For the second time he failed, perhaps partly because he took it under the worst possible circumstances so soon after his father's death, partly because he was never good at communicating his deep mathematical ideas. Galois therefore resigned himself to enter the École Normale, which was an annex to Louis-le-Grand, and to do so he had to take his Baccalaureate examinations, something he could have avoided by entering the École Polytechnique.
Para sa ikalawang pagkakataon siya ay nabigo, marahil nang bahagya dahil siya kinuha ito sa ilalim ng pinakamasama posibleng kalagayan para sa lalong madaling panahon pagkatapos ng kanyang ama kamatayan, bahagyang dahil siya ay hindi magandang pakikipag-usap sa kanyang malalim matematiko ideya. Galois kaya ang kalooban kanyang sarili para ipasok ang École Normale, na kung saan ay isang Annex sa Louis-le-Grand, at upang gawin niya sa kanyang Baccalaureate pagsusuri, isang bagay na siya ay may iwasan sa pamamagitan ng pagpasok sa École Polytechnique.