. |
second day of test
On the second day, the participant has 5 hours to answer 45 multiple-choice questions for each of the following high school knowledge areas, that is, 90 questions in all:
| Natural Sciences and its Technologies | Chemistry, Physics and Biology. |
| Mathematics and its Technologies | Math. |
What is the weight of the evidence?
The tests are corrected according to the Item Response Theory (TRI). This means that participants who have answered the same number of questions correctly can have different marks.
It's that through this method, you can see if people got it right because they know or because "kick", which happens, for example, when someone hits the most difficult answers and misses the more easy. And if that's the case, the student's grade will be lower.
As for writing, the weight is greater, as the grade goes from 0 to 1000 and is not based on statistics.
The writing is evaluated by two proofreaders who assign a grade from 0 to 200 for each of the five skills: language, understanding of the proposal and application of different areas of knowledge, defense of point of view, argumentation and proposal of intervention.
If there is no discrepancy between the brokers' grade, the final grade will be the arithmetic average of the grades of both. In case of discrepancy, a third broker enters the scene.
Organization and tips for studying
As there is a large volume of subjects to study, you need to get organized first. Making a study plan is a great idea. Thus, you are aware of what awaits you and can better control your time.
Summing up is an essential task when reviewing what you learned in high school. Think about how to summarize the content that works best for you - highlighting, making schematics or lists - and get to work!
Practicing is another key piece. To familiarize yourself with the model followed in Enem, solve questions from previous exams.
Remember to write essay-argumentative texts and thus train for the writing test.
We are sure these texts can help you:
- How to study for Enem
- News that may be on Enem
- Simulated Enem: questions that fell on the test
- Enem questions: questions that fell on the test
- Writing themes for Enem
- Quotes from philosophers to help with the writing of the Enem
