Lowest ATARs at selective/private schools.

[werdna]

MHS might be selective but they're still public and thus don't have the incentives that private schools offer.

Third'd.  From what I hear, MacRob has the same sort of problem on the whole.

Confirmed. I've heard some teachers who've used teaching at a selective school for a year as a stepping stone to move to private schools.

Funny that.. a relatively young Biology teacher (in her 20s) taught at my school (public school) for a year and then got a job at Haileybury.

[Menang]

MHS might be selective but they're still public and thus don't have the incentives that private schools offer.

Third'd.  From what I hear, MacRob has the same sort of problem on the whole.

Confirmed. I've heard some teachers who've used teaching at a selective school for a year as a stepping stone to move to private schools.

Funny that.. a relatively young Biology teacher (in her 20s) taught at my school (public school) for a year and then got a job at Haileybury.

Haha, a young(ish) science teacher moved from Haileybury to Mac.Rob, too. I think she's a chem/bio teacher.

Yeah, there's definitely a few teachers that have left macrob went on to teach in private schools. We have a mix of really great, really horrible and average teachers just like any other public school, I think the entrance exams do play a large part in the success of selective schools.

[werdna]

Is her name Ms Ellis?

[Menang]

Is her name Ms Ellis?

Nope. I think it's a different one, since the teacher you know moved into Haileybury, and the one I know moved out.

[superstar1]

my school, is a private school and i wouldnt say it is really good.

[azngirl456]

MHS might be selective but they're still public and thus don't have the incentives that private schools offer.

Third'd.  From what I hear, MacRob has the same sort of problem on the whole.

Confirmed. I've heard some teachers who've used teaching at a selective school for a year as a stepping stone to move to private schools.

Funny that.. a relatively young Biology teacher (in her 20s) taught at my school (public school) for a year and then got a job at Haileybury.

Haha, a young(ish) science teacher moved from Haileybury to Mac.Rob, too. I think she's a chem/bio teacher.

Yeah, there's definitely a few teachers that have left macrob went on to teach in private schools. We have a mix of really great, really horrible and average teachers just like any other public school, I think the entrance exams do play a large part in the success of selective schools.

Haha, the same can be said about the other youngish science teacher who moved from ruyton girls to Mac.Rob and teaches bio/chem and general science.

[shinny]

One of the 2010 MacRob 99.95-ers got in through principal's discretion.

Seems like you're following the trend

Heh, I got let in second round as well. Got cut out by the 3% rule.

[ariawuu]

MHS might be selective but they're still public and thus don't have the incentives that private schools offer.

Third'd.  From what I hear, MacRob has the same sort of problem on the whole.

Confirmed. I've heard some teachers who've used teaching at a selective school for a year as a stepping stone to move to private schools.

Funny that.. a relatively young Biology teacher (in her 20s) taught at my school (public school) for a year and then got a job at Haileybury.

Haha, a young(ish) science teacher moved from Haileybury to Mac.Rob, too. I think she's a chem/bio teacher.

Yeah, there's definitely a few teachers that have left macrob went on to teach in private schools. We have a mix of really great, really horrible and average teachers just like any other public school, I think the entrance exams do play a large part in the success of selective schools.

of course ...

[Bonifacio]

I did explicitly state that a 70-90 at a 'select-entry' school is low but in the larger scale of things, yes it's "freaking good". And yes, the test does 'something', I was merely implying it doesn't do 'enough' in selecting 'select' students.

I think there's a misinterpretation. I'm not saying MHS kids do well just because of students/tutor, I'm saying it's because of these two factors (students moreso and I concede also due to natural talent) - not teachers, because this all arose since people think MHS has all good teachers.

What natural talent is involved in the selection process?

[iNerd]

I did explicitly state that a 70-90 at a 'select-entry' school is low but in the larger scale of things, yes it's "freaking good". And yes, the test does 'something', I was merely implying it doesn't do 'enough' in selecting 'select' students.

I think there's a misinterpretation. I'm not saying MHS kids do well just because of students/tutor, I'm saying it's because of these two factors (students moreso and I concede also due to natural talent) - not teachers, because this all arose since people think MHS has all good teachers.

What natural talent is involved in the selection process?

Lol? MHS kids do well in their VCE - I didn't mention natural talent with the selection process.

[rebeckab]

I go to a private rural school, and copied from the website:

99+  5 students   4.54% in top 1% of the State
95+  19 students   17.27% in top 5% of the State
90+  39 students   35.45% in top 10% of the State
80+  72 students   65.45% in top 20% of the State
70+  87 students   79.10% in top 30% of the State
60+  100 students  90.91% in top 40% of the State
50+  107 students  97.27% in top 50% of State

And we had 110 kids, so we had three below 50. Pretty decent though, 35% in the top 10%.. Especially for a non-selective school..

[Ghost!]

I go to a private rural school, and copied from the website:

99+  5 students   4.54% in top 1% of the State
95+  19 students   17.27% in top 5% of the State
90+  39 students   35.45% in top 10% of the State
80+  72 students   65.45% in top 20% of the State
70+  87 students   79.10% in top 30% of the State
60+  100 students  90.91% in top 40% of the State
50+  107 students  97.27% in top 50% of State

And we had 110 kids, so we had three below 50. Pretty decent though, 35% in the top 10%.. Especially for a non-selective school..

That certainly is impressive.

[dickslaya42]

Stefan Martin is a nobody.

Luke Ball pulled off a 98.8 and got 2nd pick in a draft. That's somewhat impressive.

As you were saying?

[Syndicate]

As you were saying?

Did you notice that message is more than 5 years old? XD