Year 10 Melbourne High School Admission

[christiancheng]

Hello, I am going to be taking the Melbourne High School test in June and was wondering what I needed to revise. I currently do not live in Australia so I am not so sure of what will be tested. Does anyone have any advise of how to write the why this school essay?

I also want to focus more on my writing so I will be writing a new essay, alternating from analytical to creative. I would greatly appreciate it if you could share with me some topics I should write about.

I will post my essays daily and some constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You 

[Sil]

Hi Christian,
Check out this thread created by Pi that will contain tips to assist on your writing, as well as other preparation things that you can do - Useful links and posts regarding select-entry school tests
If you aren't sure, the examination isn't only consisting of an essay or two, but rather there are 4 (I think?) other exams with the topics of Verbal Reasoning, Mathematics, Numerical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension (well these were the topics for the Year 8 -> 9 Examination anyway. Also keep in mind that you should be given two separate essay papers; one on Analytical Writing and one on Creative Writing. You won't be given one paper where you have to alternate between analytical and creative writing
I have sat for exams run by the same company that runs the MHS exams (Edutest) and the essays generally aren't hard to write. The prompts for a creative piece are fairly easy to understand and write about, and with an analytical piece, the article or segment of writing that you are provided to read and write on generally isn't 'hard', from my experiences anyway.
As for finding essay prompts to base your writing upon, simply Google "essay prompts" or something along the lines of, and you should be able to find lists and such that you can pick from to start writing
Good luck studying!

[Sil]

This link is also helpful too - Last minute tips for the selective school exams