Victoria year 7/8/9 gc

idk y but since i never really had anyone who got in mhs last year to tell me their sehs experience, i can share mine for u as it would've helped me a lot in getting a gauge of the test and what to do, so here goes nothing:
Day 1 of starting preparing for selective began at school, term 1, where my friend from school told me he had tutoring after school, i asked him what for, and he said to get into mhs. I had known about mhs because a family friend had gotten in 3-4 years ago, but i took this with a grain of salt. Due to bad friendships in yr 7, i sought for more in yr 8, more being better marks, friends and even a whole new school where i could thrive and feed off the positive energy to kindle a new spark for my academics. I immediately wanted to try out from that day on, i told my mother about this, James An College my friend went to, and within the next week, she got me signed up. I signed up on a Friday and started James An on the 24th of February, the next day. I struggled to say the least, with the maths component i had never really done the shading bubble kinda tests so i stuffed that up, and the reading comprehension sucked for me. I rushed it all and got somewhere in the 30% and 40% for maths and reading. I now knew that getting in was not going to be easy. I severely doubted myself.
The next week of James An comes about, similar story, i get low for both numerical and Verbal, my writing scoring decently 15/20 for both. It was now that i found out about connected class online, and started doing some of the practice tests which were easier than the ones in class. I had started learning new things, quadratic, probability, permutations and combinations which were confusing for a while. The 3rd week of james an was when i scored my first 50%+ in a test, for maths or reading i think. I was happy, knowing i made progress, but with around 12 more classes left, I had to improve big time. My writing was probably my strongest point.
I immediately started vocab practice, collecting around 300 words i didn't know and learning them, changing them from my passive vocab to using them in writing pieces, my writings were now sitting around 17-18/20. I had not scored above a 59% for another 4 classes. I had been doing some numerical practice, and honing my vr, when i went into another James An Class, this time I was in full control. I knew exactly what to do for most of the test, and for vr I also scored well, in the end getting 76% for qr and 60% for vr, from then on, scores fluctuated around the 60-80% mark, i kept at it, every day doing test after test online. Until, simulation. This is where you do all 5 tests in the same class, to simulate the real experience. I scored ok in this first one, around 50's for the maths, 78% for vr and 70 for reading. Next sim, i scored 70 smth for maths, 60 smth qr, 80 on vr and 70% for reading once again, clear that english is my strong suit, seeing as the highest score for sim 2 out of all centers was 90 (VR). Sim 3 i got 60 smth reading, 60 smth vr, 70smth maths and 60 smth qr, overall pretty poor compared to previous one. Though in sim 4 i did my best out of any test, scoring 83% reading, 80% vr, 76% qr, and 76% maths, i was quite happy with this, i probably could've scored 90's in tests but i had limited classes, most people take up the full year of tt8. The mock exam VSSE was a hit and miss for me, this was done right before Sim 1 or right after, i think it may have been the day after. I cooked in writing, reading, vr did average and maths did ok. I was disheartened, but still scored around above average/superior overall in this test.
Test day was funny actually, i had 0 nerves, i was confident with english, less with maths. It was genuinely a surreal experience, knowing it was the actual test that would decide if all this wok was for nothing. I was sure i wouldn't get in afterwards, because initially i wasn't that confident with english, seeing as sharing some of my answers, others seemed to do otherwise, but they would've scored low since i got sups in the English ones. Maths i wasn't surprised, i feel i wasn't exposed to that content enough in preparation, but luckily what i did was enough, and a month later i found out i got in, middle of French class, i was genuinely over the moon. We went out for dinner, and i knew that i had made it, my hard work payed off, and i could just focus on finishing yr 8 and cooking in mhs the next 4 years. ALSO shout out to Arnav Kadian, i made friends with his brother in TT8, his bro didn't get in sad, and neither did the initial friend who started this whole thing for me. Morale: Dont give up, doesn't matter if people have spent longer than you studying, its about using your materials to the fullest, dream big, be positive.

aru ive heard about rangers apprentice, will definitely try those out, wanting to finish the WondLa Trilogy first