2026 Year 10 Entry for JMSS Tips & Resources

;) Oh ok, all the best for your success!

Hi StudyKing, I’d make the assumption you know what the test is comprised of already so I don’t think I need to go through that. But, for majority of the test it is just your logical understanding of the question. For instance, the science reasoning test had many questions like this, such as “ which fossil is the oldest” and it would display 4 different fossils all with different stuff inside of them and it was up to you to logically devise an answer. Another example was it showed an animal skull and asked you what time of animal it was based on its teeth and facial formation. Questions like these kept coming up, but of course, there were balancing equations questions and stuff. Now, for the NR test, my only advice would be to take practice tests. Majority of the questions you should be able to get an answer for, but the only hard part was the time pressure. Conditioning yourself to answer questions that would take you 1-2 mins to answer and shortening that time to 30 seconds will see you most definitely secure a superior. It is a waste of time to do anything else apart from prac tests on NR imo. And for math, same thing honestly, but it is up to you if you want to study the text book and stuff, but I didn’t and obviously it ended up working out fine. Honestly, if your knowledge is comprehensive enough as is and you are passionate, you will do fine.

Hi ;) As I stated before, it is moreso the pace of which you answer the questions at. If you were to study a text book, you would understand the material a bit better, but that doesn’t guarantee you on the day of the test to do well because you may not be able to answer questions effectively and efficiently. My advice would be to do prac tests as your knowledge is probably comprehensive enough as is and the more prac tests you do, you will see what I mean. You will start to see an improvement in your results as you begin to condition yourself to the time pressure and are able to complete these questions that would normally take you 1-2 mins in half the time. So, in summary, if you were to study the text book and not do as many prac tests, this would see someone who didn’t do the text book and only prac questions do most likely better as they’re conditioned to the time pressure. I’m speaking from experience, I know kids who did that for one year straight, they were in the same position as you and ended up not getting an interview.

FifaSweat Thank you, appreciate the response. Would there be equations in science such as chemical equations for elements and other compound and chemical formulas?

StudyKing I recently just received an offer from jmss for year 10 entry, and when I did the test this year, there wasn’t much on chemical equations, but it did test you on the broader science topics that you usually learn in year 9, such as fossils, light waves, mass and weight, but the topics vary every year so I would just recommend you to thoroughly read through a year 9 science textbook to prepare for science reasoning, and definitely review the science topics that you’ve learnt since year 7-9, because they might use it for an essay topic to test your prior knowledge. For example I think one year they had an essay topic where students had to explain the difference between respiratory and circulatory system, which would have been a year 8 topic you learnt at school, so just make sure that you have a good idea of all the stuff you’ve learnt till year 9, and you’ll be fine for science reasoning. For the other science essays, it’s worth tuning into science news regularly to build up that knowledge, and it would be very helpful even for the interview. I just used abc science news and occasionally read a few articles, which helped me in the exam. However this test itself is quite easy to pass, and a lot of people who do really well on the test don’t end up getting in because they don’t prepare enough for the interview, so I would strongly advise anyone trying for jmss entry next year to work on building your cv this year, and definitely focus on getting good grades for your report and maximize your participation in any activities at school, so that you would stand out in the interview stage. (Especially like debating or science related activities would be easy to talk about during the interview). But dont stress too much for the exam because the interview is the hardest stage, so it’s definitely worth prioritizing that. Personally I went to tutoring and I found that they helped a lot with numerical reasoning and writing in particular, and they gave a lot of useful advice for the interview preparation.

If there’s any questions feel free to ask me cuz I can elaborate more on the interview

Thank you so much Tre96, will keep this on mind. Any chance of brief yr 10 science? And can you provide an example of a question on the exam. If you can remember.

Tre96 Sure, would really appreciate if you elaborate on it.

StudyKing I’ve got a document about the interview stage, are you able to give me your email so I can send it to you? There’s quite a lot of info on there that can explain the whole process and also provide tips in each stage.

Tre96 Thank you so much, appreciate the material. My gmail: jmsswot.2025@gmail.com

StudyKing Have you received the email?

Tre96 yes, tysm

Do you guys think that I should go to tutoring as I want to Jmss? if so which one? BTW do anyone of you guys have practice tests or like things that I could do that could help me.

Thanks

Smithchips I went to JAC for a lesson and did not find it helpful, you should go in for a trial class and see if it's something you can benefit from

Tre96 thanks for your sharing your tips and congrats for the offer! May I know wch tutoting you went to? thanks!

Putri41 I was the school captain for JMSS and have been tutoring for the entrance exam for several years. Last year 6/6 of my students who sat the exam received an offer and currently I have 2 spots remaining.

Feel free to send me an email at mccutcheon.cameron123@gmail.com if your interested

Any tips for interviews guys?