Useful links and posts regarding select-entry school tests

[pi]

For MHS/Mac.Rob/etc.:

• Last minute tips by pi - Last minute tips for the selective school exams
• Good discussion here with input from many users (especially brightsky and appianway) - how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
• Tips and strategies to prep in general courtesy of pi - Re: how should i study for the melbourne high test???
• Good discussion to year 10 entry with input from many users (especially iamtom and pi) - What do I need to study to get into Melbourne High?
• Essay writing under time tips courtesy of pi - Re: How to write an analytical/creative essay in 15 mins?
• Writing a persuasive essay courtesy of Awesome Username - Guidelines For Writing A Persuasive Essay (Year 8)
• Official info from DEECD - http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/secondary/pages/selective.aspx
• Official prac papers from DEECD - http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/secondary/pages/practicetests.aspx?Redirect=1

For JMSS:

• Interview techniques with input from many users - Interview Techniques
• Official info from JMSS - http://www.jmss.vic.edu.au/jmss/2649/entrance-tests-and-applications

[IndefatigableLover]

For MHS/Mac.Rob/etc.:

• Good discussion here with input from many users (especially brightsky and appianway) - how to study to get into Melbourne High and Macrob?
• Tips and strategies to prep in general courtesy of pi - Re: how should i study for the melbourne high test???
• Good discussion to year 10 entry with input from many users (especially iamtom and pi) - What do I need to study to get into Melbourne High?
• Essay writing under time tips courtesy of pi - Re: How to write an analytical/creative essay in 15 mins?
• Official info from DEED - http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/secondary/pages/selective.aspx

For JMSS:

• One-stop guide for everything JMSS courtesy of IndefatigableLover - A Year 9's guide to the John Monash Science School Test
• Interview techniques with input from many users - Interview Techniques
• Official info form JMSS - http://www.jmss.vic.edu.au/jmss/2649/entrance-tests-and-applications

Nice job pi! Just a few typos in there (I know it's small but yeah.. >.<)
And I think you can also chuck in the Practice Test that they have for the MHS/Mac.Rob in here too: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/secondary/pages/practicetests.aspx?Redirect=1

[pi]

Oops, thanks

[Rahmaali]

http://www.khanacademy.org

this website helps heaps

[pi]

If you're going to make a helpful thread with tips and then remove the contents of it for whatever reason, can you please let mods know so we can update this thread accordingly? It has happened a couple of times over the last few years without our knowledge, and even though I'm really disappointed in those JMSS users who retracted their advice, I can't stop you but we'd appreciate if you let us know.

[Nanditha]

Hello,

i am in year 8. Can i write the year 9 JMSS exam
Please need some help 
PLS HELP

[TheAspiringDoc]

Hello,

i am in year 8. Can i write the year 9 JMSS exam
Please need some help 
PLS HELP

sorry I'm a little confused, can you rephrase the question? Are you wanting to sit the exam in year 8 or are you wanting to know if there is a writing section? (Btw there is both numerical reasoning and an essay)

[Nanditha]

sorry I'm a little confused, can you rephrase the question? Are you wanting to sit the exam in year 8 or are you wanting to know if there is a writing section? (Btw there is both numerical reasoning and an essay)

its that i want to write the exam now when i am in year 8 !
is that possible??
thanks

[Nanditha]

hello all,

i am in a fix 
i plan to write the exam for selective test
i want to become a neurosurgeon or genetic researcher
i am also aiming for JMSS
some say that nossal is best for medical career and it is also in the monash uni campus
any suggestions, opinions, personal experiences would be greatly appreciated

thanks....

[SPandey]

This is about the Macrob workload vs John Monash workload.
Which one would you consider has a worse workload?

[MayankAnand]

Hey pi, wondering if you could help me out with this.
So I got my results for Suzanne Cory and Nossal today, just had a question though. How many superiors does a person need to get in?  Any ideas? I got 3 Superiors, 2 Above averages and 1 High average. Disappointed and worried I'm not gonna get in.

Thanks,
Mayank

[TwinNerd]

sorry I know I'm not pi, but I thought i could offer you quick answer.
I think you have a pretty good chance. There isn't really a cut-off about how many superiors you need to get it. It's all about how well you did against other people who did the test and how many people in your school did better than you (5% rule)

I got into macrob with 4 superiors, some of my friends got in with 3 or 2 superiors and other people missed out with 3 superiors. It all depends on how well the people in your current school did. My sister got 2 superiors and missed out on macrob and got straight into suzanne cory. But the school that we came from were super competitive, 3 boys got into melbourne high ( two of them got 6 superiors!!!) and 3 girls got in to macrob + countless others into suzanne cory. I wouldn't stress, I honestly think you have a very good chance, if not you should most definitely get an interview at the very least.
Good Luck!

[MayankAnand]

sorry I know I'm not pi, but I thought i could offer you quick answer.
I think you have a pretty good chance. There isn't really a cut-off about how many superiors you need to get it. It's all about how well you did against other people who did the test and how many people in your school did better than you (5% rule)

I got into macrob with 4 superiors, some of my friends got in with 3 or 2 superiors and other people missed out with 3 superiors. It all depends on how well the people in your current school did. My sister got 2 superiors and missed out on macrob and got straight into suzanne cory. But the school that we came from were super competitive, 3 boys got into melbourne high ( two of them got 6 superiors!!!) and 3 girls got in to macrob + countless others into suzanne cory. I wouldn't stress, I honestly think you have a very good chance, if not you should most definitely get an interview at the very least.
Good Luck!

Thanks alot dude, you've managed to calm me down.
-Mayank

[enochappathurai]

Found this thread very useful last year, so props to everyone, especially Pi, for getting me that spot in MHS.

Didn't waste my time on tuitions that focused on repetition. Hendersons' did fine to get my theory up to scratch.

The repetition IS, however, very important. I spent hours upon hours combing through WordPress directories, PDF storage places, and all other kinds of places on the web and came back with 21.2MB choc-a-bloc full of exercises. NOTE: I do not own the copyright to any of these, so all you lawyers, please DO let me know if I'm breaking any laws here. Anyway, the folder can be found at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/selective-prep/selective-prep.github.io/master/Archive.zip.

Feel free to scan for viruses etc before you download, or just get it on an iPad and make sure it's safe. Best of luck!

[disone]

Hey guys, I got an interview into Suzzane CORY and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what sort of questions they will ask me, and what I should answer. And if it a group interview or just one on one, because they said that the interview was going to take an hour and a half long. The interview is in a few days so if anyone could answers asap that would be greatly appreciated.