hello,
so to start off my acc is fake (like fake name, email, brithday except my graduation year - i dont like signing up using my real details) anywho i am a real person lol
i did the entry into year 10 HAST last yr but i wasnt successful; i know you're asking people who did get in but i just want to be helpful...
i found no resources online last year and this year i hope to apply again for the yr 11 HAST but also found nothing but the math/science HAST last year (based on my Dori memory):
- time: there was A LOT of 'if i take the train at 3:20pm and the train ride was 4hr when did i arrive?' questions; now be aware they aren't that easy so maybe practise 'advanced/extension' time questions (?)
- science was mostly biology for me (my sister who attempted the year 11 HAST and got shortlisted for St George Girls said that she had physics and chemistry but not biology so it depends - highly doubt you'll get like geology, environmental ....)
eg. for the biology section: it was labelling the skin (i was studying those at the time in school so I 'think' lol that i got that right) also had to do with enzymes (i remember there was a table telling me something like 'if someone has this disease which enzyme will help him' also wasn't that easy but i guess you get the glimpse?)
- sorry idr the rest of the exam but there was more 'math' than science for sure
for the hardness of the exam: i wasn't prepared had no idea what i was doing so and the science got me very off guard so i would rate the english: 4/10, math/science 2/10, abstract reasoning ( was very easy for me cus it was the only think i actually studied lol) 8.5/10, writing 6/10 (uderstood the question just didnt know what to write lol: the topic (if ur interetsed is: there is no such thing as harmless gossip, do you agree?)
and lastly your question about how they choose you; well regardless of how well you did or got, if u don't have a lot of cocurricular evidence, competition evidence, good grades (max 4 B's) etc. they won't take you. it's how you're able to comprehend and answer the question they're interested in not how many you get right.
