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Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion (15 Viewers)
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Hi Everyone,
I hope you are doing well.
Many of you have received your EduTest, HAST and NBHS/SBHS results and school offers, I just wanted to share a quick message. For those who are happy with your outcomes, well done, it’s a great achievement and something to celebrate.
For anyone who feels disappointed, please remember that these results are only one measure on one day. They don’t define your potential or the progress you’ve made along the way. It’s natural to feel discouraged if things didn’t go as hoped, but resilience and persistence will always carry you forward. Many students who miss out in Year 7 entry go on to receive offers in later years (Year 8–11) when there are major class openings. Others achieve outstanding results in HSC at their current schools but it may be a bit more difficult.
If you’re considering Year 8 to 11 selective entry, we’ve put together a document that summarises key information about the different types of exams and the number of spots availlable. Please find the google drive link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZQjK0XWCJgRT0lU-8DiVsVt2wqWbkzZQ/view?usp=sharing
You can also explore our website and blogs for free resources to help guide your preparation.
https://selectivespecialist.com/
Feel free to ask us any questions if you have any, you can message me here or via our contact form on our website.
Best Regards,
Ilia
Selective Specialist
I hope you are doing well.
Many of you have received your EduTest, HAST and NBHS/SBHS results and school offers, I just wanted to share a quick message. For those who are happy with your outcomes, well done, it’s a great achievement and something to celebrate.
For anyone who feels disappointed, please remember that these results are only one measure on one day. They don’t define your potential or the progress you’ve made along the way. It’s natural to feel discouraged if things didn’t go as hoped, but resilience and persistence will always carry you forward. Many students who miss out in Year 7 entry go on to receive offers in later years (Year 8–11) when there are major class openings. Others achieve outstanding results in HSC at their current schools but it may be a bit more difficult.
If you’re considering Year 8 to 11 selective entry, we’ve put together a document that summarises key information about the different types of exams and the number of spots availlable. Please find the google drive link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZQjK0XWCJgRT0lU-8DiVsVt2wqWbkzZQ/view?usp=sharing
You can also explore our website and blogs for free resources to help guide your preparation.
https://selectivespecialist.com/
Feel free to ask us any questions if you have any, you can message me here or via our contact form on our website.
Best Regards,
Ilia
Selective Specialist
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what skls did u apply for
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baulko rejected, penrith interview, girra interview (basically Means I made girra it’s a formality) Penrith is an actual interview
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Which one r u gonna choose
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i can vouch for them they helped my get into two schools i thank them so much
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girraween my brother goes there
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Did you have rlly good supporting documents like reports and extra curriculars or was it the HAST results that helped the most?
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Definitely had HAST over my three reports. I had 16 As, 7 Bs, and 1 C. I also had some karate milestones/certificates, school long jump, shot put, AMC, BSC, JSO, etc., certificates, so it wasn't that many. Hast is definitely the deciding factor
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Ohh ok.
Can you please advice how you prepared for the test? What materials did you use? And did you take any tutoring classes?
I didn’t pass this time, but I’m planning to try again next year, so any advice would really help.
Thanks so much in advance!
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i used selective specialist and their tuition services, and if you want to be competent you need to study and revise the amterial a lot use the scholarship tests and the official practice test i was studying 9-10 hours a day the week before the test
no it's averaged at top 15-20% overall
thank you so much
Hey guys I've tried out for baulko and its my dream skl but I haven't gotten in and idk what I'm doing wrong in the edutest prep. Like this year I did everything right like I knew how to do every question and for some reason I still got no superiors in edutest and I still did so bad I'm in year 8 rn and I wanna try out for year 10 entry baulko and I'm also doing hast for girra next year. Pls help I don't know what's going wrong
are your reports and extra curricular good? If so, for the edutest, I recommend you practice hard vocabulary lists for verbal reasoning, you can find many on quiz let for free, keep revising them. Numerical reasoning is basically like GA, so practice GA books and questions, you might be able to find them online for free.
For writing, it’s always creative, so it’s always a narrative. I recommend you practice 20-30 minutes of writing every day. To improve your creative writing, you should watch a lot of fantasy/fictional movies or read fiction novels, to help you gain better ideas because this helped a lot of my friends gain entry.
For maths, you should practice time management, because there’s a lot of questions for very little time. The maths basically covers the syllabus of your current grade in depth, so focus on learning and grasping your maths syllabus very well then practising the questions.
