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National Education => Admissions tests => Selective Schools Admissions Tests => Topic started by: imhungry on August 12, 2019, 08:46:31 pm
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hi! since i can't seem to find one, decided to make a board for anyone going to suzanne cory in 2020. (mainly bc at this point i don't know anyone who's going so um atm im a loner (: )
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hi! since i can't seem to find one, decided to make a board for anyone going to suzanne cory in 2020. (mainly bc at this point i don't know anyone who's going so um atm im a loner (: )
I got 2 Superiors, 1 above average/high average/average each. I don’t even make it to the interview.
What does it take to get in?
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I got 2 Superiors, 1 above average/high average/average each. I don’t even make it to the interview.
What does it take to get in?
I don't know, haven't gotten my results yet
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I got 2 Superiors, 1 above average/high average/average each. I don’t even make it to the interview.
What does it take to get in?
For year10, I’m pretty sure u must be like super good;3 superiors minimum mate and no averages. Gl
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I did the year 8 selective entry in 2017 and got no offer from any school. I also got no PD, oh well RIP
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I got 2 Superiors, 1 above average/high average/average each. I don’t even make it to the interview.
What does it take to get in?
dude its still so blurry how these schools pick students. i got two superiors in maths and rest were high average- did not get into mhs but got into nhs. i heard ppl get into mghs and mhs w only one superior and rest high avg. do these schools have weighting on the diff papers? how do they rank? does it matter if u only put one school in ur selections? was i offered nhs bc i saw it as a back-up and other got mhs bc they only put mhs?
not saying nhs is bad (its just that location is crap) but man am i pissed
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dude its still so blurry how these schools pick students. i got two superiors in maths and rest were high average- did not get into mhs but got into nhs. i heard ppl get into mghs and mhs w only one superior and rest high avg. do these schools have weighting on the diff papers? how do they rank? does it matter if u only put one school in ur selections? was i offered nhs bc i saw it as a back-up and other got mhs bc they only put mhs?
not saying nhs is bad (its just that location is crap) but man am i pissed
Yeah I know what you mean, I heard some people getting 3 or 4 superiors and not getting in. Nossal is in Berwick (which isn't too bad). It does matter if you put 1 school in your selection, cuz if you don't get into it that means it might be over. Everyone should put SCHS its the easiest to get into from what I heard.
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Same story here, got an email at 9am today saying I got a second round offer to SCHS
Congratulations! :)
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dude its still so blurry how these schools pick students. i got two superiors in maths and rest were high average- did not get into mhs but got into nhs. i heard ppl get into mghs and mhs w only one superior and rest high avg. do these schools have weighting on the diff papers? how do they rank? does it matter if u only put one school in ur selections? was i offered nhs bc i saw it as a back-up and other got mhs bc they only put mhs?
not saying nhs is bad (its just that location is crap) but man am i pissed
Possibly you got rejected because the percentage rule that most selective schools have...same hereYeah I know what you mean, I heard some people getting 3 or 4 superiors and not getting in. Nossal is in Berwick (which isn't too bad). It does matter if you put 1 school in your selection, cuz if you don't get into it that means it might be over. Everyone should put SCHS its the easiest to get into from what I heard.
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You have to get at least 4 superiors. Either that or you have to have a very good reason why you should be accepted. One girl I know got accepted even though she had 2 superiors, because she was very athletic and Suzanne Cory wanted a diverse range of people.
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I'm a Year 11 Suzanne Cory student and I'm pretty sure that what results gets you in depends on the school that you go to. Generally, people put Macrob and MHS as first preference, so generally people with 4 superiors and above go there. I put Suzanne Cory as first preference as I didn't want to travel and got 4 superiors. There are many in my cohort who have gotten in with no superiors, as well as with 4 superiors (me and a few friends). I'd say the average Suzie student gets 1 or 2 superiors and a couple of high averages or averages. If you get top tier marks (for my cohort it was 4 superiors and above) they'll gobble you up with no interview, as it's rare for those people to prioritise the school as 1st.
