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Do you guys think practicing with other ACER tests (like acer scholarship and UMAT) will help me with HAST because they're from the same organization? Or is the HAST completely different from other ACER tests?
 

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Do you guys think practicing with other ACER tests (like acer scholarship and UMAT) will help me with HAST because they're from the same organization? Or is the HAST completely different from other ACER tests?
yep ucat question(if u want to extra prep) n acer scholarship from the zee (if u have the folder w u) or girraween page cuz questions came from they literally ( the girra acer scholarship tests)
 

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yep ucat question(if u want to extra prep) n acer scholarship from the zee (if u have the folder w u) or girraween page cuz questions came from they literally ( the girra acer scholarship tests)
Ok thanks. Can you pls send me the zee folder?? I can't find it..
 

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Hey guys im kinda stuck rn 😅

(im doing year 10 entry next year)

So this year I failed entry for my 3 schools and had an overall hast mark of top 30-35%. I want to go to a school that’s strong in physics, Chem and math mainly cause I’m gonna pick them for hsc

A few of my friends suggested Penrith because it’s a new class and it’s ranked higher than Girraween but honestly I have no clue where I want to go. After year 10 entry, if I don’t make any school I’ll just stick to my current school cause I heard year 11 entry is easy but also challenging to adapt to the new school and make new friends.

Any help would be appreciated :)
 

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Hey guys im kinda stuck rn 😅

(im doing year 10 entry next year)

So this year I failed entry for my 3 schools and had an overall hast mark of top 30-35%. I want to go to a school that’s strong in physics, Chem and math mainly cause I’m gonna pick them for hsc

A few of my friends suggested Penrith because it’s a new class and it’s ranked higher than Girraween but honestly I have no clue where I want to go. After year 10 entry, if I don’t make any school I’ll just stick to my current school cause I heard year 11 entry is easy but also challenging to adapt to the new school and make new friends.

Any help would be appreciated :)
tbh any of the top schools like nsb, nsg, ruse, baulko, sb and even girra and penrith are good options. tbf idk if theres much of a diff between penrith and girra, but i have more friends in girra. if u wanna look at subject specific school rankings, look at 342hsc.vercel.app
 

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tbh any of the top schools like nsb, nsg, ruse, baulko, sb and even girra and penrith are good options. tbf idk if theres much of a diff between penrith and girra, but i have more friends in girra. if u wanna look at subject specific school rankings, look at 342hsc.vercel.app
Thanks for the website 🙏 gave me a ton of insight

Andddd it looks like penrith is better than girraween for me with the subjects I want (somehow)
 

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no ruse would be a popular choice for like the top 10-20 ranked schools. Whilst Baulkho is a popular choice for even like 20+ ranked schools as well as <20 ranked schools. Also it depends on the year. There could be more for ruse in year 9 entry, but I mean given what schools everyone tries to transfer to, it usually is baulkho and then ruse
Are you saying that if the applicant's current school is not within top 20, regardless of how excellent edutest result she/he gets, it's an auto reject from Ruse?
 

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Are you saying that if the applicant's current school is not within top 20, regardless of how excellent edutest result she/he gets, it's an auto reject from Ruse?
That's not true, there were quite a few people at orientation day who weren't from top 20s. One was from an unranked school
 

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Does anyone know if ruse, girra and penrith are biased based on what preference you put their school for yr 9 entry? Idk what school to put as 3rd pref, because if I end up getting rlly good HAST or edutest results, do you think they might reject me because I didn’t put them as first pref?
 

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Are you saying that if the applicant's current school is not within top 20, regardless of how excellent edutest result she/he gets, it's an auto reject from Ruse?
I’m pretty sure it says on the James Ruse website that the first thing they consider when determining who gets in, is edutest results.
 

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Does anyone know if ruse, girra and penrith are biased based on what preference you put their school for yr 9 entry? Idk what school to put as 3 pref, because if I end up getting rlly good HAST or edutest results, do you think they might reject me because I didn’t put them as first pref?
Ik 2 people who got in who put ruse as second choice. I don't think they care that much about it
 

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I just like yapping lol. Plus this site is unblocked on school wifi
Oh yeah it’s unblocked LOL
I used to go library at lunch and read some forums but now our year 12s are doing hsc so they have priority to the desktops
Also I’m online on discord basically everyday now cause I finally fixed my video game addiction and I feel sooooo good :))
 

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