Best tutors at Zhang HSC (chem/phys) (1 Viewer)

[Eagle Mum]

i remember seeing a post by @Eagle Mum about a tutor charging 285/hr

ain't no way someones charging nearly $300/h for tutoring WHAT

To clarify - we engaged a 4th year maths honours student at Cambridge Uni who had been a member of the British Maths Olympiad team to help our son prepare for the AMO. Our son is the only student in the 40 year history of his public local school to ever be invited to the maths olympiad program, so there was no one local who could give him any advice, particularly after the AMT Selection School, to which he had been invited, was cancelled due to COVID. This tutor charged in British sterling pounds and the conversion rate to Aus dollars worked out to be $AU285 per lesson, which were 1 - 1.5 hrs, once a week. We thought it was well worth our money but he ended up getting a full time salaried job, so unfortunately, the arrangement only lasted a year. We’ve never used any other tutor or tutoring service.

 

[edwxnsamuel]

To clarify - we engaged a 4th year maths honours student at Cambridge Uni who had been a member of the British Maths Olympiad team to help our son prepare for the AMO. Our son is the only student in the 40 year history of his public local school to ever be invited to the maths olympiad program, so there was no one local who could give him any advice, particularly after the AMT Selection School, to which he had been invited, was cancelled due to COVID. This tutor charged in British sterling pounds and the conversion rate to Aus dollars worked out to be $AU285 per lesson, which were 1 - 1.5 hrs, once a week. We thought it was well worth our money but he ended up getting a full time salaried job, so unfortunately, the arrangement only lasted a year. We’ve never used any other tutor or tutoring service.

Ahh, context is key - seems valid given the circumstances, finding someone with the knowledge and experience is hard; supply and demand lmfao.

 

[hellopenguin666]

Are there any good physics tutor at Zhang's?

 

[edwxnsamuel]

Are there any good physics tutor at Zhang's?

yea mr lu

 

[hellopenguin666]

I've never heard of that teacher what time does he teach?

 

[kkk579]

I've never heard of that teacher what time does he teach?

He teaches y10 physics

 

[hellopenguin666]

Oh ok, are there any good ones for year 11-12?

 

[kkk579]

Off topic but does anyone know the atar of the girraween dux in 2021 and 2022? Just curious

 

[edwxnsamuel]

Off topic but does anyone know the atar of the girraween dux in 2021 and 2022? Just curious

i think 99.40 in 2022 and 99.95 in 2021 but I could be wrong for 2022 lmfao.

 

[edwxnsamuel]

He teaches y10 physics

shi my bad

 

[kkk579]

i think 99.40 in 2022 and 99.95 in 2021 but I could be wrong for 2022 lmfao.

99.4 for dux seems a bit lower than i thought for a top 30 selective school lol

 

[contro3ler]

yo @edwxnsamuel what makes you say that ace is 'not in the convo' with other tutoring places? i'm doing the 2 week trial at ace and it seems aight as far as I can tell- both my tutors are unsw med students (you know the type, really helpful etc). could you please give reasons as to why zhangs/sigma might be better (for physics), aside from the class size (my phys class is currently 5 ppl lol) and classtime?
i've heard good things about sigma, but as far as i can tell rn, the only difference between ace/sigma for phys is question/resource quality.

 

[kkk579]

yo @edwxnsamuel what makes you say that ace is 'not in the convo' with other tutoring places? i'm doing the 2 week trial at ace and it seems aight as far as I can tell- both my tutors are unsw med students (you know the type, really helpful etc). could you please give reasons as to why zhangs/sigma might be better (for physics), aside from the class size (my phys class is currently 5 ppl lol) and classtime?
i've heard good things about sigma, but as far as i can tell rn, the only difference between ace/sigma for phys is question/resource quality.

which teacher do u have?

 

[libestraumno3]

I went to Atlas for chemistry. Anto does know what he's talking about.

lmao i go to zhangs atm for chem should i switch?

 

[contro3ler]

which teacher do u have?

sarah song for HSC chem and i had jessica for year 11 phys (but if i do continue imma switch to mr khoury for phys)

 

[kkk579]

sarah song for HSC chem and i had jessica for year 11 phys (but if i do continue imma switch to mr khoury for phys)

Are they very good at explaining concepts?

 

[kkk579]

@Pethmin What teachers do you have at ACE and Zhangs?

 

[Pethmin]

@Pethmin What teachers do you have at ACE and Zhangs?

Some dude called Jane for ace
Zhangs: haven't gone to a class yet (due to family reasons)

 

[edwxnsamuel]

yo @edwxnsamuel what makes you say that ace is 'not in the convo' with other tutoring places? i'm doing the 2 week trial at ace and it seems aight as far as I can tell- both my tutors are unsw med students (you know the type, really helpful etc). could you please give reasons as to why zhangs/sigma might be better (for physics), aside from the class size (my phys class is currently 5 ppl lol) and classtime?
i've heard good things about sigma, but as far as i can tell rn, the only difference between ace/sigma for phys is question/resource quality.

Yeah so I've deleted those posts for the sake of how I articulated it. ACE still provides quality tutoring and I still recommend students to go there, however, I meant it in the sense that I preferred the other 4 from personal experience having actually gone there and seen the various styles of teaching; definitely worded it way too aggressively and bluntly. In the end, all tutoring centres still have success for students at the centre of their teaching model!

However, from personal experience, I can vouch for Sigma (having come here for Physics and also teaching here myself), PEAK (having gone here for Chemistry) and Zhangs (from the multiple tutors that I know work there and their teaching styles) for Physics and Chemistry. I find their teaching models and strategies were the most effective for me personally in achieving high marks in the HSC.

 

[edwxnsamuel]

lmao i go to zhangs atm for chem should i switch?

Zhang's Chemistry is solid from what I've heard from a couple friends that went there during the HSC, Atlas also provides good teaching and resources asw; honestly comes down to personal preference.