Recently, I applied to all 3 of the top schools (a bit adventurous). Currently, I'm in a school ranked in the 30s (I won't say but looking at the ranks I think it would be quite obvious), it's a private school, so there is a large disparity between the top (very strong) and bottom of the cohort. I was honestly just wondering about my chances when it came to getting an interview. Year 9 applying for Year 10.
I didn't perform that great on the Edutest with 3 sups and 2 Above Averages, partially due to my lack of effort when it came to preparation, but can't change much now. I understand the test result is critical, as not every school may read every application but here's my shot in the dark.
For Baulko, I had a brother who graduated last year and spent all 6 years of high school at BHHS. He did really well for his cohort and is currently in Medicine at UNSW. Again, pretty insignificant but the more info the better.
Stats Academics:
DUX of my Grade (As of Now)
Chronological GPA (out of 10): 9.6, 9.6 and 9.8 (for Year 8 Semester 1/2 and Year 9 Semester 1, respectively)
Accelerated Mathematics Course (Starting Extension 1 Year 11 Course), Academic Proficiency Prizes Year 7 and 8, History Prize
Brief Rank Overview (Core Subjects): Maths 3rd, English 3rd, History 1st, Geography 2nd, Science Top 20 (not great this term but was Top 10 in Year 8)
My Cohort is roughly 250 kids (not sure if that matters tho)
Competitions:
- HD and D in ICAS
- D in AMC Maths Comp
- Science Olympiad
- Australian Intermediate Maths Olympiad (Aiming for Training Camps AMOC). Many kids from my school have made these camps.
- Really didn't do many comps apart from this tbh because of my tight schedule. (I regret it as they almost stand as prerequisites for many top schools)
Extra-Curriculars:
- Tennis 2nd's Open Team for my School (state level), CIS Cross Country, Soccer Top Age Group Team for School
- Robotics Club (participated in regional comps). (6-10 Hours a Week. Very Invested)
- Scientific Research Project (After School with researchers from WIMR)
- Cadets
- Business and Investment Club
- Bronze Duke of Ed (Finished Year 9 Sem 1) onto Silver right now
- Business and Investment Club
- Music (Percussion and Piano) for about 5 years. Roughly Grade 6-7 level for both
- School Band/Orchestra (Percussion)
- DaVinici Decathlon This year we did pretty decent. We came 1st Science (Wasn't my subject). But in mine specifically Maths and Cartography we came 9th and 15th respectively. Overall 13th.
Hobby:
I also self-taught myself 4 coding languages. I make game assets for a few platforms and websites for promoting such assets and have generated roughly 2k in revenue and collaborated with studios in the USA and Canada. I really don't think they will take this into consideration, but I just wanted to show my intent to pursue many things around my school life.
Thoughts:
I've ranted on for quite a bit but I really don't want to miss anything, in hindsight I don't expect much to be honest with the limited places for my application Year (10), and my "not-amazing" results for the test, but might as well ask for some input. I'm not too concerned about whether I make it or not, as I seem to be performing well in my current school.