Talent 100

[lyounamu]

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Originally Posted by shaon0

OP?

Opening statement, I meant.

[shaon0]

Originally Posted by lyounamu

Opening statement, I meant.

The sentence doesn't really make sense then..

[melanieeeee.]

is dodgy.

[lyounamu]

Originally Posted by shaon0

The sentence doesn't really make sense then..

Yeah. I should have said opening statement starter (OPS).

[shaon0]

could you rewrite that sentence please..i still don't get wat you are trying to say.

[richboychua]

I think what he's meant to say is, read the scaling system pdf on the site or book a UAI Health check.

Melanie - What's your problem?

[richboychua]

About half of our tutors who have gotten 99.85+ uai or state rankings did tutoring. Theres no real pattern that i know of.

[HisNameIsChris]

Just because they got 100 UAI, CERTAINLY does not mean they are good tutors. Its more about teaching skill than what UAI the tutors got, although for obvious reasons you can be sure they will have a good knowledge of exam technique and so on which you may be able to learn from them by questioning them enough.

Don't let others fool you though - this place may be great, just because it isn't known reputation-wise doesn't mean much at all. Seeing as they offer a free trial lesson, it can't hurt to just go once and see how much you get out of it.

Overall, I personally decided to not go to tutoring seeing as other than in English I'm not having any trouble (and I will NOT be ignoring English, I am instead improving it through wider reading and practice before I resort to tutoring).

Finally, as previously mentioned, at $20 a lesson, its a very good price. Either way, good luck.

[rfpchua]

Hi Guys,

My name is Richard Chua and I am the Head Education Co-ordinator for Talent 100. I thought it's probably responsible for me to answer some of your questions.

1. Good students don't neccesarily make good tutors?
I can't agree more. Just because you are a great student doesn't make you a great teacher. But the key word is "nececsarily". However, I think its indisputable that if you are passionate and good at communicating, and you know your stuff really well, then it's more likely you're going to be able to explain things better. That is, all else equal, top-of-the state is certainly better than being 'above average'.

So the real question is are Talent tutors actually good at teaching? The first thing to note is that talent members are selectively chosen on a variety of factors such as personality, communication skills, dedication, ability to motivate and ability to teach. Outstanding Academic Ability is a pre-requisite but not a sufficient condition. In fact, there have been numerous applicants with UAIs as high as 99.95 and state rankings who have been rejected as they do not fit he mould.

The tutors we have provide an outstanding wealth on how to do well in the HSC in a subject specific way. Ask anyone who has gone to Alex Borowsky's English Course, or has seen Alex Stoyanov's Physics or Dwyer's Chemistry course and you'll see exactly what I mean.

2. Another Prior or Matrix?
I don't know if this is meant to be a compliment or an insult. However, I personally don't think either of the tuition centres provide much of a value-add, i.e. I think you could get 95% of the same thing through a text book by yourself. If you're paying 5,000 for that, that's probably a waste of money. And I'm saying that with experience, I actually worked at one of them before quittingto work at my old school -Sydney Grammar School.

Basically, I felt bad for the amount of money these places were charging. True, students were improving, but basically if you force someone to study four hours of a particular subject a week, they should improve anyway. The real question is what extra value did Prior or Matrix add.

When designing the courses, I had this in mind. Our courses had to be :exceptional and results-oriented, being able students exactly how to score top marks, as well as accessible, so that students of any level are going to benefit, rather than just top students, or just weak students.


3. So What is Talent Tuition like?
I personally believe that Talent is very unique in its total commitment to marks maximisation. I am not going to talk about esoteric terms like 'excellence in education', or 'No 1 in tuition' or developing leadership. Purely straight and simple, our vision is just to help students score their absolute maximum marks. The reason for this is fairly obvious. The course you can choose for University is entirely dependent on your UAI for non-health related fields. So getting people the highest marks is the best advantage you can give them to choose a profession of their calling. I think when you look at things in this perspective, ours becomes quite a noble aim.

I can tell you as a former high-achieving student ( I scored a UAI of 100 and I didn't make a selective school in Year 6), that the HSC is a game. After a certain level, it's a test of preparation, and knowing a few tips and tricks as much as it is a test of intelligence.

That's why at Talent 100, the central tent behind our tuition is exam relevance. If it's not in the exam and it isn't important in building some fundamental understanding, it is not taught. That's why I don't think having PHDs actually helps. But having people who came No 1 in the state in Physics, Chemistry, Maths and English really does because they can tell you specifically how to score top marks. Alex Stoyanov, who came 1st in Physics can tell you exactly how to score 8 marks out of 8 for "assess the impact on society of..." questions in HSC Physics. Since this has no sciecne, what advantage does a qualified teacher have in answering this question?

