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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #30 on: January 11, 2010, 06:21:10 pm »
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They start at year 9 and go through to year 12.
i thought mcrob was from 7-12
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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #31 on: January 11, 2010, 09:13:30 pm »
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I go to Melbourne High and I would definitely have missed out on a lot of things if I stayed at my local public school. For instance, the students I met there were very inspirational and influences you to do your best. I've heard many times from friends that they use to get A+ at their old school without trying, and now they study for hours and only get a C since the standard is far higher. Extra curriculum is also brilliant, with lots of strange interest groups (nintendo club, barbershop club, heritage, breakdancing, political interest group etc.) It also has a very dedicated old boy community such as voluntary career advice seminars, mentoring and sport coaches. Teachers there are like most schools, but on the first day, a teacher told us that most of the teaching would be done by our fellow peers. He was definitely spot on about his classes, he was lazy and just sat in his chair reading the newspaper while we did work. :P

From what I remember, there's a few crucial things you need to know. For maths, the Pythagoras theorem and basic trig questions are in there every year and you'll definitely lose marks if you don't know them. Other things include x^0 always equals to 1. 

They allow you 15 minutes to write an essay, which is very limited time so you need to plan your story fast. One of the prompts includes 4 pictures, where you need to write a creative story which involves 3 of the 4 pictures. I remember in the exam, I pretty much planned my entire story in 15 seconds. Since it's creative, you can make it as crazy as you want. My pictures were: a ladder, bridge, car. My story was a thief speeds through the highway on a car, enters a bridge, gets cornered from both sides by police, gets out of the car, climbs a ladder to the top of the bridge and jumps off into the river (his body was never found). You can fill in the details as you write. For instance, I didn't think of the conclusion until the final minute or two.

It's much easier for the bunch of yr 9s coming into the schools this year, they've increased the % of students accepted from each school from 3% to 5% since they're building two new selective schools. Good luck to anyone taking the test in the future

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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #32 on: January 11, 2010, 10:08:24 pm »
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Omg...Nintendo club, barbershop club...what else is there?
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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #33 on: January 11, 2010, 10:13:57 pm »
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Omg...Nintendo club, barbershop club...what else is there?

Anime club, Strategy Club (those weird tabletop thingys). There was an attempted Tekken Club as well but I don't think that kept going.

Basically you can make any club you want.
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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #34 on: January 11, 2010, 10:18:44 pm »
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lol wat is exactly is the point of all these clubs?
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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #35 on: January 11, 2010, 10:19:25 pm »
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To explore one's passions.
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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #36 on: January 11, 2010, 10:20:50 pm »
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i see :P
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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #37 on: May 12, 2010, 08:32:18 pm »
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wow, this yr its going to be about 7000 pplz entering, or so i heard. on practice exams i saw that there were easier stuff at the back of the maths part. dont be scared of the d)None of the above answers, sometimes they are they are the right one.

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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #38 on: May 12, 2010, 08:40:33 pm »
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Good luck to all the kids trying out! Mac.Rob and MHS are genuinely good schools, but if you don't get in, don't fret... you can still get a great education elsewhere :)

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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #39 on: May 13, 2010, 08:29:05 pm »
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Go to a bad school hahahahha

more chance of getting in :)

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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2010, 06:23:44 pm »
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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #41 on: May 15, 2010, 07:03:24 pm »
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You from Mac.Rob or MHS?

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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #42 on: May 15, 2010, 09:50:34 pm »
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Just wondering, doesn't it take really long to travel to and from school if you don't stay near the city?

oh yes.

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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #43 on: May 15, 2010, 09:58:28 pm »
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You get used to it.

... or you're chronically late like half the cohort.

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Re: how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
« Reply #44 on: May 15, 2010, 10:08:33 pm »
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What time does school end??? I always see kids from MHS getting home at the same time as me even though my school is about 20 mins away driving, while MHS is about an hour away driving :S