Year 8-11 Selective Result Discussion (3 Viewers)

[aaliya]

thats it? nothing else?

i havent thought much abt hast skls tbh but i thinking of doing max just girra n penrith

 

[DaMinion]

i havent thought much abt hast skls tbh but i thinking of doing max just girra n penrith

yh most people do girra and penr anyway

 

[20/50=80%]

Does anyone know if notesedu is good for hast prep? If so, do I buy the year 10 one if I’m taking the test for year 10 entry???

notesedu is okay esp for abstract reasoning and writing but all the other ones arent rlly relevant to the hast. id still reccommend giving it a go but if the price is a problem dont bother

 

[MeltingGlacier]

Does anyone know if notesedu is good for hast prep? If so, do I buy the year 10 one if I’m taking the test for year 10 entry???

Adding onto what others have said, I've used notesedu and in my experience the reading comp and abstract reasoning were decent. Abstract reasoning was harder than the actual test in my opinion and Notesedu didn't provie that many question types. You could probably just do UCAT abstract reasoning. The reading comp was quite useful, especially in helping you skim through the text and just practicing how to answer they quickly although you could just find assorted reading comp questions online under timed conditions and mark them. The maths wasn't that relevant as close to none of the questions from notesedu were similar to the HAST ones. The HAST focused quite a lot on science and you just needed to understand how to apply the information provide in the question.

 

[xyyvii]

Adding onto what others have said, I've used notesedu and in my experience the reading comp and abstract reasoning were decent. Abstract reasoning was harder than the actual test in my opinion and Notesedu didn't provie that many question types. You could probably just do UCAT abstract reasoning. The reading comp was quite useful, especially in helping you skim through the text and just practicing how to answer they quickly although you could just find assorted reading comp questions online under timed conditions and mark them. The maths wasn't that relevant as close to none of the questions from notesedu were similar to the HAST ones. The HAST focused quite a lot on science and you just needed to understand how to apply the information provide in the question.

What would you recommend for the maths and writing part?

 

[MeltingGlacier]

What would you recommend for the maths and writing part?

I didn't really study for the maths part as I was already confident in my maths but you should be able to comprehend word problems and understand them. In a couple questions I had to construct equations but there was also geometry, statistics etc. For me the maths also had a lot of science so make sure you would want just know basic concepts. One question involved how objects behave in space and another question had the different types of energy. I think you just need critical thinking skills and being confident in applying what you're given. For writing, you should read exemplars for both discursives and creatives. Afterwards, you'll want to just practice writing them under timed conditions with prompts and reviewing how you can improve. I would recommend taking a couple minutes to plan your response as the quality and how it relates to the prompt is very important.

 

[xyyvii]

I didn't really study for the maths part as I was already confident in my maths but you should be able to comprehend word problems and understand them. In a couple questions I had to construct equations but there was also geometry, statistics etc. For me the maths also had a lot of science so make sure you would want just know basic concepts. One question involved how objects behave in space and another question had the different types of energy. I think you just need critical thinking skills and being confident in applying what you're given. For writing, you should read exemplars for both discursives and creatives. Afterwards, you'll want to just practice writing them under timed conditions with prompts and reviewing how you can improve. I would recommend taking a couple minutes to plan your response as the quality and how it relates to the prompt is very important.

Do you know where to find prompts that provide both creative and discursive?

 

[MeltingGlacier]

Do you know where to find prompts that provide both creative and discursive?

You could just search up creative prompts and for discursive, you could use persuasive prompts and try to write in a discursive style. In a previous year, one of my friends wrote a discursive and got really high marks while another one got average marks for a persuasive so its usually better to write in a discursive style, even if given a persuasive prompt. Usually it's a phrase not a direct question asking you to choose a "side". e.g. Is all gossip bad? Instead of focusing on one side of the argument, it would be better to explore the topic in whatever way suits it since there's not really a definitive way to write a discursive. Any tone or structure works and its usually better to do it in a creative way, incorporating anecdotes and an unorthodox writing style. I'll pm you a link for discursive/persuasive prompts as idk if I'm allowed to post links here

 

[nutgodpeanut]

Hey, for those of you who did the Year 10 HAST, even though it was a while ago but was wondering if you remembered what topics or type of questions were on the Maths HAST exam? I feel like I don't really have a direction of what topics to study because I don't know what type of questions they are. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Rick Mendoza]

Hey, for those of you who did the Year 10 HAST, even though it was a while ago but was wondering if you remembered what topics or type of questions were on the Maths HAST exam? I feel like I don't really have a direction of what topics to study because I don't know what type of questions they are. Any advice would be appreciated.

Year 10 HAST for entry into Year 11 or entry into Year 10?

 

[nutgodpeanut]

Year 10 HAST for entry into Year 11 or entry into Year 10?

For entry into Year 11/

 

[Rick Mendoza]

For entry into Year 11/

Oh alr

 

[nutgodpeanut]

Oh alr

But I mean topics from an year level still help, I'm just struggling to have direction.

 

[tinaanguyenn]

hey is there anyone who got into hurlstone for entry into year 9?

 

[MintYIcYCreamY]

5 kids in the other selective class of my school (we have 2 selective classes bc partially selective) are moving to higher ranked selective schools. Man I gotta lock in for next year

do you go tempe perchance

 

[xyyvii]

do you go tempe perchance

Nope

 

[MintYIcYCreamY]

Nope

nvm then

 

[spiderlemonade]

hello hello this is very late and i just made my bos account, im currently in year 8 in top 20 selective and i wanna go to ruse to be with my friends. im rlly nervous and my parents said i only have one shot cause they aren't letting me transfer in later years. since theres like 5 months until the test i still have time but im completely clueless, does anyone have any general advice or knowledge about how the test/interview will be like? thanks

 

[DaMinion]

hello hello this is very late and i just made my bos account, im currently in year 8 in top 20 selective and i wanna go to ruse to be with my friends. im rlly nervous and my parents said i only have one shot cause they aren't letting me transfer in later years. since theres like 5 months until the test i still have time but im completely clueless, does anyone have any general advice or knowledge about how the test/interview will be like? thanks

how are you in year 8 if ur hsc in 2028

 

[spiderlemonade]

how are you in year 8 if ur hsc in 2028

the website hasnt added a 2029 graduation option yet so im stuck with this for now ig