bro Sierra getting into a selective school doesn't mean you are really that smart in terms of what vce and school seeks in day to day like, i know kids that are really smart in my class and didn't get in bc they weren't as good at this stuff, in the end, while in vce, you will need to do essays, passage analysis for english, not finding the synonyms of words, and you'll be doing integrrals and Iim in maths, not numerical reasoning, please stop stressing because you didn't get in. Listen, being at a sehs might be a slight advantage but that doesn't magically boost your atar in year 12. All selective schools are good schools but just because you might perceive of these as alpha and omega, don't put your school in second place. Yes these schools are good, yes they bring the best out of you, but what they can't guarantee is your future, your occupation, your life, your atar, your future family. You can do so poorly in a selective school yet people on the outside will think you are a genius, yet if you go to a trash school and you're the smartest in your school and smarter than most in victoria, people will disregard you. So while selective schools are great for those that get in just don't stress if you don't get in, it really isn't the be all and end all. Also if your parents are disappointed in you i don't think that's very good because a) that shows that it was their idea not your's and in a way a certain tyranny over you, and b) if they are forcing you then in the end you won't enjoy it (this may not be true what i said but yea). Selective schools are ranked high because its a cheat code, all the smart students obviously want to study in these schools, thus they gather all the smart kids, that's why its ranked so high. If i opened a high school named "Yay College", and i brought in the best professors and scientists in the world to teach students, then obviously it would be a high ranked school. Getting my drift?? So, don't worry if you didn't get in, VCE is the main goal, that is what determines your future pathways, not whether you get into a SEHS or not.

      MMHS thank you so much i really needed that. but they didnt get mad i just felt guilty and i know that going to selective doesnt mean you will get a good atar it just feels like if i cant top my cohort then how can i do good in vce

          Sierra cohort as in everyone who tried for sehs or just your school. Also, bear in mind these sehs tests are completely different to vce so your not being accurately tested for school scenario's ig

              MMHS i mean the sehs cohort. yeah i know that vce is different but like ugh

                Sierra gurl dww, cuz all the ppl in my class who wrote this selective exam have studied for the past 2 yrs, so obviously they have to get n, they had a bunch of private tutors and stuff too. im not saying evenryone who got in had these but majority of the ppl i know did. In vce no ones gonna start preparing 2 yrs in advance, ppl will most likely have tutors but u can get one too. this is one small exam in ur life and there are much bigger things, my sister didnt get into SCHS like few years back but still managed to get 93 atar in a normal skl, cuz she had good friends and studied real hard, dw abt this and dont feel guilty at all, cuz at least u put the effort in and thats what matters, and plus theres always next yr and future rounds. I rlly hope u get in tmrww. Sorry for all this yapping lol.