James ruse and baulkham Hill entry (2 Viewers)

[studyingisnotfun]

Sure, my display name is sol, with the bird pfp

can i add you asw

 

[spiderlemonade]

i think its like reserve (like selective) but for the interview, so I think it's if people refuse the offer, when it reaches them, they can do the interview

Ahh ok

 

[spiderlemonade]

can i add you asw

Sure my username is [edited]

 

[HopefullyNextYear]

Hey dude! dyk if scores are sent back in staggered stages or are they all sent at once? I applied into year 11 and haven’t received my scores yet

You should have got them by now, did u ge them?

 

[cindicle]

You should have got them by now, did u ge them?

OH YES i got them like 3 weeks ago

 

[Shiolonn]

Sooo I transferred to Baulkham Hills this year from Hornsby Girls. In my case we had a full class of transfers (~26 kids total) come in from a range of schools (there was even one from Cherrybrook Tech, a local school, though I do believe you being in NSG does give you a bit of an upper hand). From what I've seen, to qualify for ruse nowadays, you pretty much need full superiors / straightish As to even get considered for admission, especially since there'll be a significantly less amount of slots available for year 10.
Personally, I qualified for baulko with only 3 superiors, though keeping in mind: I grinded out straight As for the first semester of y8 + superiors don't actually tell you much about how you placed, with it covering ~10% of the population (from memory) (which could count for thousands of fellow applicants).
It's a good idea to buy some of the practice tests available despite how expensive they are, though you shouldnt need more than like 5 lol - I found it was good preperation just for the type of exam it is, but if you can't afford it / any other reason, the questions were pretty similar to those from standard tests you go through like NAPLAN, OC and even selective lol -> from memory they're all multiple choice apart from writing so just make sure you can go through those relatively quickly.
Also I think the writing and reasoning tests probably have a slightly heavier weighting, though thats mostly my speculation, just because it's really common for kids to get tutored for subjects like mathematics and english. (I got "above average" marks on mathematics and reading in the tests and I still got in fine lolol)

OVERALL my experience transferring wasn't all that bad, I don't think yours will be either.. just try not to stress too much, especially during the exam + and NSG is already a solid school anyway lol, even if your parents try persuade you otherwise.
I sincerely wish you goodluck on your journey though !!

Hi, I currently go to Hghs like you did in year 8, and I would like to transfer to Baulko - last year for my report I got 2 Bs in science and math but straight As in everything else. Is that going to be a problem, also for this semester's report, we had an 100% test for science and I feel like i may get a B. If this is going to be a problem is there other stuff you think I could do to make up for my shortcomings and get into Baulko in year 9?