dude same, but in my case, hurlstone, i chose them 2nd, but a kid in my class who chose it first pref ACTUALLY GOT OFFER! like full offer, and i asked him about his hast results, this dude got the same results as me, but he also got pretty avg in maths, and flunked abstract, so like worse than me in those two, but i heard back in like july when applying that hurlstone has like very few seats for yr 9 entry allegedly like 1-2, so i thought i was better of sydney tech as 1st choice, but somehow that kid with my results got fully in, and i havent got anything back from hurlstone yet tho, ill just wait until term 4 then, ur completely right about school preference bias... its so cooked