Turkey's high school entrance exam, the central LGS exam, will be held on Sunday 13 June 2027. The Ministry of National Education announced the date at the end of October in its 2027 exam calendar. Counting from 31 October, that leaves 225 days, or about 32 weeks.
LGS is taken by eighth graders, most of them 13 or 14 years old. Their score decides access to the schools that admit by exam: science high schools, social sciences high schools, project schools and selected Anatolian high schools. Other schools place students by home address.
When exactly is LGS 2027?
Sunday 13 June 2027, in two sessions on the same morning. In 2026 the verbal session started at 9:30 and the numerical session at 11:30. The 2027 times and rules will be confirmed in the ministry's official guide, so that guide is the place to check, rather than news summaries.
The school year ends on 25 June, so end-of-term school exams and the final stretch of LGS preparation land in the same month.
How many questions are on LGS, and how long is it?
Ninety questions in 155 minutes. The verbal section has 50 questions in 75 minutes: 20 Turkish, 10 history of the Turkish Republic, 10 religious culture and ethics, and 10 foreign language. The numerical section has 20 maths and 20 science questions in 80 minutes. This format was used in 2025 and 2026 and is expected to stay unless the ministry announces a change.
Three wrong answers cancel one correct answer. With four options per question, a blind guess is worth exactly zero on average under that rule, while a guess between two remaining options is worth a third of a correct answer. Practising with that rule in mind settles the skip-or-answer question before exam day.
Questions are written from the topics and learning outcomes of the current curriculum. Eighth graders have not yet moved to Turkey's new curriculum this year, so the outcomes come from the previous programme.
How should 32 weeks be split?
School holidays draw the lines. There is a one-week break from 16 to 20 November, a two-week semester break from 25 January to 5 February, and another one-week break from 8 to 12 March. That leaves four study blocks.
The first, roughly eleven weeks until late January, should follow the school timetable: whatever unit was taught that week gets practised that evening. Racing ahead of class tends to leave both the classwork and the self-taught topic half done. The semester break is for reviewing the whole first term. The four weeks from February to early March mix new units with review of older ones. The last thirteen weeks are for solving familiar material at exam speed.
What should the breaks be used for?
The November break is short and works best for going back over mistakes from September and October; a day-by-day version is in our short school break study plan. The semester break is long enough to rest properly for the first few days and still cover the first term.
The March break is a good moment for one full rehearsal: both sessions, real timing, starting at roughly the hour the real exam does.
How many mock exams in the last three months?
For most students one full mock a week is enough, provided the next day includes an hour spent on the mistakes. The ministry's MEBİ mock exams run on fixed dates, listed in the LGS 2027 MEBİ mock exam calendar; putting them into the weekly plan now keeps the urge to squeeze a second mock into the same week under control. A subject-by-subject approach is in how to prepare for LGS in 8th grade.
One decision can be made today for the final fortnight: no new topics from early June, and bedtime shifted a few days ahead so that a Sunday morning start feels normal.