Hiiii,
So, im preparing for the selective schools test and trying for entry into 2022.
I was wondering what tuitions i should go to.
A lot of people are saying you don't even need tuitions and others are recommending JAC, Hendersons or Edu Kingdom.
Would anyone who has done the test be able to recommend some tuitons?
I'm thinking of going to Hendersons but it's like so friggin expensive and i don't want my parents to spend all that money when i may not even get in. Also, i do have some of the Hendersons material from my older sibling who went when they were younger. The material is quite good. Is Hendersons worth going to if you already have the material?
Would really appreciate any help!!
Please share your throughts and experiencessss x
hellooo! i took the entrance test in 2019 and received an offer to nossal so i think my opinion could be valid o.o
i took tutoring at spectrum tuition and left after 2 months then proceeded tutoring with the VIE selective entry course.
from my personal experience, i’d say the VIE course was very insightful.
- they taught about time management, using logic to quickly estimate, the types of questions on the exam and how to prepare for each segment of the exam. there was a 10q quiz for every subject (except writing of course) every lesson and there are of course workbooks with questions that are very similar to the exam, the course is very content hevay and requires you to complete A LOT of homework but it was very useful depending on how you handle it. unfortunately the math material was a lot easier than the actual exam because for some reason the examiners decided to make the math exam 10x harder than what it was the previous year so i kind of bombed the math exam LOL.
im not sure if you know about how VIE tuition works but basically you would have to take an entrance exam to see how high your academic level is to be able to even get tutored there, the exam is usually in April and you can apply online. basically the higher your academic level is the less expensive it would be xD. so for example, you take the exam for VIE and get higher than a 60% average on your exam, you would then get categorised in group A, the tuition fee is $700 for all groups but if you don’t get an offer and you’re in group A they give you all your money back! (group B would get 50% of their money back and group C would get 33%). sorry I couldn’t be much help to you asking if you should go to hendersons, but personally this course really helped me out.
edit: the course is called ICP i forgot to mention that whoops
Overall, if you’re a self driven and independent person with high motivation, i wouldn’t recommend tutoring. there are many threads on here that have the material you might need to study for the exam, it might be easier for some to study by themselves and memorise material in their own time. but overall it’s up to you. (i’m sorry if this wasn't useful haha i’m not really good with words)
good luck!