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yes the difficulty of questions is harder with longer question types etc

have a look at my other HAST videos - I believe I share what you need to do in each component of the exam with examples from other students

for thinking skills, you literally only have a minute per question. If your test is this May, I would go through a higher volume of questions as you need more test exposure. Going through questions slowly step by step is great to understand the concept but if you only have a few months to go, do as many practice papers as possible. If you then go over the practice paper and take your time on the incorrect answers, that should help you! For mathematical reasoning, it is very different from normal math. Try to find out which topics or concepts you are weaker in so you can work backwards from there. By focusing on your weaker areas within such a large subject, it will give you more focus. Otherwise there is just way too many things to work on! Hope that helps!

@@BingsAcademy Thank you so much!

no books at the moment! we might be releasing some tests in a few months but until then, we only do one on one tutoring for HAST.

@BingsAcademy Thanks for the reply. Can you give me any useful tips or study material or study tips for Hast or Edutest. Thanks in advance. (Also I'm taking the year 8 Hast test for entry into year 9)

@@chillyfn9996I transferred into Girraween and I had a really strong report and supporting documentation. A tip is that you will see lots of other students from other schools so don’t be intimidated and stay focused on exam day.

@Lisa-b5 Excuse but can I ask how good your report was e.g how many a's and b's.

@Lisa-b5 and did you do any maths competition like icas or amc and add them in your supporting document if you did what scores did u get in those e.g distinction

goodluck! it is coming soon

No they also do progress and placement tests + Gifted Student Ability Measure (GSAM) Tests to see who can get into a gifted and talented class. However, most of their exams will have similarities and they are mostly known for the AAS Scholarship exam

Look carefully at the rest of the sequence not just the one right before and after it (for the middle sequence). The more questions you do of this type, the better you will become. Keep in mind there are not many spots in grade 8 in NSW so definitely keep trying for future years if you do not manage to make it in. Think of this year as a practice run for the experience, there is nothing to lose

@@BingsAcademy Thanks, I will keep in mind that i will also try in the future years

He has great interest in Chemistry but Girraween do have accel science, so suppose he performs good in science at girraween will he able to secure a spot

congratulations! Generally they can choose any subject when it comes to year 11 except joining the accelerated class or doing extension as that is typically based on the year 10 performance. I'm not sure if he has the option to get into accelerated science or if it too late as they will already be starting year 11. Everything else he can choose as a subject.

it is on the NSW selective website - the entire list is there!

thank you!

check out our website! we offer tutoring and will be hosting weekly exams for it most likely in April based on demand if you needed extra practice material.

I have made a few videos on it already! what topics in particular are you curious about regarding it? I have talked about the report, supporting documentation, the test and a few other parts already but more than happy to go through an area I have not explored too much yet.

woohoo! HUGE congratulations! Which school did you get into?

@@karth123-v5b clearly you didn’t bother listening either. I talked about your school preferences and making sure that it is realistic to your skill level and not just choosing the top three schools.

Thank you!!

chances are it will if it is a much higher rank compared to your current school. This is because there is an internal mark which is impacted by the performance of your peers doing the same subject as you in year 12

glad you found it useful! more videos to come most likely next month :) I have been quite busy and will be overseas in Jan! It depends but for instance Girraween and Penrith is extracurricular participation so it is not the type of extra curricular but rather the number. All A's and a B is quite good - check out my other video on what an ideal report should look like. Keep an eye out in April this year, we might be hosting a 12 week HAST course with weekly tests and ranks assigned. The reason why is because a lot of the practice tests online are not even similar to the real test which is very frustrating especially for students who are serious about their preparation.

nope!

perhaps you can look at getting a tutor for the exam? There isn't past papers you can get so it is best if you learn from someone who focuses on this test and has done it before

past hast results don't matter. I tried out three times for girraween and my first attempt was pretty bad. the exam was a lot different to what i was used to

It is interesting as normally on paper, it would approximately be 1 and a half pages to 2. Typed exams, from 2025 onwards would be different as it is on the computer but think of a rule of thumb of most responses having 5 cohesive paragraphs, potentially 6 depending on the text type given

I would say try to go for girraween and ruse. They have different tests so if you do not make it into ruse for year 9 despite the extra seats, you get some extra practice for girraween/penrith hast test which has the extra seats in year 10

@@BingsAcademy thanks for the advice, ive decided girraween, james rouse and sydney boys. In year 11 ill apply for nsb, wish me luck for girrawean, james rouse and bualkham hills, i will tell you if i get in

@@AwaiznAshazedits sounds good! good luck!

