yeah maybe the other people who got in or know about it maybe be able to help,
@clockiework @Smartboiiii @aaliya yeah sorry if I tagged the wrong people

mb guys im prolly so late, but basically when i applied this yr to 1. syd tech 2. hurlstone 3. mac fields, im pretty sure for these type schools order does matter since a kid in my grade at tuition, he got into hurlstone which he ranked pref. 1 even tho he got same hast bands as me, and i got rejected from hurlstone, i made it to sydney tech, but that could be bcuz more vacancies, although come to think of it , i swear i heard everyone getting into hurlstone, like one in every 4 hast kids in my area (random statistic i made up) got into hurlstone.. and
@Smartboiiii said he got rejected from syd tech cuz he ranked it 3rd, im not sure about top ranked schools (or mainly edutest schools), but i think they care a lot more about ECs too, also since none of the top ranked schools use HAST, its hard to tell, but i think for hast schools pref. might matter subtly.