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i was preparing for roughly 4-5 months before but the last month was especially when i put all my focus into HAST i just kept telling myself that this was my last chance haha
hey @shaunakkk for selective specialist for how long did u use their tutoring 4 n what courses did u take to get into girra btw?
 

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I used their tuition for about 3 terms and used their hast term courses along with their holiday courses
so started using their tutiton 4 hast n edutest (together from the start or what?) since this yrs t1 right ?
 

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im not a transfer, but at that late stage, it could be beneficial or bad for you. a few transfers have done well in ruse so in that aspect its wroth it, but there are transfers who have found it difficult to adjust to the competition and therefore it was bad. if you're average in your school, you might have a hard time in ruse, but in saying that, I don't think its too late to keep trying. if your school is really not great or providing great competition for you, then there's no harm in trying out for year 11 entry. you could find it better in your new school you might not be friends with the entire grade but you have other transfer friends to be friends with, so its not bad in that aspect either.
 

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maybe you could give the tutoring another try, and do it the full year round
 

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so started using their tutiton 4 hast n edutest (together from the start or what?) since this yrs t1 right ?
yes t1 but only for hast though as I found that my overall portfolio was too incompetent for baulko admission, I will do it next t year
 

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im not a transfer, but at that late stage, it could be beneficial or bad for you. a few transfers have done well in ruse so in that aspect its wroth it, but there are transfers who have found it difficult to adjust to the competition and therefore it was bad. if you're average in your school, you might have a hard time in ruse, but in saying that, I don't think its too late to keep trying. if your school is really not great or providing great competition for you, then there's no harm in trying out for year 11 entry. you could find it better in your new school you might not be friends with the entire grade but you have other transfer friends to be friends with, so its not bad in that aspect either.
i thought it was a bad idea but when u n selective specialist said this i find it ez cuz im in top ten in my skl so its gonna be fine n i get wym
 

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I think this is very true, it really depends on the student. I remember when I transferred into NSB a couple of us did a lot better(got ATAR 99.50+) whilst others didn't do as well. But I think the environment would be better since you can basically learn from the smartest students in the state. At least that's how I found it.
do you know how many seats there are for nsb/sbhs/normo/fortst entry into year 11?
 

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Wait did baulko accept a whole class this year for year 9 entry?
 
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I think this is very true, it really depends on the student. I remember when I transferred into NSB a couple of us did a lot better(got ATAR 99.50+) whilst others didn't do as well. But I think the environment would be better since you can basically learn from the smartest students in the state. At least that's how I found it.
How many people are usually in the reserve list for girraween entry 10
 

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did anyone get into hurlstone agricultural(y10 moving to y11). i got an offer and was wondering how many people got one as well.
 

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Has anyone here gotten accepted or transfered into Penrith, Girraween or baulkham hills for year 9 entry?
 

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Normanhurst Boys mentions on there website they open a class of 15 students.

Fortstreet from memory also opens a class for Year 11 entry around 15 to 20 students.

Sydney Boys usually has around 6 spots.
do u know how many for sydney tech/hurlstone/mac fields, i applied to those 3 schools in that order (from 1st to 3rd), and i got an interview from tech, where i got reserved, nothing back from hurlstone yet, and also waitlist for mac fields. my hast bands were top 15% reading, top of middle 50% for maths, top 10% writing, but bottom 15% abstract (this section was highly predictable so super cutthroat), overall total bottom of top 15% ... so do u think i have a chance of getting in if spots open up at tech (i really wanna go there) later next term, im so nervous since they dont give out ur reserve ranks, all they say is youre on the reserve list
 

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Hey everyone! Does any1 know whether Hurlstone prioritises the hast results more or reports (alongside extracurriculars)?
 

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