I would put any of our No 1 tutors against a PHD in an HSC exam and bet my last dollar that they would come out on top every time. In some ways, the HSC is not about knowing more, its about knowing less, or rather knowing what to know and knowing it well.

4. Results and Reputation
Whatever you may think of the approach (that its 'gamesmenlike', or minimalist), you can't argue with our results. For subjects that they were coached in, we have a student in the top 10 of sydney best schoolsin Sydney Grammar, James Ruse, Sydney Boys (2), Sydney Technical High School (2), Baulkam Hills High, Peakhurst, and St George Girls. When you consider we have about 50 students, that's pretty good.

Since its our first year, I can't give you concrete UAIs, but I'm telling all skeptics out there, to watch our results and compare them to Matrix and Prior. Be prepared for something prety big.

I'm pretty shrewd and can tell you for instance, that Matrix advertises people with state rankings that didn't even do that particular course there, e.g Sophie Liang who ranked 7th in Chemistry, didn't do Chemistry at Matrix but they advertise it nonetheless. Prior also advertises students who have very minimal contact. the real statistics are not 'how many % of our students got over 95, but how many got over 95 that would have got under 95.

I am actually going to invite some Talent students to post so you can see an insiders view.


Whose Talent for? Free Trial offer?
Basically, I'd say Talent 100 is for any student who wants a time-efficient way to make sure they score their absolute maximum marks. We can definately show you how to do it, and to 'cut the fat' out of the HSC, so you can have more time to do other things.

Our prices are quite reasonable and I think we're much better value than anything out there. I'm actually so confident in our course, I am willing to let people try it for free. Perhaps to my own disadvantage, I am not a great or pushy salesman. I just put the value on the table, and let students sample it. Basically, my advice to any prospective student is if you can't see the value, or Talent's uniqueness, you should probably not join. What I thnk is that someone who is confident is willing to back themselves, rather than lock people into commitments.

If any of you are interested, or would like to talk about anything I've said in this post, please feel free to call me on 1300-UAI-100. If you don't think what we offer is good, I am also really keen to see how we can improve our courses.

Regards,

Richard

[rfpchua]

BTW, you can email me at rfpchua@gmail.com or info@talent-100.com.au

Regards,

Rich

[rfpchua]

One last thing, we have some really excellent holiday courses called the MARKS MAXIMISER PROGRAM coming up for Physics (Jul 7-10), 3u maths (Jul 11-14) and Chemistry (15-18). They are all four days and run from 10 am onwards till about 3.30. Email me if you are interested

Richard

[CharlieB]

IMO

it seems as though talent100 would cater more for a high-end student, someone who already has a firm grasp of concepts in their relevant subject.

See:

Originally Posted by rfpchua

Alex Stoyanov, who came 1st in Physics can tell you exactly how to score 8 marks out of 8 for "assess the impact on society of..." questions in HSC Physics. Since this has no sciecne, what advantage does a qualified teacher have in answering this question?

I would put any of our No 1 tutors against a PHD in an HSC exam and bet my last dollar that they would come out on top every time.

I too would put any of your tutors agaisnt a PHD in an hsc exam but if the student doesn't have a strong understanding of key concepts and fundamentals, no matter how much you prepare for a "assess the impact on society of..." type question, the student will fail.

[H4rdc0r3]

I know one of the guys who did a testimonial and he's completely stupid.

[rfpchua]

Charlie

Talent for high end student?

I don't think Talent is just for high end students. I believe it is for students at every level, including high end students.

We teach everything from first principles, meaning that everyone should be able to understand. What's more I've seen average students rise to the top of the grade. One of our students in Sydney Boys was not even going to take Physics, and ended up coming 5th in the written section.

Conversely, we have someone who is the dux of the year and who has been able to continue topping his assessments and further his lead.

And 'Hardcore', in regards to one of teh "stupid" guys doing the testimonial
, the most important thing is that he is improving. As I said, we aim to be exceptional as well as accessible.

Regards,

Richard

[rfpchua]

Hi Guys,

My name is Richard Chua and I am the Head Education Co-ordinator for Talent 100. I've seen a lot of questions about our company, and not a lot of informed feedback so I thought it's probably responsible for me to answer some of your questions.

Anyone interested, we are offering free trials because we back ourselves and our products. Try it and find out for yourself. Anyhow, here goes:


1. Good students don't neccesarily make good tutors?
I can't agree more. Just because you are a great student doesn't make you a great teacher. But the key word is "nececsarily". However, I think its indisputable that if you are passionate and good at communicating, and you know your stuff really well, then it's more likely you're going to be able to explain things better. That is, all else equal, top-of-the state is certainly better than being 'above average'.

So the real question is are Talent tutors actually good at teaching? The first thing to note is that talent members are selectively chosen on a variety of factors such as personality, communication skills, dedication, ability to motivate and ability to teach. Outstanding Academic Ability is a pre-requisite but not a sufficient condition. In fact, there have been numerous applicants with UAIs as high as 99.95 and state rankings who have been rejected as they do not fit he mould.

