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National Education => Admissions tests => Selective Schools Admissions Tests => Topic started by: Louis23 on August 18, 2018, 09:56:25 pm
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Guys i need some help
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Guys i need some help
I really want to get it guys :'(
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Maths: learn all yr9 content. Surds, parabolas, factorising, inequalities e.t.c. I personally made revision sheets for each chapter so that when the exam was coming up, I could just revise by looking at my notes for each maths topic,. You can find this content in any good yr9 maths textbook
Reading: do a ton of practice tests, read short stories on multiple genres, extend your vocab. The BEST way to improve on this would actually just be to set aside 20-30 mins a day and read a short story, this is what I did for the last month before the exam as I struggled with reading comp and it worked wonders for me.
Verbal: This one really can’t be practiced for imo, it was mostly just logic questions and stuff. Maybe try and expand your vocab and focus on timing yourself so that you know how much time to spend on each question and you can get thru the whole test and answer as many questions as you can. Other than that, might be helpful to work on stuff like anagrams, analogical reasons, encoding and decoding messages.
Numerical: Ahhhh, I screwed this one so bad this year :P I remember doing SO many practice tests for this, this was legit the only one I was SURE I was gonna do well in. Most of the questions, like verbal, were ones you could not train for. They were just so unfamiliar lol. Can’t reallt give tips on this one other than to make sure you time yourself to attempt all the questions you can do, and familiarise yourself with common questions. Maybe having a look at some number sequences, patterns, rates and rations problems and stuff will help on this :)
Creative and Analytical: Honeslty, this year these topics were not THAT hard. Just read books to pick up ideas for creative, mayble learn about current issues for analytical, but other than that the best practice for these is to set a time for 15 minutes and get writing. Get someone to critique it after you finish
The best tip I could give would just be to stay as calm as possible during the test, and to not spend too much time on one question. Also, with guessing, if you have 10 questions left with 30 seconds left or something, it’s probably best to guess “C”. But if you have a question and you have 2 minutes left, it’s probably best to eliminate some obvious choices and then guess.
If you have any more questions, feel free to ask :D
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You should check out the top two ones that are pinned on this forum. They have most of the stuff already that you should know. And just don't freak out, there's still a year left to study for.
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For the writing tests, I highly recommend posting your 15-minute essays on AtarNotes and having other people mark it like in this thread. It definitely helped me.
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Will anyone respond on it now because this years test just finished?
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If you go to James an, try to get tops and above and nothing below highers.
That's what I usually got and the result was a success.
Don't stress cause you guys have loads of time (:
In the last two months or so you really need to work hard though by going through all your collected material and by doing the government tests.
-good luck ;)
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I suggest doing some Henderson’s mock test papers, maybe your family friends will hook u up with some. MHS ;)
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Could any of you give me all topics to learn for Maths. Eg: Surds
Would finishing the Essential Year 9 Mathematics book help?
Is the test on the Department of Education the same? The questions?
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Surds
Pythagoras
A little trig
Graphing important, linear equations, parabolas, etc
Algebra
Geometry
Probability
Patterns,etc.
Analyse all the year 9 maths textbook. 😀 mhs
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Could any of you give me all topics to learn for Maths. Eg: Surds
If you go to James an or Henderson’s then all the topics covered there. I recommend Sid’s post.
Would finishing the Essential Year 9 Mathematics book help?
Yes, as our school uses that and more than around 85-90 percent of ppl that tried for mhs got in.
Is the test on the Department of Education the same? The questions?
Well the tests are obviosly not the same; however, the number of questions is Same respectively and the style of questions are similar but much easier than the real test. You should be aiming right now for at least 80 ish percent, as you will have time to improve. In the last few weeks tho if you decide to redo the tests (which is helpful) aim for at least 90 percent
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Try to time yourself when doing practices so you can go faster. You have many months before the exam, try to build solid foundation.
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Try reading lots and lots of books before the exam for comprehension, writing tests & verbal reasoning. If you can’t find too many practice tests you can also do a Henderson’s course or James Anh. Doing Year 9 naplan tests can also help - but don’t rely on them cause the questions in the actual test can be a lot harder.