I’d say that the edutest prep pack is a poor reflection of what is actually in the test, so I would tell you to go and purchase some scholarship tests practice which include services like giving feedback if you submit creative writing, because they’re a more realistic testing surface for the edutest than the edutest practice papers because they are quite easy.
hope this helped
For writing, it’s always creative, so it’s always a narrative. I recommend you practice 20-30 minutes of writing every day. To improve your creative writing, you should watch a lot of fantasy/fictional movies or read fiction novels, to help you gain better ideas because this helped a lot of my friends gain entry.
For maths, you should practice time management, because there’s a lot of questions for very little time. The maths basically covers the syllabus of your current grade in depth, so focus on learning and grasping your maths syllabus very well then practising the questions.
I’d say that the edutest prep pack is a poor reflection of what is actually in the test, so I would tell you to go and purchase some scholarship tests practice which include services like giving feedback if you submit creative writing, because they’re a more realistic testing surface for the edutest than the edutest practice papers because they are quite easy.
hope this helped
are your reports and extra curricular good? If so, for the edutest, I recommend you practice hard vocabulary lists for verbal reasoning, you can find many on quiz let for free, keep revising them. Numerical reasoning is basically like GA, so practice GA books and questions, you might be able to find them online for free.
For writing, it’s always creative, so it’s always a narrative. I recommend you practice 20-30 minutes of writing every day. To improve your creative writing, you should watch a lot of fantasy/fictional movies or read fiction novels, to help you gain better ideas because this helped a lot of my friends gain entry.
For maths, you should practice time management, because there’s a lot of questions for very little time. The maths basically covers the syllabus of your current grade in depth, so focus on learning and grasping your maths syllabus very well then practising the questions.
I’d say that the edutest prep pack is a poor reflection of what is actually in the test, so I would tell you to go and purchase some scholarship tests practice which include services like giving feedback if you submit creative writing, because they’re a more realistic testing surface for the edutest than the edutest practice papers because they are quite easy.
also I heard about selective specialist and I heard good reviews from it so you might wanna check that out too, it could be handy especially for hast
hope this helped
I did the exact same thing this year and still got such poor results and I used a tutoring centre and I had lile a vocab word list of like idk 200 words or smth and ye like idk what to do anymoreare your reports and extra curricular good? If so, for the edutest, I recommend you practice hard vocabulary lists for verbal reasoning, you can find many on quiz let for free, keep revising them. Numerical reasoning is basically like GA, so practice GA books and questions, you might be able to find them online for free.
For writing, it’s always creative, so it’s always a narrative. I recommend you practice 20-30 minutes of writing every day. To improve your creative writing, you should watch a lot of fantasy/fictional movies or read fiction novels, to help you gain better ideas because this helped a lot of my friends gain entry.
For maths, you should practice time management, because there’s a lot of questions for very little time. The maths basically covers the syllabus of your current grade in depth, so focus on learning and grasping your maths syllabus very well then practising the questions.
I’d say that the edutest prep pack is a poor reflection of what is actually in the test, so I would tell you to go and purchase some scholarship tests practice which include services like giving feedback if you submit creative writing, because they’re a more realistic testing surface for the edutest than the edutest practice papers because they are quite easy.
hope this helped
Also do you have experience in the test and if you don't mind me asking what school do you go to?are your reports and extra curricular good? If so, for the edutest, I recommend you practice hard vocabulary lists for verbal reasoning, you can find many on quiz let for free, keep revising them. Numerical reasoning is basically like GA, so practice GA books and questions, you might be able to find them online for free.
For writing, it’s always creative, so it’s always a narrative. I recommend you practice 20-30 minutes of writing every day. To improve your creative writing, you should watch a lot of fantasy/fictional movies or read fiction novels, to help you gain better ideas because this helped a lot of my friends gain entry.
For maths, you should practice time management, because there’s a lot of questions for very little time. The maths basically covers the syllabus of your current grade in depth, so focus on learning and grasping your maths syllabus very well then practising the questions.
I’d say that the edutest prep pack is a poor reflection of what is actually in the test, so I would tell you to go and purchase some scholarship tests practice which include services like giving feedback if you submit creative writing, because they’re a more realistic testing surface for the edutest than the edutest practice papers because they are quite easy.
hope this helped