JMSS Entry For 2018

[mi-xao-14]

not a single person came from my school even tho i told ppl in my grade to apply nice

Lol, lucky. Don't fail the interview as well!

[quinn_03]

not a single person came from my school even tho i told ppl in my grade to apply nice

haha well that's better for you isnt it? less competition.

[mi-xao-14]

haha well that's better for you isnt it? less competition.

I wish... 

Well, I was gonna hide myself from girls from my school, who were going for JMSS, but... No point. They already saw me. -_-

[Mewfle]

woah did you count the words??? i wrote full 2 pages for both essays, wbu gyuys?

Haha no xD I just estimated because I write about 11 words per line and I had nothing to do so I counted the lines heh...

ouch...... surprise surprise, i saw 2 people from my school there. this is going to be tougher than i thought...

Which school do you even go to?

[quinn_03]

Haha no xD I just estimated because I write about 11 words per line and I had nothing to do so I counted the lines heh...
Which school do you even go to?

wheelers hill sc. it's a blip. wbu?

[mi-xao-14]

Haha no xD I just estimated because I write about 11 words per line and I had nothing to do so I counted the lines heh...
Which school do you even go to?

Are you asking all of us? (I don't want to answer it at the wrong time).

[turtlethekat123]

The math was really easy compared to selectives oml. I finsihed both math and numerical. feels good

[mi-xao-14]

The math was really easy compared to selectives oml. I finsihed both math and numerical. feels good

I agree. Probably because we got used to it (that was my case)

[Shadestache]

I'm kinda late but oh well :')

The tests were actually pretty easy. For anyone trying out next year, you don't really have to go overboard with studying a lot of scientific content. Just try the practice tests and understand most of the Year 9 and 8 maths topics.

For the prac, you just needed to write a discussion and answer the questions given to you. The scientific essay took me by surprise XD Was not expecting it at all. But there has been a trend with environmental topics when it comes to essays, so I dunno. Just something to look out for.

[quinn_03]

I'm kinda late but oh well :')

The tests were actually pretty easy. For anyone trying out next year, you don't really have to go overboard with studying a lot of scientific content. Just try the practice tests and understand most of the Year 9 and 8 maths topics.

For the prac, you just needed to write a discussion and answer the questions given to you. The scientific essay took me by surprise XD Was not expecting it at all. But there has been a trend with environmental topics when it comes to essays, so I dunno. Just something to look out for.

yeah i should have thought of global warming.  low average here i come........
also, does anybody know how much school fees are at jm??

[Shadestache]

I mean, you could have drawn a diagram that related to global warming. But it probably would have been better to draw one about the water getting contaminated/dirtied or stormwater drains and creek.

[emonerd]

Is it still possible to get an interview if you get a low average? I'm hyperventilating feel like I got so many wrong in science and numerical but I think I did alright in the essays and maths. I guessed maybe 6 in maths because of the time restraints ... :/

[Drag0Nn]

yeah i should have thought of global warming.  low average here i come........
also, does anybody know how much school fees are at jm??

http://jmss.snapdev.com.au/news/15589/fees-and-other-costs/?meu=4

[mi-xao-14]

I'm kinda late but oh well :')

The tests were actually pretty easy. For anyone trying out next year, you don't really have to go overboard with studying a lot of scientific content. Just try the practice tests and understand most of the Year 9 and 8 maths topics.

For the prac, you just needed to write a discussion and answer the questions given to you. The scientific essay took me by surprise XD Was not expecting it at all. But there has been a trend with environmental topics when it comes to essays, so I dunno. Just something to look out for.

I would recommend you to practise writing essays. My tutor suggested me to do GAT (General Achievement Test), and pick a topic that involves science. I suggest you to do the 2013 and 2016 as they contain scientific contents. In writing (essay, not the prac), it states the topic, and it also provides some information that you should include in your writing (I don't think that I did well for it because I struggled to write intro and linking sentences for each body paragraph (TEEL). Idk if we do the TEEL structure because it wasn't a persuasive nor discussion, but it was a report). Also, for the math and numerical reasoning tests, they also cover year 10. When we did these two tests, they pretty much had the same type of questions as in the selective high school exam.

For those who went for the selective high school, the JMSS test was easier than the selective one. idk if it has happened to you guys, but after I finished the exam, I wasn't tired at all, and idk why, lol.

[mi-xao-14]

I mean, you could have drawn a diagram that related to global warming. But it probably would have been better to draw one about the water getting contaminated/dirtied or stormwater drains and creek.

Great... I did not know that...