For the maths and numerical reasoning try going through a whole year 9 textbook and again practice tests. You could also try purchasing a few practice select entry tests.
Good luck :)
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For your creative essay, make an interesting/original plot.
I did the same type of story that probably a third of the other people did, and as a result I only got an AVERAGE(which subsequently is probably the only reason I got rejected).
Don’t make the same mistake I did
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Does anyone have any tips to improve numerical and verbal reasoning?
DO you have any links to good practice tests?
for the people who did the test this year can you please put on this chat any similar questions
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Does anyone have any tips to improve numerical and verbal reasoning?
DO you have any links to good practice tests?
for the people who did the test this year can you please put on this chat any similar questions :)
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Same, but Im trying out for schs
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Hello everyone,
With less than 4 weeks to go to the test can anyone send me any practice tests for all the subjects that seem similar to the actual test. Can anyone send me some vocab sheets or anything along those lines. Lastly can you please tell me all the topics in math i should be knowing how to do before the test and which topic that will be in the test the most often. So i make sure i practice alot in that topic.
Thankyou so much,
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Anyone
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Hello everyone,
With less than 4 weeks to go to the test can anyone send me any practice tests for all the subjects that seem similar to the actual test. Can anyone send me some vocab sheets or anything along those lines. Lastly can you please tell me all the topics in math i should be knowing how to do before the test and which topic that will be in the test the most often. So i make sure i practice alot in that topic.
Thankyou so much,
Hey!! Pm me your email!! I have some useful material :)
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Hey!! Pm me your email!! I have some useful material :)
Hello !
I hope you do not mind but I was wondering if you could email me some materials as well? I'll pm you my email when you respond if you do not mind sending some over ahhahaha/
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Hello !
I hope you do not mind but I was wondering if you could email me some materials as well? I'll pm you my email when you respond if you do not mind sending some over ahhahaha/
Heyy sure boo!! Pm me your email x
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Hey!! Pm me your email!! I have some useful material :)
Hi, are you able to send me this aswell??
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Hey!! Pm me your email!! I have some useful material :)
If you don’t mind, could you send me it as well?
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Anyone have any practice test.
To get into like Nossal how much mark would you need to get in the Victorian practice tests 8)
Thanks:)
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Hey!! Pm me your email!! I have some useful material :)
Hey can you send me these?
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Could you please send me the tests?I am sitting the selective school exams soon and would really like some help.
Thank you
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Hi guys,
I am currently in Year 8 and am currently studying at UHS SELP. I am trying out for MHS and SCHS. I really want to get in and need done help with what topics to study.
Pls help as this will be beneficial.
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Hi guys,
I am currently in Year 8 and am currently studying at UHS SELP. I am trying out for MHS and SCHS. I really want to get in and need done help with what topics to study.
Pls help as this will be beneficial.
Here's what you will need to know for the maths test
1. Financial Mathematics - compound interest, depriciation, interest
2. Algebra - factorising
3. Surds & Indices- Index laws, rationalising denominator, negative factorial powers
4. Simultaneous Equations &(Inequations Year 10)- substitution, elimination
5. Linear Relationships- quadratics, graphing
6. Non-Linear Relationships- quadratics, graphing
7. Rates and proportion- direct proportion, indirect proportion, conversion of percentage to ratio.
8. Trigonometry- pythagoras, exact values
9. Mensuration- all 2d and 3d shape equations (only 1-2 questions but every mark counts)
10. Geometry- angles of sqaures, shapes, parallel lines
11. Statistics- interquartile range, average, median, mean, mode etc
12. Probability- venn diagrams, conditional, tree diagrams
13. Polynomials- division, remainder theorem, factor theorem (YR 9-10)
14. Functions and Logarthims
15. Circle Geometry- the formulas
16. Kinematics- time at which 2 objects meet
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Hey!! Pm me your email!! I have some useful material :)
[email protected] anything helps :)
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Hey!! Pm me your email!! I have some useful material :)
Hi could you also send me the material please? Once you reply i will pm my email :)
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if anyone wants question papers form hendersons and stuff message me privately with an email and ill send you material that is basically the closest thing you'll get to the actual test. I got in by doing that material this year.
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Hi, im not sure if my msg sent before so can i also ask for this material please?