Selective school year 9 scores

[appleandbee]

verbal: AA
numerical: HA
reading: SUP
maths: A
persuasive: HA
creative: HA
didn't get in my first preference was macrob and second was suzanne cory.
my friend got:
verbal: AA
numerical: HA
reading: SUP
maths: A
persuasive: HA
creative: A
she had the same preferences as me and got accepted into suzanne cory. not to come off as entitled (lol), but anyone know why?

Maybe your friend has equity like if her parents have a low-income earners health care card (nothing against it, I did as well).

[Servillian]

verbal: AA
numerical: HA
reading: SUP
maths: A
persuasive: HA
creative: HA
didn't get in my first preference was macrob and second was suzanne cory.
my friend got:
verbal: AA
numerical: HA
reading: SUP
maths: A
persuasive: HA
creative: A
she had the same preferences as me and got accepted into suzanne cory. not to come off as entitled (lol), but anyone know why?

You did better than her :/
If you’re in the same school then I don’t know.
But if you’re in different schools then that’s the answer

Edit: It may be that she got higher marks than you. Say, in reading you got 43/50 and she got 50/50.

[napkin101]

verbal: AA
numerical: HA
reading: SUP
maths: A
persuasive: HA
creative: HA
didn't get in my first preference was macrob and second was suzanne cory.
my friend got:
verbal: AA
numerical: HA
reading: SUP
maths: A
persuasive: HA
creative: A
she had the same preferences as me and got accepted into suzanne cory. not to come off as entitled (lol), but anyone know why?

depends on the number of people in your cohort compared to her cohort and the number of people who got accepted from your cohort compared to yours. Remember only a maximum of 5% of a school's cohort can be accepted. Bad luck, but maybe you can try out next year?

[superdf]

2 Superior is not always better than 1 Superior + 1 Above Average .
1% is Sup,11% is also sup ,the difference is big.

[ImAdit]

PeachyPink, it’s because there are less spots for macrob, and tougher competition

[averageroger]

I honestly don't know how I got in???

Verbal reasoning-Above Average
Numerical reasoning-Superior
Reading Comprehehsion-Above Average
Mathmatics-Above Average
Persuasive Expression-Average (Completely effed this one up...)
Creative Expression-High Average

Maybe I was like 1 question away from getting Superiors for my above averages lolol but idk

edit: Just in case anyone's wondering, I got a first round offer at Suzanne then a PD to Macrob and a late offer at Macrob

Congrats on getting the offer. How does the late offer thing work ?

[HappyMe]

I honestly don't know how I got in???

Verbal reasoning-Above Average
Numerical reasoning-Superior
Reading Comprehehsion-Above Average
Mathmatics-Above Average
Persuasive Expression-Average (Completely effed this one up...)
Creative Expression-High Average

Maybe I was like 1 question away from getting Superiors for my above averages lolol but idk

edit: Just in case anyone's wondering, I got a first round offer at Suzanne then a PD to Macrob and a late offer at Macrob

WHOAAA LUCKYY!!! GOOD JOB!

[academiic]

WHOAAA LUCKYY!!! GOOD JOB!

Very... Congratulationss

[rakshanaraj06]

The scores seem to vary a lot and that is very surprising.
I just have a few questions
1. I go to a grammar school so how much superiors approx do i need to get a offer into Suzanne Cory or MacRob (around 15-20 ppl trying out aprox. I think)
2. If you get 2 superiors for maybe reading comprehension and numerical reasoning, HA for 2 and then 1 AA or A , does that stand a good chance? Or maybe 1 superior, 3 HA and 1 A?
3. Does anyone that got in last year have any tips for me? Basically tricks and how to not stress lol cause I would probably stress out heaps on the day.

Thanks

[lacitam]

The scores seem to vary a lot and that is very surprising.
I just have a few questions
1. I go to a grammar school so how much superiors approx do i need to get a offer into Suzanne Cory or MacRob (around 15-20 ppl trying out aprox. I think)
2. If you get 2 superiors for maybe reading comprehension and numerical reasoning, HA for 2 and then 1 AA or A , does that stand a good chance? Or maybe 1 superior, 3 HA and 1 A?
3. Does anyone that got in last year have any tips for me? Basically tricks and how to not stress lol cause I would probably stress out heaps on the day.

Thanks

The more competitive the school, the harder it is to get a spot.
Usually private schools are regarded as 'good' schools, so the judges who mark your tests look at how good your school is, and will determine if you get a place.

For reference, I had a good friend who went to Scotch College, and he got 5 superiors but didn't get in, whereas I went to a pretty low scoring school and I got in with only 1 superior (it was also competitive).

My tip for exam day is to not always look at the clock. You're wasting a bit of time every time you look. I'd probably look every 10 questions done to see where I'm heading to.

[rakshanaraj06]

yeah thank you
Have u done the exam before? You seem pretty experienced

[lacitam]

yeah thank you
Have u done the exam before? You seem pretty experienced

Yep. Read the part in my previous post where I said I got in

[StudyFREAK]

Would I get into MHS with these scores:
Maths: Sup
Writing: Sup
Verbal Reasoning: HA
Numerical Reasoning: AA
Reading Comprehension: A

These aren't really my scores, I was just wondering whether I would get in, especially with the new writing system.
If you are wondering, I go to a grammar school and I think like 5-8 people are participating.

[SomeGuy101]

Hello StudyFREAK
I got in with four superiors but a friend of mine got in with 2 superiors and a below average in the writings. Although he didn't get a first round offer but he did get an offer a few months later.
I hope this helped.

[blackcocoa]

Hi guys, I did it last year. As far as I know:

You need to get over two hurdles: your overall mark needs to reach a certain minimum (varies year to year) and you also need to be better than some of the exam-goers from your school (if there are more than 5% of the year level sitting the exam). The first hurdle is not too bad and the second greatly depends on the school.

As someone already said, two Sups are not necessarily better than a sup and a AA: like, 90 + 90 vs 99 + 88.

As such, questions asking about how a certain result would fare will NOT have accurate / meaningful answers.

For argument sake, if a school has a yr8 cohort of 100, while six students sat the selective school exam and all scored 6 Sups - then there would be someone missing out even with 6 sups.

Of course, in most real world scenarios things are not so extreme at all. The common consensus on this sub (at least from what I read) was multiple S and AA while without any A were good marks.

There could be gender difference as well. I think there are considerable more boy places than girls, though there were also more boys applying / sitting the exam. Maybe overall it is still favouriting boys?