@@BingsAcademy sorry to disturb, i just wanted to know something, the offical jrahs website said the enrollment cap for year 8/9 is 130ish. is it true (also i got straight A's on my report

@@AwaiznAshazedits if it is on their website, it is true!

i know! huge change. mixture of both, if you don't type enough - it is very difficult for a marker to know whether they can demonstrate strong writing skills

great to hear! congratulations

sorry to hear. it just depends on your current school. the biggest benefit of selective is that basically everyone is quite 'bright' so it helps quite a lot in the hsc/atar. Although if your current school is already comparable in ranking, you are fine

not at the moment!

I could but it would not be from a personal point of view as I did not try out for schools that have edutest exam back in my time. perhaps in the future!

Awesome to hear! You should be very proud of yourself!

check out the sample paper and my videos on this. It should give you some good insights on what you can expect. No specific score - it is a mixture of your performance compared to other applicants as well as supporting documentation. Sydney girls does not do HAST - so definitely research more!

hey it depends on what she was aiming for initially. If her local catchment school or backup school is better than it might be a little dissapointing but she did put down two selective options. With one of them she ended up receiving an offer for elizabeth macarthur and a good reserve for macquarie fields. The likelihood of her making it into macquarie fields is quite high. I personally would be quite happy with that but it really depends on what she was aiming for.

thank you, this is such a relief for her. she actually got the offer from macfields this morning, and when i showed her your reply she was pretty much beaming!

Sorry, what do you mean by Superiors? Do you mean an 'A' in a subject? Generally need to get an A in most subjects. Some schools have already reached out to students regarding reserve lists and placements.

If they sent you the result without organising an interview, chances are you were not shortlisted unfortunately..

Hello! You should have a look at my videos on transferring into a selective school. Most schools have HAST, some have Edutest while other's have their own custom exam. I recommend researching properly so you can plan correctly

It is hard because out of area enrolments for any partially school will be competitive. The reason why is because there are so many students who want to join the school. Great you have been shortlisted for Dux but they will take all the local catchment students first and if there is any left over, then look at out of area enrolment

@@BingsAcademy oh ok, still tho, what do you think the chances are of me getting in, they said the will reply in a months time, is that good or bad, and I was able to get to the semifinals in a math cup with over 40 schools competing and the same result but at a STEM challenge

you will always be one of my favourites robin, you will do great !

congrats, which school you got offered for?

Imagine I meet u at gosford

what’s gosford

pass?

@@guy_who_offends_everyoneyes! I got in my first option !

let's go! congrats

i got into Sydney girls

omg nice!! congratulations

hope you did well!

you'll find out soon! let me know how your results go

@@BingsAcademy Thanks. We will! I hope it works out!

@@BingsAcademy Wish me luck!

@@NarenU-v8p hope you get into your desired school. Which year you are applying for?

that's fair, cheating won't work in the long run so at least you gave it a good go

goodluck! let me know how it goes. even if it doesn't work out, you can always try in the future like how I did (transferred to Girraween from Penrith). Although hoping you don't have to do that as it is a competitive process

@@BingsAcademy okay tysm !

Hi

Hiii I got my result, and I got in my first option !

you can purchase OC books from Australia and do them with her. NAPLAN and Excel test in my opinion should be a lot more easier than OC so it can be a good very early starting point but you will have to go through more harder/appropriate questions closer to the test. .

i'm assuming you meant the HAST test which was today on the 3rd August 2024! How did you compare it to sample/practice tests?