Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion (3 Viewers)

[DarkKnight45]

yeah at first i saw girra but now that im in girra i see baulko so like i guess the chain just neevr ends... l my insatiable hunger for higher ranking selective schools will mean that im never satisfied... oh well

u got in girra. I know its a bit late but congrats

 

[shaunakkk]

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yea i literally have the same exact question.

dev made the same thread a bit ago just search it up its like the 2nd or 3rd result but girra still has a higher median atar (because penrith usually gets band 6s in lower scaling subjects like humanities etc) so even tho penrith> girra rank wise girra atar is still higher, and also the success rate is higher penrith limits the subjects (harder subjects math 3u/4u) to students that will most likely get band 6s (hence the entrance exams)

 

[shaunakkk]

u got in girra. I know its a bit late but congrats

thanks lol

 

[aaliya]

Rea

yeah at first i saw girra but now that im in girra i see baulko so like i guess the chain just neevr ends... l my insatiable hunger for higher ranking selective schools will mean that im never satisfied... oh well

L i see baulks kids hop in my bus on my way home n im like dang smart kids wish I was there or smt like wth

 

[Cobra123]

i used to think penrith then i saw this thread and i started second guessing myself and thought girra but penrith is cooking in rankings so idk anymore

ok but how can you say penrith's cooking in rankings when they surged to top 20 for only one year. I get how they doing really well now but girra has consistently ranked better than penrith and penrith only did well last year, other years they were in rank 30s. penrith might have just a good cohort in 2025.

 

[Cobra123]

and then penrith is like a 10min bus ride while girra is like 30min bus ride and i also have a lot of friends at penrith

oh cool thats is also a deciding factor. like i live closer to penrith but picked girra because the travel times or sort of equal because i take train to girra but for penrith would have to take a long bus. kinds cancels out. also having friends is a key factor as well.

 

[Cobra123]

guys it just me but is it really upsetting when you see your friend in the uniform of the school u wanted to go to like the other day i saw my friend wearing the penrith uniform and I felt really sad

YEAH BROO, i felt that as well last year. but when i actually went to girra it js just felt normal in the way nothing really significant changed, js feels like normal school. so dw about being sad seing penr kids because they do the same schooling as you.

 

[Cobra123]

trust me @Cobra123 this thread was semi educational in 2025, thats why i joined, and got in to sydney technical high school, but 2026 was the downfall, im jst here for the threads final days really XD

waittt r u a transfer, what year r u in

 

[Cobra123]

yeah at first i saw girra but now that im in girra i see baulko so like i guess the chain just neevr ends... l my insatiable hunger for higher ranking selective schools will mean that im never satisfied... oh well

congrats on girra. r u trying for baulko? shonk phonk

 

[Viva_student2025]

Rea

L i see baulks kids hop in my bus on my way home n im like dang smart kids wish I was there or smt like wth

Fr like i always see penrith kids when I come home from school and feel so dumb lol

 

[clockiework]

waittt r u a transfer, what year r u in

im a syd tech transfer y9 2026

 

[Smartboiiii]

im a syd tech transfer y9 2026

Son I’m crine

 

[DarkKnight45]

ok but how can you say penrith's cooking in rankings when they surged to top 20 for only one year. I get how they doing really well now but girra has consistently ranked better than penrith and penrith only did well last year, other years they were in rank 30s. penrith might have just a good cohort in 2025.

what i meant was if you see their results from last few years they have been consistent and in early 30s spot from top 40 so they are improving a lot. But I do know its because of their subject caps

 

[DarkKnight45]

oh cool thats is also a deciding factor. like i live closer to penrith but picked girra because the travel times or sort of equal because i take train to girra but for penrith would have to take a long bus. kinds cancels out. also having friends is a key factor as well.

yes true

 

[DarkKnight45]

YEAH BROO, i felt that as well last year. but when i actually went to girra it js just felt normal in the way nothing really significant changed, js feels like normal school. so dw about being sad seing penr kids because they do the same schooling as you.

exactly and it just feels like I'm a failure

 

[shaunakkk]

congrats on girra. r u trying for baulko? shonk phonk

"my insatiable hunger for higher ranking selective schools will mean that im never satisfied..." the realisation was confronting and hence will not be bothered to even try out outherwise i will get brutally frame mogged

 

[Cobra123]

"my insatiable hunger for higher ranking selective schools will mean that im never satisfied..." the realisation was confronting and hence will not be bothered to even try out outherwise i will get brutally frame mogged

so what ur saying is if u go baulko it won't feel any different so you would want ruse then that won't feel different so you would want harvard and so on.

 

[Cobra123]

what i meant was if you see their results from last few years they have been consistent and in early 30s spot from top 40 so they are improving a lot. But I do know its because of their subject caps

yeah tru but girra average ranks is low 20s

 

[shaunakkk]

so what ur saying is if u go baulko it won't feel any different so you would want ruse then that won't feel different so you would want harvard and so on.

ye i will just keep on wanting more

yeah tru but girra average ranks is low 20s

yes and also wsg wyd

 

[shaunakkk]

Fr like i always see penrith kids when I come home from school and feel so dumb lol

dw ur smarter than 70% of them; most just fluke the initial preparation test or just fall of in intellect after they get burnt out from the inital 2 years of selective grind but then they lock back in, in year 11/12