How to read a passage
Read with a purpose, map the paragraphs and answer every question from a line of the text. How to read a passage is tested in the Reading comprehension section of the Bocconi Test, which has 11 of the 50 questions (75 minutes in total, 2027/28 format). This guide covers it in 1 lessons, each with the rule that solves it and a diagram.
Reading strategy and question types
Glance at the questions, read the passage once with a short map of its paragraphs, then go back to the right line for each question. Wrong options change a detail, go too far, add outside facts, say the opposite or answer another question.
What is the Bocconi Test format?
Online Bocconi Test for admission in academic year 2027/28, as published by Università Bocconi.
- Questions / time
- 50 / 75 minutes
- Distribution
- 24 mathematics · 11 reading · 6 numerical reasoning · 9 critical thinking
- Scoring
- +1 correct · 0 blank · −0.2 wrong
- Question languages
- English · Italian
- Three-option questions
- Some critical thinking questions have three options; a wrong answer there costs −0.33
- Minimum score
- Below 17 points the test is not considered for selection
- AI degree
- Mathematical and Computing Sciences for Artificial Intelligence also needs at least 11 of 24 points in mathematics
- Law test
- A separate test, 50 questions / 75 minutes: 5 mathematics · 11 reading · 6 numerical reasoning · 18 logic and critical thinking · 10 verbal reasoning; same scoring
Source: Università Bocconi, Online Bocconi Test page (checked October 7, 2026)
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