The school adopts a 5% quota where they take the top 5% achieving students in your school. If you go to an academically bright school (like Uni High's AP program that's where I went) then many people should be getting top marks (in my school the highest was 4 superiors and around 10-20 people got it and got into their first preference). If you go to a not-so-great school and you didn't get the top marks then it comes down to luck on whether SCHS chooses to pick from your school. If you got a few superiors and didn't get in, then Suzie might have adopted the 5% rule and only taken the top, or maybe it completely disregarded your school for some reason. If you don't score top-tier marks then sometimes it really can only come down to luck.
You've probably heard of students getting in with no superiors. Either that was complete luck, or they did amazing in their interview. You can definitely get in with less than 3-4 superiors, but it sometimes comes down to luck and if the school decides to adopt the 5% rule with your school.
All the best!!
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The school adopts a 5% quota where they take the top 5% achieving students in your school. If you go to an academically bright school (like Uni High's AP program that's where I went) then many people should be getting top marks (in my school the highest was 4 superiors and around 10-20 people got it and got into their first preference). If you go to a not-so-great school and you didn't get the top marks then it comes down to luck on whether SCHS chooses to pick from your school. If you got a few superiors and didn't get in, then Suzie might have adopted the 5% rule and only taken the top, or maybe it completely disregarded your school for some reason. If you don't score top-tier marks then sometimes it really can only come down to luck.
You've probably heard of students getting in with no superiors. Either that was complete luck, or they did amazing in their interview. You can definitely get in with less than 3-4 superiors, but it sometimes comes down to luck and if the school decides to adopt the 5% rule with your school.
All the best!!
Just wanted to add a slight clarification. It seems your implying (and correct me if i'm wrong) that for some schools the 5% rule means they'll take 5% of the student body of some schools regardless of how they went. The 5% rule is strictly a limit on how many students they can take from a school, not a maximum. It only comes into play when there is both greater than 5% of the student body sitting the test AND more than 5% of the student body is eligible for entry due to their scores. They can absolutely choose to take 0 students from every school where there was not a candidate eligible for entry. There is no minimum.
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Just wanted to add a slight clarification. It seems your implying (and correct me if i'm wrong) that for some schools the 5% rule means they'll take 5% of the student body of some schools regardless of how they went. The 5% rule is strictly a limit on how many students they can take from a school, not a maximum. It only comes into play when there is both greater than 5% of the student body sitting the test AND more than 5% of the student body is eligible for entry due to their scores. They can absolutely choose to take 0 students from every school where there was not a candidate eligible for entry. There is no minimum.
That's a great explanation! Thank you for adding that, as I forgot to mention that very very important point wOOps
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Hi guys, I'm currently in year 10 this year and applied for year 11 suzanne cory. Well i got an interview but is 1hr 30 mins long :o, i really don't know what is going on and I also did not get my scores. ???
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Hi guys, I'm currently in year 10 this year and applied for year 11 suzanne cory. Well i got an interview but is 1hr 30 mins long :o, i really don't know what is going on and I also did not get my scores. ???
Hey, new to Atarnotes not rlly sure how this works but same! Im a yr 9 currently and applied for year 10 schs. I passed the first round and got an interview which is also 1hr 30mins long. Bit confused on whats going to be happening in the interview and also have not gotten more scores yet too.
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Hi guys, I'm currently in year 10 this year and applied for year 11 suzanne cory. Well i got an interview but is 1hr 30 mins long :o, i really don't know what is going on and I also did not get my scores. ???
Hey, new to Atarnotes not rlly sure how this works but same! Im a yr 9 currently and applied for year 10 schs. I passed the first round and got an interview which is also 1hr 30mins long. Bit confused on whats going to be happening in the interview and also have not gotten more scores yet too.
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Hey, I'm new to Atarnotes I think I just replied or quoted on someones thing and ended up making a new topic or smtg ion even know, so I'm writing again but on the reply button which makes more sense to me. Anyways same as the guy above me but I am a yr 9 currently, applied for Year 10 schs and did the test online, passed that, now I gotta do a 1hr and 30min interview. bit confused why its this long and what on earth are we going to be doing cause ik if covid didnt affect we would be doing group work as well as a 2 on 1 interview.
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You guys think there is going to be a writing section or like a group discussion maybe .