Is it worth it to transfer to a selective school? (1 Viewer)

[anon111]

i'm a year ten student at a girls school ranked about 110, and i was wondering if its worth it to sit the hast this year to transfer to my local selective school, which is ranked about 25 - 20ish most years
right now the main reason i want to go is bc the chem teachers arent shit there like they are at my school, but ive heard since im top at my current school i would get a worse atar being ranked middle at a selective school

 

[cccccc24]

i think you should take the risk and at least try out and then evaluate whether you want to go or not.

 

[dillydally]

if youre ranked first at your current school and youre certain that you can keep it up then i wouldnt worry just yet, 110 isnt awful

 

[Hehehe22]

imo the two benefits of going to a selective school are motivation (aka peer pressure) and having a buffer in case you mess up in the HSC

I don't think being ranked middle at a selective school is necessarily worse than being top at your current school, especially if you're not very consistent in your exam performance. Being in the middle of a strong cohort means that your final marks can be more predictable, since your internals will be solid no matter how your externals go

 

[coolcat6778]

not at all lol

no, just study the hsc subjects now

yes, you will get a worse mark since now ur middle rnaked in a quite dropkick cohort

25th is literally extremely bad, like very bad.

 

[Selective Success Academy]

i'm a year ten student at a girls school ranked about 110, and i was wondering if its worth it to sit the hast this year to transfer to my local selective school, which is ranked about 25 - 20ish most years
right now the main reason i want to go is bc the chem teachers arent shit there like they are at my school, but ive heard since im top at my current school i would get a worse atar being ranked middle at a selective school

I would probably recommend trying out anyway; having options is always better than not having options. I also transferred from a public school in rank 80 to 100 to a selective school. You can check out my story below:

Dreaming of transferring to a selective school?

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to be honest I think if you do have the abilities to do well at your public school, you will be ranked near/around the same in a selective school. I wouldn't say a selective school would disadvantage if you are able to adapt to the environment and usually most students are pretty welcoming to transfers. The good thing is selective schools provide a good safety net for HSC and also the motivation and peer study/help is another good factor.