St George and Fort Street (1 Viewer)

[Atarer]

Hey guys, im just wondering that how come St George has a higher academic achievement than Fort Street while Fort Street is harder to get in?

 

[zeleboy]

Hey guys, im just wondering that how come St George has a higher academic achievement than Fort Street while Fort Street is harder to get in?

We had a crap (2008) year.

 

[trc4eva]

I believe because there is a greater demand for people to get into Fort Street considering it's a well known school...known for its alumni really.

 

[Trebla]

Simple supply vs. demand, there is a higher demand for Fort St HS because it's more well known whereas few people are aware of St George Girls HS (not to mention demand is lower relative to Fort St also because it's an all girls school). Also, for most of us, Kogarah is very far compared to Petersham...

Academic performance of the school is independent of its demand. St George Girls generally has stronger maths results than Fort St, but for English they are usually fairly similar...

 

[daesol]

We had a crap (2008) year.

and a crap 2009 year xD

 

[x.Exhaust.x]

Simple supply vs. demand, there is a higher demand for Fort St HS because it's more well known whereas few people are aware of St George Girls HS (not to mention demand is lower relative to Fort St also because it's an all girls school). Also, for most of us, Kogarah is very far compared to Petersham...

Academic performance of the school is independent of its demand. St George Girls generally has stronger maths results than Fort St, but for English they are usually fairly similar...

Exactly . Supply and demand is your answer.

Note: This also applies for University courses and their ATAR cut offs, just for your curiosity OP.