Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion (13 Viewers)

[RoomyZen123]

guys when writing narrative and its like a mysterious, crime theme, can we mention things like murder and were investigating that? Or will they deduct points for things like murder, guns, and a dead body? In a practice test I wrote about a girl and her inner emotions and how she sturggled with things like su1c1de (like saying I wish to sleep and never wake up) and her past. The teacher did not mark me down or tell me off for that, and I got 27/30.


I'm applying for year 9 2026.

probably not as long as you write it well

 

[s5_]

so.. hast is over now. how'd you guys go?

 

[aaliya]

is any1 like alive

 

[saneetaa]

GUYSS HAST IS OVERRR!!

 

[aaliya]

ikr

 

[saneetaa]

so.. hast is over now. how'd you guys go?

IM APPLYING FOR YEAR 8 ENTRY INTO YEAR 9 SO IF YOU TOOK THE SAME TEST AS ME LMK AND SHARE YOURE EXPIRENCE!!

ABSTRACT REASONING
for abstract reasoning, it was SOO EASY. I finished with 3 minutes left and I reviewed and checked everything. I think I'm going to get 29/30 because I was unsure of question 16 (like im 60% sure Its correct).

MATH:
for math it was easy and hard. It was definitely a brain teaser, and it involved more reasoning than math. In that section, I did an educated guess of 7 questions. I made sure and reviewed all other questions that I could get. I finished with 5 minutes left.

ENGLISH:
For english, this was hard and easy. The first few questions were hard and I felt like it was something that made us spend more time on the first so we would run out of time. Middle was easy. The last was a poem about a hunter trying to outwit a duck which I lowk found funny. I did all questions and finshed with 7 minutes left. I am unsure about 8-9 questions.

WRITTING:
Writting was good/ok. The prompt was "being a member of a group is better than being a leader". Since I figured most people would be writting persuasive, I wrote creative. A girl trying to get into a debating team leader spot after feeling like she needed to lead and advocate for mental awareness after her freinds sudden suicide. In her viewpoint I explained and used the motif/ rhetorical question of "What good is being a follower when you aren't able to make choices? What good is being a follower when you can't this _____? I added lots of descriptive elements. the structure was clear. I feel like I might get marked down a little for grammar and spelling but hopefully I get good.

 

[aaliya]

being a member of a group is better than being a leader, do u agree - mine was the same topic

 

[nutgodpeanut]

For the writing part where it asks your year level did you put your current year or the year your applying for xcuz im applying for year 11 but im year 10 so i put year 10 but idk if i was mean to put year 11

 

[aaliya]

yea current

 

[cindicle]

hi guys asking for a friend /gen who did the hast today (entry into year 11) and she was wondering what you guys got for these questions in math: circuit question and the last question !! if u could lmk tysm

 

[strawberrygum]

hi guys asking for a friend /gen who did the hast today (entry into year 11) and she was wondering what you guys got for these questions in math: circuit question and the last question !! if u could lmk tysm

for the last question i think i got 144 hours and for the circuit i kinda forgot but i think i did II and something else maybe III but i dont think its right

 

[nutgodpeanut]

hi guys asking for a friend /gen who did the hast today (entry into year 11) and she was wondering what you guys got for these questions in math: circuit question and the last question !! if u could lmk tysm

what did she get for the last question? I think i got like 72

 

[nutgodpeanut]

for the last question i think i got 144 hours and for the circuit i kinda forgot but i think i did II and something else maybe III but i dont think its right

was maths hard for you btw?

 

[strawberrygum]

was maths hard for you btw?

it was harder for me than other subjects but i think i got 72 not 144 mb

 

[nutgodpeanut]

it was harder for me than other subjects but i think i got 72 not 144 mb

yeah alr yeah god we got the same answer. also howd you find reading comp i think most people find it pretty hard so you can get a bad mark but still he high in the percentile

 

[Viva_student2025]

Hi did anyone do HAST for year 8 entry? Someone said Penrith offers 30 ppl an interview but only 8 get in… idk

 

[Viva_student2025]

For writing, the prompt was like “is honesty good or bad.” I’m afraid I’ll get low marks for not being creative enough because I wrote persuasive about the benefits of honesty.

 

[shaunakkk]

Hi did anyone do HAST for year 8 entry? Someone said Penrith offers 30 ppl an interview but only 8 get in… idk

only the amount of people that leave is the amount of spots available for yr 8 entry its like 2-3 ppl i doubt its 8

 

[Viva_student2025]

only the amount of people that leave is the amount of spots available for yr 8 entry its like 2-3 ppl i doubt its 8

Yeah I thought so too

 

[Viva_student2025]

But do you know how many ppl in year 7 get offered an interview for year 8 entry? (At Penrith)