• Year 7-10

  • How did you guys do for the first round of SEHS

did james an and they were moderately helpful, good with time management and he english sections, ok for nr and not good with maths

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    gooey was charlie good

        MMHS already have a pretty basic understanding of them, but i'll be sure to only try and do advanced year 8 and maybe some y9 topics. thanks for ur help

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          Yes it was good for frequent practice. We had 3 daily quizzes, around 13 online mock exams, daily tutoring classes on weekdays, Q&A class on Sunday and 2 in person mock exams.

            mhsbandar I got into macrob first round and I have a few tips. Firstly I had only 2 months to prepare but I would probably recommend preparing earlier. However, I think it's really important not to overstudy for it so as not to stress yourself out. Also, I don't think it is very important what the practice questions you are doing are on but more so whether or not they are using critical thinking skills. I did tutoring for a few weeks before the exam and this is sort of like the advice my tutor gave me. However, this is just what worked for me and it might be different for other people. Hope this helps.

                gooey Do you mean SelectEntryAccelerator or Hendersons, which one did you do and which one was helpful

                    aih how did you prepare? where did you take tutoring?

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                        Ras I went to a place in Kew called Math Minds. It's fairly new but I think there's one in Box Hill as well. As for preparing I just did lots of timed practice questions.

                          Hi, I got into the Mac.Robertson Girls' High School. I may or may not be the right person to give advice, but here it goes:

                          1. Do practice papers. I suggest doing an entire set of papers at the very start, resembling the exam. (It will help you to know how much practice you need.) You can do tests every couple of days to practice. I would also recommend doing an entire set every week to measure progress. You can find many practice papers online. In fact, I found an entire Google Drive folder containing tests from Henderson, James An, and Spectrum Tuition on this website. I can give you the link if you want.

                          2. Focus on key areas, keeping in mind that the exam won't (hopefully, because the test is quiet hard) go beyond the Year 8 curriculum. For example, if you know that you are weak in geometry, you could do questions based on that. Doing practice papers will help you identify areas where you need to focus.

                          3. Build a strong vocabulary for the Reading, Writing, and Verbal reasoning sections. In Verbal reasoning, there were questions that asked you to make an opinion/statement/argument stronger or weaker by choosing the correct option.

                          4. Do questions regarding problem solving. If you know most of the basic Year 8 arithmetics, you should focus on problem-solving. Many questions may be easy to solve, but they might be phrased in a twisted way.

                          5. Never give up. It's not like extra studying is gonna kill you.

                          Hope you get in!