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Rachet123:
Wow, seems like another life time ago that I too was preparing for the MHS entrance exam!!!! It seems so minute and insignificant when compared to VCE. But if you do get into MHS- which, judging by your initiative, you will- it is an awesome place. From my experience I found Reading Comprehension and Maths quite easy, now I wasn't a particularly fast reader but I was a person that was always in the know about what was happening in the world and so didn't really have to read some of the long articles in exam. For example there was, from memory, a quite extensive article about Michael Jackson and his death- or something along those line- that i did not have to read because the questions were easily 'answerable' from the general knowledge that my brain was imbued with aout MJ and his death.
 
The Numerical Reasoning exam was harder than the maths, I don't believe I finished on time- but I did get superior- just practice identifying patterns(something that may come in handy if your considering doing the UMAT) and learn to problem solve.

For Verbal reasoning just follow Sach1_K, a competent vocabulary is quite useful, plus remember to use Venn diagrams for the Bib, bob, bab (I don't know what exactly these are called) questions.

Finally for the essays, make sure you spend time planning especially your analytical; don't just start as soon as you are given the exam. As for the Creative(which I didn't get a superior for) make sure you don't just rewrite a per conceived essay, a mistake that I made when deciding to use an essay that I scored highly in at tutor for but had no solid connection to the prompts given.

Overall I reckon you'll be ok, and remember there are more schools now Nossal, Suzanne and the number of candidates sitting the exam have decline over the years. I remember when Sach1_K and I did the exam over 5000 people sat it, we even made the news!!

Good luck ;D

ab10120:
Rachet123, thanks for the tips, I'm doing the most of the stuff you said, except the Venn Diagram thing, I should get into habit of doing that! :). Unfortunetly I live 40KM away from Nossal and even more from Suzan Cory, so my only option is MHS!

pi:

--- Quote from: ab10120 on May 05, 2013, 05:36:41 pm ---Rachet123, thanks for the tips, I'm doing the most of the stuff you said, except the Venn Diagram thing, I should get into habit of doing that! :). Unfortunetly I live 40KM away from Nossal and even more from Suzan Cory, so my only option is MHS!

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Haha, I lived ~40km from MHS by train, distance isn't a barrier if you want to go somewhere :)

ab10120:
You're right Pi and thanks for the useful links you posted, all I need now is a criteria list,I have learnt a lot, now I'm just doing hardcore revision and trying to find the stuff that I need to learn more about, so this a question open for all to answer, 'what did you find most difficult in the MHS, Nossal, Suzan Cory, Mac.Rob test?'

Wish me Luck!!:p

Shenz0r:
I found the writing tasks the most difficult. Planning and writing a good text within 15 mins was not something that played to my strength...

Of course this was like 5 years ago, but I guess it's the first "big" exam you kinda go to in your life. It's a bit nerve-racking but just focus on doing your best.

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