JMSS YEAR 10 ENTRANCE EXAM 2019 DISCUSSION

[SChMurpel]

^ What's viscom? is it VCD?

[paulthekiller123]

^ What's viscom? is it VCD?

yep, i was surprised to know she didnt know much about science despite teaching at a science school so in a way it benefitted me

[sZera]

^^ viscom teacher..? Viscom isn't offered at jmss though..

[paulthekiller123]

^^ viscom teacher..? Viscom isn't offered at jmss though..

Well im pretty sure it is, considering i talked face to face with a teachers that taught it. Either i have a bad memory but im pretty sure i asked what she taught

[SChMurpel]

It's in the school prospectus, just to clarify 

I'm actually currently a student at JMSS... and there's no viscom as a subject

But in the school prospectus VCE VCD is under 'Other studies', so idk

[sZera]

Well im pretty sure it is, considering i talked face to face with a teachers that taught it. Either i have a bad memory but im pretty sure i asked what she taught

I'm actually currently a student at JMSS... and there's no viscom as a subject

It's in the school prospectus, just to clarify 

But as an external study so you have to do it at another place not at school

[paulthekiller123]

I'm actually currently a student at JMSS... and there's no viscom as a subject

But as an external study so you have to do it at another place not at school

It might have actually been a media teacher then. Is one of your media teachers a female and is kinda old and blonde? I don't know i have to check her name but i remember talking to an interviewer that didn't teach stem subjects.

[SChMurpel]

I just went over the school's prospectus, and I'm wondering what's the 'Duke of Ed'? (co-curricular program) 

[Mel1976]

I think it makes no sense  to talk about anything other then academics. Remember it’s a Science school not just another high school. You need to be academically way up then rest of the peers. They don’t care about your extra curricular activities like sports/music etc ,you should be able
To cope up with all scaled up subjects taken for VCE, that’s why there is a GD, Puzzle and interview round. Why not a sports or music presentation???
Also if you don’t have any academic achievements then there is nothing to talk but if you have them they go thru every certificate and ask you everything related.
Stop spreading this that academics doesn’t matter!!!! It really does and a lot of people will come to understand that once offer letters are sent out.
So all the best and keep yours fingers crossed if you think academics is not what they are looking for.

[paulthekiller123]

I think it makes no sense  to talk about anything other then academics. Remember it’s a Science school not just another high school. You need to be academically way up then rest of the peers. They don’t care about your extra curricular activities like sports/music etc ,you should be able
To cope up with all scaled up subjects taken for VCE, that’s why there is a GD, Puzzle and interview round. Why not a sports or music presentation???
Also if you don’t have any academic achievements then there is nothing to talk but if you have them they go thru every certificate and ask you everything related.
Stop spreading this that academics doesn’t matter!!!! It really does and a lot of people will come to understand that once offer letters are sent out.
So all the best and keep yours fingers crossed if you think academics is not what they are looking for.

Well that may be true, but by your logic, if this applies to every academic selective school like Melbourne High, MHS's selection process would only choose people with good academic ability, but many people get in because they do sports like water polo. MHS and JMSS may differ in their selection process as JMSS is a science school but i definitely believe that they do care about what you do outside of school (hobbies and extracurricular activities) depending on the interviewer you get.

I didn't have any academic awards at all and i only had a good report to present to them. (on the other hand i did have extracurricular awards and most of the interview, i talked about my extracurriclar achievements)
So assuming if everyone at my year 11 interview had good reports and academic awards and the selection process was based only on academic merit, i definitely would not have been picked as i didn't have any academic awards. (Considering there were 80 at the interview and only 20 got chosen)

So yes academics do matter, but don't say that extracurricular acheivements doesn't matter if you don't how the selection process works behind the scene.

[Mel1976]

Not saying that it’s ‘THE’ criteria for making into school as discussed by other members. It might influence  a few to get in if they are aces in music or sports. As far as my knowledge of being selected goes its more emphasised on academics rather then anything else.
Regarding MHS /JMSS anyone who is well trained in coaching centres
Will definitely get thru but then how to tell that whether it’s a well trained student or actually worthy student???

[Herman]

Hey people who had their interview today,
How was the interview?
In your perspective, did you find the math puzzle hard.

Jeez why am I so stressed about the math puzzle?😂

[justinely]

Hey people who had their interview today,
How was the interview?
In your perspective, did you find the math puzzle hard.

Jeez why am I so stressed about the math puzzle?😂

Yes, i had mine today I dont know if every group gets the same maths puzzle, but mine was pretty hard and we were only allowed 5 minutes to finish it. i finished it however it was pretty hard and i dont think i got it correct. good luck tho!

[Herman]

Am I allowed to know if the maths question is a puzzle or a problem solving word problem.

[SChMurpel]

My group was so bad  .
We had something like a spin top so others in my group said it was a toy, but I did guess what it was actually used for