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I'm not sure about the practice tests but they do seem to have quite a lot of content and could help you. As for the science report, like I said before, you will be given the information of a science experiment (I think mine was about like a parachute of some sort, definitely an experiment that is usually done in high school science). They will give you the method, material and aim which will usually be incorrect in some way and you will have to address this in your discussion. In my essay, I wrote that the materials did not specify the size of the spoon used to measure and that the method was written in present tense instead of past tense (people often make the mistake of writing the method in present tense so look out for this in the test). These two limitations were split into two paragraphs, and in each you should discuss how the limitation affects the experiment's validity, reproducibility, repeatability, etc. and how it can be improved. I don't remember if I also wrote a paragraph on trends of the data but you should do this as well (in total 2-3 paragraphs for discussion). And the conclusion should be a regular conclusion, is the hypothesis supported, why why not, restate some of the limitations and their affects and how the experiment can overall be improved to be more valid. Hopefully this helps!

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Hi! I also did the test this year and I can tell you that it's not actually very hard. I personally didn't attend any tutoring and overall had about only 3 months of (hardcore) preparation. All you need is one superior (aim for two or more though to stand out) but also make sure the other results support it. I know a friend of mine got two superiors but didn't get an interview because of that. Practice exams definitely help. I'd recommend doing some ICAS science reasoning questions as they were very similar to the ones on the actual exam. You should also familiarise yourself with reading data correctly as most of the science reasoning questions were based on being able to extract information rather than having extensive background knowledge.

As for the mathematics and numerical reasoning, I'd recommend Henderson exams. The mathematics and numerical reasoning exams were definitely more stressful due to the time limit so time yourself while doing the practice exams. Covering the Year 9 and some Year 10 maths topics will be enough. The biggest thing would probably be to not leave any questions unanswered at all, even if it means you're guessing a third of the exam.

A lot of people found writing to be the most difficult and rightfully so, so make sure you know the structure of a lab report well. You should definitely write a few practice ones and get your teacher to mark it if possible. If not, you could just do what I did and ask ChatGPT for feedback. The other writing piece is much simpler and is something of an information report. You're already given all the information so it's mainly just organising and paraphrasing the ideas. The most important thing for both pieces is to read the criteria. You won't have a lot of time so spend the first five or so minutes organising your ideas. Prioritise the points included in the criteria over excess information.

That's pretty much it. Don't stress about it too much but also don't be overconfident. If you've sat SEHS or scholarship exams before, the format will be somewhat familiar to you. I'd also be happy to answer any more questions you have! Good luck!

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Hi, I did the test this year and got in, however I'm not going. I never went to tutoring for the test and I personally don't think you need to. The test wasn't very hard, I think it's more important to practice answering questions quickly and accurately. Just knowing the content from Year 9 and maybe Year 10 for Maths and Science will cover it. The main place where people don't perform well is the Science and writing tests. I think going to tutoring or buying practice exams for these tests could be useful since you wouldn't have done these kinds of tests elsewhere.
Numerical Reasoning and Maths were pretty standard tests, if you did the selective entry exam, they were easier than those (at least in my year, I know the selective test changed this year). The numerical reasoning test is actually very similar to the practice version for select entry on the victorian government website (one of the questions from this year's test was literally on that practice test). I wouldn't stress too much about these, just go through a maths textbook and do some time practice test and you should be good.
Science Reasoning is a mixture of general science knowledge questions and data analysis questions. To practice the data analysis questions, I would suggest the ICAS Science tests as those are as close as you're going to get to the questions on the test. With the general knowledge, like with Maths, knowing your Year 9 content should cover it. I honestly am bad with Science general knowledge since my old school didn't teach it very well but I still ended up with an above average (I think my data analysis carried though).
There are 2 writing components, a science report and a science essay (forgot their actual names). Going to tutoring for these tests would be beneficial although you don't need it. For the science report, we had the information and method for a random experiment and we had to write a hypothesis, discussion and conclusion I think. Really knowing the in depth rules and components of a report is crucial for this. My school covered this heavily earlier this year and I ended up getting a superior for this test. Your discussion should be about 2 paragraphs (include improvements, accuracy, reliability, repeatability, etc.) and is probably the part that most people mess up on. I can go more in depth on this if you would like.
For the Science Essay, you get this page of information on a random topic (I got black soldier flies and its impact on greenhouse emissions, it was an absolutely awful prompt). It's just your regular essay format (2 - 3 body paragraphs), and you basically use the information given and some of your own if you can to take a stance and sort list the effects and such.
As far as tips, bring an analog watch (not digital) since I don't think there were any clocks and they only gave time stamps like once maybe. Set the minute hand to start at the very top so its easier to read since all the test were half an hour. I don't really have any other tips, as long as you study the content, practice and are pretty quick to answer questions, you'll be fine. Around half the students will get interviews so just practice regularly.
I know that was a lot, but feel free to ask anymore questions.