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« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2017, 07:51:25 pm »
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apparently you get one prac in which you are supposed to write up a discussion and conclusion and then a scientific essay on a topic and i'm pretty sure they give you a bit of background info on the topic too but not 100% sure haha
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« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2017, 07:41:13 am »
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I've also heard that they change the format every year so we can't be too sure of what to expect :(
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« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2017, 06:54:18 pm »
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Heyy, I'm currently in year 11 at JMSS and I'd be happy to help anyone who wants some!

Here's some basic info on the tests, all subject to change obviously.
The test was composed of 2 prac/scientific report write ups, 2 mathematical tests and a scientific reasoning test I believe (it's been so long now but I think thats it).
In order to do your best on the write ups you should have as strong a knowledge as possible of years 8-9 science, though one of the options for my prac writeup was year 6 content! My topics for the first one were something along the lines of explaining an sense and how animals have adapted to use it or writing up a separation of sand, salt, water and iron filaments. My second write up was to create a plan for a museum exhibition about senses (for some reason the topics were quite similar, don't expect this every year!) and it was a little more creative than the other one (I even drew a little diagram of a bat with my extra time).
For the mathematics test I'd highly recommend going through your year 9 textbook/asking your teacher for a yearly plan as you'll want to have a basic knowledge of year 9 mathematics the whole way through. Surds, factorising and also lots of fraction questions were the most common topics in the first test in my experience, but it really is from the whole of year 9 mathematics. The numerical reasoning is basically just number patterns and things like that, if you can I'd recommend doing the Edutest ones because that seems to be the only thing that is really consistent with the practice tests and the actual test.
Surprisingly, the scientific reasoning test was probably the easiest (imo) as it was basically just applying simple scientific concepts to situations and interpreting data. For example, one of my questions had an illustration of a  string of nucleotides, the corresponding code and was essentially 'T represents Thymine, U represents Uracil, what would be the outcome if all Thymine were replaced with Uracils' and the options were for example 'UCTAUUAT', 'GUTAGGAT' and 'GCUAGGAU'.

If you have anymore questions let me know!
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« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2017, 07:21:35 pm »
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Heyy, I'm currently in year 11 at JMSS and I'd be happy to help anyone who wants some!

Here's some basic info on the tests, all subject to change obviously.
The test was composed of 2 prac/scientific report write ups, 2 mathematical tests and a scientific reasoning test I believe (it's been so long now but I think thats it).
In order to do your best on the write ups you should have as strong a knowledge as possible of years 8-9 science, though one of the options for my prac writeup was year 6 content! My topics for the first one were something along the lines of explaining an sense and how animals have adapted to use it or writing up a separation of sand, salt, water and iron filaments. My second write up was to create a plan for a museum exhibition about senses (for some reason the topics were quite similar, don't expect this every year!) and it was a little more creative than the other one (I even drew a little diagram of a bat with my extra time).
For the mathematics test I'd highly recommend going through your year 9 textbook/asking your teacher for a yearly plan as you'll want to have a basic knowledge of year 9 mathematics the whole way through. Surds, factorising and also lots of fraction questions were the most common topics in the first test in my experience, but it really is from the whole of year 9 mathematics. The numerical reasoning is basically just number patterns and things like that, if you can I'd recommend doing the Edutest ones because that seems to be the only thing that is really consistent with the practice tests and the actual test.
Surprisingly, the scientific reasoning test was probably the easiest (imo) as it was basically just applying simple scientific concepts to situations and interpreting data. For example, one of my questions had an illustration of a  string of nucleotides, the corresponding code and was essentially 'T represents Thymine, U represents Uracil, what would be the outcome if all Thymine were replaced with Uracils' and the options were for example 'UCTAUUAT', 'GUTAGGAT' and 'GCUAGGAU'.

If you have anymore questions let me know!
omg thank you so so much!!! I had a practice test at my tutoring today and I swear I failed so so badly lmaoooo, I couldn't even remember the three Newtons laws, I actually suck so bad loooooool. Again thank you haha :)
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« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2017, 08:48:02 pm »
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Heyy, I'm currently in year 11 at JMSS and I'd be happy to help anyone who wants some!

