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That being said, it comes down to what you’re trying to achieve and over what time period. Maximising your ATAR and options for entry into uni straight away, or doing something else you enjoy more now and then finding an alternate pathway. Whilst the latter sounds great, you also should play to...

Whilst I definitely am an advocate of doing something you're interested in so that you can do well, what do you want to do longer term and what do you care about? (ie beyond school, beyond uni). I was under similar pressures to do commerce and become an accountant back when I was in high school...

Tough choice especially since sponsor/coop firms can change each year... but more likely than not, I'd go for the coop route to get the experience which would be more helpful in securing a grad role later on.

The accounting coop is a little less impressive in sponsors vs say the more well known UNSW and UTS programs, but it's still decent. Same benefits of getting paid market internship rates whilst working there (interestingly it's not structured like traditional scholarships with coop placements)...

Agreed. It varies significantly from my own experience and what I see in my colleagues who are alumni of various schools. That being said even though I preferred my selective high experience, I'm still enrolling my daughter into a private school for high school both as a backup (in case she...

You don't have a HELP debt yet then so you can say no. It's basically so they know to take out the loan repayments if your income hits the threshold. When you get an offer and go to enrol, (at least in my time), that's when you get offered the loan in the enrollment process.

well done!

I'm guessing a bit here as I read it since your topic sentence of "How do these influences gain a competitive advantage." isn't clear what the referenced influences are and I'm inferring it from your essay. From an overall structure perspective, it's really written as an essay however I would...

In all fairness I had to give the shield back to IBM (the sponsor of the shield) after a year since they engraved names on it... I wonder if it's still making the rounds as there were a lot of empty slots on it when I had it. If I recall correctly I also got a medal or trophy (have absolutely...

I know for a fact that at least for IPT, not all state rankers get a phone call... but I got a huge shield in the mail.

You're pretty confident your school will have the top IPT student aye?

I'd bet the teacher doesn't care as long as you aren't taking the piss. They're experienced enough to be able to tell if you've gone wildly over.

It's enjoyable. I didn't play much on Xbox as I always felt the controls a bit muddy/imprecise but with KBM it's great.

Nope. At the time I didn't think it was that special but in hindsight I'm really glad I did. Everything from the teachers, the community culture and the extra curricular activities (even on a modest government school budget) helped set me up for the longer term.

This past week, it's been a combo of Halo Reach and Pokemon Shield. I'm surprised I didn't end up playing NFS Heat much despite being the most expensive of the three that I've paid in recent times.

I learnt by watching Youtube videos :)

Isn't the point of word limits to force you to be concise and succinct in your language, and also to keep it realistic as to how much you can write in the budgeted time of the respective section of the exam? It also forces you to use shorter quotes or just focus on the key bits. Note I did my...

That's in line with my understanding as well. In some ways it's very similar to the cadetships as well whereby the interviewers/recruiters/etc will assess you on everything other than academics since that will be tested in a more standardised/consistent manner by virtue of the ATAR. Therefore...

Whilst I don't want to speak poorly of the teachers given I went to a selective high, and I definitely think they helped me improve my results, you also have to keep in mind that the difference with a non-selective school is your fellow students all are very capable and also have the goal of...

Exactly what my parents told me back then, and boy am I glad I listened.