Hey! Just an introduction, I have few questions and would also like to find a community of students like me 🙂

  1. What are the odds of getting into a selective high school as an overseas student, is there any disadvantage?
  2. What are some resources I could get easily online and free since unfortunately I am unable to get tutoring in Australia and wouldn’t like to burden my parents by paying high fees just for material 🙁
  3. Could any past and present students share any practice material or tips since that would be very helpful!

Would love to start talking with all of you and maybe even practice and prepare too! 😃

    Also I’m applying for y9 entry in 2026 and everyone is welcome to chat here!!!

    Wait so you are doing the ACER one right? If so, then the test in my opinion is quite hard. Like you can't find any resources online that are related to the exam. The questions are quite tricky tho, especially in numerical reasoning. I think ACER style exam is nothing you can study for but of your own skills and knowledge.

      • chxin

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        Alp🏔️ youll need to be a citizen or at least hold a greencard from what i have heard according to the year 9 selective school info book

          • chxin

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            THIS IS FROM THE BOOK THAT SAYS ALL INFO

            1. Eligibility criteria
              2.1 Eligibility
              To be eligible to apply for and attend a Selective Entry High School, students must be in their
              second year of secondary schooling or its equivalent (usually Year 8), have not previously sat the
              examination for Year 9 entry, and be:
              • an Australian citizen, or
              • a New Zealand citizen residing in Australia, or
              • holders of a visa or ImmiCard, which would exempt them from paying International Student
              Fees to attend a Victorian government school (for further information, refer to International
              Student Visa Fee Table at: www.study.vic.gov.au/en/Pages/school-accreditation.aspx and
              the ImmiCard section of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s website at:
              www.border.gov.au/Trav/Refu/Immi, or
              • able to meet the above criteria by the time the offers process commences.
              Students attending government and non-government schools, as well as home-schooled students,
              are eligible to apply.
              The above eligibility criteria apply to students living in Victoria, as well as those living and studying
              interstate or overseas. More information for students living interstate/overseas can be found in
              section 5.
              Fee-paying international students enrolled in Victorian schools are not eligible to apply.

              trinh Ooo, are there any other tests that ACER makes (scholarship tests, school tests or any type) since I will try to find them online as it’s better than nothing 😭

                  chxin Thank youuu for the info I have already inquired about it and their response was that I was automatically eligible since I had an Australian passport and place of residence in Victoria 😁

                    chxin Could you share where to contact him please 🙏

                      a📀 Omggg where are you applying from, I have to apply from Indonesia since my parents are government workers assigned here 😭

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                            Alp🏔️ im from hong kong!!!

                                a📀 Ooo do you know any additional revision material that you could share through like email or anything cause I've been scrolling some other forums and they're quite limited 😭