The tutors we have provide an outstanding wealth on how to do well in the HSC in a subject specific way. Ask anyone who has gone to Alex Borowsky's English Course, or has seen Alex Stoyanov's Physics or Dwyer's Chemistry course and you'll see exactly what I mean. Our tutors are good, they know their stuff and they can definately help you if its HSC your talking about.

2. Another Prior or Matrix?
I don't know if this is meant to be a compliment or an insult. However, I personally don't think either of the tuition centres provide much of a value-add, i.e. I think you could get 95% of the same thing through a text book by yourself. If you're paying 5,000 for that, that's probably a waste of money. And I'm saying that with experience, I actually worked at one of them before quittingto work at my old school -Sydney Grammar School.

Basically, I felt bad for the amount of money these places were charging. True, students were improving, but basically if you force someone to study four hours of a particular subject a week, they should improve anyway. The real question is what extra value did Prior or Matrix add.

When designing the courses, I had this in mind. Our courses had to be :exceptional and results-oriented, being able students exactly how to score top marks, as well as accessible, so that students of any level are going to benefit, rather than just top students, or just weak students.

It's a continuous proccess - so we're always trying to find ways to make our courses even better.

3. So What is Talent Tuition like?
I personally believe that Talent is very unique in its total commitment to marks maximisation. I am not going to talk about esoteric terms like 'excellence in education', or 'No 1 in tuition' or developing leadership. Purely straight and simple, our vision is just to help students score their absolute maximum marks. The reason for this is fairly obvious. The course you can choose for University is entirely dependent on your UAI for non-health related fields. So getting people the highest marks is the best advantage you can give them to choose a profession of their calling. I think when you look at things in this perspective, ours becomes quite a noble aim.

I can tell you as a former high-achieving student ( I scored a UAI of 100 and I didn't make a selective school in Year 6), that the HSC is a game. After a certain level, it's a test of preparation, and knowing a few tips and tricks as much as it is a test of intelligence.

That's why at Talent 100, the central tent behind our tuition is exam relevance. If it's not in the exam and it isn't important in building some fundamental understanding, it is not taught. That's why I don't think having PHDs actually helps. But having people who came No 1 in the state in Physics, Chemistry, Maths and English really does because they can tell you specifically how to score top marks. Alex Stoyanov, who came 1st in Physics can tell you exactly how to score 8 marks out of 8 for "assess the impact on society of..." questions in HSC Physics. Since this has no sciecne, what advantage does a qualified teacher have in answering this question?

I would put any of our No 1 tutors against a PHD in an HSC exam and bet my last dollar that they would come out on top every time. In some ways, the HSC is not about knowing more, its about knowing less, or rather knowing what to know and knowing it well.

4. Results and Reputation
Whatever you may think of the approach (that its 'gamesmenlike', or minimalist), you can't argue with our results. For subjects that they were coached in, we have a student in the top 10 of sydney best schoolsin Sydney Grammar, James Ruse, Sydney Boys (2), Sydney Technical High School (2), Baulkam Hills High, Peakhurst, and St George Girls. When you consider we have about 50 students, that's pretty good.

Since its our first year, I can't give you concrete UAIs, but I'm telling all skeptics out there, to watch our results and compare them to Matrix and Prior. Be prepared for something prety big.

I'm pretty shrewd and can tell you for instance, that Matrix advertises people with state rankings that didn't even do that particular course there, e.g Sophie Liang who ranked 7th in Chemistry, didn't do Chemistry at Matrix but they advertise it nonetheless. Prior also advertises students who have very minimal contact. the real statistics are not 'how many % of our students got over 95, but how many got over 95 that would have got under 95.

I am actually going to invite some Talent students to post so you can see an insiders view.


Whose Talent for? Free Trial offer?
Basically, I'd say Talent 100 is for any student who wants a time-efficient way to make sure they score their absolute maximum marks. We can definately show you how to do it, and to 'cut the fat' out of the HSC, so you can have more time to do other things.

Our prices are quite reasonable and I think we're much better value than anything out there. I'm actually so confident in our course, I am willing to let people try it for free. Perhaps to my own disadvantage, I am not a great or pushy salesman. I just put the value on the table, and let students sample it. Basically, my advice to any prospective student is if you can't see the value, or Talent's uniqueness, you should probably not join. What I thnk is that someone who is confident is willing to back themselves, rather than lock people into commitments.

If any of you are interested, or would like to talk about anything I've said in this post, please feel free to call me on 1300-UAI-100 or on rfpchua@gmail.com. If you don't think what we offer is good, I am also really keen to see how we can improve our courses.

Regards,

Richard