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  1. 20/50=80%

    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    lowkey easiest yr to get into at penrith is year 10 because they take so many more people than the other yrs. even entering into yr 10 is really difficult, like all the transfers in my yr are still really behind the rest of the cohort bc the teachers assume we already have learnt everything they...
  2. 20/50=80%

    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    in my grade no one transitioned during the year, and im not rlly sure if theres any more spots, because i dont get the full idea i js know whos coming
  3. 20/50=80%

    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    uh no?
  4. 20/50=80%

    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    Yeah and basically they'll like check in on you and like help you with adjusting to the school
  5. 20/50=80%

    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    Basically I just work with the teacher who oversees the new students and the mentors that get assigned to each new student to make sure that the new students transition smoothly.
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    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    I can see all the 8-11 entries
  8. 20/50=80%

    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    Yep
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    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    I'm transition leader at my school rn, so I get to be involved with all the enrollment kind of things to see who's coming into the school new, and we have gotten people still accepting places and like rejecting places now even though offers came out nearly a month ago, so it definitely depends...
  10. 20/50=80%

    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    I'm not 100% sure about this, but there was this one girl who was initially on the roll at Penrith for the first term in my year, but she never turned up. I think she ended up choosing Girra or something and didn't let Penrith know. Another girl transferred back to her old school after term 1...
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    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    I did the HAST in 2023. Improving my writing, I asked my English teacher at the time how to do discursive and she gave me a booklet to work on. I did some practice writing discursive on questions I asked ChatGPT to give me or searched up online and got teacher feedback.
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    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    Okay, so I got in the top 10% for Reading, Maths and Abstract Reasoning and top 15% for Writing. Overall I was in the top 10% for test takers so I'd aim for that. If you get lower in one of the tests, ideally you should be stronger in another.
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    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    I did the HAST last year for entry into Penrith, and I got in. Basically I started preparing by using this HAST practice on NotesEdu, it's like $150 for a test pack, but this basically only helped me for the Abstract Reasoning, the other stuff wasn't really relevant. The HAST is really similar...
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    Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion

    Good job! Are you going to accept it? If you're deciding I got into Penrith last year and go there now so I can offer pros and cons.
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