Here's some basic info on the tests, all subject to change obviously.
The test was composed of 2 prac/scientific report write ups, 2 mathematical tests and a scientific reasoning test I believe (it's been so long now but I think thats it).
In order to do your best on the write ups you should have as strong a knowledge as possible of years 8-9 science, though one of the options for my prac writeup was year 6 content! My topics for the first one were something along the lines of explaining an sense and how animals have adapted to use it or writing up a separation of sand, salt, water and iron filaments. My second write up was to create a plan for a museum exhibition about senses (for some reason the topics were quite similar, don't expect this every year!) and it was a little more creative than the other one (I even drew a little diagram of a bat with my extra time).
For the mathematics test I'd highly recommend going through your year 9 textbook/asking your teacher for a yearly plan as you'll want to have a basic knowledge of year 9 mathematics the whole way through. Surds, factorising and also lots of fraction questions were the most common topics in the first test in my experience, but it really is from the whole of year 9 mathematics. The numerical reasoning is basically just number patterns and things like that, if you can I'd recommend doing the Edutest ones because that seems to be the only thing that is really consistent with the practice tests and the actual test.
Surprisingly, the scientific reasoning test was probably the easiest (imo) as it was basically just applying simple scientific concepts to situations and interpreting data. For example, one of my questions had an illustration of a  string of nucleotides, the corresponding code and was essentially 'T represents Thymine, U represents Uracil, what would be the outcome if all Thymine were replaced with Uracils' and the options were for example 'UCTAUUAT', 'GUTAGGAT' and 'GCUAGGAU'.

If you have anymore questions let me know!

THANK YOU!!! i don't know if this makes me feel better or worse, but at least I have some type of idea about what the test is going to be like.. would you say that the scientific essays were easy?
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« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2017, 12:37:54 pm »
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THANK YOU!!! i don't know if this makes me feel better or worse, but at least I have some type of idea about what the test is going to be like.. would you say that the scientific essays were easy?
They weren't necessarily easy, but they were open to a wide range of answers so it was easy to find a way to produce a strong result. I found it better to interpret them as a task or assignment style piece instead of an essay that has to have a specific structure as long as you still express the information effectively and in an appropriate manner. Also, remember to do diagrams! Even if it doesn't ask for them it will definitely help you chances of making a good impression.
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« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2017, 08:55:12 pm »
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They weren't necessarily easy, but they were open to a wide range of answers so it was easy to find a way to produce a strong result. I found it better to interpret them as a task or assignment style piece instead of an essay that has to have a specific structure as long as you still express the information effectively and in an appropriate manner. Also, remember to do diagrams! Even if it doesn't ask for them it will definitely help you chances of making a good impression.
On average, how much did you study, if you can remember haha, I want to know whether I'm doing enough. Thanks! :)
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« Reply #22 on: April 25, 2017, 05:54:16 pm »
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Guys just calm down yea I was in your shoes last year and got in just make sure you know most of your science knowledge and stuff. Like they take a lot of people for th interviews the interviews the cut point

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« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2017, 07:40:25 pm »
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I am  trying out for 2018 entry to year 10 aswell. I hope to see all of yours there!
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« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2017, 08:21:23 pm »
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I am  trying out for 2018 entry to year 10 aswell. I hope to see all of yours there!

Yes!! how long are all of you studying? I try about 2-3 hrs on weekdays. how do you actually study as well, bc I just take notes from a bunch of textbooks...
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« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2017, 08:26:32 pm »
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Yes!! how long are all of you studying? I try about 2-3 hrs on weekdays. how do you actually study as well, bc I just take notes from a bunch of textbooks...
ugh I find it so hard to properly study between all the homework I have from school and tutoring :( when I do though, I normally just read through my textbooks and highlight points and then watch some revision videos on youtube to follow it up. For maths, if I have time, I look through the chapters on parabolas and parabolic expressions cause' I find it hard to remember them aha and then I do around 1-2 exercises. >.<
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« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2017, 10:39:19 pm »
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we should make a fb group chat so we can get to know each other before the test bc i'm "TRYING" to stay very calm and not think about failing this test

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« Reply #27 on: April 26, 2017, 01:17:19 pm »
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ugh I find it so hard to properly study between all the homework I have from school and tutoring :( when I do though, I normally just read through my textbooks and highlight points and then watch some revision videos on youtube to follow it up. For maths, if I have time, I look through the chapters on parabolas and parabolic expressions cause' I find it hard to remember them aha and then I do around 1-2 exercises. >.<

try to watch things like khan academy and crash course on youtube, they're really good. there's just so much content to learn and even though I'm taking a bunch of notes I'm pretty sure I don't remember all of it urghhhh
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« Reply #28 on: April 26, 2017, 04:35:58 pm »
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try to watch things like khan academy and crash course on youtube, they're really good. there's just so much content to learn and even though I'm taking a bunch of notes I'm pretty sure I don't remember all of it urghhhh
omg crash course and khan academy are the best! They're legit probably the only channels I can learn constantly with, although, I find that crash course is much better for revision that learning something for the first time as its so fast paced. Are you gonna go to the information night?
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« Reply #29 on: April 26, 2017, 05:15:55 pm »
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omg crash course and khan academy are the best! They're legit probably the only channels I can learn constantly with, although, I find that crash course is much better for revision that learning something for the first time as its so fast paced. Are you gonna go to the information night?

uh whoa what information night???
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